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===''Mario Kart: Double Dash!!''=== | ===''Mario Kart: Double Dash!!''=== | ||
Bowser's Shell first appears in ''[[Mario Kart: Double Dash!!]]'' as a [[Special Item (Mario Kart series)|Special item]] that [[Bowser]] and [[Bowser Jr.]] can receive. Much like any other Special Item, [[King Boo]] and [[Petey Piranha]] can also receive it. When released, it bounces around the track like a normal [[Green Shell]], toppling any [[kart]] that it hits as well as knocking down the rear character, making the racers drop their items and temporarily disabling them from switching. After Bowser's Shell hits the walls of a course roughly fifteen times, the shell breaks apart. Unlike many other items, the Bowser Shell can resist being destroyed by some other items, and even bounces off another special item should it collide with one. | Bowser's Shell first appears in ''[[Mario Kart: Double Dash!!]]'' as a [[Special Item (Mario Kart series)|Special item]] that [[Bowser]] and [[Bowser Jr.]] can receive. Much like any other Special Item, [[King Boo]] and [[Petey Piranha]] can also receive it. When released, it bounces around the track like a normal [[Green Shell]], toppling any [[kart]] that it hits as well as knocking down the rear character, making the racers drop their items and temporarily disabling them from switching. After Bowser's Shell hits the walls of a course roughly fifteen times, the shell breaks apart. Unlike many other items, the Bowser Shell can resist being destroyed by some other items, and even bounces off another special item should it collide with one. | ||
===''Mario Kart DS''=== | |||
This item was also [[List of Mario Kart DS pre-release and unused content|going to appear]] in ''[[Mario Kart DS]]'', and the model for it is still in the game. | |||
===''Mario Kart Arcade GP 2'' / ''Mario Kart Arcade GP DX''=== | ===''Mario Kart Arcade GP 2'' / ''Mario Kart Arcade GP DX''=== | ||
The item reappears as one of Bowser's items in ''[[Mario Kart Arcade GP 2]]'' and as an item any character can use in ''[[Mario Kart Arcade GP DX]]''. | The item reappears as one of Bowser's items in ''[[Mario Kart Arcade GP 2]]'' and as an item any character can use in ''[[Mario Kart Arcade GP DX]]''. | ||
===''Mario Kart Tour''=== | ===''Mario Kart Tour''=== |
Revision as of 19:28, May 17, 2020
- This article is about the Mario Kart item. For a similar item in Puzzle & Dragons: Super Mario Bros. Edition, see Spiky Shell.
Template:Item-infobox Bowser's Shell is an item in the Mario Kart series. It is a gigantic spiky shell, effectively identical to Bowser's, which can crash through multiple drivers and obstacles in a row.
History
Mario Kart: Double Dash!!
Bowser's Shell first appears in Mario Kart: Double Dash!! as a Special item that Bowser and Bowser Jr. can receive. Much like any other Special Item, King Boo and Petey Piranha can also receive it. When released, it bounces around the track like a normal Green Shell, toppling any kart that it hits as well as knocking down the rear character, making the racers drop their items and temporarily disabling them from switching. After Bowser's Shell hits the walls of a course roughly fifteen times, the shell breaks apart. Unlike many other items, the Bowser Shell can resist being destroyed by some other items, and even bounces off another special item should it collide with one.
Mario Kart DS
This item was also going to appear in Mario Kart DS, and the model for it is still in the game.
Mario Kart Arcade GP 2 / Mario Kart Arcade GP DX
The item reappears as one of Bowser's items in Mario Kart Arcade GP 2 and as an item any character can use in Mario Kart Arcade GP DX.
Mario Kart Tour
This item also reappears in Mario Kart Tour as the special item of Bowser, Bowser Jr., and Dry Bowser.
Profiles
Mario Kart Tour
- Tips & Tricks: "This big ol' shell on loan from Bowser will crash any karts it hits and keep on going. It can only be thrown forward."
- Mario Kart Tour Twitter: "Special item introduction: Bowser's Shell
In #MarioKartTour, there are special items for certain drivers. This big ol' shell will crash any kart it hits and keep on going. In tightly-packed races, this powerful item can take out multiple racers in a single throw!"[1]
Gallery
Names in other languages
Language | Name | Meaning |
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Japanese | クッパこうら Kuppa Kōra |
Bowser Shell |
Chinese (simplified) | 酷霸王龟壳 Kùbàwáng Guīké |
Bowser Shell |
Chinese (traditional) | 庫巴龜殼 Kùbā Guīké |
Bowser Shell |
German | Bowsers Panzer |
Bowser´s Shell |
Italian | Guscio di Bowser |
Bowser's Shell |
Korean | 쿠파등껍질 Kuppa Deungkkeopjil |
Bowser shell |
Portuguese (NOA) | Casco do Bowser |
Bowser's Shell |
Spanish | Caparazón de Bowser |
Bowser's Shell |