Mystery Mushroom

Not to be confused with ? Kinoko.

Mystery Mushroom
First appearance	Super Mario Maker (2015)
Effect	Transforms Mario into Costume Mario.

The Mystery Mushroom is a power-up that appears exclusively in Super Mario Maker. It resembles the sprite of a Super Mushroom from Super Mario Bros. with the question mark of a ? Block printed on its cap. When Mario touches one, he changes appearances to resemble another character or entity, an instance referred to as Costume Mario.

History

Super Mario Maker

A Mystery Mushroom gives Mario the form of one of various costumes, many of which are based on non–Super Mario Nintendo characters. Many of the costumes can be unlocked by completing the 100 Mario Challenge mode on a certain difficulty or by scanning any compatible amiibo, while some are unlocked by completing an Event Course.

Upon touching one while playing, Mario takes the appearance of the costume preset to the Mystery Mushroom in editing mode. (If no specific costume for the Mystery Mushroom has been set, Mario transforms into a random character instead.) It has the same effect as an ordinary Super Mushroom as it grants Mario an extra hit point and he can break Brick Blocks, except it maintains or shrinks him down (depending on his current state) to Small Mario's size, and also allows him to crouch, which he typically cannot do in the Super Mario Bros. game style in this size. Costume Mario cannot wear shell helmets.

Mystery Mushrooms are only available in the Super Mario Bros. style of the game, as it is replaced by the Super Leaf, Cape Feather, or Propeller Mushroom in the other game styles.

The Mystery Mushroom is similar to the character caps in Super Mario 64 DS, which also allowed Mario to transform into other characters (and vice-versa). However, while a cap-wearing Mario kept his voice and gained the new character's abilities, Costume Mario keeps Super Mario's abilities while gaining the character's voice or sound effects in most cases.

Unused appearances

Super Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DS

Mystery Mushrooms have been removed from Super Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DS, with the Weird Mushroom taking its place as the style exclusive power-up, although two glitches, one involving a Big Magikoopa, used to make them appear in-game. When collected, they would turn Mario into Small Mario, but he also has the ability to break blocks, which Small Mario normally cannot do, and can take another hit from enemies. It also showed a different sprite when the player held down on or .

Super Mario Maker 2

The Mystery Mushroom would have returned in Super Mario Maker 2 alongside Costume Mario, but they were scrapped from the final game for unknown reasons. However, the version 2.0 update added a Master Sword power-up that transforms the player into Link and grants additional abilities.

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning	Notes
Japanese	ハテナキノコ[?] Hatena Kinoko	? Mushroom; compare ? Kinoko
Dutch	?-paddenstoel	? mushroom
French	Champignon ?[?]	? Mushroom
	Champignon mystère	Mystery Mushroom
German	?-Pilz[?]	? Mushroom
Italian	Fungo ?[?]	? Mushroom
Portuguese	Cogumelo Misterioso[?]	Mysterious Mushroom
Russian	Загадочный гриб[?] Zagadochnyy grib	Mysterious mushroom
Spanish	Champiñón ?[?]	? Mushroom

Profiles

• Electronic manual description:
  • English (British):
    The Mystery Mushroom can turn Mario into various characters. They are controlled in the same way as normal Mario.
  • Other languages:
    • Dutch:
      De ?-paddenstoel kan Mario in allerlei personages laten veranderen. Ze laten zich net zo besturen als gewone Mario.
      (Translation: The Mystery Mushroom can transform Mario in all kinds of characters. They control just like regular Mario.)
    • French (Europe):
      Le champignon ? transforme Mario en différents personnages qui se dirigent de la même façon que Mario.
    • German:
      Wenn du einen ?-Pilz aufsammelst, kann Mario sich in verschiedene Figuren verwandeln. Die Steuerung bleibt dabei dieselbe.
    • Italian:
      Il fungo ? può trasformare Mario in vari personaggi. I comandi sono gli stessi di Mario normale.
    • Portuguese (Portugal):
      O cogumelo misterioso pode transformar o Mario em várias personagens diferentes, mas os controlos para cada uma delas são os mesmos do Mario.
    • Russian:
      Загадочный гриб позволяет Марио принимать облик различных персонажей. Управление ими ничем не отличается от стандартного.
    • Spanish (Europe):
      Al atrapar un champiñón ?, Mario se transformará en otro personaje, pero sus controles seguirán siendo los mismos.