Spiny Shell (blue): Difference between revisions

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|image=[[File:Spiny Shell - Mario Kart Wii.png|200px]]<br>A Spiny Shell with wings.<br>[[File:MK7-Spiny-Shell.png|200px]]<br>A Spiny Shell without wings.

|description=A blue [[Koopa Troopa|Koopa]] shell with spikes and sometimes wings (at times).

{{about|the item fromfeatured within the ''Mario Kart'' series|the unrelatedred butshell similarworn lookingby item|[[Spiny Shell|Spinies]]|the unrelated item that is known by the same name|[[BlueSpiny Shell (red)]]}}

The '''Spiny Shell''' (often named '''Blue Shell''' but usually in various media sources) is an [[List of items|item]] from the [[Mario Kart (series)|''Mario Kart'' series]]. It first appears in ''[[Mario Kart 64]]'', which titles it the '''Blue Spiny Shell''', or '''Spiny's Shell'''.<ref>''Mario Kart 64'' English instruction booklet, page 13.</ref> In some appearances, Spiny Shells have a pair of wings.

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===[[Mario Kart (series)|''Mario Kart'' series]]===