Rift Mario
- Not to be confused with Shadow Mario, Dark Mario, Cosmic Mario, or Cosmic Clone.
| Rift Mario | |||
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| Screenshot of Rift Mario spawned by a certain Wonder Effect. Screenshot from Super Mario Bros. Wonder | |||
| First appearance | Super Mario Bros. Wonder (2023) | ||
| Latest appearance | Super Mario Bros. Wonder – Nintendo Switch 2 Edition + Meetup in Bellabel Park (2026) | ||
| Portrayed by | Kevin Afghani | ||
| Variant of | Rift | ||
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Rift Mario[1] is a Mario-like enemy that appears in Super Mario Bros. Wonder . It appears during a Wonder Effect in Color-Switch Dungeon and Beware of the Rifts, in which it follows the player around the level and vanishes after a Wonder Seed is retrieved. Any collision with Rift Mario will cause the player to take damage. It can travel through blocks or obstacles if the player puts them in its way, but it can be stunned by a Wonder POW Block's shockwave or a fireball from Fire Mario. Hitting Rift Mario with 50 fireballs or flower projectiles from the Flower form defeats it. Digging underneath Rift Mario in Drill form will cause it to look around in confusion, searching for the player.
In multiplayer, it will always follow whichever player currently has the crown. In the event a player loses their crown, it will idle briefly before traveling directly towards the new crown-bearer's path, resuming its chase from there.
Rift Mario is very similar in function to Cosmic Clones and appearance to Cosmic Mario. It has a black body and red eyes, and its upper body resembles Mario, though its lower half is ghostly. Rift Koopas and the rifts that appear in Beware of the Rifts have a nearly identical texture to it.
The music that plays when encountering Rift Mario is an arrangement of "Ground BGM" from Super Mario Bros.
Gallery[edit ]
Model with visible legs
Naming[edit ]
Internal names[edit ]
| Game | File | Name | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| Super Mario Bros. Wonder | Model/EnemyMarioDark.bfres | MarioDark | Dark Mario |
| Sound/Resource/Stream/BGM_Wonder_KageMario.bwav | KageMario | Shadow Mario |
Names in other languages[edit ]
| Language | Name | Meaning | Note(s) | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese | Kage Mario |
Shadow Mario; shared with Dark Mario and not to be confused with「ニセマリオ」(Nise Mario, "Shadow Mario", literally "Fake Mario") | [2] [3] | |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 影子瑪利歐 Yǐngzi Mǎlì'ōu (Mandarin) Yíngjí Máhleih'āu (Cantonese) |
Shadow Mario | [4] | |
| Korean | 그림자마리오 Geurimja Mario |
Shadow Mario | [5] |
References[edit ]
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- ^ Kazuma, Sakurai, Sato Tomoya, Nakatani Itaru, Kojima Katsuyuki, and Hashiguchi Yuya (2023). 『スーパーマリオブラザーズ ワンダー かんぺき攻略本』. Tokyo: Kadokawa (Japanese). ISBN 4-047337-02-1. Page 52.
- ^ Sawada, Yukio (2025). Super Mario-kun , vol. 61. Tokyo: Shogakukan (Japanese). ISBN 978-4-09-154073-7. Page 36.
- ^ 23 Feb. 2024. 阻擋瑪利歐一行人的去路。將為您介紹花花王國充滿個人特色的敵方角色。〜第一篇〜【前往驚奇的世界 Vol.13】. Nintendo Official Site (Traditional Chinese). Retrieved 31 Mar. 2025. (Archived April 28, 2025, 08:10:34 UTC via Wayback Machine.)
- ^ 8 Feb. 2024. 마리오와 친구들을 방해한다. 플라워 왕국에서 만날 수 있는 개성 넘치는 적 캐릭터를 소개. ~제1편~【원더의 세계로 Vol.13】. Nintendo Official Site (Korean). Retrieved 13 Feb. 2024. (Archived July 12, 2025, 14:54:22 UTC via Wayback Machine.)