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'''Plessie''' is a large, friendly dinosaur that appears in ''[[Super Mario 3D World]]'' and ''[[Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury]]''. It allows up to four playable characters to ride it through certain levels or sections of levels, similarly to [[Dorrie]] in ''[[Super Mario 64]]'', ''[[Super Mario 64 DS]]'', and ''[[New Super Mario Bros.]]'' Its name is a portmanteau of "{{wp|Plesiosauria|plesiosaur}}" and "Nessie"; the former is an extinct group of large marine reptiles that are often confused as dinosaurs, and the latter is the nickname given to the {{wp|Loch Ness Monster}}. | '''Plessie''' is a large, friendly dinosaur that appears in ''[[Super Mario 3D World]]'' and ''[[Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury]]''. It allows up to four playable characters to ride it through certain levels or sections of levels, similarly to [[Dorrie]] in ''[[Super Mario 64]]'', ''[[Super Mario 64 DS]]'', and ''[[New Super Mario Bros.]]'' Its name is a portmanteau of "{{wp|Plesiosauria|plesiosaur}}" and "Nessie"; the former is an extinct group of large marine reptiles that are often confused as dinosaurs, and the latter is the nickname given to the {{wp|Loch Ness Monster}}. | ||
==Design== | ==Design== | ||
The official United Kingdom game page for ''[[Super Mario 3D World]]'' calls Plessie a dinosaur in its description, despite it being named after a plesiosaur, which is not a dinosaur.<ref>[https://www.nintendo.co.uk/games/oms/super_mario_3d_world/game_world.html ''Game World'' section on the official UK game page for ''Super Mario 3D World'']. ''"Meet Plessie, a helpful dinosaur who just loves to ride down rapids!"''</ref> It is designed after a bipedal {{wp|nothosaur}}, an organism that is also not a dinosaur, and lived much earlier than the plesiosaur. During gameplay, it is around three to four times as tall as [[Mario]], although the artwork made for the ''[[Super Mario 3D World Original Soundtrack]]'' shows it being around only twice as tall as Mario. Its large belly allows it to slide across the water quickly. The bottom of each foot, including the toes, is fully covered by a white pad. Its back features four darker stripes with rounded borders that are perpendicular to its tail. Its eyes each have an orange eyelid, a white sclera, and a big oval pupil surrounded by an aqua-green iris. The upper part of its muzzle is elongated like that of a {{wp|crocodile}}, and near its top, there is a white protruding end with two nostrils. Its tail is long and ends with a three-lobed cyan structure resting on the coronal plane. Knotted on the left side of its neck is a red bandanna. | The official United Kingdom game page for ''[[Super Mario 3D World]]'' calls Plessie a dinosaur in its description, despite it being named after a plesiosaur, which is not a dinosaur.<ref>[https://www.nintendo.co.uk/games/oms/super_mario_3d_world/game_world.html ''Game World'' section on the official UK game page for ''Super Mario 3D World'']. ''"Meet Plessie, a helpful dinosaur who just loves to ride down rapids!"''</ref> It is designed after a bipedal {{wp|nothosaur}}, an organism that is also not a dinosaur, and lived much earlier than the plesiosaur. During gameplay, it is around three to four times as tall as [[Mario]], although the artwork made for the ''[[Super Mario 3D World Original Soundtrack]]'' shows it being around only twice as tall as Mario. Its large belly allows it to slide across the water quickly. The bottom of each foot, including the toes, is fully covered by a white pad. Its back features four darker stripes with rounded borders that are perpendicular to its tail. Its eyes each have an orange eyelid, a white sclera, and a big oval pupil surrounded by an aqua-green iris. The upper part of its muzzle is elongated like that of a {{wp|crocodile}}, and near its top, there is a white protruding end with two nostrils. Its tail is long and ends with a three-lobed cyan structure resting on the coronal plane. Knotted on the left side of its neck is a red bandanna. | ||
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