Editing Hazy Maze Cave

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|caption1=Map of '''Hazy Maze Cave''' in ''[[Super Mario 64 DS]]''.

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'''Hazy Maze Cave''' is an underground cave level and the sixth course in ''[[Super Mario 64]]'' and ''[[Super Mario 64 DS]]''. In both games, this course is located in the basement of [[Princess Peach's Castle]]. The course has many hidden ledges, nooks, crannies, and alcoves, countless bottomless pits, and even an underground lake with a large but friendly sea monster named [[Dorrie]]. A map can be found in many areas of the course.  

The Hazy Maze, the level's namesake, is located deep within the cave. This maze was referred to as the Toxic Maze, the Clouded Maze, and the Hazy Maze throughout the game. The Hazy Maze is a labyrinth whose passageways are clouded with a highly toxic yellow gas (purple in the remake). Mario's health is slowly depleted the longer he stays in the maze, and he will eventually suffocate if he is unable to get fresh air. To make matters worse, the Hazy Maze is full of [[Snufit]]s, [[Monty Mole]]s and [[Swooper]]s that can hinder Mario's progress. Fortunately for Mario, there are small areas of higher ground scattered throughout the maze, [[Metal Box|Metal Boxes]] that turn Mario into [[Metal Mario (form)|Metal Mario]] who is unaffected by the poisonous fumes, a [[Spinning Heart]] to recover lost health, and several escape routes that are clearly marked on the map just outside the entrance. Obtaining certain Stars requires the use of certain escape routes.

 

There is a special hidden area in this course called the Metal Cavern, where [[Cavern of the Metal Cap]] (Behind the Waterfall in the remake) is located. The cave can be accessed through a door near the underground lake. The [[Metal Cap]]'s [[! Switch]] is located here, along with eight more Red Coins that can be collected to receive one of the castle's Secret Stars. In the remake version, the Metal Cavern doesn't have the metal cap switch and instead has several [[Power Flower (Super Mario 64 DS)|Power Flower]]s that can be used for [[Wario]] & [[Mario]] to be used with an extra star at the top of the course only accessed by Mario's balloon ability. This is the only course in the Nintendo 64 version to have a secret level inside it.

 

This is one of the few levels not accessed via a painting; instead, Mario must enter the door to the right of the entrance to [[Lethal Lava Land]] and jump into a pool of liquid metal inside.

==Levels==

The level titles and numbers correspond to ''Super Mario 64'' unless otherwise noted.

 

As the name implies, Mario has to go deep into the cave to the area where [[Dorrie]] lives. At the beginning of the mission, the plumber has to go immediately to the left and perform a [[Long Jump]] to pass over a gap. Going up the way where the rolling rocks are coming at the black hole zone, Mario will find a door where an elevator leads directly to the subterranean lake found in the bottom of the cave. Upon sighting a plesiosaur, Mario can get on Dorrie's back to lead him to the small isle in the center of the lake. Making a [[Ground Pound]] on Dorrie's back will cause the plesiosaur to lower his head, allowing the hero to stand over his head and arrive on the isle to obtain the Power Star. 

 

In the DS version of the game, Dorrie has goggles and will be wearing a giant [[Wario's Cap]] (except if the player is Wario). Taking the yellow cap, it will become normal sized. The character will become [[Wario]], who is needed to punch and break a boulder on the lake's isle, which can now be reached without Dorrie, and reveal the Power Star.

 

{{Foreignname

|JapM=The Underground Lake where Dorrie is

|KorM=Dorrie's Underground Lake

|ItaM=Water monster in the cave

 

[[File:HazyMazeElevator.JPG|thumb|Mario riding the elevator.]]

By going down the right corridor upon first entering the level, Mario can access the other side of the course. After leaping over fire pits and avoiding pesky [[Scuttlebug]]s, Mario finds a door at the end of the corridor. Entering it and sliding down a long pole, Mario arrives in the underground "plaza" area of the course. In one corner of this area is a staircase formation that leads to an unusual floating platform. This platform has four arrow switches on it, and will move in the direction of the arrow switch that is pressed. Mario must collect the eight [[Red Coin|Red Coins]] by navigating a midair obstacle course. Once all eight Coins have been collected, a Star appears over the [[Star Marker]] on the floor.  In ''Super Mario 64 DS'', playing as Wario in this place, the player can get the switch star, used from the poles, to reach 3 red coins. Yoshi can do this mission only if he uses caps.

 

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[[File:MetalMariomoves.png|thumb|Metal Mario in Hazy Maze Cave.]]

After activating the [[Metal Cap]] switch, Mario must go again to the subterranean lake, evading the rolling boulders in the hall and reaching the elevator. The plumber can see a metal cap [[Block]] in the entrance of the lake. Hitting the block will release the cap that turns Mario into metal. With the added weight being metal, Mario sinks to the lake's floor, following the path from the entrance. A large [[! Switch]] appears which the plumber must press when he is metal. Stepping on the switch will open up the crate doors, allowing access to the door behind them. The Power Star will be found at the end of a chamber that Mario reaches using the long-jump to pass the [[Bottomless Pit|bottomless pits]] on the floor.  

