Green Shell

A Green Shell is a recurring object and item in the . It first appears in Super Mario Bros..
==Description==
Green Shells are worn by Koopa Troopa, and are the standard shell color for them. Green Shells are either used as projectiles or ridden on as a means of transportation. Two of their common counterparts are Red Shells and Blue Shells.
==In ==
In the Super Mario series, Green Shells are most often found on Green Koopas. By jumping on a Green Shell, let alone a Koopa Shell in general, the Koopa Troopa withdraws into it. If Mario or Luigi kick a Green Shell, it begins moving along the ground, defeating most enemies, bouncing off walls, and activating any ? Blocks it slides into from the side. The Green Shell disappears only when it moves a certain distance off-screen.
Koopas wearing a Green Shells fall off an ledge when they reach the edge of one; this is different from Koopas with a Red Shell, which turn around to start walking in the opposite direction when reaching a ledge.
===Super Mario 64===
In Super Mario 64 (and Super Mario 64 DS), Mario (or Luigi, Yoshi, or Wario in the remake) can ride on a Green Shell to travel around more quickly as well as on hazardous surfaces including lava, water, and sinking sand. Green Shells can be ridden up relatively steep slopes that Mario cannot go up otherwise. A Green Shell can defeat most enemies upon touching them. A Green Shell breaks if it hits a wall or another object, and can be broken by the player while on the ground at the press of a button. While underwater, Mario can grab a Koopa Shell to travel underwater faster for a short while.
Green Shells are worn by Koopa Troopas, which can be stomped to be forced out of its shell, turning it into a Beach Koopa. The Beach Koopa then runs back for its shell, attempting to re-enter it, and if the Beach Koopa does, it becomes a regular Koopa Troopa again. Some Green Shells are found on their own by breaking open yellow Exclamation Blocks.
===Super Mario Galaxy===
In Super Mario Galaxy, Koopas are found wearing Green Shells; harming them allows Mario or Luigi to pick up and throw the shell. It harms enemies and breaks upon coming into contact with anything solid.
==In ==
Green Shells are a projectile weapon featured in every Mario Kart installment since the first one, Super Mario Kart. A Green Shell can be thrown, either backward or forward, and bounces off walls. A racer using a Green Shell can shoot either it ahead or behind them to try and hit an opponent. However, a Green Shell always travels in a straight line, often making it hard to hit an opponent, and only changes the direction in which it moves upon hitting a wall. A Green Shell breaks after either hitting into an object enough times or into a kart once. Green Shells can be obtained in any position, although this is more common in racers in higher positions, such as first or second place, given they have a lower variety of items to obtain. Green Shells have a counterpart named Red Shells, which home in on the nearest racer.
The Green Shell can also be obtained in a set of three, an item known as the Triple Green Shells, which, when used, constantly circle the racer and can have each Green Shell launched one at a time. The Green Shell has appeared in every single Mario Kart game. Also, the Triple Green Shells in Mario Kart Tour specifically is the special item of Iggy Koopa, Koopa Troopa, Dry Bones, and Lakitu.
===Super Mario Kart===
Aside from being able to throw Green Shells in a straight line, the player's racer can alternatively place one on the track. If a racer drives into a Green Shell, they lose four coins. Green Shells are also the item used by CPU-controlled Koopa Troopa, although a difference is that Koopa Troopa throws Green Shells frontward like a Banana Peel, and the Green Shell becomes idle upon landing.
==In Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars==
It is a weapon which has its name mistranslated to NokNok Shell. The NokNok Shell can only be used by Mario, and it has an Attack rating of 20. When using the Green Shell to attack, Mario kicks it upward and then kicks it again at the selected enemy. The NokNok Shell can be obtained either from a Toad in Midas River or from buying it at Seaside Town for 20 coins. The NokNok Shell can be sold for 10 coins.
The NokNok can be obtained from the Mushroom man found at the bottom of the Midas River course after getting enough coins in it. It can also be bought at Seaside Town, though far more powerful weapons are available by then.
==In ==
=== Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time ===
The Green Shell is a Bros. Item that is used as a weapon against enemies. At least two bros. are required to use the item. When the item is chosen, one of the brothers will kick the Shell towards the foe (using their corresponding button). It will then bounce off the enemy, cause damage, and come to the other player. After each kick, the shell starts moving faster along the ground. The brothers can then repeat this until the player misses a kick, the enemy is defeated, or sixteen successful hits are dealt; in any one of these cases, the Green Shell disappears. When the adult and baby Mario brothers fight together, the babies can sit over the shell and spin upon hitting the enemy, causing extra damage to the foe (with or with Baby Mario or Baby Luigi respectively).
===In Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story===
Green Shell is the first Special Attack, and its pieces are found in the Trash Pit of Bowser's body. Using the Green Shell costs 3 SP, when the shell is going to Mario use and Luigi use . The Green Shell hits an enemy a total of ten times before sliding away offscreen. If an enemy is defeated upon being hit by the Green Shell, it automatically moves on to hit the next one.
Striking two to four, five to seven, eight to nine and ten times with the Green Shell yields an "OK!", "Good!", "Great!", and "Excellent!" rating respectively.
==Crossover appearances==
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Similarly to its role in the Mario games, the Green Shell is an item that can be thrown. It continues until it hits a wall when thrown or jumped on, harming characters it hits, and falls off edges it meets. It will often deal multiple hits if it rams into an opponent after he/she falls from the first hit.
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