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 (Super Mario 64 DS)|Wings]] in English, although instances of "'''Wing cap'''" remain in-game) that only Mario can use, which can drop from red blocks.

===''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==
{{foreign names
|Jpn={{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>
|JpnR=Hane Bōshi
|Jpn2=はねのぼうし
|Jpn2R=Hane no Bōshi
|JpnM=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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