Editing Cap Switch

{{item infobox
|image=[[File:VanishSwitch.png]]<br>The Vanish Cap Switch
|first_appearance= ''[[Super Mario 64]]'' ([[List of games by date#1996|1996]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Super Mario 3D All-Stars]]'' ([[List of games by date#2020|2020]])
}}
{{quote|You've found all of the Cap Switches, haven't you? Red, green, and blue?|Narration|''[[Super Mario 64]]''}}
'''Cap Switches''' are objects in ''[[Super Mario 64]]''. They are a dome-shaped and color-coded type of switch, similarly to those in the [[Switch Palace]]s in ''[[Super Mario World]]''. When activated, Cap Switches solidify [[Cap Block]]s of the same color, allowing [[Mario]] to break them open to receive the corresponding [[cap]] ability. The [[Wing Cap]] Switch is found on the [[Tower of the Wing Cap]], the [[Metal Cap]] Switch is found in the [[Behind the Waterfall|Cavern of the Metal Cap]], and the [[Vanish Cap]] Switch is found in [[The Secret Under the Moat|Vanish Cap Under the Moat]].

In ''[[Super Mario 64 DS]]'', due to the cap items getting overhauled as a result of the playable characters and the main power-ups being replaced by the [[Power Flower (Super Mario 64 DS)|Power Flower]], the Cap Switches were changed as well. As the Power Flower's effect depends on the current playable character, the number of switches was reduced from three to one, and it is equivalent to the red Wing Cap Switch. Instead of a [[! Switch]], it is now a [[? Switch]], and it is simply referred to as such.

A yellow variant of the Cap Switch was originally going to appear in ''Super Mario 64'' but went [[list of Super Mario 64 pre-release and unused content|unused]]. Remnants in ''Super Mario 64 DS'' also suggest that the green and blue switches were planned for ''Super Mario 64 DS'' but were [[list of Super Mario 64 DS pre-release and unused content|deleted]].

==Gallery==
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Tower of the Wing Cap.png|''[[Super Mario 64]]''
QueBlock.PNG|''[[Super Mario 64 DS]]''
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==Names in other languages==
===Cap Switch===
{{foreign names
|Jap=アイテムスイッチ
|JapR=Aitemu Suitchi
|JapM=Item Switch
|Jap2=ビックリスイッチ<ref>{{cite|author=Sakai, Kazuya (Ambit), et al.|language=ja|publisher=[[Shogakukan]]|location=Tokyo|date=October 19, 2015|title=『スーパーマリオブラザーズ百科: 任天堂公式ガイドブック』 (''Super Mario Bros. Hyakka: Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook'')|page=92|isbn=978-4-09-106569-8}}</ref>
|Jap2R=Bikkuri Suitchi
|Jap2M=[[! Switch]]
|Ita=Interruttore Cappello<ref>{{cite|title=''[[Super Mario 64]]'' European manual|page=38|publisher=Nintendo of Europe|language=it|date=1997}}</ref>
|Ita2=Interruttore "!"<ref>{{cite|date=November 15, 2018|title=''[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia]]''|publisher=Magazzini Salani|language=it|isbn=889367436X|page=92}}</ref>
|ItaM=Hat Switch
|Ita2M=[[! Switch|"!" Switch]]
}}

===Wing Cap Switch===
{{foreign names
|Jap=『はねのぼうし』のスイッチ
|JapR="Hane no Bōshi" no Suitchi
|Jap2=はねのスイッチ
|Jap2R=Hane no Suitchi
|Jap3=はねスイッチ
|Jap3R=Hane Suitchi
|Jap4=あかいスイッチ
|Jap4R=Akai Suitchi
|Jap5=ハテナスイッチ
|Jap5R=Hatena Suitchi
|JapM="[[Wing Cap]]" Switch (''Super Mario 64'')
|Jap2M=Wing Switch (''Super Mario 64'')
|Jap3M=Wing Switch (''Super Mario 64'')
|Jap4M=Red Switch (''Super Mario 64'' and ''Super Mario 64 DS'')
|Jap5M=[[? Switch]] (''Super Mario 64 DS'')
|Ita=Interruttore rosso<ref name="smbe">{{cite|date=November 15, 2018|title=''[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia]]''|publisher=Magazzini Salani|language=it|isbn=889367436X|page=91}}</ref>
|ItaM=Red switch
}}

===Metal Cap Switch===
{{foreign names
|Jap=『メタルのぼうし』のスイッチ
|JapR="Metaru no Bōshi" no Suitchi
|Jap2=メタルのスイッチ
|Jap2R=Metaru no Suitchi
|Jap3=メタルスイッチ
|Jap3R=Metaru Suitchi
|Jap4=みどりのスイッチ
|Jap4R=Midori no Suitchi
|JapM="[[Metal Cap]]" Switch
|Jap2M=Metal Switch
|Jap3M=Metal Switch
|Jap4M=Green Switch
|Ita=Interruttore verde<ref name="smbe"/>
|ItaM=Green switch
}}

===Vanish Cap Switch===
{{foreign names
|Jap=『とうめいのぼうし』のスイッチ
|JapR="Tōmei no Bōshi" no Suitchi
|JapM="[[Vanish Cap]]" Switch
|Jap2=とうめいスイッチ
|Jap2R=Tōmei Suitchi
|Jap2M=Vanish Switch
|Jap3=あおいスイッチ
|Jap3R=Aoi Suitchi
|Jap3M=Blue Switch
|Ita=Interruttore blu<ref name="smbe"/>
|ItaM=Blue switch
}}

==References==
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[[Category:Switches]]
[[Category:Super Mario 64 objects]]
[[Category:Super Mario 64 DS objects]]