Lightning Bolt: Difference between revisions

[[File:lightning.gif|thumb|left|Toad and Toadette are struck by Lightning in ''Mario Kart: Double Dash!!'', shrinking them in the process.]]

The Lightning Bolt made its debut in ''{{iw|mariowiki|Super Mario Kart}}'' and serves as the logo for the {{s|mariowiki|Lightning Cup}}. It can only be used by racers who are in or near last place. When used, it summons lightning to strike the other racers, causing them to simultaneously spin out of control and shrink in size. Shrunken racers have lowered top speed and can be easily knocked around or even flattened when getting run over. Since ''{{s|mariowiki|Mario Kart DS}}'', the length of the shrinking time depends on what place each opponent was in when the item was used, with those at the back returning to their normal size instantly for much longer.

|name=Lightning

|image=Lightning - Brawl Trophy.png

|desc=An item that goes off the moment you touch it. It may shrink every other character on the screen. Tiny players suffer a reduction in their attack power and become easier to send flying. After a set amount of time, all the characters will return to their normal sizes. In the Mario Kart series, all players but the item user shrunk, and got flattened when run over.

|gamelist={{Trophy games|console1=SNES|game1=Super Mario Kart|console2=N64|game2=Mario Kart 64}}

}}

The Lightning Bolt trophy appears in both versions. In {{forwiiu}}, it is part of the ''Super Mario Kart'' {{h1|Trophy Box|Super Mario Kart}}.

|image-3ds=LightningBoltTrophy3DS.png

|image-wiiu=LightningBoltTrophyWiiU.png

|desc-ntsc=If there is one thing I've learned from Mario Kart, it's that lightning can strike without a cloud in the sky. Picking this up will hit your foes with a character-shrinking blast of lightning, making them really easy to launch into the distance. If you get struck, you'd best run until the fight is fair again.

|desc-pal=Don't let sunny weather fool you! Lightning can strike at any time. This mighty force of nature can make you feel small...and actually make you small, too. In this state, you'll be quite weak and easily launched, so just try to stay out of everyone's way until you go back to normal. THEN you can get your own back!

|gamelist-ntsc={{Trophy games|console1=SNES|game1=Super Mario Kart|release1=09/1992|console2=WiiU|game2=Mario Kart 8|release2=05/2014}}

}}

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! Fighter(s)

Lightning Bolt.jpg|The Lightning Bolt in {{forwiiu}}.

***This could be visually amplified even further with [[Mario]]’s size-altering taunt prior to ''Ultimate''; during Classic Mode if a player faces against Giant [[Mario]] who gets a lightning backfire and KOs the player or another CPU he can still use his up-taunt which will also stack with the Giant status and lightning backfire.  

*In ''Brawl'', [[Pikmin Throw]] uniquely won't change pitch upon growing or shrinking.

*If a character grows while getting struck by Lightning during Mini Smash, the character's pitch will sound normal, despite their current size still being slightly smaller than default.