Angry Sun

The Angry Sun is an enemy in Super Mario Maker 2. Its appearance varies in game styles but it is a caricature of the sun that will move from left or right (relative to the screen) to hit the player. The Angry Sun's alternate form is the Moon.

This course part is available in all of the main Game Styles.

Origins
Angry Sun made its debut in 1989's Super Mario Bros. 3 for the Nintendo Entertainment System.



The way it moves in Super Mario Maker 2 is based on its behavior from Super Mario Bros. 3 but due to the new 16:9 screen resolution instead of the native 4:3 the games the Angry Sun appeared as an enemy in, it moves differently from its source game.

General Behavior
Only one Angry Sun can be placed in an area (which means a course can hold a maximum of two considering the Subarea), and they are airborne. When the Angry Sun is approached by the player it will fix itself to the left of the camera. Before swooping down to hurt the player, it will telegraph this action by moving in a circle three times before attempting to hurt the player (The variant also uses a sound cue to telegraph its movement). This series of events in its behaviors will repeat from side to side.



If the Angry Sun comes in contact with the player, it will damage the player. They also can't be stomped on or directly combated with the player's own move set. However, if the Angry Sun comes in contact with a Bob-omb, it will turn it into a Lit Bob-omb.

Edit Mode Interactions
Angry Sun cannot be put into Pipes, Koopa Clown Cars, Lakitu's Cloud or Bill Blasters. It cannot be placed on Enemy Towers or Tracks either. It also does not support a Super Mushroom, Winged or Parachute variant.

However, Angry Sun can hold a Key. It also has a variant when selecting the Angry Sun, being the Moon. Selecting this variant of the Angry Sun will put your course in Night Mode.

Night Mode

Changing the mode of any Course Theme to Night Mode will turn the Angry Sun into the Moon.

Trivia

 * Despite being called Angry Sun by the game, when selecting the course part, the voice synthesizer will refer to it as "Sun" instead.
 * The Game Style version of this enemy is the most different compared to the other Game Styles, having its design influenced by Mesoamerican and Incan depictions of gods and its expression not being angry as it is more neutral.
 * References in the code reveal that the Angry Sun was planned at one point for Super Mario Maker before debuting in Super Mario Maker 2.