Kuribo’s Shoe power-up

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Kuribo’s Shoe power-up is a rare, green boot in Super Mario Bros. 3 that lets Mario safely stomp on normally dangerous enemies and hazards.

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Label Occurrences
Goomba’s Shoe 1
Kuribo’s Shoe power-up canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional object
power-up
video game item
alsoKnownAs Kuribo’s Shoe power-up
surface form: Goomba’s Shoe

Kuribo no Kutsu
appearsIn Super Mario Bros. 3
appearsInLevel Super Mario Bros. 3
surface form: World 5-3 of Super Mario Bros. 3
belongsToSeries Super Mario Bros.
surface form: Super Mario Bros. series
canStompSafelyOn Muncher
Piranha Plant
Spiny
canWalkOn Muncher
category temporary power-up
color green
controlMethod NES Zapper
surface form: Nintendo Entertainment System controller
designedForCharacter Luigi
Mario
developer Nintendo R&D4
effectDuration lasts until Mario takes damage or finishes the level
franchise Super Mario series
surface form: Super Mario
gameDirector Takashi Tezuka NERFINISHED
gameplayFunction allows Mario to safely stomp on normally dangerous enemies
allows Mario to traverse hazardous terrain safely
protects Mario from certain environmental hazards
gameProducer Shigeru Miyamoto
genreContext platform game
heldBy Goomba
inspiredLaterItems similar shoe and boot power-ups in later Mario games
introducedInYear 1988
medium video game
notableTrait appears only in a single standard level in Super Mario Bros. 3
widely regarded as one of the most memorable power-ups in Super Mario Bros. 3 fandom
obtainedBy defeating a Goomba riding Kuribo’s Shoe
platform Nintendo Entertainment System
publisher Nintendo
rarity rare
regionOfFirstRelease Japan
supportsAction enhanced stomping
safe traversal over spike-like hazards
universe Mushroom Kingdom
usableBy Luigi
Mario
visualForm oversized boot

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Super Mario Bros. 3 notableMechanic Kuribo’s Shoe power-up
Kuribo’s Shoe power-up alsoKnownAs Kuribo’s Shoe power-up
subject surface form: Kuribo’s Shoe
this entity surface form: Goomba’s Shoe