Editing P Switch

|image=[[File:P-Switch NSMB2.png|200x200px]]<br>Artwork from ''[[New Super Mario Bros. 2]]''

|latest_appearance=''[[Mario & Luigi: Brothership]]'' ([[List of games by date#2024|2024]])

'''P Switches''' (alternatively hyphenated as '''P-Switches'''<ref>{{cite|title=''Super Mario Advance 2: Super Mario World'' instruction booklet|page=19|date=2002|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=en-us}}</ref> or '''P-switches'''<ref>{{cite|title=Nintendo ''[[Mario Mania]]'' Nintendo Player's Guide|page=48|date=August 1991|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=en-us}}</ref>), originally called '''Switch Blocks'''<ref>{{cite|title=''Super Mario Bros. 3'' instruction booklet|page=17|publisher=Nintendo of America|date=1990|language=en-us}}</ref><ref>{{cite|title=''Super Mario World'' instruction booklet|page=22|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=en-us|date=1991}}</ref> and also known as '''P Switch Blocks'''<ref>{{cite|url=cdn02.nintendo-europe.com/media/downloads/games_8/emanuals/nintendo_ds_21/Manual_NintendoDS_NewSuperMarioBros_EN.pdf|title=''New Super Mario Bros.'' instruction booklet|page=18|language=en-gb|publisher=Nintendo of America|date=2006}}</ref> or '''Trample Switches''',<ref>''Super Mario 3D World'' eGuide (Prima Games), page 7.</ref> are objects appearing mainly in several games of the [[Super Mario (series)|''Super Mario'' series]]. They are activated by [[jump]]ing on them. Upon activation, they turn all [[Brick Block]]s from an area into [[coin]]s and vice-versa for approximately 10 seconds. On some occasions, they likewise cause arrays or groups of [[Blue Coin]]s to appear onscreen. As these effects are temporary, they are usually accompanied by a characteristic jingle or clock-ticking that marks their duration. Some P Switches cause a [[P Warp Door]] to appear.

In ''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]'', the first Switch Block appears in [[World 1-1 (Super Mario Bros. 3)|World 1-1]]. Switch Blocks cause all animations on background objects to stop (generally on their first frame, though some instead stop on a unique graphic) and also make [[Conveyor Belt]]s stop pushing the player. They also transform Bricks and unmoving [[Muncher]]s into coins while active. In the original NES version, Switch Blocks appear different colors across levels due to palette limitations, though most are some shade of blue due to sharing their palette with water. Some are different, however, such as some in desert stages being purple with tan details. In all versions, Switch Blocks cause the [[Toad House]] theme to play while they are active.

In ''[[Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3]]'', Brick Blocks and coins remain animated while a Switch Block is active, and item-holding Brick Blocks do not look like coins; both of these are because more graphic tiles are available at a time compared to the original, where the base tiles are swapped in the graphics data when one is pressed. Switch Blocks also vanish after a second once pressed.

====''New Super Mario Bros.'' subseries====

In ''[[New Super Mario Bros.]]'', "Switch Block" is now an umbrella term for P Switch blocks, [[! Switch|! Switch block]]s, and [[? Switch|? Switch block]]s.<ref>{{cite|deadlink=y|archive=web.archive.org/web/20080517001053/http://www.nintendo.com/consumer/gameslist/manuals/DS_New_Super_Mario_Bros.pdf|title=''New Super Mario Bros.'' instruction booklet|page=17|language=en-us|publisher=Nintendo of America|date=2006}}</ref> In the Japanese version, they are all simply considered Switch Blocks without specific names between them, with their descriptions simply using their sprite.<ref>{{cite|url=m1.nintendo.net/docvc/NTR/JPN/A2DJ/A2DJ_J.pdf|title={{hover|New|ニュー}} スーパーマリオブラザーズ (''Nyū Sūpā Mario Burazāzu'') instruction booklet|page=17|accessdate=May 18, 2024|language=ja|publisher=Nintendo}}</ref> P Switches have the same function as in previous games, either spawning in blue coins or turning Brick Blocks into coins and vice versa, as well as P Switches having more level-specific functions such as revealing staircases and certain [[Warp Door|door]]s in [[World 3-Ghost House (New Super Mario Bros.)|World 3-Ghost House]]. Unlike in previous games, certain P Switches can be reused multiple times.

