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A '''? Switch''', also known as a '''Mystery Switch''',<ref>{{cite|author=Leung, Jason; Munson, Terry; Pelland, Scott|title=''Yoshi's Story'' Player's Guide|publisher=[[Nintendo Power]]|date=1998|page=16}}</ref><ref>{{cite|author=Nintendo|date=1998|archive=web.archive.org/web/19981202104137/http://www.yoshisstory.com/fruit.html|title=''Yoshi's Story'' official website|accessdate=April 14, 2020}}</ref> a '''Question Mark Switch''',<ref>{{cite|title=''Nintendo 64 Game Secrets, 1999 Edition''|publisher=[[Prima Games]]|page=104, 111}}</ref> a '''? Switch Block''',<ref>{{cite|url=cdn02.nintendo-europe.com/media/downloads/games_8/emanuals/nintendo_ds_21/Manual_NintendoDS_NewSuperMarioBros_EN.pdf|date=2006|title=''New Super Mario Bros.'' British English instruction booklet|publisher=Nintendo|page=18}}</ref> or erroneously a '''? Block''',<ref name="ys">{{cite|url=www.gamesdatabase.org/Media/SYSTEM/Nintendo_N64/Manual/formated/Yoshi-s_Story_-_1998_-_Nintendo.pdf|date=1998|title=''Yoshi's Story'' Australian instruction booklet|publisher=Nintendo|page=15}}</ref> is a [[Switch Block (disambiguation)|Switch Block]] that has widely varying effects depending on the context.
A '''? Switch''', also known as a '''Mystery Switch''',<ref>{{cite|author=Leung, Jason et al|title=''Yoshi's Story'' Player's Guide|language=en-us|publisher=[[Nintendo Power]]|date=1998|page=16}}</ref><ref>{{cite|author=Nintendo|date=1998|deadlink=y|archive=web.archive.org/web/19981202104137/http://www.yoshisstory.com/fruit.html|title=''Yoshi's Story'' official website|accessdate=April 14, 2020}}</ref> a '''Question Mark Switch''',<ref>{{cite|author=Prima Bath|title=''Nintendo 64 Game Secrets, 1999 Edition'' Prima's Official Strategy Guide|page=104, 111|date=April 7, 1999|publisher=[[Prima Games]]|language=en-us|isbn=0-7615-2103-8}}</ref> a '''? Switch Block''',<ref>{{cite|url=cdn02.nintendo-europe.com/media/downloads/games_8/emanuals/nintendo_ds_21/Manual_NintendoDS_NewSuperMarioBros_EN.pdf|date=2006|title=''New Super Mario Bros.'' instruction booklet|publisher=Nintendo of UK|language=en-gb|page=18}}</ref> or erroneously a '''? Block''',<ref name="ys">{{cite|url=www.gamesdatabase.org/Media/SYSTEM/Nintendo_N64/Manual/formated/Yoshi-s_Story_-_1998_-_Nintendo.pdf|date=1998|title=''Yoshi's Story'' instruction booklet|publisher=Nintendo of Australia|language=en-au|page=15}}</ref> is a [[Switch Block (disambiguation)|Switch Block]] that has widely varying effects depending on the context.


