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'''Gray P Switches'''<ref>{{cite|title=Nintendo ''[[Mario Mania]]'' Player's Guide|date=August 1991|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=en-us|page=153 and 161}}</ref> (or '''Gray P-Switches''')<ref>{{cite|title=''Nintendo Power'' Volume 28|page=23|date=September 1991|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=en-us}}</ref> are objects in ''[[Super Mario World]]'' and [[Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2|its reissue]]. They appear identical to normal [[P Switch|Switch Block]]s except that they are gray with pink rims as opposed to blue with orange rims. When pressed, they turn some types of enemies into [[Gray Coin]]s.
'''Gray P Switches'''<ref>M. Arakawa. Nintendo ''Mario Mania'' Player's Guide. Pages 153 and 161.</ref> (or '''Gray P-Switches''')<ref>''Nintendo Power'' Volume 28, page 23.</ref> are objects in ''[[Super Mario World]]'' and [[Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2|its remake]]. They appear identical to normal [[P Switch|Switch Block]]s except that they are gray with pink rims as opposed to blue with orange rims. When pressed, they turn all enemies that are onscreen into [[Gray Coin]]s.


As revealed by hacking, Gray P Switches also possess the ability to transform [[Muncher]]s into ordinary [[coin]]s for the duration of their effect, similar to regular Switch Blocks in ''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]''. However, as Gray P Switches never appear in the same [[level]]s as Munchers in ''Super Mario World'', this functionality cannot be seen in-game.
As revealed by hacking, Gray P Switches also possess the ability to transform [[Muncher]]s into ordinary [[coin]]s for the duration of their effect, similar to regular Switch Blocks in ''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]''. However, as Gray P Switches never appear in the same [[level]]s as Munchers in ''Super Mario World'', this functionality cannot be seen in-game.


Due to [[List of Super Mario World glitches#Switch Block color swap|a glitch]], Gray P Switches act like normal P Switches after being taken through a [[Warp Pipe|pipe]], though they retain their gray coloration.
Gray P Switches are also [[List of Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3 pre-release and unused content|unused]] in ''[[Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3]]'', where they would act as they originally did.<ref>https://tcrf.net/Super_Mario_Advance_4:_Super_Mario_Bros._3/Unused_Objects#Silver_P-Switch</ref>
 
Coincidentally, Switch Blocks in [[Family Computer]] and [[Nintendo Entertainment System]] releases of ''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]'' appear in a gray palette in the [[fortress]] levels. Gray P Switches themselves went [[List of Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3 pre-release and unused content|unused]] in the [[Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3|Game Boy Advance version]], however, and would have functioned like how they originally did.<ref>{{cite|author=TCRF|title=[[tcrf:Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3/Unused Objects#Silver P-Switch|Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3/Unused Objects#Silver P-Switch]]|publisher=The Cutting Room Floor|accessdate=July 31, 2021}}</ref>


==Names in other languages==
==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
{{foreign names
|Jap=スイッチブロック (銀色)<ref>{{cite|publisher=[[Shogakukan]]|language=ja|date=2015|title=''Super Mario Bros. Hyakka: Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook'', ''Super Mario World'' section|page=60}}</ref>
|Jap=スイッチブロック (銀色)<ref>Shogakukan. 2015. ''Super Mario Bros. Hyakka: Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook'', ''Super Mario World'' section, page 60.</ref>
|JapR=Suitchi Burokku (gin-iro)
|JapR=Suicchi Burokku (gin-iro)
|JapM=Switch Block (silver-colored)
|JapM=Switch Block (gray-colored)
|Ger=Silberner P-Block<ref>{{cite|author=Menold, Marcus, Claude M. Moyse, and Andreas G. Kämmerer, editors|title=''Der offizielle Nintendo Spieleberater "Super Mario World"''|language=de|location=Großostheim|publisher=[[Nintendo|Nintendo of Europe GmbH]]|date=1993|page=17}}</ref>
|Ita=Interruttore P d'argento<ref>''[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia]]''; pag. 60</ref>
|GerM=Silver P-Block
|Ita=Interruttore P d'argento<ref>{{cite|title=''[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia]]''|page=60}}</ref>
|ItaM=Silver P Switch
|ItaM=Silver P Switch
|SpaA=P-Switch Gris<ref>{{cite|title=''Club Nintendo'' (Chile) Año 1 No. 2|page=11}}</ref>
|SpaAM=Gray P-Switch
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==Trivia==
*In ''Super Mario Bros. 3'' for the [[Nintendo Entertainment System|NES]], Switch Blocks appear in a gray palette in the [[fortress]] levels, predating the Gray P Switches.


==References==
==References==

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