Strawberry
- This article is about the fruit. For the Spiny Egg-like objects that Piranha Plants sprout from, called "strawberries" in Mario Party Superstars, see Piranha Pod.
| Strawberry | |
|---|---|
 A strawberry in Donkey Kong Bananza | |
| First appearance | Paper Mario (2000) |
| Latest appearance | Donkey Kong Bananza (2025) |
Strawberries appear in Super Mario media as interactive objects. One appears in Paper Mario as a key item, while other strawberries are featured across the Mario Party series in minigames.
History[edit]
Paper Mario[edit]
| Strawberry | |
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| Paper Mario description | Bright red strawberries. They look fresh and juicy. |
In Paper Mario, the Strawberry is an ingredient in the cake that Princess Peach uses in an attempt to satisfy Gourmet Guy's hunger. Peach makes the cake after Mario rescues the Star Spirit from the Shy Guy's Toy Box. The strawberry is the last item that Peach has to put in the cream, and she adds it after the cream is put on. Adding more than one of these to the cake will result in Gourmet Guy spitting it out and Peach having to make the cake again.
Mario's Picross[edit]
In Mario's Picross, strawberries appear in the Kinoko Course puzzle.
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe[edit]
In Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, strawberries appear in the battle course Sweet Sweet Kingdom, sandwiched between a large stack of pancakes amongst other fruit.
Mario Party series[edit]
Mario Party[edit]
In Mario Party, strawberries are seen as a decoration on the board Peach's Birthday Cake. During gameplay, they are only seen on Bowser's cake, but are more commonly seen on the board selection icon, in the ending cutscene to the board after the candles have been lit up, and on Peach's title screen. Players can also plant a Strawberry Seed when landing on a ? Space, which grows into a Piranha Plant that steals Stars.
Mario Party 2[edit]
In Mario Party 2, strawberries appear on the tree in the minigame Honeycomb Havoc, and as the topper for the cake in the minigame Cake Factory.
Mario Party 4[edit]
In Mario Party 4, strawberries appear in the Bowser minigame Fruits of Doom, as one of the potential fruits on Bowser's list.
Mario Party 5[edit]
In Mario Party 5, strawberries appear as a decoration for the bottom left cake on the board Sweet Dream.
Mario Party 6[edit]
A strawberry appears in the Mario Party 6 minigame Fruit Talktail, where it is one of six fruits that can be chosen. The cakes in Strawberry Shortfuse are also topped with strawberries.
Mario Party 7[edit]
Strawberries appear in the Mario Party 7 minigame Real Smoothie, where the player on the right has to grab them. They are also one of five fruits that can be used for the Mic Space minigame.
Mario Party 8[edit]
In Mario Party 8, strawberries appear in the minigame Sugar Rush as one of the possible cake decorations.
Mario Party DS[edit]
In Mario Party DS, strawberry halves make a minor appearance as a cake decoration in the minigame Cherry-Go-Round.
Mario Party: Island Tour[edit]
In the Mario Party: Island Tour minigame Top This, the second player is given strawberries as a topping to throw on the cake.
Mario Party: Star Rush[edit]
In Mario Party: Star Rush, the minigame Piece of Cake features strawberries as a possible cake decoration.
Mario Party: The Top 100[edit]
In Mario Party: The Top 100 and Mario Party Superstars, strawberries return in Cake Factory and Strawberry Shortfuse.
Super Mario Party[edit]
In Super Mario Party, strawberries appear in the minigame Juice Box.
Mario Party Superstars[edit]
In Mario Party Superstars, strawberries return in Cake Factory and Peach's Birthday Cake, where the strawberries are seen on the side of the top layer's frosting.
Super Mario Party Jamboree[edit]
In the Super Mario Party Jamboree minigame Whisk Cream, strawberries are seen in the cake's frosting.
Super Smash Bros. series[edit]
In the Super Smash Bros. series, strawberries appear as one of the possible food items in Super Smash Bros. Melee and Super Smash Bros. Brawl, healing 1% when eaten. They are also apart of the strawberry shortcake, which appears in Brawl onwards. It heals 10% in Brawl and 11% in Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS / Wii U and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate.
Nintendo Land[edit]
Strawberries are one of the types of fruit which appear in the Yoshi's Fruit Cart attraction in Nintendo Land. A strawberry also appears as an unlockable prize at the Nintendo Land Plaza.
Game & Wario[edit]
In Game & Wario, four strawberries are used as lives for the player in each stage of Wario's minigame, Arrow. The player must protect their strawberries from attacking MechaWario minions who attempt to steal them; losing all four strawberries results in a Game Over. The player receives a 100-point bonus for every strawberry protected until the stage's boss is defeated.
Donkey Kong Bananza[edit]
In Donkey Kong Bananza, large, cubic strawberries appear in the Resort Layer, alongside pears and oranges. They are the most abundant of the smaller fruits, with a total of fifteen in the layer. Donkey Kong can either tear off or punch their flesh to recover health, or hit a green button on top with a Dive Punch to cause the entire fruit to explode and reveal whatever is underneath; this includes a Treasure Chest, some crates and barrels, a Banandium Gem, a fossil, a Shifty Smash challenge, two fragments of a Fragmentone, a Hiddentone, and a Bopper Switch that can be punched to raise some seafloor ruins for Banandium Gem #29 — Rising Seafloor Ruins. While most of the strawberries are hollow, the strawberry on the island above Ice-Serve Switcheroo is not, and also lacks a Dive Punch button.
Names in other languages[edit]
| Language | Name | Meaning | Note(s) | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese | イチゴ Ichigo | Strawberry | [1] | |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 草莓 Cǎoméi | Strawberry | [2] |
References[edit]
- ^ June 17, 2013. "Paper Mario: From Japanese to English". The Mushroom Kingdom. Retrieved February 4, 2015.
- ^ 紫色如此 (December 26, 2021). 【全流程】【纸片马力欧】最初的纸马 神游官方中文版 开创的指令回合制与独特风格 模拟器游玩. Bilibili. Retrieved January 1, 2022.
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