1 UP Heart

Not to be confused with Life-Up Heart.
1 UP Heart
Artwork of a 1-Up Heart, from Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins.
Artwork of a 1-Up Heart from Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins
First appearance Super Mario Land (1989)
Latest appearance Game & Watch Gallery 4 (2002)
Effect Grants an extra life

1 UP Hearts[1] (alternatively 1UP hearts[2] or 1-Up Hearts[3]), or simply Hearts,[4] are items that basically perform the same function as 1-Up Mushrooms, granting one extra life to the player in Super Mario Land, Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins, Donkey Kong on the Game Boy, and the Game & Watch Gallery series. The most likely reason that 1 UP Hearts are used in these games rather than 1-Up Mushrooms is that the monochrome palette of the original Game Boy would make it impossible to distinguish between 1-Up Mushrooms and Super Mushrooms.

HistoryEdit

Super Mario seriesEdit

Super Mario LandEdit

1UP hearts make their first appearance in Super Mario Land. When a 1UP heart is released from jumping under a Mystery Block or brick, it flies out before falling straight down. Unlike Super Mushrooms, 1UP hearts fall through the ground until Mario grabs them in time before they disappear.

Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden CoinsEdit

In Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins, a 1-Up Heart moves like a 1-Up Mushroom and slides right unless Mario can quickly catch it. 1-Up Hearts can also be caught by a collector, who then runs away with them. In bonus games that occur if Mario rings the bell placed hanging in the air at the end of a stage, 1-Up Hearts become available prizes; 3-Up Hearts exclusively appear in Amida Game II and give three extra lives. Stand-alone 1-Up Hearts can be found in some levels.

Donkey Kong (Game Boy)Edit

In Donkey Kong on the Game Boy, 1 UP Hearts float in midair at spots that are hard to reach without special moves. They reappear if the player loses a life and revisits the level. They appear slightly larger and have a "1 UP" logo on them.

Game & Watch Gallery seriesEdit

Hearts, or heart-marks,[5] appear in "Modern" versions of Game & Watch games in Game & Watch Gallery and its sequels. These hearts replenish a life that has been lost and appear only when a player reaches 200, 500, and 700 points in most games; if a player does not have any misses when they pass these points, a heart does not appear. In this game, hearts are either red or pink and have a two-toned color scheme similar to the one suggested by the white-and-gray pattern of the original hearts in Super Mario Land. Despite later games supporting color, hearts still reappear for the rest of the series.

Game appearancesEdit

Title Description Release date System/format
Super Mario Land Item 1989 Game Boy
Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins Item 1992 Game Boy
Donkey Kong (Game Boy) Item 1994 Game Boy
Game & Watch Gallery Item 1997 Game Boy
Game & Watch Gallery 2 Item 1997 (Japan-only) Game Boy
Game & Watch Gallery 2 Item 1998 Game Boy Color
Game & Watch Gallery 3 Item 1999 Game Boy Color
Game & Watch Gallery 4 Item 2002 Game Boy Advance

GalleryEdit

Names in other languagesEdit

Language Name Meaning
Japanese 1UPワンアップハート[6]
Wan Appu Hāto
1UPのハート[7]
Wan Appu no Hāto
1UPハート[8]
Wan Appu Hāto
1-UP Heart

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Dutch 1-Up-hart[13]
1-Up-heart
French Cœur 1UP[12]
1UP heart
German 1-Up-Herz
Herz
1 Up Heart
Heart
Italian Cuore 1UP[14]
Cuore 1-Up[15]
Cuore vita extra[16]
1UP Heart
1-Up Heart
Extra life heart
Spanish Corazón
Vida[9] (Super Mario Land)
Vida 1Up[10] (Super Mario Land 2)
Vida extra[11] (Game Boy Donkey Kong)
Heart
Life
1Up Life
Extra life

ReferencesEdit

  1. ^ Donkey Kong (Game Boy) English instruction booklet, page 16.
  2. ^ Super Mario Land English instruction booklet, page 8.
  3. ^ Nintendo Power Volume 43, page 44.
  4. ^ Hamm & Rudolf GmbH, Frankfurt. Super Game Boy Player's Guide. Page 21.
  5. ^ Game & Watch Gallery instruction booklet, page 15.
  6. ^ Kazuki, Motoyama. KC Deluxe vol. 1 - Super Mario Land. Page 1.
  7. ^ Game Boy Donkey Kong Japanese instruction booklet, page 14.
  8. ^ Sakai, Kazuya (Ambit), kikai, Akinori Sao, Junko Fukuda, Kunio Takayama, and Ko Nakahara (Shogakukan), editors (2015). 『スーパーマリオブラザーズ百科: 任天堂公式ガイドブック』. Tokyo: Shogakukan (Japanese). Page 48, 78.
  9. ^ Club Nintendo (Mexico) Año 1 No. 1, pages 30-33.
  10. ^ Club Nintendo (Mexico) Año 2 No. 3, page 48.
  11. ^ Game Boy Donkey Kong Spanish Nintendo 3DS Virtual Console digital manual, tab 13: "Objetos".
  12. ^ Super Mario Land French instruction booklet, page 8.
  13. ^ Game Boy Donkey Kong Dutch Nintendo 3DS Virtual Console digital manual, tab 13: "Voorwerpen".
  14. ^ Super Mario Land Italian manual, pag. 8
  15. ^ Super Mario Land (3DS - Virtual Console) Italian e-manual, pag. 7
  16. ^ Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia, pag. 48