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[[File:Mario Kick Artwork - Super Mario 64.png|thumb|Mario proceeding to kick in ''[[Super Mario 64]]'']]

'''Kicking''' is a [[abilities|move]] closely related to [[Punch|punching]] that appears in many ''Mario'' games. It is either part of a attack combo or a midair attack. Almost every playable character with legs can kick, though [[Boo]] uses its tail instead.  

The move was first seen in ''[[Super Mario Bros.]]'' where either [[Mario]] or [[Luigi]] were capable of kicking [[Koopa Shell]]s at their opponents or obstacles. The kicking of Koopa Shells later returns in most future ''Super Mario'' games. The later games, such as ''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]'', also introduced the concept of kicking other objects aside from Koopa Shells in order to gain other effects.

====''Super Mario 64''====

Mario kicks to end an attack combo in ''[[Super Mario 64]]'' and ''[[Super Mario 64 DS]]''; he can also do so in midair, to attack enemies and stall his fall (both [[Luigi]] and [[Wario]] were also capable of performing kicks in the latter game).

In ''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]'', Mario can kick enemies away after stunning them, similar to ''[[Mario Bros. (game)|Mario Bros.]]'' A move called the [[Double Kick]] also appears, which gets its name because of how Mario does a kick with both legs while doing the move.

Mario can kick in ''[[Super Mario Galaxy 2]]'', with the move having the same purpose as its predecessor.

[[File:Destruction Duet Second Variation.png|thumb|right|250px|Kicking may be used to damage the statues.]]

In [[Destruction Duet]], players may have their characters kick the [[Bowser Statue]] by pressing {{button|n64|B}} while in mid-air, damaging and eventually destroying the statues.

In ''[[Super Mario Strikers]]'', the game relies on this move a lot as the series is based off of soccer, a kick-centric real world sport. The [[Super Strike]], respectively, is the most powerful kick in the game.

Kicking reappears in ''[[Mario Strikers Charged]]'', having the same purpose as its predecessor. In this game, the Super Strike was replaced by the [[Mega Strike]], another powerful kick.

[[File:Melee-FalconKick.png|thumb|right|250px|[[Captain Falcon]] performing a Falcon Kick]]

In the [[Super Smash Bros. (series)|''Super Smash Bros.'' series]], almost all the playable characters are capable of using kicks as a form of attack. Midair kicks are also possible for some characters. Some kicks are also [[List of special moves|special moves]], like [[Captain Falcon]]'s [[Captain Falcon#Falcon Kick|Falcon Kick]] and [[Ganondorf]]'s [[Ganondorf#Wizard's Foot|Wizard's Foot]].

==Official profiles==

MariokickSMB3.jpg|[[Mario]] kicking an ice block at a [[Buster Beetle]] in ''Super Mario Bros. 3''

SMW Mario kicking a shell.jpg|Mario kicking a [[Koopa Troopa]] in ''[[Super Mario World]]''

Toad kicking Wario Woods artwork.jpg|[[Toad]] kicking a [[Spud]] in ''Wario's Woods''

Luigi Toad Crown Artwork - Super Mario 3D World.png|[[Toad]] kicking a [[Green Shell]] at [[Luigi]] to get his crown in ''[[Super Mario 3D World]]''