Editing Wing Cap

{{item infobox
|image=[[File:WingCap SM64.png]]
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario 64]]'' ([[List of games by date#1996|1996]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Super Mario 3D All-Stars]]'' ([[List of games by date#2020|2020]])
|effect=Turns [[Mario]] into [[Wing Mario]]
}}
{{quote|Wearing the Wing Cap, you can soar through the sky.|Narration|''[[Super Mario 64]]''}}
The '''Wing Cap''', or '''Winged Cap''',<ref>{{cite|title=''Nintendo Magazine System'' (AU) Issue #44|date=November 1996|language=en-au|page=28}}</ref><ref>{{cite|author=Bath, Prima|title=''Ultimate Nintendo 64 Pocket Power Guide, 1999 Edition'' Prima's Official Strategy Guide|page=58|publisher=[[Prima Games]]|date=April 21, 1999|language=en-us|isbn=0-7615-2083-X}}</ref> is an item found in ''[[Super Mario 64]]''. It is [[Mario]]'s signature power-up in ''Super Mario 64'', being shown on the game's box art and a majority of its [[List of merchandise|merchandise]].

==History==
===''Super Mario 64'' / ''Super Mario 64 DS''===
In ''Super Mario 64'', when wearing a Wing Cap, Mario becomes [[Wing Mario]] and gains the ability to [[fly]] and slow his falls (when the player holds {{button|n64|A}}), like with the [[Super Leaf]] and [[Cape Feather]] from previous games. Mario can begin flying by performing a [[Triple Jump]] (which can be done in place in that form) or by getting shot from a [[cannon]]. The item can be obtained only from a [[Cap Block|red block]], which becomes solid upon Mario hitting the [[Cap Switch|Wing Cap Switch]] in the [[Tower of the Wing Cap]] course. The wings last for a minute before wearing off. Other than the Tower of the Wing Cap and [[Over the Rainbows|Wing Mario Over the Rainbow]], the Wing Cap appears in three courses: the [[Bob-omb Battlefield]], [[Lethal Lava Land]], and [[Shifting Sand Land]]. There is also a red block on the roof of the [[Peach's Castle|Mushroom Castle]], and when all [[Power Star]]s are collected, the nearby cannon is unlocked, allowing the player character to blast onto the roof.

[[File:wingfeather.png|thumb|The "Wings" item from ''Super Mario 64 DS'']]
While Wing Mario returns in ''[[Super Mario 64 DS]]'', the original Wing Cap is replaced by a white feather (with both the form and the item referred to as '''Wings'''<ref>{{cite|format=PDF|url=cdn02.nintendo-europe.com/media/downloads/games_8/emanuals/nintendo_ds_21/Manual_NintendoDS_SuperMario64DS_EN.pdf|title=''Super Mario 64 DS'' instruction booklet|page=18|language=en-us|date=2004|publisher=Nintendo of America}}</ref> in English, although instances of "'''Wing cap'''" remain in-game) that only Mario can use, which can drop from red blocks. The form does not slow down descent as effectively in this version, as Mario can now take fall damage even when slowly descending. It is not possible for [[Yoshi]], [[Luigi]], or [[Wario]] to acquire wings in the single-player mode of the game; if any of them hit a block that would normally contain Wings, a [[Power Flower (Super Mario 64 DS)|Power Flower]] comes out instead. However, the feathers are located in [[! Block#Super Mario 64 / Super Mario 64 DS|VS Item Block]]s in two of the [[Super Mario 64 DS#VS mode|VS mode]] courses: [[Sunshine Isles]] and [[Battle Fort]]. They add wings to the character's [[cap]] regardless of who picks them up. In the case of Yoshi, he [[Winged Yoshi|grows wings on his back]]. The Wings appear in the same location as the Wing Cap in ''Super Mario 64'' but with the addition of [[Snowman's Land]] and [[Tall, Tall Mountain]].

===''Mario Party''===
Mario can be seen wearing the Wing Cap on one of ''[[Mario Party]]''{{'}}s title screens, where he is shown flying through the air in [[Mario's Rainbow Castle]].

