File:Mario Kart Blue Shell.png

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Description	The "blue shell" or "spiny shell" is a well-known power-up in the Mario Kart series.
Author or copyright owner	Original work: Nintendo Depiction: Nintendo
Source (WP:NFCC#4)	http://nintendo.wikia.com/wiki/File:BlueShell.jpg
Use in article (WP:NFCC#7)	Blue shell
Purpose of use in article (WP:NFCC#8)	For visual identification of the object of the article. The article as a whole is dedicated specifically to a discussion of this work.
Not replaceable with free media because (WP:NFCC#1)	n.a.
Minimal use (WP:NFCC#3)	Only one still image is needed for people to understand what the subject of the article looks like. Since moving, three dimensional models are used within the video games, this is a minimal part of the item. No other things of the game series is shown in the image.
Respect for commercial opportunities (WP:NFCC#2)	n.a.
Other information	The image was created and published by the same author who also holds the rights to the original object, and no alternative depiction could be suitably created.
Fair useFair use of copyrighted material in the context of Blue shell//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Mario_Kart_Blue_Shell.pngtrue

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qualifies as fair use under the Copyright law of the United States. Any other uses of this image, on Wikipedia or elsewhere, might be copyright infringement.
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	Date/Time	Thumbnail	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	02:13, 23 March 2020		315 × 313 (109 KB)	The Squirrel Conspiracy (talk \| contribs)	Uploading new reduction (DatBot is not handling transparent backgrounds correctly at the moment)
	00:05, 16 March 2020	No thumbnail	317 × 315 (95 KB)	DatBot (talk \| contribs)	Reduce size of non-free image (BOT - disable)
	23:24, 14 March 2020	No thumbnail	483 × 480 (194 KB)	SmashStar30 (talk \| contribs)	Shrink!
	23:23, 14 March 2020	No thumbnail	1,722 × 1,713 (1.91 MB)	SmashStar30 (talk \| contribs)	Upgrade to the most recent version from ''Mario Kart 8''.
	23:27, 3 April 2017	No thumbnail	316 × 315 (69 KB)	DatBot (talk \| contribs)	Reduce size of non-free image (BOT - disable)
	19:41, 28 November 2014	No thumbnail	600 × 600 (274 KB)	Maplestrip (talk \| contribs)	Uploading a depiction of a non-free 3D artwork using File Upload Wizard

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File:Mario Kart Blue Shell.png

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