==History==
==History==
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|Jap=?スイッチ <small>(''Yoshi's Story'')</small>
|Jap=?スイッチ <small>(''Yoshi's Story'')</small>
|JapR=? Suitchi
|JapR=? Suitchi
|Jap2=ハテナスイッチ<ref>{{cite|publisher=Shogakukan|date=2015|title=''Super Mario Bros. Hyakka: Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook''|page=119, 151, 200, 216}}</ref>
|Jap2=ハテナスイッチ<ref>{{cite|language=ja|publisher=[[Shogakukan]]|date=October 19, 2015|title=''Super Mario Bros. Hyakka: Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook'', ''Super Mario Sunshine'' section|page=119, 151, 200, 216|isbn=978-4-09-106569-8}}</ref>
|Jap2R=Hatena Suitchi
|Jap2R=Hatena Suitchi
|Jap3=スイッチブロック<ref>{{cite|date=2006|url=m1.nintendo.net/docvc/NTR/JPN/A2DJ/A2DJ_J.pdf|title=''New Super Mario Bros.'' Japanese manual|language=Japanese|page=17}}</ref> <small>(''New Super Mario Bros.'', shared with [[P Switch]] and [[! Switch]])</small>
|Jap3=スイッチブロック<ref>{{cite|date=2006|url=m1.nintendo.net/docvc/NTR/JPN/A2DJ/A2DJ_J.pdf|title={{ruby|New|ニュー}} スーパーマリオブラザーズ (''Nyū Sūpā Mario Burazāzu'') manual|publisher=Nintendo|author=Nintendo|language=Japanese|page=17}}</ref> <small>(''New Super Mario Bros.'', shared with [[P Switch]] and [[! Switch]])</small>
|Jap3R=Suitchi Burokku
|Jap3R=Suitchi Burokku
|JapM=? Switch
|JapM=? Switch
|Jap2M=? Switch
|Jap2M=? Switch
|Jap3M=Switch Block
|Jap3M=Switch Block
|ChiS=?开关<ref>{{cite|url=www.ique.com/games/Mariobros/demo_2.htm|title=New 超级马力欧兄弟|language=Chinese|publisher=[[iQue]]|accessdate=February 8, 2024}}</ref>
|ChiS=?开关<ref>{{cite|url=www.ique.com/games/Mariobros/demo_2.htm|title=New 超级马力欧兄弟|language=zh-hans|publisher=[[iQue]]|accessdate=February 8, 2024}}</ref>
|ChiSR=? Kāiguān
|ChiSR=? Kāiguān
|ChiSM=? Switch
|ChiSM=? Switch
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|FreM=? Switch
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|Ger=?-Schalter<ref>{{cite|date=2006|url=cdn02.nintendo-europe.com/media/downloads/games_8/emanuals/nintendo_ds_21/Manual_NintendoDS_NewSuperMarioBros_DE.pdf|title=''New Super Mario Bros.'' German instruction booklet|language=German|page=20}}</ref>
|Ger=?-Schalter<ref>{{cite|date=2006|url=cdn02.nintendo-europe.com/media/downloads/games_8/emanuals/nintendo_ds_21/Manual_NintendoDS_NewSuperMarioBros_DE.pdf|title=''New Super Mario Bros.'' instruction booklet|language=de|publisher=Nintendo of Europe|author=Nintendo|page=20}}</ref>
|GerM=? Switch
|GerM=? Switch
|Ita=Interruttore<ref>''[[Yoshi's Story]]'' European manual, pag. 123</ref> <small>(''Yoshi's Story'')</small>
|Ita=Interruttore<ref>{{cite|title=''[[Yoshi's Story]]'' European manual|page=123|publisher=Nintendo of Europe|author=Nintendo|date=1998|language=en-gb}}</ref> <small>(''Yoshi's Story'')</small>
|Ita2=Blocco interruttore ?<ref>''[[New Super Mario Bros.]]'' European manual, pag. 88</ref><ref>''[[New Super Mario Bros. Wii]]'' Italian manual, pag. 25</ref> <small>(''New Super Mario Bros.'' series)</small>
|Ita2=Blocco interruttore ?<ref>{{cite|title=''[[New Super Mario Bros.]]'' European manual|page=88|language=it|publisher=Nintendo of Europe|author=Nintendo|date=2006}}</ref><ref>{{cite|date=2009|title=''[[New Super Mario Bros. Wii]]'' Italian manual|page=25|publisher=Nintendo of Europe|author=Nintendo|language=it}}</ref> <small>(''New Super Mario Bros.'' series)</small>
|Ita3=Interruttore ?<ref>''[[Super Mario 64 DS]]'' European manual, pag. 106</ref> <small>(''Super Mario 64 DS'')</small>
|Ita3=Interruttore ?<ref>{{cite|date=2005|language=it|publisher=Nintendo of Europe|title=''[[Super Mario 64 DS]]'' manual|page=106|author=Nintendo}}</ref> <small>(''Super Mario 64 DS'')</small>
|Ita4=Interruttore "?"<ref>''[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia]]'', pagg. 119, 151, 200, 216</ref> <small>(''Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia'')</small>
|Ita4=Interruttore "?"<ref>{{cite|date=November 15, 2018|title=''[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia]]''|publisher=Magazzini Salani|language=it|isbn=889367436X|page=119, 151, 200, 216}}</ref> <small>(''Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia'')</small>
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|Ita2M=? Switch Block

Revision as of 16:24, June 22, 2024

This article is about the object that appears in various games. For the level with the same name in Super Mario 64 DS, see Tower of the Wing Cap.
? Switch
A ? Switch
A red ? Switch from Yoshi's Story
First appearance Yoshi's Story (1998)
Latest appearance Super Mario Bros. Wonder (2023)
Effect Causes a mysterious event

A ? Switch, also known as a Mystery Switch,[1][2] a Question Mark Switch,[3] a ? Switch Block,[4] or erroneously a ? Block,[5] is a Switch Block that has widely varying effects depending on the context.

History

Yoshi's Story

Sprite of a ? Switch in Yoshi's Story

In Yoshi's Story, when a Yoshi presses a ? Switch by simply jumping on it, the ? Switch disappears and a part of the level is changed briefly. As the effect expires, the switch's music speeds up. There are panels that also act as a ? Switch and extend the switch's time limit.

Super Mario series

Super Mario 64 DS

? Switch
Main article: Cap Switch

In Super Mario 64 DS, the red, green, and blue ! Switches from Super Mario 64 were reduced to a red ? Switch. It appears in a secret course named after it (also titled Tower of the Wing Cap), and it activates corresponding ? Blocks.

New Super Mario Bros.

Sprite of a ? Switch in New Super Mario Bros.

? Switches later appear in New Super Mario Bros., this time with an orange color. Like the ones in Yoshi's Story, these switches change or add to an area of a level, like adding moving platforms or flipping the entire level upside down. The effects of a ? Switch can be either temporary or permanent, depending on the ? Switch. One appears in the fight against Mega Goomba, being the only time one is used against a boss. Most levels have only one ? Switch, but some have two of them.

