Editing Statue Mario

Tanooki Mario can become Statue Mario in ''Super Mario Bros. 3'' by holding {{button|Paddown}} and pressing {{button|nes|B}} at the same time.<ref>{{cite|quote=Tanooki Mario can turn into a statue for a short period of time by pressing the B Button and down on the {{button|pad}} Control Pad at the same time.|title=''Super Mario Bros. 3'' instruction booklet|page=9|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=en|format=PDF|url=www.nintendo.co.jp/clv/manuals/en/pdf/CLV-P-NAACE.pdf}}</ref> As a statue, Tanooki Mario can neither move nor be hurt.<ref>{{cite|quote=While Mario is a statue, he cannot be harmed.|title=''Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3'' instruction booklet|page=14|date=2003|publisher=Nintendo of Europe|language=en|format=PDF|url=www.nintendo.com/eu/media/downloads/games_8/emanuals/game_boy_advance_8/Manual_GameBoyAdvance_SuperMarioAdvance4SuperMarioBros3_EN_DE_FR_ES_IT.pdf}}</ref> Statue Mario can defeat enemies by landing on them from above, including stronger enemies like [[Piranha Plant]]s, [[Big Piranha Plant|Piranhacus Giganticus]]es, [[Fire Piranha Plant|Venus Fire Trap]]s, [[Spiny Egg]]s, [[Thwomp]]s, [[Lava Bubble|Podoboo]]s, [[Fire Snake|Firesnake]]s, [[Chain Chomp]]s, and even [[Koopa Shell]]s or [[Buzzy Shell]]s. Statue Mario can stomp [[Lava Lotus]]es, [[Blooper|Bloober]]s, and fish enemies underwater except [[Big Cheep Cheep|Boss Bass]].<ref>{{cite|timestamp=05:28|url=youtu.be/HbZx_nXWDzA?feature=shared&t=328|title=What Can Tanooki Mario Stomp?!|author=Blue Television Games|date=December 30, 2020|publisher=YouTube|language=en}}</ref> The Statue form is also the only way to destroy [[Roto-Disc]]s and [[Burner|Rocket Engine]] flames. Statue Mario also automatically reverts to Tanooki form after five seconds. Statue Mario always faces the opposite direction Tanooki Mario was before and after changing. [[Tornado]]es can turn Statue Mario back into Tanooki Mario on contact in ''[[Super Mario All-Stars]]'', and ''[[Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3]]'' adds new utilities to this form, including the ability to reveal [[Vanishing Block]]s, break [[Rock Block]]s, as well as depicting [[Luigi]] as taller consistently.

Statue Mario or Luigi is used with a [[Statue Leaf]] in ''[[Super Mario 3D Land]]''. Mario's Statue form now wears a red scarf and depicts Tanooki Mario raising his right hand, and Luigi's Statue form instead wears a green scarf while showing Kitsune Luigi raising his left hand. The player cannot transform on the ground, unlike before. The longer {{button|3ds|L}} or {{button|3ds|R}} is held, the longer the brothers stay in Statue form. Statue Mario or Luigi shakes for about twelve seconds after landing before reverting to Tanooki form. The Statue form protects Mario or Luigi from most hazards within levels, except for [[lava]], [[pit]]s, [[Poison (obstacle)|poison]], or [[Time Limit|time]] running out. Most enemies ignore Statue Mario or Luigi.<ref>{{cite|author=von Esmarch, Nick|title=''Super Mario 3D Land'' PRIMA Official Game Guide|page=16|publisher=[[Prima Games]]|date=November 13, 2011|language=en-us|isbn=978-0-307-89386-4|quote=Although some enemies ignore Statue Mario, others will rush in and wait for the transformation to wear off!}}</ref> Most enemies can be defeated by Statue Mario, and obstacles are either destroyed or stopped upon touching Statue Mario or Luigi. Statue Mario can pound in raised [[stump]]s with only one pound, not from two like they would otherwise.

In ''[[Super Mario 3D World]]'' and [[Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury|its port]], despite Tanooki Mario's reappearance, neither Statue Mario nor the Statue Leaf return, but if Mario uses a [[Lucky Bell]] to turn into [[Cat Mario]], he can transform into [[Lucky Cat Mario]], which functions similarly to Statue Mario, though Mario is invincible (rather than ignored and invulnerable) and earns coins while falling in that form. Similar to the Statue form, Lucky Cat characters raise their right paw (left for Luigi).

|Jpn=地蔵マリオ  

|JpnR=Jizō Mario  

|JpnM=''[[wikipedia:Ksitigarbha#In_Japan|Jizō]]'' Mario

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