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{{about|the form Mario takes after collecting a [[Cape Feather]]|[[Baby Mario]]'s invincibility form that has a similar appearance and is also named "Caped Mario"|[[Superstar Mario]]}}
{{Diff|Cape Luigi}}
{{form infobox
{{form-infobox
|image=[[File:SMW_CapeMario.png|200px]]<br>Artwork from ''Super Mario World''
|image=[[Image:SMW_CapeMario.jpg|200px]]
|item=[[Cape Feather]]
|item=[[Cape Feather]]
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario World]]'' ([[List of games by date#1990|1990]])
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario World]]'' ([[1990]])
|latest_appearance=''[[The Super Mario Bros. Movie]]'' (2023)
|latest_appearance=''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]'' ([[2008]])
|powers=Glide, [[fly]], spin, Ground Smash
|powers=Float, Fly, Ground Smash, Slow Descent, Reflect Objects, Spin at Enemies
|applies_to=[[Mario]], [[Luigi]], [[Toad]], [[Toadette]], [[Princess Peach|Peach]], [[Bowser]]
|character=[[Mario]], [[Luigi]], [[Princess Peach]]
}}
}}
'''Cape Mario''', originally known as '''Caped Mario''',<ref>{{cite|language=en-us|publisher=Nintendo of America|title=''Super Mario World'' instruction booklet|page=11|date=1991}}</ref><ref>{{cite|date=2002|title=''Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2'' instruction booklet|page=22|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=en-us}}</ref> is a form of [[Mario]] and [[Luigi]] that first appeared in ''[[Super Mario World]]''.
'''Cape Mario''' (also referred to as '''Super Mario''' or '''Caped Mario'''{{refneeded}}) is a form of [[Mario]] which first appeared in ''[[Super Mario World]]''. It replaces the [[Raccoon Leaf]] from ''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]'', which in fact was [[Super Mario World/Beta elements|originally]] going to be in the game. It can be obtained when Mario has a [[cape]] by getting a [[Cape Feather]] out of a [[? Block]]. It can allow Mario to fly through worlds, and attack spiked enemies by spinning it around. If the player holds down the A button after jumping with Cape Mario, the player can float down slowly. Also, if Mario runs at maximum speed and then presses and holds A to spin jump, Mario will go very high, as if he was flying. This is useful when jumping on narrow platforms surrounded with lava or spikes. [[Luigi]] can also get this form, but the powers remain the same as Mario's with a slightly different flight pattern, moving higher up and down then Mario's. It is unknown how the Cape seemingly attaches itself to the Brother's shoes.


==History==
[[Image:YIDS_CapeMario.jpg|left|thumb|'''Superstar Mario]]'''
===''Super Mario'' series===
[[Baby Mario]] uses a similar form in ''[[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]'' where he becomes invincible. In addition to being invincible, he can also walk up walls and ceilings. This form re-appears in ''[[Yoshi's Island DS]]''. In both games, "Super Baby Mario" as he is called, can use the Cape as a parachute to float downwards.
====''Super Mario World'' / ''Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2''====
[[File:Twin Bridges.png|thumb|left|200px|The result of using a Cape Feather]]
In ''Super Mario World'', the Caped form's abilities are much like those of [[Raccoon Mario]] before it, which in fact was [[List of Super Mario World pre-release and unused content|originally]] going to be in the game. The Caped form can be obtained by getting a [[Cape Feather]]. The '''Cape''' (or '''Magic Cape''')<ref>''[[Prima Games|Playing With Super Power: Nintendo Super NES Classics eGuide]]'', ''Super Mario World'' Characters Tab.</ref> allows Mario (or Luigi) to [[fly]] indefinitely through levels and attack enemies by spinning it around (when the player presses {{button|snes|X}} or {{button|snes|Y}}).


