#power-up

What's in Power-UPs this time? 😜

A question one might ask in regards to the Mario lore is where do Power-Ups come from, well I have a hypothesis.

So in Super Mario Galaxy you can feed a Lumalee at the Luma Shop to get a mushroom of your choice.

Afterwards eating the Star Bits the Lumalee will transform in into either a 1-Up Mushroom or Life Shroom which Mario eats to aid him in his quest.

I believe this is where Power-Ups in the Mushroom Kingdom come from, whether it be a Super Mushrooms or Super Stars. Which also make sense because Lumas do become things like planets, galaxies, and Power Stars as well.

So a Super Star would make sense and explain where they come from.

Since Mario eats the Super Mushroom and Fire Flower this must time into the cycles Rosalina speaks of.

On top of that this would explain why power-ups like Super Stars are sapient, and Mushrooms like the Rotten Mushroom and Poison Mushroom seem to be alive. Written by Eris the Lorekeeper

Oooh this is a tricky question. 🙇‍♀️

Short answer is maybe. Long answer is "I absolutely want to and have been scribbling down notes for a personal take on this concept ever since I joined the fandom months before the movie even came out, the idea is very much there but I can't seem to narrow it down to a feasible format that wouldn't take me forever to make and there's so much context needed to reach that point it admittedly feels a little overwhelming, so I honestly have no idea whether I'll actually draw it someday or not, BUT the inspiration for it has remained constant and I think about it on a fairly regular basis, so... That's good. I think?" 😅

Ice Pearl! both the iceball version from New Super Mario Bros. as the skating version from Super Mario Galaxy