Editing Goal Ring

{{about|the goals in the [[Yoshi (franchise)|Yoshi franchise]]|the goals found in [[New Super Mario Bros. U]]'s [[Challenge Mode (New Super Mario Bros. U)|Challenge Mode]]|[[goal ring (New Super Mario Bros. U)]]}}
{{item infobox
|image=[[File:SMW2 GoalRoulette.png|250px]]<br>A [[Yoshi (species)|Red Yoshi]] near a goal roulette in ''[[Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3]]''
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]'' ([[List of games by date#1995|1995]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Mario Kart Tour]]'' ([[List of games by date#2019|2019]])
}}
A '''Goal Ring''',<ref>''"They also add flowers to the Goal Ring roulette!"'' – Message in ''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island''</ref><ref>''Yoshi's New Island'' digital manual. Page 9.</ref><ref>''Yoshi's Woolly World'' digital manual</ref> also called a '''goal roulette'''<ref>''Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3'' instruction booklet. Page 28.</ref><ref>''Yoshi's Island DS'' instruction booklet. Page 22.</ref> or '''GOAL! Ring''',<ref>''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island'' instruction booklet. Page 11.</ref> is an object found in several ''[[Yoshi (franchise)|Yoshi]]'' platform games, particularly those in the ''[[Yoshi's Island (series)|Yoshi's Island]]'' series. Debuting in ''[[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]'', Goal Rings are found at the ends of all [[level]]s of a game (except for [[castle]]s and [[fortress]]es), acting as goal points. A Goal Ring is a circle consisting of blue dots and the [[Smiley Flower]]s the player collected in a given level. When the ring is entered, the word "GOAL!" appears in the top right corner of the screen. Trees resembling [[Yoshi's House]] stand on the other side of the Goal Ring in most courses.

==History==
===''Yoshi's Island'' series===
====''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island'' / ''Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3''====
In ''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island'' and [[Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3|its reissue]], when a [[Yoshi (species)|Yoshi]] jumps through a Goal Ring and passes [[Baby Mario]] to the next Yoshi, it starts spinning slower and slower. After a few seconds, the Goal Ring stops spinning and lands on either a blue dot or a flower. If it lands on a blue dot, nothing happens, and the player continues to the scoreboard and then the next level. However, if the roulette stops on a flower, the player instead goes to a [[Bonus Challenge]] after they leave the scoreboard. After the instant Bonus Challenge, the player goes to the next level. The spots on a Goal Ring always "bloom" in the same order when flowers are collected. The spot on the top of the Goal Ring blooms for the first flower collected, and every additional flower results in the addition of one every two spots away from the previous one in a counterclockwise direction. If the player missed a flower in the stage, the matching spot in the Goal Ring does not bloom. Landing on one of these flower buds has the same result as landing on a blue dot, thus decreasing the chances of the player's being able to play a Bonus Challenge. Four tall trees stand past the Goal Ring in most courses.

A Goal Ring always loads when the player is a certain distance away from it and always starts spinning from the same spot upon being loaded. As a result, the player can often manipulate whether they get a Bonus Challenge or not by entering the Goal Ring a certain amount of time after loading it. If the player collects at least three flowers in a level, they can [[dash|run]] into the Goal Ring at full speed, and the roulette always stops on the bottom left flower position of the Goal Ring, thus always giving them a Bonus Challenge.

If the player loads in an enemy right at the other Yoshi's entrance after entering, the game will soft-freeze.{{ref needed}} Hacking the game reveals that the Yoshi that picks up Baby Mario out of the air can still have status effects (such as the [[Fuzzy (Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island)|Fuzzy]] effect). However, this does not change graphics or gameplay.{{ref needed}}

According to an unused object with [[glitch]]ed graphics found within the game's data, a Goal Ring would have been a pump-themed goal similar to the [[End of Level Target]]s from ''[[Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest]]'' with four prizes placed in different spots rather than the prizes being selected randomly. The appropriate graphics for this unused pump goal were found on July 24, 2020, alongside other unseen assets that were not in the game's data.<ref>[https://tcrf.net/Development:Super_Mario_World_2:_Yoshi%27s_Island/Sprites#Goal The cut sprites for the unused Goal]. ''The Cutting Room Floor''. Retrieved February 12, 2023.</ref>

====''Yoshi's Island DS''====
Goal roulettes return in ''[[Yoshi's Island DS]]'', where they have the same role as before.

