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|image=[[File:Cannonball SMR.png]]<br>Artwork from ''Super Mario Run''

|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]'' ([[List of games by date#1988|1988]])

|variants=[[Diagonal cannon]]<br>[[Giant cannon]]<br>[[Quartet-cannon]]

|comparable=[[Bill Blaster]]<br>[[Dōryī]]<br>[[Kaboomba]]

'''Cannons''' are used to fire all kinds of projectiles in the [[Super Mario (franchise)|''Super Mario'' franchise]], including other characters. They have a more generic appearance and use than [[Bill Blaster]]s, which specifically shoot out [[Bullet Bill]]s. Cannons are usually part of the environment and cannot be destroyed.

Cannons make their first appearance in ''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]'', where they show up in the [[airship]], [[tank]], and [[battleship|boat]] levels. They are found on floors and ceilings and continue firing when touched. While some are turrets that fire straight ahead like [[Bill Blaster|Turtle Cannon]]s, common fixed cannons, which can also be found on ceilings, shoot their [[cannonball]]s diagonally. Some of these grounded cannons are mortars that eject [[Bob-omb]]s at short distances. There are four-barreled [[quartet-cannon]]s, two-barreled [[diagonal cannon]]s, and [[giant cannon]]s.

In ''[[New Super Mario Bros. Wii]]'', upward and downward-pointed cannons and mortars from ''Super Mario Bros. 3'' that fire [[cannonball]]s and [[Bob-omb]]s reappear, in addition to the rotating [[quartet-cannon]]s and horizontal [[giant cannon]]s. The normal cannons in {{world-link|8|airship|World 8-Airship (New Super Mario Bros. Wii)}} also routinely rotate their barrel to the other direction before firing again. [[Warp Cannon]]s and [[Pipe Cannon]]s from ''New Super Mario Bros.'' also appear.

[[Pipe Cannon]]s also return from the previous games, acting much in the same way. These pipes first appear in World 1-A. Mortars that fire Bob-ombs also reappear, though they launch them as [[Parabomb]]s in this game.

In ''[[New Super Mario Bros. U]]'', '''boss cannons'''<ref>Stratton, Steve. ''New Super Mario Bros. U'' PRIMA Official Game Guide. Page 52. "''Enter the ominous boss cannon you discover at the top of these lengthy stairs, and you’ll be shot over to Lemmy’s airship. It’s time for a boss battle!''"</ref> take an important role in [[castle]]s. After [[Mario]], [[Luigi]], [[Yellow Toad (New Super Mario Bros. series)|Yellow Toad]], and [[Blue Toad (character)|Blue Toad]] finish the castle, they run up a flight of stairs and jump inside the cannon and blast into one of the [[Koopalings]]' [[airship]]s and start the Koopaling battle. [[Pipe Cannon]]s also appear in levels and in the world map, the latter of which is used to travel to other worlds. The normal cannons and [[giant cannon]]s from ''Super Mario Bros. 3'' also appear and act in the same way; they appear in [[The Mighty Cannonship]] from [[Soda Jungle]] as well as in some challenges of [[Challenge Mode (New Super Mario Bros. U)|Challenge Mode]].

|Jap={{ruby|大砲|たいほう}}<ref>''Super Donkey Kong 2: Dixie & Diddy'' instruction booklet, page 20.</ref><ref>''Super Mario 64'' Japanese instruction booklet, page 18.</ref><br>''Taihō''<br>砲台<br>''Hōdai''<br>斜め砲台<ref>Shogakukan. 2015. ''Super Mario Bros. Hyakka: Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook'', ''Super Mario Bros. 3'' section, page 41.</ref> <small>(''Super Mario Bros. 3'', diagonal type)</small><br>''Naname hōdai''<br>ボムへい{{ruby|砲台|ほうだい}} <small>(''Super Mario 64 DS'')</small><br>''Bomuhei Hōdai''

|JapM=Cannon<br><br>Artillery<br><br>Diagonal artillery<br><br>Bob-omb Artillery