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|image=[[File:SMS Wind Spirit.png|250px]]
|image=[[File:SMS Wind Spirit.png|200px]]
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario Sunshine]]'' ([[List of games by date#2002|2002]])
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario Sunshine]]'' ([[List of games by date#2002|2002]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Super Mario 3D All-Stars]]'' ([[List of games by date#2020|2020]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Super Mario 3D All-Stars]]'' ([[List of games by date#2020|2020]])
|variants=[[Bone Twister]]
|comparable=[[Gusty]]
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'''Wind Spirits'''<ref>Hodgson, David S J, Bryan Stratton, and Stephen Stratton. ''Super Mario Sunshine'' [[Prima Games|Prima]] Official Strategy Guide. Page 18.</ref> (also known as '''Gusts'''<ref>Bogenn, Tim, and Doug Walsh. ''Super Mario Sunshine'' BradyGames Official Strategy Guide, page 7.</ref>) are a species of enemy that appear only in ''[[Super Mario Sunshine]]''. When [[Mario]] is on a high place, a Wind Spirit forms. It first spins around Mario, then suddenly stops and charges him. If it hits him, Mario usually gets knocked off the platform. Wind Spirits can be temporarily dispatched using [[F.L.U.D.D.]] and defeated using [[Yoshi (species)|Yoshi's]] tongue. Wind Spirits yield a single [[coin]] upon defeat.
'''Wind Spirits'''<ref>Hodgson, David S J, Bryan Stratton, and Stephen Stratton. ''Super Mario Sunshine'' Prima's Official Strategy Guide. Page 18.</ref> (also known as '''Gusts'''<ref>Bogenn, Tim, and Doug Walsh. ''Super Mario Sunshine'' BradyGames Official Strategy Guide, page 7.</ref> or '''Cyclos'''<ref>[https://www.nintendo.co.jp/character/mario/archives/sunshine/?lang=en English ''Super Mario Sunshine'' entry on the official Mario Portal]. ''nintendo.co.jp''. Retrieved August 13, 2022. ([https://archive.ph/M7LQb Archived] August 12, 2022 23:33:20 UTC via archive.today.)</ref>) are enemies in ''[[Super Mario Sunshine]]''. Their appearance is similar to a bluish-white square with an afterimage effect and surrounded by some winds. When [[Mario]] is on a high place, a Wind Spirit forms. It first spins around Mario, then suddenly stops and charges him. If it hits him, Mario usually gets knocked off the platform. Wind Spirits can be temporarily dispatched using [[F.L.U.D.D.|FLUDD]] and defeated using a [[Yoshi (species)|Yoshi's]] tongue. Wind Spirits yield a single [[coin]] upon defeat.


==Locations==
==Locations==
*[[Bianco Hills|Windmill Village]] &ndash; Ep. 4
*[[Bianco Hills|Windmill Village]] &ndash; [[Red Coins of Windmill Village|Episode 4]]
*[[Bianco Hills|Bianco Windmill Tops]] &ndash; Ep. 8
*[[Bianco Hills|Bianco Windmill Tops]] &ndash; [[The Red Coins of the Lake|Episode 8]]
*[[Ricco Harbor]] &ndash; All Ep.
*[[Ricco Harbor]] &ndash; all episodes
*[[Pianta Village|Pianta Village Bridge]] &ndash; Ep. 3, 5, 7
*[[Pianta Village|Pianta Village Bridge]] &ndash; [[The Goopy Inferno|Episode 3]], [[Secret of the Village Underside|Episode 5]], and [[Shadow Mario Runs Wild|Episode 7]]
*Near [[Shadow Mario]]'s ''M''{{'}}s of [[Pianta Village]] &ndash; Ep. 7
*[[Pianta Village|Pianta Village Mushroom Platforms]] &ndash; Episode 3
*Near [[Shadow Mario]]'s ''M''{{'}}s of Pianta Village &ndash; Episode 7
 
==Gallery==
<gallery>
SMS Artwork Wind Spirit.png|Artwork from ''Super Mario Sunshine''
</gallery>


==Names in other languages==
==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
{{foreign names
|Jap=カゼくん<ref>Shogakukan. 2015. ''Super Mario Bros. Hyakka: Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook'', ''Super Mario Sunshine'' section, page 99.</ref>
|Jap=かぜくん<ref>Shogakukan. 「スーパーマリオサンシャイン任天堂公式ガイドブック」 (''Super Mario Sunshine Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook''). [https://i.imgur.com/cR55rqr.jpg Page 18.]</ref>
|JapR=Kaze-kun
|JapR=Kaze-kun
|JapM=Portmanteau of「風」(''kaze'', wind) and「くん」(the honorific ''{{wp|Japanese honorifics#Kun|kun}}'')
|JapM=Wind-{{wp|Japanese honorifics#Kun|kun}}; compare [[Bone Twister#Names in other languages|Bone Twister]]
|Fre=Ventu<ref>''[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|Super Mario Encyclopedia]]'', pag. 99</ref>
|FreM=From "vent" (wind) and the French adjective-forming suffix "-u"
|Ger=Wind-Geist
|Ger=Wind-Geist
|GerM=Wind Spirit
|GerM=Wind Spirit
|Ita=Spirito del vento<ref>Italian Prima's official strategy guide ''Super Mario Sunshine'', page 13.</ref>
|Ita=Spirito del vento<ref>Italian Prima's official strategy guide ''Super Mario Sunshine'', page 13.</ref><br>Spirito del Vento<ref>''[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|Super Mario Bros. Enciclopdia]]''; pag. 99</ref>
|ItaM=Wind Spirit
|ItaM=Wind Spirit
}}
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Latest revision as of 09:31, February 18, 2024

Not to be confused with Gusty.
Wind Spirit
Wind Spirit
First appearance Super Mario Sunshine (2002)
Latest appearance Super Mario 3D All-Stars (2020)
Variants
Comparable

Wind Spirits[1] (also known as Gusts[2] or Cyclos[3]) are enemies in Super Mario Sunshine. Their appearance is similar to a bluish-white square with an afterimage effect and surrounded by some winds. When Mario is on a high place, a Wind Spirit forms. It first spins around Mario, then suddenly stops and charges him. If it hits him, Mario usually gets knocked off the platform. Wind Spirits can be temporarily dispatched using FLUDD and defeated using a Yoshi's tongue. Wind Spirits yield a single coin upon defeat.

Locations[edit]

Gallery[edit]

Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning
Japanese かぜくん[4]
Kaze-kun
Wind-kun; compare Bone Twister

French Ventu[5]
From "vent" (wind) and the French adjective-forming suffix "-u"
German Wind-Geist
Wind Spirit
Italian Spirito del vento[6]
Spirito del Vento[7]
Wind Spirit

References[edit]

  1. ^ Hodgson, David S J, Bryan Stratton, and Stephen Stratton. Super Mario Sunshine Prima's Official Strategy Guide. Page 18.
  2. ^ Bogenn, Tim, and Doug Walsh. Super Mario Sunshine BradyGames Official Strategy Guide, page 7.
  3. ^ English Super Mario Sunshine entry on the official Mario Portal. nintendo.co.jp. Retrieved August 13, 2022. (Archived August 12, 2022 23:33:20 UTC via archive.today.)
  4. ^ Shogakukan. 「スーパーマリオサンシャイン任天堂公式ガイドブック」 (Super Mario Sunshine Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook). Page 18.
  5. ^ Super Mario Encyclopedia, pag. 99
  6. ^ Italian Prima's official strategy guide Super Mario Sunshine, page 13.
  7. ^ Super Mario Bros. Enciclopdia; pag. 99