Music Box
- This article is about the item in Super Mario Bros. 3. For the main setting of Wario Land 3, see Music box (world). For Toad's Music Box in Mario Party 3 which plays the game's music, see Mario Party 3 sound test.
| Music Box | |
|---|---|
  The Music Box in Super Mario Bros. 3 (left) and its Super Mario All-Stars version (right) | |
| First appearance | Super Mario Bros. 3 (1988) |
| Latest appearance | The Super Mario Bros. Movie (cameo) (2023) |
| Effect | Causes enemies on the world map to fall asleep |
A Music Box[1] is an item that first appears in Super Mario Bros. 3. Here, it is a white square depicting two beamed notes, and it has a sand-colored pad on the top and a crank to the side. Music Boxes somewhat resemble Jump Blocks.
History[edit]
Super Mario Bros. 3[edit]
In Super Mario Bros. 3, a Music Box is a common item that causes all Hammer Brother, Fire Brother, Boomerang Brother, and Sledge Brother Enemy Courses, as well as the Piranha Plant stages in Pipe Land, to fall asleep so that Mario and Luigi can sneak past them. After one clears a level and/or loses a life twice, they wake up again. The song that is played is a soothing version of the Super Mario Bros. Ground Theme. The pitch level of the music was adjusted for both Super Mario All-Stars and Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3.
Nintendo Adventure Books[edit]
In the book Koopa Capers from the Nintendo Adventure Books series, Luigi tries to whistle the tune from the Music Box to escape the Sledge Brothers. While it does make them drowsy, they avoid falling asleep completely.
Wario Land 3[edit]
In Wario Land 3, their name is formatted as music boxes,[2][3] and they have a large role. The events of the game even take place inside of an enigmatic music box with an entire world inside of it. Wario's journey is focused on the collection of five different music boxes, which, if all played, can free a hidden figure claiming to be the music box world's unjustly accursed leader, helps Wario through his quest. Wario, in the end, collects the five music boxes scattered around the larger one and frees the figure, only to discover that he is evil; Wario then defeats him and saves the music box, which he is permitted to leave.
WarioWare: Twisted![edit]
In WarioWare: Twisted!, the music box from Wario Land 3 makes a cameo in Wario's House.
The Super Mario Bros. Movie[edit]
In the teaser poster for The Super Mario Bros. Movie, voxelated Music Boxes resembling their original sprite can be seen being sold at the antiques store for six coins each.
Profiles[edit]
Super Mario Bros. 3[edit]
- Wii Virtual Console manual: "Use this item to make enemies on the map screen fall asleep temporarily."
- 3DS Virtual Console manual: "Allows Mario to put the Hammer Bros. and other map-screen enemies to sleep."
Gallery[edit]
Wario releasing the five music boxes in Wario Land 3
Names in other languages[edit]
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese | オルゴール[?] Orugōru |
Orgel (Dutch for "music box") | |
| French | Boîte à Musique[?] | Music box | |
| German | Musikbox[?] | Music Box | |
| Musikkasten[4] | |||
| Italian | Carillon[5][6][7] | Music Box | |
| Nota Musicale[8] | Musical Note | ||
| Spanish | Caja de música[9] | Music box |
Trivia[edit]
- The tune was remixed in Mario Party 10 as the results music when a Bowser Party is finished.
References[edit]
- ^ March-April 1990. Nintendo Power Volume 11. Nintendo of America (American English). Page 8.
- ^ "Inside the cave, he found a beautiful music box, but no matter how much Wario wound it up, no song could be heard." – 2000. Wario Land 3 instruction booklet. Nintendo of America (American English). Page 2.
- ^ "Wario soon awoke to very different surroundings, and it wasn't long before he realized he was inside the music box." – 2000. Wario Land 3 instruction booklet. Nintendo of America (American English). Page 3.
- ^ 2003. Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3 instruction booklet. Nintendo of Europe (German). Page 32.
- ^ Super Mario Bros. 3 Italian manual. Page 24.
- ^ Super Mario Bros. 3 (3DS - Virtual Console) Italian e-manual. Page 14.
- ^ Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia. Page 41.
- ^ Super Mario All-Stars Limited Edition Italian manual. Page 19.
- ^ 2003. Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3 instruction booklet. Nintendo of Europe (European Spanish). Page 92.