===''Minecraft''===
In the Super Mario Mash-up in ''[[Minecraft]]'', the original game's feather is replaced by one of the wings to the Wing Cap. 

===Other appearances===
In both versions of [[Nintendo Monopoly]], there is a [[Coin Block]]/[[Brick Block]] card that reads "Purchase a Wing Cap - Pay $50."

==Media==
{{media table
|file1=SM64-Wing Cap.oga
|title1=Powerful Mario
|description1=Wing Cap theme
|length1=0:28
}}
The theme "'''Powerful Mario'''" also plays when Mario rides on a [[Koopa Shell]] or becomes [[Vanish Mario]]. Also, in the [[Nintendo DS]] remake, a slower-paced version plays when [[Hoot]] is carrying Mario, and a different slower-paced version plays when Mario turns into [[Balloon Mario]] after obtaining a Power Flower.

This theme is a cover of the music heard in ''[[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]'', called "'''Powerful Infant'''," when [[Baby Mario]] transforms into [[Superstar Mario]], as well as the music played in certain bonus rooms in said game. "Powerful Infant" is in turn a cover of [[Super Star (theme)|the music]] that plays when Mario acquires a [[Super Star]] in the original ''[[Super Mario Bros.]]'' but with an added countermelody. This theme was reused in ''[[New Super Mario Bros.]]'' as the invincibility theme, and it was later rearranged for ''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]'' and ''[[Super Mario Galaxy 2]]'' for the equivalent [[Rainbow Star]] power-up.

==Profiles==
===''Super Mario 3D All-Stars''===
*'''North American website bio:''' ''"Transform into Wing Mario and triple-jump or get fired out of a cannon to fly though the air."''

==Gallery==
:''For full gallery, see [[Wing Mario#Gallery|here]].''
<gallery>
Wing Mario - Super Mario 64.png|''[[Super Mario 64]]''
WingMarioSM64.png|''Super Mario 64'' model
MarioArtist64Render.png|''[[Mario Artist: Paint Studio]]''
MP1 Mario's Rainbow Castle Artwork.png|''[[Mario Party]]''
WingMarioSM64DS.png|''[[Super Mario 64 DS]]''
</gallery>

==Names in other languages==
===Wing Cap===
{{foreign names
|Jap={{hover|羽根|はね}}ぼうし<ref>{{cite|url=m1.nintendo.net/docvc/NUS/JPN/NSMJ/NSMJ_J.pdf|title=スーパーマリオ{{ruby|６４|六十四（ろくじゅうよん）}} (''Sūpā Mario Rokujūyon'') instruction booklet|date=1996|publisher=Nintendo|language=Japanese|page=19}}</ref>
|JapR=Hane Bōshi
|Jap2=はねのぼうし
|Jap2R=Hane no Bōshi
|JapM=Wing Cap
|ChiS=飞行帽
|ChiSR=Fēixíng Mào
|ChiSM=Flying Cap
|Fre=Casquettes ailées
|FreM=Winged Cap
|Ger=Flügel-Kappe
|GerM=Wing Cap
|Ita=Cappello Ala
|ItaM=Wing Cap
|ItaC=<ref>{{cite|title=''Super Mario 64'' Italian instruction booklet|page=38|language=it|publisher=Nintendo of Europe}}</ref>
|Ita2=Cappello Alato
|Ita2M=Winged Cap
|Por=Boné de Asas<ref>{{cite|title=''Super Mario 64'' Brazilian instruction booklet|page=12|language=pt-br|publisher=Nintendo}}</ref>
|PorM=Wing Cap
|Spa=Gorra con alas
|SpaM=Cap with wings
}}

==Trivia==
*In the [[Wii U]] version of ''[[nwiki:Rayman Legends|Rayman Legends]]'', there is an exclusive Mario costume for Rayman. If Rayman flutters while wearing this outfit, wings appear on his cap, referencing the Wing Cap.
*In a preview for ''[[Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins]]'', the gliding power-up was described as a winged "Cap" rather than the [[Carrot]], and the screenshot was blacked out.<ref>{{cite|title=''Nintendo Magazine System'' (AU) Issue #5|date=August 1993|page=54}}</ref>

==References==
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