Dry Bones Shell
| Dry Bones Shell | |
|---|---|
 A Dry Bones Shell in theNew Super Mario Bros. U style | |
| First appearance | Super Mario Maker 2 (2019) |
| Latest appearance | The Super Mario Bros. Movie (2023) |
| Effect | Allows hopping, floating across liquid hazards, ground pounding and temporary invulnerability. |
| Variant of | Koopa Shell |
- “I'm thinking of changing the look of my room to something like this! Visitors have to get over thelava by floating in a Dry Bones Shell. Pretty hardcore, eh?”
- —Celebrity MC,Super Mario Maker 2
TheDry Bones Shell is an item inSuper Mario Maker 2, available in the editor as an alternate object toDry Bones. UnlikeBuzzy Shells andSpiny Shells, Dry Bones Shells are upside down and cannot be worn on the head. Instead, they can be worn by Mario in a similar way to aGoomba's Shoe and are used to float across liquid hazards (includinglava andpoison), ground pound, and become invulnerable temporarily by turning into a pile of bones. Additionally, they can be kicked, though they break upon hitting a wall.
The Dry Bones Shell is the only possible means ofGround Pounding in theSuper Mario World game style. Much like giant Goomba's Shoes, Ground Pounding with a Dry Bones Shell instantly defeats boss enemies, evenBowser, as if aThwomp, aMuncher, or a solid object landed on top of them. The only enemies that cannot be defeated with a Dry Bones Shell are Thwomps, Munchers (both of which are instead treated as terrain), theAngry Sun, andPhantos produced fromCursed Keys (both of which still damage the player).
When a Dry Bones Shell is placed or kicked underwater, it floats towards the surface instead of sinking down like other items; when worn, the player acts as if they grabbed an item: the player cannot use the jump buttons to swim, but they float towards the surface when not inputting any buttons, and can also manually float by pressing
or sink by pressing
.
The usage of Dry Bones Shell to gain temporary invulnerability resemblesStatue Mario's ability inSuper Mario Bros. 3; its secondary use as a Ground Pound while airborne is also similar to how Statue Mario works inSuper Mario 3D Land, where attempting to perform a Ground Pound while under theStatue Leaf's effect causes Mario to turn into Statue Mario in the air.
In the story mode,Undodog gives Mario the jobSwamp Escape by Shell!, which when completed gives Undodog a big Dry Bones Shell as a doghouse. Another job calledSecret of the Dry Bones Shell focuses on the shell as well.
Even though there are Dry Bones in theSuper Mario 3D World style, the Dry Bones Shell is not available in that game style.
In the climax ofThe Super Mario Bros. Movie,Invincible Luigi briefly uses a Dry Bones Shell from a defeated Dry Bones as a shield.
Profiles[edit]
Super Mario Maker 2[edit]
- North American website bio:"Even lava doesn’t faze the Dry Bones Shell. Play dead for a sec and you’ll be temporarily invincible!"
Gallery[edit]
A Dry Bones Shell in theSuper Mario Bros. style
Super Mario Bros. style icon
A Dry Bones Shell in theSuper Mario Bros. 3 style
A Dry Bones Shell in theSuper Mario World style
Super Mario in a Dry Bones Shell
SuperLuigi in a Dry Bones Shell
SuperToad in a Dry Bones Shell
SuperToadette in a Dry Bones Shell
Names in other languages[edit]
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese | カロンこうら[?] Karon Kōra | Dry Bones Shell | |
| Chinese(Simplified) | 碎龟壳[?] Suì Guīké | From "碎碎龟" (Suìsuìguī, Dry Bones) and "龟壳" (guīké, shell) | |
| Chinese(Traditional) | 碎碎龜殼[?] Suìsuì Guīké | Pun on "碎碎龜" (Suìsuìguī, Dry Bones) and "龜殼" (guīké, shell) | |
| Dutch | Dry Bones-schild[?] | Dry Bones Shell | |
| French(Canadian) | Carapace de Skelex[?] | Dry Bones Shell | |
| French(European) | Carapace de Skelerex[?] | Dry Bones Shell | |
| German | Knochentrocken-Panzer[?] | Dry Bones Shell | |
| Italian | Guscio di Tartosso[?] | Dry Bones Shell | |
| Korean | 와르르등껍질[?] Wareureu Deungkkeopjil | Dry Bones Shell | |
| Portuguese(European) | Carapaça de Caverinha[1] | Dry Bones Shell | |
| Russian | Панцирь купы-скелета[?] Pantsir' kupy-skeleta | Dry Bones Shell | |
| Spanish(Latin American) | Caparazón de huesitos[?] | Dry Bones Shell | |
| Spanish(European) | Caparazón de Huesitos[?] | Dry Bones Shell |
References[edit]
- ^ Nintendo Portugal. (May 15, 2019).Super Mario Maker 2 Direct - 15/05/2019.YouTube. Retrieved January 10, 2021.