If the player holds down either {{button|snes|A}} or {{button|snes|B}} while falling with Caped Mario, the player can float down slowly. Also, if Mario [[dash|run]]s at maximum speed and then the player presses and holds {{button|snes|A}} to [[Spin Jump|cape-spin]], Mario [[jump]]s very high, as if he were flying.
[[File:Capemario.gif|left|frame|Cape Mario in ''Super Mario Advance 4''.]]
Cape Mario appears in some [[e-Reader]] levels of ''[[Super Mario Advance 4]]'', being used primarily in [[Henshin Mario de Tsukisusume!!]]. It can now destroy [[Brick Blocks]] by pressing the B button just like as [[Raccoon Mario]] or [[Tanooki Mario]]. Other than that, nothing has changed with Cape Mario since ''Super Mario World''.


Flight is done by running until Mario spreads out his arms, then jumping while holding {{button|snes|Y}}; the initial height depends on how long {{button|snes|B}} was held. Pressing forward on {{button|snes|Pad}} mid-flight makes Mario descend and speed up, while pressing backward on {{button|snes|Pad}} makes him ascend; greater descents generally lead to higher ascents. Mario can also bounce off stomp-able enemies mid-flight. If the player does a '''fast dive'''<ref name=manual>{{cite|language=en-us|publisher=Nintendo of America|title=''Super Mario World'' instruction booklet|page=16|date=1991}}</ref> during flight and slams the ground, it causes a ground shake that instantly defeats all onscreen enemies. If Caped Mario glides more gently towards the ground, he can perform a '''Body Press'''<ref name=manual/> (also called the '''Sliding Cape Attack''').<ref>{{cite|language=en-us|date=August 1991|title=Nintendo ''[[Mario Mania]]'' Player's Guide|page=52|publisher=Nintendo of America}}</ref> If Caped Mario touches an enemy while flying, he automatically cape-spins in midair and falls, instead of taking damage. When the player releases {{button|snes|Y}} and holds {{button|snes|B}}, Mario can stop flying and glide down slowly. After the Cape has attached to Mario's shoes and inflated, he can turn around by spinning mid-flight when the player presses {{button|snes|X}} if {{button|snes|Y}} is being used to fly, or vice versa. If Mario climbs a climbable object while flying, he retains the properties of flight.<ref>{{cite|deadlink=y|archive=web.archive.org/web/20201105122601/https://www.suppermariobroth.com/post/633609656174067712|publisher=Supper Mario Broth|date=November 1, 2020|title=In Super Mario World, properties of flight are conserved while climbing. If Mario clings to a climbable surface while flying, he will resume flying as soon as he lets go. In addition, he retains the extra hit that flight normally grants, as seen near the end of the footage where he is hit by a Koopa Troopa but does not lose his Cape Mario form. Thus, it is advisable to always start flying before clinging to ropes and fences if possible.|accessdate=June 5, 2024}}</ref>
In the [[Super Mario Adventures]] comic, when [[Princess Peach]] is kidnapped and taken to the Koopaling's Castle, she escapes and finds a cape in [[Wendy O. Koopa]]'s bedroom. Peach falls out the window, still holding the cape, and accidentally uses it. She flys across the moat when Mario flys right past her on a [[Bullet Bill]] which makes Peach loose control. Luigi thinks that he's looking at a bird that looks like the Princess, but the second he realises it really is her she falls right into a forest and blacks out.
In the [[Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2|GBA version]], Mario can no longer turn around mid-flight, as there is only one run button. Also, Luigi flies higher and more slowly than Mario.
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====''Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3''====
[[File:Capemario.gif|left|frame]]
[[File:SMA4 Boomerang.gif|200px|frame|Caped Mario using a [[boomerang]] in [[World 1-3 (Super Mario Bros. 3)|World 1-3]]]]
In ''[[Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3]]'', Caped Mario appears as an added form to the game, acting as it does in ''Super Mario Advance 2''; it is the only form that is able to jump while climbing. The form is used primarily in the [[World-e]] levels [[Sea to Sky]] and [[Caped Escape]]. It can also be used anywhere with the appropriate e-Reader card. However, unlike Raccoon or [[Tanooki Mario]]'s tail whip attacks, Caped Mario's spin attack cannot break [[Brick Block]]s.
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====''Super Mario Maker'' / ''Super Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DS''====
Cape Mario returns in ''[[Super Mario Maker]]'' and its [[Nintendo 3DS]] port, ''[[Super Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DS]]'', under its current name. It appears only in the ''Super Mario World'' style, where it functions as it did in ''Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2''. Also, knocking on a [[Warp Door]] in the ''Super Mario World'' style may cause [[Weird Mushroom (item)|Weird Mario]] to appear in this form, in one of two possible poses.
 
