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{{about|the form Mario takes after collecting a [[Cape Feather]]|[[Baby Mario]]'s invincibility form that has a similar appearance and is also named "Caped Mario"|[[Superstar Mario]]}}
|image=[[File:SMW_CapeMario.png|200px]]
{{form infobox
|image=[[File:SMW_CapeMario.png|200px]]<br>Artwork from ''Super Mario World''
|item=[[Cape Feather]]
|item=[[Cape Feather]]
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario World]]'' ([[List of games by date#1990|1990]])
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario World]]'' ([[List of games by date#1990|1990]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Mario Kart Tour]]'' (cameo) ([[List of games by date#2020|2020]])
|latest_appearance=''[[The Super Mario Bros. Movie]]'' (2023)
|powers=Glide, Fly, Spin, Ground Smash
|powers=Glide, [[fly]], spin, Ground Smash
|character=[[Mario]], [[Luigi]], [[Princess Peach]] (''[[Super Mario Adventures]]''), [[Bowser]] (''[[Super Mario-Kun]]''), [[Toad]], [[Toadette]]
|applies_to=[[Mario]], [[Luigi]], [[Toad]], [[Toadette]], [[Princess Peach|Peach]], [[Bowser]]
}}
}}
'''Cape Mario''', originally known as '''Caped Mario''',<ref>''Super Mario World'' English instruction booklet, pg. 4, 7, 11, 15-17, 23.</ref> is a form of [[Mario]] and [[Luigi]] that first appeared in ''[[Super Mario World]]''.
'''Cape Mario''', originally known as '''Caped Mario''',<ref>{{cite|language=en-us|publisher=Nintendo of America|title=''Super Mario World'' instruction booklet|page=11|date=1991}}</ref><ref>{{cite|date=2002|title=''Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2'' instruction booklet|page=22|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=en-us}}</ref> is a form of [[Mario]] and [[Luigi]] that first appeared in ''[[Super Mario World]]''.


==History==
==History==
===''Super Mario'' series===
===''Super Mario'' series===
====''Super Mario World'' / ''Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2''====
====''Super Mario World'' / ''Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2''====
[[File:Twin Bridges.png|thumb|left|200px|The result of using a Feather.]]
[[File:Twin Bridges.png|thumb|left|200px|The result of using a Cape Feather]]
In ''[[Super Mario World]]'', the cape form's abilities are much like [[Raccoon Mario]] before it, which in fact was [[List of Super Mario World pre-release and unused content|originally]] going to be in the game. It can be obtained by getting a [[Cape Feather]]. The '''Cape''' (or '''Magic Cape'''<ref>''[[Prima Games|Playing With Super Power: Nintendo Super NES Classics eGuide]]'', ''Super Mario World'' Characters Tab.</ref>) it gives allows Mario to fly indefinitely through levels and attack enemies by spinning it around (using {{button|snes|X}} or {{button|snes|Y}}).
In ''Super Mario World'', the Caped form's abilities are much like those of [[Raccoon Mario]] before it, which in fact was [[List of Super Mario World pre-release and unused content|originally]] going to be in the game. The Caped form can be obtained by getting a [[Cape Feather]]. The '''Cape''' (or '''Magic Cape''')<ref>''[[Prima Games|Playing With Super Power: Nintendo Super NES Classics eGuide]]'', ''Super Mario World'' Characters Tab.</ref> allows Mario (or Luigi) to [[fly]] indefinitely through levels and attack enemies by spinning it around (when the player presses {{button|snes|X}} or {{button|snes|Y}}).


If the player holds down either {{button|snes|A}} or {{button|snes|B}} while falling with Caped Mario, the player can float down slowly. Also, if Mario runs at maximum speed and then presses and holds {{button|snes|A}} to spin jump, Mario will jump very high, as if he was flying.
If the player holds down either {{button|snes|A}} or {{button|snes|B}} while falling with Caped Mario, the player can float down slowly. Also, if Mario [[dash|run]]s at maximum speed and then the player presses and holds {{button|snes|A}} to [[Spin Jump|cape-spin]], Mario [[jump]]s very high, as if he were flying.