*{{world link|8|bowser3d|World 8-Bowser: Part 1}}[[World 8-Bowser: Part 1|: Part 1]]: Causing a certain metal grated platform to rise up from the [[lava]]; causing a certain platform to rise

*{{world link|s8|bowser3d|Special 8-Bowser}} &ndash; Causing a certain metal grated platform to rise up from the lava; causing a certain platform to rise

P Switches appear in ''[[Super Mario 3D World]]'' and ''[[Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury]]''. They have the same appearance as they do in ''Super Mario 3D Land'', but with a white "P"; they do not change colors when pressed. In addition to their effects from ''3D Land'', they can once again spawn Blue Coins (except in [[Rainbow Run (level)|Rainbow Run]], where they spawn regular coins from the sky). There are also [[P Panel|orange square panel versions of P Switches]] that require multiple characters or objects to activate simultaneously. [[Gold P Switch]]es appear in some of the bonus areas entered via golden [[Warp Pipe]]s and in the [[Coin Express]]. When pressed, they spawn a large amount of coins. Similar switches appear in the form of [[Character Switch]]es, which can only be pushed by certain characters.

*[[Hands-On Hall]] &ndash; Causing a wall to rotate 90°; causing a staircase to fall

P Switches appear once again in ''[[Super Mario Odyssey]]''. They are now square-shaped rather than circular, and Mario can walk onto a P Switch rather than needing to jump. P Switches can appear on walls, so Mario can walk into those or use the [[Cap Throw]] to allow [[Cappy]] to push a switch from a distance. While Mario can [[capture]] and move a large number of different characters and objects around, only Mario, [[Cappy]], something they are capturing or riding, or a [[Jizo]] can press a P Switch. P Switches do not use their recurring theme when creating time limited effects, instead using the normal music for time based challenges in ''Super Mario Odyssey''.

 

Some P Switches have a permanent effect when pushed down. Others are temporary, returning to normal and undoing their effect when their timer runs out. Still others are more variable: the [[Ruined Kingdom#Bonus areas|Roulette Tower]] area involves P Switches that revert to normal when a [[Ground Pound Switch]] is used. Certain P Switches in [[Bowser's Kingdom#Bonus areas|Bowser's Kingdom]] and the [[Lost Kingdom#Bonus areas|Lost Kingdom]] only activate while being pressed and deactivate when nothing is on them. They are intended to be held down, either with a stretched out [[Tropical Wiggler]] or with a Jizo. Many P Switches are tied to Timer Challenges, [[Power Moon]]s that only appear and can be collected for the duration of the switch's effect. These are usually accompanied with special platforms that appear leading to the Power Moon but similarly only appear during the effect.

 

 

In the Wooded Kingdom, a [[Steam Gardener]] stands near a P-Switch that creates platforms up to the [[Observation Deck]]. They lament that they tried their best to make a path and explain unenthusiastically that the pathway is engaged after the P-Switch is used. This implies the Steam Gardener is in some way responsible for the effect of that P-Switch.

Unlike in previous games, P Switches are not found in blocks. However, an unused animation suggests that this feature was planned to be included before getting scrapped.<ref name="TCRF">[https://tcrf.net/Super_Mario_Bros._Wonder#Switch ''Super Mario Bros. Wonder'' § Switch] on The Cutting Room Floor.</ref>

A P Switch appears in the [[Golden Plains]] stage in ''[[Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS]]'' and ''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]''. If a fighter steps on or attacks one, Blue Coins will temporarily appear among the ordinary coins while the P Switch music plays over the stage music, as in the ''New Super Mario Bros.'' subseries. A P Switch also appears as a [[Trophy (Super Smash Bros. series)|trophy]] in ''Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS''.

*[[No Sleep at Magikoopa Keep]] &ndash; Rotates the fourth floor of the tower 30° counterclockwise

*[[Toad Brigade to Magikoopa Keep!]] &ndash; Rotates the fourth floor of the tower 30° counterclockwise

SMB3 P Switch.gif|''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]''

SMW P Switch sprite.png|''[[Super Mario World]]''

P Switch SM3DW Prima.jpg|''[[Super Mario 3D World]]''

PSwitchOldSMM.gif|P Switch from ''[[Super Mario Maker]]'' (''[[Super Mario Bros.]]'' style, in versions until 1.21)

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==Naming==

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|Jpn=スイッチブロック

|JpnC=<ref>{{cite|title=スーパーマリオブラザーズ3 (''Sūpā Mario Burazāzu Surī'') instruction booklet|page=16|date=1988|language=ja|publisher=Nintendo}}</ref><ref>''Super Mario World'' Japanese instruction booklet (fold-out)</ref>

|Jpn2=Pスイッチ

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|ChiS=开关砖块

|ChiT=開關磚塊

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