====''Super Mario Maker 2''====
Cape Mario returns in ''[[Super Mario Maker 2]]'', behaving as it did in its predecessor. Here, Luigi, [[Toad]], and [[Toadette]] can also transform into their Cape forms.
 
===''Super Mario World'' television series===
The Caped form appears in the [[Super Mario World (television series)|''Super Mario World'' animated series]], appearing in several episodes, such as "[[The Wheel Thing]]," "[[Send in the Clown]]," "[[King Scoopa Koopa]]," "[[The Night Before Cave Christmas]]," and "[[Rock TV]]." Mario is the only character in the show to transform into this form.
 
===''Super Mario Adventures''===
In the ''[[Super Mario Adventures]]'' comic, when [[Princess Peach|Princess Toadstool]] is kidnapped and taken to the Koopaling's Castle, she escapes and finds a cape in [[Wendy|Wendy O. Koopa]]'s bedroom. Toadstool falls out the window, still holding the cape, and accidentally uses it. She flies across the moat when Mario flies right past her on a [[Bullet Bill]], making Toadstool lose control and crash in the forest. [[Toad]] later uses the cape to fly through the pipe he, Mario, Luigi, and Toadstool originally came from and assemble a rescue team.
 
===''Super Mario-kun''===
[[Bowser]] briefly uses the Caped form in volume 4 of ''[[Super Mario-kun]]''. Bowser steals and uses Mario's Cape Feather from the [[item storage|Item Stock]], transforming him into Mantle Koopa (マソトクッパ). Bowser attempts to fly and attack Mario, but he fails and crushes him.
 
===''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island''===
{{main|Superstar Mario}}
Superstar Mario, [[Baby Mario]]'s transformation from ''[[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]'', looks very similar to Cape Mario.
 
===''Super Smash Bros.'' series===
[[File:Mario-Cape-Melee.png|left|thumb|100px|Mario using the cape in ''Melee'']]
{{main|Cape}}
Mario is able to use the cape power-up in the [[Super Smash Bros. (series)|''Super Smash Bros.'' series]] with his Cape special move, which reflects projectiles and reverses the direction his opponents face. In ''[[Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS]]'' / ''[[Super Smash Bros. for Wii U|Wii U]]'', it can be customized to have an electric effect, or to create a gust of wind.
 
===''WarioWare'' series===
Cape Mario appears in two [[microgame]]s of the [[WarioWare (series)|''WarioWare'' series]]: ''[[WarioWare: D.I.Y. Showcase]]''{{'}}s [[Super Koopa (microgame)|Super Koopa]] and ''[[WarioWare Gold]]''{{'}}s [[Super Mario World (WarioWare Gold)|Super Mario World]], both of which involve the goal of having to collect coins.
 
===''Super Mario Party''===
In ''[[Super Mario Party]]'', a sprite of Cape Mario can be seen in [[Puzzle Hustle]].
 
===''Mario Kart Tour''===
In ''[[Mario Kart Tour]]'', Cape Mario makes a cameo appearance on the [[Cape Mario Hanafuda]], which uses the Cape Mario artwork from [[Mario Hanafuda]].
 