? Switches appear in the following levels, with the following functions:

New Super Mario Bros. Wii

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In New Super Mario Bros. Wii, ? Switches reappear with their design from New Super Mario Bros., though they are less common than before. World 6-6 notably features multiple with separate functions.

? Switches appear in the following levels, with the following functions:

New Super Mario Bros. 2

Question Switch

In New Super Mario Bros. 2, ? Switches have become more common. Several are used for spawning more coins. They additionally appear in some of the DLC courses.

? Switches appear in the following levels, with the following functions:

New Super Mario Bros. U / New Super Luigi U / New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe

In New Super Mario Bros. U, ? Switches are again less common. Some act somewhat similar to ! Switches in New Super Mario Bros. and New Super Mario Bros. 2 by causing red blocks to appear. In New Super Luigi U, ? Switches are considerably uncommon, appearing in only three levels. In New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe, ? Switches return in both capacities.

? Switches appear in the following New Super Mario Bros. U levels, with the following functions:

? Switches appear in the following New Super Luigi U levels, with the following functions:

Super Mario Maker

SMM-NSMBU-Switch.png

In versions of Super Mario Maker before version 1.30, P Switches in the New Super Mario Bros. U game style have the appearance of ? Switches.

Super Mario Bros. Wonder

In Super Mario Bros. Wonder, ? Switches are about as uncommon as in New Super Luigi U, as they only appear in two Break Time! levels and one main level.

? Switches and their purpose in the levels are as follows:

Profiles and statistics

Yoshi's Story

  • Instruction booklet: If you step on it, something secret will happen. Exactly what, is a secret.[5]

Names in other languages

Language Name Meaning
Japanese ?スイッチ (Yoshi's Story)
? Suitchi
ハテナスイッチ[6]
Hatena Suitchi
スイッチブロック[7] (New Super Mario Bros., shared with P Switch and ! Switch)
Suitchi Burokku
? Switch

? Switch

Switch Block

Chinese (simplified) ?开关[8]
? Kāiguān
? Switch

French Interrupteur ?[9]
Interrupteur[10]
? Switch
Switch
German ?-Schalter[11]
? Switch
Italian Interruttore[12] (Yoshi's Story)
Blocco interruttore ?[13][14] (New Super Mario Bros. series)
Interruttore ?[15] (Super Mario 64 DS)
Interruttore "?"[16] (Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia)
Switch
? Switch Block
? Switch
"?" Switch
Portuguese (NOE) Bloco de Mudança ? (New Super Mario Bros.)
? Change Block

Trivia

  • Although New Super Mario Bros. does have ? Switches in-game, the red ? Switch model from Super Mario 64 DS was left unused in the files of the final version. However, it was used in early prototypes.

References

  1. ^ Leung, Jason et al (1998). Yoshi's Story Player's Guide. Nintendo Power (American English). Page 16.
  2. ^ Nintendo (1998). Yoshi's Story official website. Archived December 2, 1998, 10:41:37 UTC from the original via Wayback Machine. Retrieved April 14, 2020.
  3. ^ Prima Bath (April 7, 1999). Nintendo 64 Game Secrets, 1999 Edition Prima's Official Strategy Guide. Prima Games (American English). ISBN 0-7615-2103-8. Page 104, 111.
  4. ^ 2006. New Super Mario Bros. instruction booklet. Nintendo of UK (British English). Page 18.
  5. ^ a b 1998. Yoshi's Story instruction booklet. Nintendo of Australia (Australian English). Page 15.
  6. ^ October 19, 2015. Super Mario Bros. Hyakka: Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook, Super Mario Sunshine section. Shogakukan (Japanese). ISBN 978-4-09-106569-8. Page 119, 151, 200, 216.
  7. ^ Nintendo (2006). Newニュー スーパーマリオブラザーズ (Nyū Sūpā Mario Burazāzu) manual. Nintendo (Japanese). Page 17.
  8. ^ New 超级马力欧兄弟. iQue (Simplified Chinese). Retrieved February 8, 2024.
  9. ^ 2005. Super Mario 64 DS French instruction booklet. Page 68.
  10. ^ 1998. Yoshi Story instruction booklet, French segment. Nintendo (French). Page 59.
  11. ^ Nintendo (2006). New Super Mario Bros. instruction booklet. Nintendo of Europe (German). Page 20.
  12. ^ Nintendo (1998). Yoshi's Story European manual. Nintendo of Europe (British English). Page 123.
  13. ^ Nintendo (2006). New Super Mario Bros. European manual. Nintendo of Europe (Italian). Page 88.
  14. ^ Nintendo (2009). New Super Mario Bros. Wii Italian manual. Nintendo of Europe (Italian). Page 25.
  15. ^ Nintendo (2005). Super Mario 64 DS manual. Nintendo of Europe (Italian). Page 106.
  16. ^ November 15, 2018. Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia. Magazzini Salani (Italian). ISBN 889367436X. Page 119, 151, 200, 216.