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A '''skull switch'''<ref>Loe, Casey. ''New Super Mario Bros.'' Player's Guide. Page 26.</ref> is an item that causes the defeat of the boss of the room in which it is in ''[[New Super Mario Bros.]]'' Skull switches replace the [[axe]], found in the original ''[[Super Mario Bros.]]'', and function the same way. In total, skull switches are found in three boss fights: the first with [[Bowser]], the second with [[Dry Bowser]], and the third with Bowser and [[Bowser Jr.]] In the aforementioned boss battles, [[Mario]]'s (or [[Luigi]]'s) goal is to avoid the attacks of the bosses and hit the skull switch, causing the bridge that Bowser is standing on to collapse and send him plummeting downwards to whatever may lie beneath. When Mario sets foot on the safe platform with the switch, Bowser/Dry Bowser runs towards him and tries to toss him back onto the bridge. Even though Mario can defeat Bowser with [[fireball]]s, he still needs to press the switch as in the original ''Super Mario Bros.''
A '''skull switch'''<ref>{{cite|author=Loe, Casey|title=''New Super Mario Bros.'' Player's Guide|page=26|date=May 15, 2006|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=en-us|isbn=1-59812-009-3}}</ref> is an object in ''[[New Super Mario Bros.]]'' that takes the role of the [[axe]] from ''[[Super Mario Bros.]]'', since activating it takes away the bridge platform and defeats the boss. The first skull switch appears in the [[World 1 (New Super Mario Bros.)|World 1]] battle against [[Bowser]], the second with [[Dry Bowser]], and the third and last one with Bowser and [[Bowser Jr.]] When the player character sets foot on the platform with the skull switch, the boss runs towards him, trying to toss him back onto the bridge. Even if the boss is defeated through other means, the skull switch still has to be pressed to complete the level, regardless.


In later ''New Super Mario Bros.'' games, starting with ''[[New Super Mario Bros. Wii]]'', the skull switches are replaced by [[! Switch]]es.
In later ''New Super Mario Bros.'' games, starting with ''[[New Super Mario Bros. Wii]]'', the skull switches are replaced by [[! Switch]]es.
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==Names in other languages==
==Names in other languages==
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|Jap=ドクロスイッチ<ref>Shogakukan. 2015. ''Super Mario Bros. Hyakka: Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook'', ''New Super Mario Bros.'' section, page 119.</ref>
|Jap=ドクロスイッチ<ref>{{cite|language=ja|publisher=[[Shogakukan]]|date=October 19, 2015|title=''Super Mario Bros. Hyakka: Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook'', ''New Super Mario Bros.'' section|page=119|isbn=978-4-09-106569-8}}</ref>
|JapR=Dokuro Suitchi
|JapR=Dokuro Suitchi
|JapM=Skull Switch
|JapM=Skull Switch
|Ita=Interruttore Teschio<ref>''[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia]]'', pag. 119</ref>
|Ita=Interruttore Teschio<ref>{{cite|date=November 15, 2018|title=''[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia]]''|publisher=Magazzini Salani|language=it|isbn=889367436X|page=119}}</ref>
|ItaM=Skull Switch
|ItaM=Skull Switch
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Revision as of 10:28, June 3, 2024

Skull switch
NSMB Skullswitch.png
First appearance New Super Mario Bros. (2006)

A skull switch[1] is an object in New Super Mario Bros. that takes the role of the axe from Super Mario Bros., since activating it takes away the bridge platform and defeats the boss. The first skull switch appears in the World 1 battle against Bowser, the second with Dry Bowser, and the third and last one with Bowser and Bowser Jr. When the player character sets foot on the platform with the skull switch, the boss runs towards him, trying to toss him back onto the bridge. Even if the boss is defeated through other means, the skull switch still has to be pressed to complete the level, regardless.

In later New Super Mario Bros. games, starting with New Super Mario Bros. Wii, the skull switches are replaced by ! Switches.

Names in other languages

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese ドクロスイッチ[2]
Dokuro Suitchi 		Skull Switch
Italian Interruttore Teschio[3] Skull Switch

References

  1. ^ Loe, Casey (May 15, 2006). New Super Mario Bros. Player's Guide. Nintendo of America (American English). ISBN 1-59812-009-3. Page 26.
  2. ^ October 19, 2015. Super Mario Bros. Hyakka: Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook, New Super Mario Bros. section. Shogakukan (Japanese). ISBN 978-4-09-106569-8. Page 119.
  3. ^ November 15, 2018. Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia. Magazzini Salani (Italian). ISBN 889367436X. Page 119.
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