Not to be confused with Bubble.
Big Bubble
Big Bubble
Animation of a Big Bubble from Super Mario World
First appearance Super Mario World (1990)
Latest appearance Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2 (2001)
A Big Bubble in-game

Big Bubbles[1] (also called Green Bubbles[2] or just Bubbles[3]) are obstacles appearing in the Vanilla Ghost House and Valley Ghost House in Super Mario World. They are huge green bubbles that drift in the air, hurting Mario or Luigi if jumped on or touched. Using a Spin Jump, however, allows the player to bounce off them safely, and a slide or Body Press can actually destroy them.

Names in other languagesEdit

Language Name Meaning
Japanese ビッグバブル[4]
Biggu Baburu
Big Bubble

German Grüne Blase
Green Bubble
Italian Bolla Gigante[5]
Giant Bubble

TriviaEdit

  • The graphics used for a Big Bubble are actually shared with the body of the game's Big Boos, just in a different palette and without the graphics for features layered on top.[6]

ReferencesEdit

  1. ^ (August 1991). Nintendo Mario Mania Player's Guide. Nintendo of America (American English). Page 52.
  2. ^ Nintendo Mario Mania Player's Guide. Nintendo of America (American English). Page 82.
  3. ^ (September 1991). Nintendo Power Volume 28. Nintendo of America (American English). Page 16.
  4. ^ (2015). Super Mario Bros. Hyakka: Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook, Super Mario World section. Shogakukan (Japanese). Page 61.
  5. ^ Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia. Page 61.
  6. ^ Sprite sheet of the game's enemies, showing the boss version of The Big Boo with the same palette as a Big Bubble due to color switching from taking damage, as well as the fact that the shaded side of both Big Boo and Big Bubble have the same color mapping.