Super Mushroom

Super Mushroom
Super Mushroom artwork from Brawl
Universe	Mario
Appears in	SSBM SSBB SSB4
Item class	Transforming
Article on Super Mario Wiki	Super Mushroom

The Super Mushroom (スーパーキノコ, Super Mushroom) is an object from the Mario series, debuting as an item in Super Smash Bros. Melee.

Effect

The Super Mushroom appears on the stage and keeps sliding to the right. A character touching it will grow larger, with the following effects:

• Makes the character, and their hitboxes and hurtboxes, bigger.
• Character becomes 1.6x heavier, decreasing knockback.
• Attacks deal more damage (more so in Brawl than in Melee) and knockback.
• Thrown items go farther and deal more damage.
• Slightly increases jump height.
• Increases falling speed.
• Slightly increases running speed.
• Longer landing lag when using aerial attacks.
• Increases size of ledge sweetspot.
• Shortens recovery in Melee.
• The character's sound effects and voice become lower pitched. This does not affect gameplay, however.

The transformation lasts about ten seconds. Touching a Super Mushroom while under the effect of a Poison Mushroom and vice versa will restore a character to their normal size.

In Super Smash Bros.

The Super Mushroom does not appear in the game. Giant Donkey Kong, who has the effect of the Super Mushroom, is an opponent in the 6th stage of the 1P Game mode.

In Super Smash Bros. Melee

A Super Mushroom in Melee.

The Super Mushroom made its debut in the Super Smash Bros. series in Melee, with the effects described above. Additionally, in the Special mode Giant Melee all the players are permanently under the effect of a Super Mushroom. Giant battles can also occur in Classic Mode.

Super Mushroom trophy in Melee.

Trophy information

Super Mushroom

Super Mario Bros. veterans will recognize these power-ups, which hid inside brick blocks and helped Mario and Luigi withstand enemy attacks. In Super Smash Bros. Melee, they temporarily turn your character into a giant. Not only will your size and strength increase, but so will your mass, making it harder for foes to knock you off.

• Super Mario Bros. (10/85)

In Super Smash Bros. Brawl

Super Mushroom on Pokémon Stadium 2 in Brawl

In Super Smash Bros Brawl, characters strike a pose while growing/shrinking, briefly relishing their increased size and lamenting their return to normal size. Most of the items held by the player, as well as their own projectiles, will be proportionate to their bigger size. Certain attacks or charge ups can be interrupted if a Super Mushroom touches the player in the course of doing an action.

Giant battles also return as a Special Brawl feature and in Classic Mode.

Description from the Super Smash Bros. Brawl instruction booklet

Briefly boosts your size and power.

Super Mushroom trophy in Brawl.

Trophy information

Super Mushroom

A mushroom that makes you giant sized. When you're this big, your attack power increases and you're harder to launch. But you become an easy target and may come under serious fire. Unlike other items, it doesn't remain in one place but moves to the right once it appears. Why to the right? Well, because that's what it did in its original appearance in Super Mario Bros.

: Super Mario Bros.

: Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins

In Super Smash Bros. 4

The Super Mushroom in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U

The Super Mushroom returns in Super Smash Bros. 4, keeping its prior behavior. Giant battles are once again available as a Special Smash option and during Classic Mode.

In Smash Tour

The Super Mushroom is a red trophy item: when selected, it makes the user start a battle under the effect of a Super Mushroom. Using this trophy cancels the effect of a Poison Mushroom trophy used by an opponent.

The Super Mushroom is one of the items that can appear during a Transformation Smash.

Super Mushroom trophy in for Wii U.

Super Mushroom trophy in for 3DS.

Trophy information

Super Mushroom

This mysterious mushroom will cause you to grow several times your normal size. Once you've grown, the power of your attacks and your ability to launch your opponents will increase. However, being so large— and such an easy target—may not be so great in a fight with lots of enemies...

This mysterious mushroom will just keep sliding until it bounces off a wall. If you touch it, though, you will grow! You'll get stronger and be harder to launch, but you'll also be a much easier target. Maybe standing out so much during a fight isn't such a good idea...

: Super Mario Bros. (10/1985)

: New Super Mario Bros. (05/2006)

Origin

The Super Mushroom is an important aspect of the entire Mario series. Starting in Super Mario Bros., where it was originally called the Magic Mushroom, it made the user larger, allowing him to withstand hits from enemies. Since then, it has appeared in nearly every Mario sidescroller with the same effect, with the exception of Super Mario Bros. 2, where it simply increased the player's health. It has appeared so much in the Mario series that it is now considered an icon of it, and as a result it serves as its series symbol in the Smash games.

• Super Mushroom.gif

  Super Mushroom sprites from (clockwise from top-left) Super Mario Bros., Super Mario Bros. 3 and Super Mario World

Trivia

• In Brawl, a glitch occurs when Pikachu uses Quick Attack on a Super or Poison Mushroom. It will cause the size change super jump.
• In Melee, jumping at the moment that the Super Mushroom's effects wear off also causes characters to perform a super jump that is almost as high as 2 jumps while wearing the Bunny Hood.
• In a Giant Melee/Brawl/Smash, if a character gets hold of a Super Mushroom, they will grow even bigger.
• The largest character a player can achieve without hacking or glitching is by using Mario's up taunt while having a Super Mushroom in a Giant Melee/Brawl/Smash.
• Mario's taunt in all four games is similar to the Super Mushroom effect. In his taunt, he grows bigger (as if taking a Super Mushroom).