Flight is done by running until Mario spreads out his arms, then jumping while holding {{button|snes|Y}}; the initial height depends on how long {{button|snes|B}} was held. Pressing forward on the {{button|snes|Pad}} mid-flight makes Mario descend and speed up, while pressing backward makes him ascend; greater descents generally lead to higher ascents. Mario can also bounce off of stompable enemies mid-flight. If the player rams the ground during flight, it will cause a quake that instantly defeats all on-screen enemies on the ground. If Caped Mario touches an enemy while flying, he will automatically [[Spin Jump]] in midair and fall, instead of taking damage. By releasing {{button|snes|Y}} and holding {{button|snes|B}}, Mario can stop flying and glide down slowly. After the cape has attached to Mario's shoes and inflated, Mario can turn around by spinning mid-flight by pressing {{button|snes|X}} if {{button|snes|Y}} is being used to fly, or vice versa.
Flight is done by running until Mario spreads out his arms, then jumping while holding {{button|snes|Y}}; the initial height depends on how long {{button|snes|B}} was held. Pressing forward on {{button|snes|Pad}} mid-flight makes Mario descend and speed up, while pressing backward on {{button|snes|Pad}} makes him ascend; greater descents generally lead to higher ascents. Mario can also bounce off stomp-able enemies mid-flight. If the player does a '''fast dive'''<ref name=manual>{{cite|language=en-us|publisher=Nintendo of America|title=''Super Mario World'' instruction booklet|page=16|date=1991}}</ref> during flight and slams the ground, it causes a ground shake that instantly defeats all onscreen enemies. If Caped Mario glides more gently towards the ground, he can perform a '''Body Press'''<ref name=manual/> (also called the '''Sliding Cape Attack''').<ref>{{cite|language=en-us|date=August 1991|title=Nintendo ''[[Mario Mania]]'' Player's Guide|page=52|publisher=Nintendo of America}}</ref> If Caped Mario touches an enemy while flying, he automatically cape-spins in midair and falls, instead of taking damage. When the player releases {{button|snes|Y}} and holds {{button|snes|B}}, Mario can stop flying and glide down slowly. After the Cape has attached to Mario's shoes and inflated, he can turn around by spinning mid-flight when the player presses {{button|snes|X}} if {{button|snes|Y}} is being used to fly, or vice versa. If Mario climbs a climbable object while flying, he retains the properties of flight.<ref>{{cite|deadlink=y|archive=web.archive.org/web/20201105122601/https://www.suppermariobroth.com/post/633609656174067712|publisher=Supper Mario Broth|date=November 1, 2020|title=In Super Mario World, properties of flight are conserved while climbing. If Mario clings to a climbable surface while flying, he will resume flying as soon as he lets go. In addition, he retains the extra hit that flight normally grants, as seen near the end of the footage where he is hit by a Koopa Troopa but does not lose his Cape Mario form. Thus, it is advisable to always start flying before clinging to ropes and fences if possible.|accessdate=June 5, 2024}}</ref>
 
In [[Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2|the GBA version]], Mario cannot turn around mid-flight at all, because there is only one run button. Also, [[Luigi]] flies higher and slower than Mario.
In the [[Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2|GBA version]], Mario can no longer turn around mid-flight, as there is only one run button. Also, Luigi flies higher and more slowly than Mario.
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====''Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3''====
====''Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3''====
[[File:Capemario.gif|left|frame]]
[[File:Capemario.gif|left|frame]]
[[File:SMA4 Boomerang.gif|200px|frame|Caped Mario using a [[boomerang]] in [[World 1-3 (Super Mario Bros. 3)|World 1-3]].]]
[[File:SMA4 Boomerang.gif|200px|frame|Caped Mario using a [[boomerang]] in [[World 1-3 (Super Mario Bros. 3)|World 1-3]]]]
In ''[[Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3]]'', Caped Mario appears as an added form to the game, functioning similarly to its appearance in ''Super Mario World''. The form is used primarily in the [[World-e]] levels [[Sea to Sky]] and [[Caped Escape]]. It can also be used anywhere with the appropriate e-Reader card. However, unlike Raccoon or [[Tanooki Mario]]'s tail whip attacks, Caped Mario's spin attack cannot break [[Brick Block]]s.
In ''[[Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3]]'', Caped Mario appears as an added form to the game, acting as it does in ''Super Mario Advance 2''; it is the only form that is able to jump while climbing. The form is used primarily in the [[World-e]] levels [[Sea to Sky]] and [[Caped Escape]]. It can also be used anywhere with the appropriate e-Reader card. However, unlike Raccoon or [[Tanooki Mario]]'s tail whip attacks, Caped Mario's spin attack cannot break [[Brick Block]]s.
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====''Super Mario Maker'' / ''Super Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DS'' / ''Super Mario Maker 2''====
====''Super Mario Maker'' / ''Super Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DS''====
Cape Mario returns in ''[[Super Mario Maker]]'', ''[[Super Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DS]]'' and ''[[Super Mario Maker 2]]''. It appears only in the ''Super Mario World'' style, where it functions as it did in that game. However, Mario can no longer turn around while flying. Also, knocking on a [[Warp Door]] in the ''Super Mario World'' style may cause [[Weird Mushroom (item)|Weird Mario]] to appear in this form, in one of two possible poses.
Cape Mario returns in ''[[Super Mario Maker]]'' and its [[Nintendo 3DS]] port, ''[[Super Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DS]]'', under its current name. It appears only in the ''Super Mario World'' style, where it functions as it did in ''Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2''. Also, knocking on a [[Warp Door]] in the ''Super Mario World'' style may cause [[Weird Mushroom (item)|Weird Mario]] to appear in this form, in one of two possible poses.


