Editing Warp Zone

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[[File:Smb2j 5-2 warpzone.png|thumb|right|A '''Warp Zone''' in ''Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels''.]]

The '''Warp Zone''' is a hidden area that acts as a kind of teleportation system, connecting many worlds to one place.  

===''Super Mario series''===

==== ''Super Mario Bros.'' ====

In ''[[Super Mario Bros.]]'', the zone is a sectioned-off area containing [[Warp Pipe|pipes]] to different levels. There are three, one located in World 1-2 and two in World 4-2. The first gives the choice to lead at [[World 2 (Super Mario Bros.)|World 2]], [[World 3 (Super Mario Bros.)|World 3]] and [[World 4 (Super Mario Bros.)|World 4]] and is located over the pipe that leads to the [[Flagpole]]. In World 4-2, reaching the part behind the final [[Pipe]] leads to [[World 5 (Super Mario Bros.)|World 5]] only. Instead, the player must find a secret [[Beanstalk]] and reach the overworld in order to choice to lead at [[World 6 (Super Mario Bros.)|World 6]], [[World 7 (Super Mario Bros.)|World 7]] and [[World 8 (Super Mario Bros.)|World 8]]. The first Warp Zone holds the infamous [[Minus World]] glitch.

In ''[[Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels]]'', Warp Zones function identically to those in ''Super Mario Bros.'' They no longer, however, give the player a choice of destination, as every zone contains only one pipe. Some Warp Zones send the player to an earlier World; for instance, the Warp Zone in World 3-1 leads to World 1. The World 1 warp zone has a gap so [[Mario]] can die instead of entering the pipe, but this gap does not exist in the World 5 warp zone accessed from World 8-1. This time, to prevent glitching by [[List of Super Mario Bros. glitches#Over the Flagpole|jumping over the flagpole]], some Warp Zones are located over there.

==== ''Super Mario Bros. 3'' ====

see main article [[Warp Zone (World of Super Mario Bros. 3)]]

[[File:SuperMarioBros3WarpZone.png|thumb|right|The '''Warp Zone''' in ''Super Mario Bros. 3''. The original ([[Nintendo Entertainment System|NES]]) version is on the left, while the ''[[Super Mario All-Stars|All-Stars]]'' ([[Super Nintendo Entertainment System|SNES]]) version is on the right.]]

[[File:World 9.PNG|thumb|left|The Warp Zone in ''Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3'']]

In ''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]'', World 9 is an island that may only be accessed via [[Warp Whistle]]. It is the Warp Zone that connects to the other kingdoms of the [[Mushroom World]], although it was not completely interconnected to access the top row, one had to warp from World 1, accessing the middle row was possible by warping from Worlds 2-4, and the last world from later on. ''[[Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3]]'' referred to the Warp Zone as '''World 9 Warp Zone'''.

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

In ''[[New Super Mario Bros.]]'', secret exits in levels 1-[[File:Fort Icon.png]], 2-A, 3-[[File:Ghost Icon.png]], 4-[[File:Ghost Icon.png]], and 5-[[File:Ghost Icon.png]] lead to [[Warp Cannon|Warp Cannons]] which launch [[Mario]] or [[Luigi]] to a later world (the first two to [[World 5 (NSMB)|World 5]], then [[World 6 (NSMB)|6]], [[World 7 (NSMB)|7]], and [[World 8 (NSMB)|8]], respectively). Advancing to a new world regularly was probably replaced by the World Map.

==== ''New Super Mario Bros. Wii'' ====

In ''[[New Super Mario Bros. Wii]]'', Warp Zones appears exactly like in ''New Super Mario Bros.'', but they can be unlocked via secret exit in the following levels: 1-3 and 2-6 leads to World 5, 3-[[File:Ghost Icon.png]] and 4-[[File:Fort Icon.png]] to World 6, 5-[[File:Ghost Icon.png]] to World 8.

In ''[[New Super Mario Bros. 2]]'', the Warp Zones change their appearance, but are still unlocked via secret exit. When a player enters in these levels they will find a Cannon that will send them to a space-like course. They must [[Jump|jump]] perfectly in order to reach the end of the level and gain access to a secret World. The levels where they are unlocked are the following: 1-[[File:Fort Icon.png]] to [[World Mushroom (New Super Mario Bros. 2)|World Mushroom]], World 3-[[File:Fort Icon.png]] or World Mushroom-B to [[World Flower (New Super Mario Bros. 2)|World Flower]] and World Flower-A to [[World 6 (New Super Mario Bros. 2)|World 6]].

In ''[[New Super Mario Bros. U]]'' and ''[[New Super Luigi U]]'' there is a similar mechanic but Warp Zones don't appear at all. Some secret exits unlock a longer path than normal that leads to a special level. These special levels are the following (the first link of a pair indicates ''NSMBU'' level, the second link the ''NSLU'' level): [[Blooper's Secret Lair]]/[[Cheep Chomp Chase]] (in [[Acorn Plains]]) and [[Piranha Plants on Ice]]/[[Slippery Rope Ladders]] (in [[Layer-Cake Desert]]) leads to [[Soda Jungle]], [[Skyward Stalk]]/[[Beanstalk Jungle]] (in [[Sparkling Waters]]) and [[Fliprus Lake]]/[[Fliprus Floes]] (in [[Frosted Glacier]]) leads to [[Rock-Candy Mines]], [[Flight of the Para-Beetles]]/[[Para-Beetle Parade]] (in Soda Jungle) leads to [[Meringue Clouds]].  

====''Super Mario 3D Land'' / ''Super Mario 3D World''====

The Warp Zone also appears in the games ''[[Super Mario 3D Land]]'' and ''[[Super Mario 3D World]]''. They are in the same places as they were in the original ''Super Mario Bros.'', in World 1-2 and World 4-2. However, there is only one orange pipe, and they only warp the player to the next world.

===''The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!''===

In ''[[The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!]]'', [[Bowser|King Koopa]] would sometimes make his getaway at the end of an episode by throwing a [[Magic Potion]] and creating a Warp Zone (usually a door or a portal), which he would escape through.

==Trivia==

*The Warp Zone is mentioned by a defeated [[List of Sammer Guys#Warping Pipe|Warping Pipe]] in ''[[Super Paper Mario]]'', who believes it to be a fabled place where great warriors (apparently people with incredible skill over Warp Pipes) tread.

*A model of a ''Super Mario Bros.''-style Warp Zone could be found in the underground section of [[The Bitlands|Chapter 3-1]] (itself a recreation of ''Super Mario Bros.''<nowiki>'s</nowiki> [[World 1 (SMB)|World 1-2]]) in ''Super Paper Mario'', though this Warp Zone took the player to other parts of the current level rather than different worlds. It did not serve any real function other than to take the player back to the overworld.

*While not directly appearing in ''[[Super Mario Bros. 2]]'', a warp zone of sorts appeared since throwing Magic Potions on certain [[Vase]]s allows the Player to skip Worlds.

*''[[Super Mario World]]'' also doesn't feature a traditional warp zone, but if the player finds one of the exits (Found in [[Donut Secret House]], [[Vanilla Secret 1]], [[Soda Lake]], [[Forest Fortress]], and [[Valley of Bowser 4]]) that leads to the [[Star World]], he/she can skip most of the rest of the game after finding the secret exit in [[Star World 4]]. This will bring him/her to the [[Front Door]] of [[Bowser's Castle]].

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