Super Scope
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| First appearance | Yoshi's Safari (1993) |
| Latest appearance | The Super Mario Galaxy Movie (2026) |
The Super Scope, known as the Nintendo Scope in European languages, is a light gun peripheral for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System. It fires an infrared beam that is picked up by a sensor placed on top of the television, and where on the screen it is aiming is determined by the sensor after the scope is calibrated by shooting a test target screen. Only twelve games utilized this hardware, with the only game of the Super Mario franchise to utilize it being Yoshi's Safari, where it was also seen and used by Mario in-game.
History[edit]
Yoshi's Safari[edit]
The Super Scope first appears in Yoshi's Safari where it is used by Mario in-game. When used, it fires automatically, which quickly drains power. The RPM of the Super Scope will decrease when its Power Meter is close to empty; when it becomes completely empty, the Scope will continue firing, but only one shot at a time, even if the Fire Button is still held down (signifying that the player needs to release the Fire Button and let it recharge).
Super Smash Bros. series[edit]
The Super Scope is featured as an item in the Super Smash Bros. series starting with Super Smash Bros. Melee, allowing players to fire energy balls at their opponents, either in dozens of small bullets or in several large charged-up shots (three in Super Smash Bros. Melee and Super Smash Bros. Brawl and five in Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS / Wii U and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate). When a player repeatedly shoots small blasts in a line, the opponent is unable to move away when hit, but the player also cannot move while firing; starting with Super Smash Bros. Brawl, though, the player can walk and jump while firing the item.
Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga / Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions[edit]
In Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga and its remake, Super Scopes make a cameo as weaponry used in battle by Sniper Bills.
WarioWare series[edit]
In the WarioWare series, the Super Scope's peripheral can be seen in the WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$! and WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Party Game$! microgame "LazerBlazer", based on a mode in the game Super Scope 6, and in the WarioWare: Touched! microgame "Gunslinger".
The Super Mario Galaxy Movie[edit]
In The Super Mario Galaxy Movie, the Super Scope is a weapon originally invented by Bowser Jr. and later used by Yoshi.[1] It inverts the age of the target, turning an adult into a baby and vice versa.
Other appearances[edit]
The Devolution Gun used to cause de-evolution in the Super Mario Bros. film is a modified Super Scope.
In Volume 8 of Super Mario-kun, Mario uses a Super Scope (sent by Princess Peach) to defeat the Kurokyura.
List of Super Mario appearances[edit]
| Title | Description | Release date | System/format |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yoshi's Safari | Object | 1993 | Super Nintendo Entertainment System |
| Super Smash Bros. Melee | Item | 2001 | Nintendo GameCube |
| Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga | Cameo as Sniper Bill weapon | 2003 | Game Boy Advance |
| WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$! | Cameo in microgame | 2003 | Game Boy Advance |
| WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Party Game$! | Cameo in microgame | 2003 | Nintendo GameCube |
| WarioWare: Touched! | Cameo in microgame | 2005 | Nintendo DS |
| Super Smash Bros. Brawl | Item | 2008 | Wii |
| Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS | Item | 2014 | Nintendo 3DS |
| Super Smash Bros. for Wii U | Item | 2014 | Wii U |
| Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions | Cameo as Sniper Bill weapon | 2017 | Nintendo 3DS |
| Super Smash Bros. Ultimate | Item | 2018 | Nintendo Switch |
| The Super Mario Galaxy Movie | Object | 2026 | Film |
Profiles[edit]
Super Smash Bros. Melee[edit]
- Trophy
- Super Scope
- Super Scope
9/92 - A peripheral device for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System, the Super Scope is a wireless weapon that shoots infrared light to a receiver placed on top of the television. In Super Smash Bros. Melee, it can be fired rapidly or charged up to release a more powerful blast. It only has enough energy for 3 charge shots.
Super Smash Bros. Brawl[edit]
- Trophy
- Super Scope
- SNES Super Scope 6
- A bazooka-shaped peripheral for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System that was used wirelessly with an infrared sensor placed on top of the television. In Smash Bros., it can be fired rapidly or charged up. In Super Smash Bros. Melee, you could not move while shooting it, but in this game, you can move and jump while blasting!
Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS / Wii U[edit]
- Trophy
- Super Scope
- Appears in:
- SNES Super Scope 6 (02/1992)
- Descriptions:
- American English: This wireless weapon from the SNES era can be used kind of like a bazooka in battle. Press the attack button rapidly to spray shots, or hold it down to charge up a powerful blast. The weapon's ammo won't last forever, so try not to get caught without juice left in your batteries.
- British English: This wireless peripheral for the SNES can be used as a kind of bazooka in this game. And it comes with two different firing modes! Press the attack button repeatedly or hold it down to try them out! However, depending on how you use it, the batteries might run out pretty quick. And if they do, the fun's over. That's it!
Gallery[edit]
The logo, found on the side of the Super Scope
The title screen for Yoshi's Safari, showing Mario holding the Super Scope while riding Yoshi
Sniper Bill from Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions
Super Smash Bros. Brawl artwork
Super Smash Bros. for Wii U screenshot
Japanese box art and "Super Scope 6"
Photo of the "Zapper & Scope SP" exhibit at the Nintendo Museum
Yoshi holding a blue Super Scope in The Super Mario Galaxy Movie
The Super Scope as an item in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
Names in other languages[edit]
| Language | Name | Meaning | Note(s) | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese | スーパースコープ Sūpā Sukōpu | Super Scope | [2] | |
| German | Nintendo Scope | - | [?] | |
| Italian | Nintendo Scope | - | [?] | |
| Korean | 슈퍼 스코프 Syupeo Seukopeu | Super Scope | [?] | |
| Russian | Прицел Nintendo Pritsel Nintendo | Nintendo Scope | [?] | |
| Spanish (Latin America) | Super Scope | - | [?] | |
| Spanish (Europe) | Nintendo Scope | - | [?] |
References[edit]
- ^ Nintendo of America (January 25, 2026). The Super Mario Galaxy Movie – Yoshi First Look. YouTube. Retrieved January 26, 2026.
- ^ Japanese box art
- Accessories
- Equipment
- Super Smash Bros. Brawl items
- Super Smash Bros. Brawl trophies
- Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS / Wii U items
- Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS trophies
- Super Smash Bros. for Wii U trophies
- Super Smash Bros. Melee items
- Super Smash Bros. Melee trophies
- Super Smash Bros. Ultimate items
- The Super Mario Galaxy Movie objects
- Yoshi's Safari