 

In ''Super Mario 64'', it is possible to do a [[Ground Pound]] from the edge into the water over the switch to press it without the use of the metal cap.

 

In ''Super Mario 64 DS'', the mission's title was slightly changed to '''Metal Head Wario Can Move!''' because Wario is the only character that becomes metal upon getting a [[Power Flower (Super Mario 64 DS)|Power Flower]].

 

|Jap=メタルでダッシュ (64)<br>''Metaru de dasshu''<br>はしれ！メタルワリオ (DS)<br>''Hashire! Metaru Wario''

|JapM=Dash in Metal<br><br>Run! Metal Wario

|Fra=Course de Metal Mario

|FraM=Metal Mario race

|Spa=¡Wario, el hombre de hierro!(DS)

|SpaM=Wario, the metal man!(DS)

|Kor=달려라!메탈와리오 (''DS'')

|KorR=Dallyeora! Metal Wario

|ItaM=Metal Wario can move it

 

[[File:SM64DS Hazy Maze Cave Star 4.png|thumb|Mario in the toxic maze.]]

In the fourth mission, the player must go the toxic maze area. Going to the right corridor of the entrance the character will enter to the plaza area. To the left side of the area, there will be a door and behind it a hole. Falling through the hole, the player arrives in the toxic maze. The ominous [[Toxic Gas]] over the floor will cause the characters to lose health as they breathe. Turning into [[Metal Mario (form)|Metal Mario]] ([[Metal Wario]] or [[Luigi]]'s invisibility for the DS version) prevents the player from losing health while navigating through the gases. Small holes in some stretches of the labyrinth can be an obstacle to jump and reach the right door to go out from the maze. Once past the maze, an elevator will lead to the Star hidden inside an [[! Block]].

 

In ''Super Mario 64 DS'', the player can skip the toxic maze and go behind the fence as Luigi by grabbing a power flower at the beginning of the level or in the underground cavern used in Star 1, quickly getting to the fence, and sneaking behind.

 

|GerM=Search trough the fog maze

|SpaM=In the toxic labyrinth

|KorM=Go Through the Smoke Maze

|Ita=Nel labirinto velenoso

 

===Star 5: A-Maze-Ing Emergency Exit===

[[File:Get_the_star!.png|thumb|Mario about to get the star in A-Maze-Ing Emergency Exit.]]

In ''Super Mario 64 DS'', as Luigi or Mario, the player can triple jump or backwards somersault to the platform from a black block (that only Wario can break) and hold onto the platform and grab the star.

|JapM=Emergency Exit of the Smoke Maze

|FraM=Above the gas...

|Ger=Suche im Nebel den Notausgang

 

[[File:SM64DS Hazy Maze Cave Star 6.png|thumb|The rocks rolling up to Mario.]]

 

In the [[Super Mario 64 DS|DS version]], the mission was changed to '''Watch For Rolling Rocks'''. The star is obtained differently, and Wario will be needed to retrieve it. Wario must break the nearby black [[Brick Block]] containing a [[Super Mushroom]] to grow big. He must then punch 4 of the falling rocks until he shatters the one containing the Power Star in order to make it appear; alternatively, he can also simply jump and punch/kick the boulders in his normal size to destroy them without the assistance of a Super Mushroom. The alcove that contained the Power Star in the original version now has a [[1-Up Mushroom]].

 

 

 

|KorR=Degul-degul bawi ui bimil

 

[[File:SM64DS Hazy Maze Cave Star 7.png|thumb|]]

In this level exclusive for ''[[Super Mario 64 DS]]'' the player has to go to the plaza area of the floating platforms. The player needs to be [[Wario]], and go near the black [[Brick Block]] and smash it, revealing a [[Star Switch]] hidden. The player will then have to step on it and quickly get the Star inside the [[Star Sphere]] located near the floating platform.

 

;Names in other languages

|KorM=Switch Star of the Cave

|ItaM=Underground Switch

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*[[Scuttlebug]]s

*[[Boulder]]s

*[[Goomba]]s (DS only)

*[[Swooper]]s

*[[Monty Mole]]s  

*[[Snufit]]s

*[[Mr. I]]

*'''Total Number of [[coin]]s''': 139 (134 according to [[Nintendo Power]])

*'''[[Spinning Heart]]''': Near the black hole on a ledge.

*'''[[1-Up Mushroom]]s''' (4):

**''Box Mushroom'' : '''#1''' Above the bottomless hole on a platform. '''#2''' Next to the elevator to the underground lake.

**''[[Monty Mole|Moles]] Mushrooms'' : '''#3,4''' By continually jumping on two sets of Moles in the toxic maze, the player can get the two mushrooms.

*'''Warps''' : (none)

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{{Foreignname

|Jap=やみにとけるどうくつ

|JapR=Yami ni Tokeru Dōkutsu

|JapM=Cavern Dissolving in Darkness

|Fra=Caverne brumeuse

|FraM=Misty cavern

|Spa=Cueva del laberinto

|SpaM=Labyrinth´s cave

|ItaM=Maze Labyrinth

|KorM=Cave Dissolving in Darkness}}

==Trivia==

[[Category:Levels]]