====''Yoshi's New Island''====
In ''[[Yoshi's New Island]]'', if a Yoshi lands on a Smiley Flower as he passes through a Goal Ring, all the Smiley Flowers currently blossomed on the ring turn into [[Egg Medal]]s, which are then awarded to the player.

===''Yoshi's Woolly World'' / ''Poochy & Yoshi's Woolly World''===
In ''[[Yoshi's Woolly World]]'', when Yoshi jumps through a Goal Ring, it instantly stops instead of spinning slower and slower. Also, blue dots and flower buds are replaced by [[bead]]s. When Yoshi lands on a bead, the player earns extra beads. When he lands on a Smiley Flower, he proceeds to a [[Bonus Game (Yoshi's Woolly World)|bonus game]].

In ''[[Poochy & Yoshi's Woolly World]]'', if the player stops a Goal Ring on a flower, they get a chance at Gold Rush in [[Poochy Dash]] instead of a bonus game.

===''Mario Kart'' series===
====''Mario Kart 8 Deluxe''====
A Goal Ring appears just before the [[Finish line (object)|finish line]] of the [[Yoshi's Island (race course)|Yoshi's Island]] course in ''[[Mario Kart 8 Deluxe]]''. Racers are able to reach the Goal Ring only by driving along the red bridge triggered by the [[Winged Cloud]] on the course. There are eight [[coin]]s gathered in the middle of the ring, but it otherwise has no gameplay effect.

====''Mario Kart Tour''====
The Goal Ring is also present in the same location on the ''[[Mario Kart Tour]]'' rendition of the Yoshi's Island course. When passed through, the Goal Ring gives players bonus points.

===Other appearances===
A Goal Ring also appears in the [[sonicretro:Yoshi's Island Zone|Yoshi's Island Zone]] in ''[[Sonic Lost World]]'', functioning identically as in the ''Yoshi's Island'' series, minus providing the opportunity to play Bonus Challenges.

==Profiles==
===''Yoshi's Woolly World''===
*'''Instruction manual description:''' ''The Smiley Flowers you collected throughout a course will appear on the Goal Ring. Pass through the ring to clear the course.''

==Gallery==
<gallery>
YNI Goal Ring.png|''[[Yoshi's New Island]]''
Yoshi's Woolly World - E3 2014 screen 6.jpg|''[[Yoshi's Woolly World]]''
Yoshi'sFinishLine.jpg|''[[Mario Kart 8 Deluxe]]''
MKT Goal Ring.jpg|''[[Mario Kart Tour]]''
</gallery>

==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jap=ゴールルーレット<ref>''Super Mario: Yossy Island'' instruction booklet. Pages 13–14</ref><br>''Gōru Rūretto''<br>ゴールリング<ref>[https://www.nintendo.co.jp/3ds/ataj/detail/man_ataj_00.pdf ''Yoshi's New Island'' Japanese instruction manual]. Section 9: 「コースの進みかた」. nintendo.co.jp. Retrieved October 1, 2018.</ref><br>''Gōru Ringu''
|JapM=Goal Roulette<br><br>Goal Ring
|ChiS=终点环
|ChiSR=Zhōngdiǎn Huán
|ChiSM=Finish Ring
|ChiT=終點環
|ChiTR=Zhōngdiǎn Huán
|ChiTM=Finish Ring
|Fre=Anneau d'arrivée
|FreM=Goal Ring
|Ger=Zielkreis
|GerM=
|Ita=Anello GOAL!<ref>''[[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]'' GIG's Italian manual, pag. 10</ref> <small>(''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island'')</small>
|Ita2=Anello meta
|ItaM=GOAL! Ring
|Ita2M=Goal ring
|Kor=골인링
|KorR=Gorin Ring
|KorM=Goal Ring
|Por=Aro de meta
|PorM=Goal Ring
|Spa=Aro de meta
|SpaM=Goal Ring
}}

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