Editing Ground-Pound Switch

|image=[[File:GroundPoundSwitch.jpg|200px]]<br>Artwork from ''Super Mario Galaxy''

A '''Ground-Pound Switch'''<ref>{{cite|date=2010|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=en|title=''Super Mario Galaxy 2'' instruction booklet|page=20}}</ref> (also spelled '''Ground Pound Switch'''<ref>{{cite|date=2007|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=en|title=''Super Mario Galaxy'' instruction booklet|page=18}}</ref> and '''ground-pound switch'''<ref>{{cite|date=2007|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=en|title=''Super Mario Galaxy'' instruction booklet|page=12}}</ref><ref>{{cite|date=2010|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=en|title=''Super Mario Galaxy 2'' instruction booklet|page=12}}</ref>) is a recurring object within 3D installments of the [[Super Mario (series)|''Super Mario'' series]]. As the name implies, player characters can use Ground-Pound Switches by [[Ground Pound|ground-pound]]ing them, affecting something within the environment.

Ground Pound Switches are first seen in ''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]''. Upon [[Mario]] or [[Luigi]] pressing one of these switches, a variety of things can happen, mainly making [[Star Bit]]s or [[coin]]s appear. There are also timed Ground Pound Switches, tree [[stump]]s that have similar effects, and gray Ground Pound Switches that make walls fall down, making other areas accessible.

[[File:SMG2 Puzzle Plank Switch.png|thumb|left|Mario on a Ground-Pound Switch in the Puzzle Plank Galaxy in ''Super Mario Galaxy 2'']]

Ground-Pound Switches are also shown in ''[[Super Mario Galaxy 2]]'', having the same functions like in the first game. Ground-Pound Switches appear in [[Rightside Down Galaxy]], the [[Puzzle Plank Galaxy]], the [[Cosmic Cove Galaxy]], [[Bowser's Lava Lair]], [[Cloudy Court Galaxy]], [[Starshine Beach Galaxy]], the [[Chompworks Galaxy]], [[Shiverburn Galaxy]], and [[Boo Moon Galaxy]]. There is also a [[blue switch (Super Mario Galaxy)|new function for Ground-Pound Switches]] in this game. If Mario or Luigi ground-pounds one of the switches, the screen turns grayscale, and the environment and enemies on the respective planet slow down greatly. This new function appears in the [[Space Storm Galaxy]], [[Clockwork Ruins Galaxy]], and [[Stone Cyclone Galaxy]], and it is useful in avoiding stage hazards that would be impossible to dodge otherwise.

In the ''[[Bowser's Fury]]'' campaign of ''[[Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury]]'', Ground-Pound Switches reappear and are colored purple. Activating them either causes a [[Cat Shine]] and platforms leading to it to appear or causes a battle arena to form around the switch that can be disabled only if every enemy within is defeated, which also spawns a Cat Shine. After Mario has collected the Cat Shine, the Ground-Pound Switch turns gray, and it can then be pressed again to repeat the challenge. However, the Cat Shine collected upon its completion is transparent, and it gives Mario only coins when collected.

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