Editing Cape Mario

|image=[[File:SMW_CapeMario.png|200px]]

|latest_appearance=''[[Mario Kart Tour]]'' ([[Peach Tour]], cameo) (2020)

|applies_to=[[Mario]], [[Luigi]], [[Princess Peach]] (''[[Super Mario Adventures]]''), [[Bowser]] (''[[Super Mario-kun]]''), [[Toad]], [[Toadette]]

'''Cape Mario''', originally known as '''Caped Mario''',<ref>''Super Mario World'' English instruction booklet, page 11.</ref><ref>''Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2'' English instruction booklet, page 22.</ref> is a form of [[Mario]] and [[Luigi]] that first appeared in ''[[Super Mario World]]''.

In ''Super Mario World'', the cape form's abilities are much like [[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. It 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 (using {{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 will [[jump]] very high, as if he were flying.

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 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>''Super Mario World'' English instruction booklet, page 16.</ref> during flight and slams the ground, it will cause 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>M. Arakawa. Nintendo ''Mario Mania'' Player's Guide. Page 52.</ref> If Caped Mario touches an enemy while flying, he will automatically Cape-Spin in midair and fall, instead of taking damage. By releasing {{button|snes|Y}} and holding {{button|snes|B}}, Mario can stop flying and glide down slowly. After the Cape has attached to Mario's shoes and inflated, Mario 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 will retain the properties of flight.<ref>[https://www.suppermariobroth.com/post/633609656174067712 Supper Mario Broth]</ref>

In ''[[Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3]]'', Caped Mario appears as an added form to the game, functioning similarly to its appearance in ''Super Mario World''. 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.

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 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.

===[[WarioWare (series)|''WarioWare'' series]]===

====''WarioWare: D.I.Y. Showcase''====

Caped Mario appears in ''[[WarioWare: D.I.Y. Showcase]]'' in the [[microgame]] [[Super Koopa (microgame)|Super Koopa]], where he must collect [[coin]]s while dodging [[Super Koopa (enemy)|Super Koopa]]s.

 

Cape Mario also appears in the ''[[WarioWare Gold]]'' microgame [[Super Mario World (WarioWare Gold)|Super Mario World]], where, once again, he has to collect coins, except that this time there are no Super Koopas.

*According to an interview with [[Koichi Hayashida]], Cape Mario was considered for ''[[Super Mario 3D Land]]'', but [[Tanooki Mario]] was eventually chosen.<ref>Buffa, Chris (March 12, 2012). [http://www.modojo.com/features/super_mario_3d_land_interview_tanooki_suit_beat_cape_mario/ Super Mario 3D Land Interview: Tanooki Suit Beat Cape Mario]. ''Modojo''. Retrieved ''April 9, 2015''.</ref>