===''The Super Mario Bros. Movie''===
[[File:TSMBM Cape Mario Bros.jpg|thumb|Mario and Luigi against a green-screened backdrop of the Manhattan skyline, claiming they are here to save [[Brooklyn]]]]
In ''[[The Super Mario Bros. Movie]]'', briefly during the  [[Super Mario Bros. Plumbing]] commercial, Mario and Luigi wear capes while lying prone on top of stools to mimic flying.
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==Gallery==
{{main-gallery}}
<gallery>
SMW Art - Cape Mario Diving.png|''[[Super Mario World]]''
Mario and Yoshi SMW.png|''Super Mario World''
Mario Cape YoshiCookie SNES.png|''[[Yoshi's Cookie]]'' (SNES)
SMW Mario2.png|''[[Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2]]''
SMM-SMW-CapedMario.png|''[[Super Mario Maker]]''
</gallery>
 
==See also==
*[[Raccoon Mario]]
*[[Superstar Mario]]
*[[Wing Mario]]
*[[Flying Squirrel Mario]]
*[[P Flying Squirrel Mario]]
 
==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jap=マントマリオ
|JapR=Manto Mario
|JapM=Mantle Mario
|ChiS=斗篷马力欧
|ChiSR=Dǒupeng Mǎlì'ōu
|ChiSM=Mantle Mario
|ChiT=斗篷瑪利歐
|ChiTR=Dǒupeng Mǎlì'ōu
|ChiTM=Mantle Mario
|Dut=Cape-Mario
|DutM=Cape Mario
|Fre=Mario cape<ref>''[[Super Mario-kun|Super Mario: Manga Adventures]]''. Volume 9, page 16</ref><br>Mario-cape
|FreN=''Super Mario Maker''
|FreM=Cape Mario
|Ger=Cape-Mario
|GerM=Cape Mario
|Ita=Mario con la cappa
|ItaM=Mario with the cape
|PorA=Mario com Capa<ref>{{cite|deadlink=y|archive=web.archive.org/web/20210719091730/https://datassette.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/manuais/super_mario_world_br.pdf|title=''Super Mario World'' Brazilian instruction booklet|format=PDF|page=11}}</ref>
|PorAM=Mario with Cape
|PorA2=Mario Capa <ref>{{cite|quote=Quando você pega uma dessas plumas, o Mario se transforma em Mario Capa, com uma charmosa capa amarela.|url=archive.org/details/supermariobrosofilmeguia/page/n9/mode/2up|title=Guia do filme do Mario|format=PDF|language=pt-br}}</ref>
|PorA2N=''The Super Mario Bros. Movie'' guidebook
|PorA2M=Cape Mario
|PorE=Mario Capa
|PorEM=Cape Mario
|Rus=Марио с Плащами
|RusR=Mario s Plashami
|RusM=Mario with Cape
|Rus2=Марио в плаще
|Rus2R=Mario v plashche
|Rus2M=Mario in cape
|SpaA=Mario con capa
|SpaAM=Mario with cape
|SpaE=Mario con Capa
|SpaEM=Mario with Cape
}}


[[Image:CapeMarioCartoon.jpg|thumb|left|Cape Mario from the ''[[Super Mario World (television series)|Super Mario World animated series]].'']]
In ''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]'' and ''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]'', Mario can use a cape to reflect projectiles or flip enemies. This cape does not enable Mario to fly, however, but, when used in the air, makes Mario float a very small distance.
Also, Doctor Mario can use it the same way, through it's slightly longer than normal Mario's.
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==Trivia==
==Trivia==
*In the ''[[The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!]]'' episode "[[The Mark of Zero]]," Mario and Luigi glide with their capes when dressed as [[Zero]] and Zero Plus One, respectively, similar to their later caped forms.
*If Cape Mario is flying and runs into a midair enemy, instead of losing the cape, Mario will stop flying and automatically [[Spin Jump]] in midair.
*According to an interview with [[Koichi Hayashida]], Cape Mario was considered for ''[[Super Mario 3D Land]]'', but [[Tanooki Mario]] was eventually chosen.<ref>{{cite|author=Buffa, Chris|date=March 12, 2012|archive=web.archive.org/web/20120317230430/http://www.modojo.com/features/super_mario_3d_land_interview_tanooki_suit_beat_cape_mario|title=Super Mario 3D Land Interview: Tanooki Suit Beat Cape Mario|publisher=Modojo|deadlink=y|accessdate=June 5, 2024}}</ref>
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