Editing Metal Cap

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|image=[[File:SMO Metal Mario Cap.png|150px]]<br>The "[[Crazy Cap#Metal Mario Cap|Metal Mario Cap]]" as it appears in ''[[Super Mario Odyssey]]''
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario 64]]'' ([[List of games by date#1996|1996]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Super Mario 3D All-Stars]]'' ([[List of games by date#2020|2020]])
|effect=Turns [[Mario]] into [[Metal Mario]]
}}
{{quote2|Hidden inside the [[Cap Block|green block]] is the amazing Metal Cap. Wearing it, you won't catch fire or be hurt by enemy attacks. You don't even have to breathe while wearing it. The only problem: You can't [[swim]] in it.|[[Sign]] in the [[Hazy Maze Cave]]|[[Super Mario 64]]}}
{{quote2|A metal cap that seems somehow familiar...|[[Crazy Cap#Metal Mario Cap|Metal Mario Cap]] description|[[Super Mario Odyssey]]}}
[[File:MetalMarioSM64.png|left|thumb|125px|[[Mario]] wearing the Metal Cap]]
The '''Metal Cap''' is an accessory that makes its debut in ''[[Super Mario 64]]''. It is usually found in [[Cap Block|green block]]s, which become solid upon the player pressing the [[Cap Switch|Metal Cap Switch]] in the [[Behind the Waterfall|Cavern of the Metal Cap]]. The Metal Cap turns [[Mario]] into [[Metal Mario]], making him invulnerable and extremely heavy. Because of this, he can no longer make very high [[jump]]s or [[Long Jump]]s, cannot [[swim]], and sinks faster in [[quicksand]]. However, Metal Mario is also unaffected by [[smoke|strange cloud]]s and cannot drown. The effect lasts for 20 seconds.

If Mario gets another power when the Metal Cap is in effect, they will combine. This is possible in [[Dire, Dire Docks]], where a green block is located directly beside a [[Cap Block|blue block]], and in [[Wet-Dry World]], where the player can drain the [[water]] in the downtown area and collect the Metal Cap, then jump down and collect the [[Vanish Cap]]. Collecting both gives Mario the powers of both his [[Vanish Mario|Vanish form]] and Metal form. An unused texture in the game shows a metallic version of the wings from the [[Wing Cap]], suggesting that it would have been possible to combine the Wing Cap with the Metal Cap as well.<ref>https://tcrf.net/Super_Mario_64_(Nintendo_64)/Unused_Textures#Metal_Wing_Cap</ref>

In ''[[Super Mario 64 DS]]'', the Metal Cap itself does not appear. Instead, [[Wario]] becomes Metal Wario when he grabs a [[Power Flower (Super Mario 64 DS)|Power Flower]] but still retains the same properties as Metal Mario, and the music associated with the Metal Cap is retained.

A similar item, the [[Metal Mushroom Orb]] from the [[Mario Party (series)|''Mario Party'' series]], additionally transforms characters into metal forms.

In ''[[Super Mario Odyssey]]'', the Metal Cap (referred to as the '''Metal Mario Cap''') appears as a [[cap]] that can be purchased from [[Crazy Cap]] stores, having a physical appearance similar to that of ''Super Mario 64''. The cap becomes available after the player has collected 560 [[Power Moon]]s, and it costs 1,000 [[coin]]s. Aside from the ability to use the cap in conjunction with either the Mario 64 Outfit or the Metal Mario Outfit to enter a specific area in the [[Mushroom Kingdom (Super Mario Odyssey)|Mushroom Kingdom]], the cap is aesthetic and serves no other gameplay advantages.
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==Course locations==
*[[Whomp's Fortress]]
*[[Bowser in the Dark World]]
*[[Jolly Roger Bay]]
*[[Hazy Maze Cave]]
*[[Dire, Dire Docks]]
*[[Wet-Dry World]]
*[[Behind the Waterfall|Cavern of the Metal Cap]]

==Media==
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|file1=SM64-Metallic Mario.oga
|title1=Metallic Mario
|description1=Metal Cap theme
|length1=0:30
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The theme "'''Metallic Mario'''" is a heavy metal arrangement of the [[Super Star (theme)|Super Star theme]]. In ''Super Mario 64 DS'', this theme receives two arrangements for when the player character is in [[Mega Mario|Mega form]] and when [[Yoshi]] has [[Fire Power (Yoshi)|Fire Power]].

==Profiles==
===''Super Mario 3D All-Stars''===
*'''North American website bio:''' "''Metal Mario can ram into foes to defeat them, and his heavy body will sink in the water.''"

==Gallery==
<gallery>
MetalCapSM64.png|Model from ''[[Super Mario 64]]''
File:Metal Cap - KC manga.png|Mario grabs the Metal Cap in the [[Super Mario (Kodansha manga)|''Super Mario'' manga]].
Nintendo Tokyo Super Mario Power Up Keychain 2.jpg|The "Super Mario Power Up" series of keychains from [[NWiki:Nintendo Tokyo|Nintendo TOKYO]]
</gallery>

==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jap=メタルぼうし<ref>''Super Mario 64'' Japanese instruction booklet, page 19.</ref><br>''Metaru Bōshi''<br>メタルのぼうし<br>''Metaru no Bōshi''<br>メタルマリオ{{ruby|帽|ぼう}}<br>''Metaru Mario Bō''
|JapM=<br>Metal Cap (''Super Mario 64'')<br><br><br>Metal Mario Cap (''Super Mario Odyssey'')
|ChiS=金属帽<ref>Official Chinese ''Super Mario 64'' manual, page 19.</ref> (''Super Mario 64'')
|ChiSR=Jīnshǔ Mào
|ChiSM=Metal Cap
|ChiS2=金属马力欧帽 (''Super Mario Odyssey'')
|ChiS2R=Jīnshǔ Mǎlì'ōu Mào
|ChiS2M=Metal Mario Cap
|ChiT=金屬瑪利歐帽
|ChiTR=Jīnshǔ Mǎlì'ōu Mào
|ChiTM=Metal Mario Cap
|Fre=Casquette de métal<br>Casquette métal (''Super Mario 3D All-Stars'')<ref>https://supermario3dallstars.nintendo.com/fr/super-mario-64/</ref>
|FreM=Metal Cap
|Ita=Cappello di Metallo<br>Cappello Armatura (''Virtual Console'')
|ItaM=Metal Cap<br>Armor Hat
}}

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