===''Super Mario Party''===
====''Super Mario Maker 2''====
In ''[[Super Mario Party]]'', a sprite of Cape Mario can be seen in [[Puzzle Hustle]].
Cape Mario returns in ''[[Super Mario Maker 2]]'', behaving as it did in its predecessor. Here, Luigi, [[Toad]], and [[Toadette]] can also transform into their Cape forms.
 
===''Super Mario World'' television series===
The Caped form appears in the [[Super Mario World (television series)|''Super Mario World'' animated series]], appearing in several episodes, such as "[[The Wheel Thing]]," "[[Send in the Clown]]," "[[King Scoopa Koopa]]," "[[The Night Before Cave Christmas]]," and "[[Rock TV]]." Mario is the only character in the show to transform into this form.


===Appearances in other media===
===''Super Mario Adventures''===
====''Super Mario World'' (TV series)====
In the ''[[Super Mario Adventures]]'' comic, when [[Princess Peach|Princess Toadstool]] is kidnapped and taken to the Koopaling's Castle, she escapes and finds a cape in [[Wendy|Wendy O. Koopa]]'s bedroom. Toadstool falls out the window, still holding the cape, and accidentally uses it. She flies across the moat when Mario flies right past her on a [[Bullet Bill]], making Toadstool lose control and crash in the forest. [[Toad]] later uses the cape to fly through the pipe he, Mario, Luigi, and Toadstool originally came from and assemble a rescue team.
The Caped form appears in the [[Super Mario World (television series)|''Super Mario World'' animated series]], appearing in several episodes, such as [[The Wheel Thing]], [[Send in the Clown]], [[The Night Before Cave Christmas]], and [[Rock TV]]. Mario is the only character in the show to be seen in this form.


====''Super Mario Adventures''====
===''Super Mario-kun''===
In the ''[[Super Mario Adventures]]'' comic, when [[Princess Peach|Princess Toadstool]] is kidnapped and taken to the Koopaling's Castle, she escapes and finds a cape in [[Wendy O. Koopa]]'s bedroom. Peach falls out the window, still holding the cape, and accidentally uses it. She flies across the moat when Mario flies right past her on a [[Bullet Bill]], which makes Peach lose control and crash in the forest. Toad later uses the cape to fly through the pipe they originally came from and assemble a rescue team.
[[Bowser]] briefly uses the Caped form in volume 4 of ''[[Super Mario-kun]]''. Bowser steals and uses Mario's Cape Feather from the [[item storage|Item Stock]], transforming him into Mantle Koopa (マソトクッパ). Bowser attempts to fly and attack Mario, but he fails and crushes him.


====''Super Mario-Kun''====
===''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island''===
"Cape Bowser" appears briefly in volume 4 of ''[[Super Mario-Kun]]''. Bowser steals and uses Mario's Cape Feather from the [[Item Storage]], transforming him into Mantle Koopa (マソトクッパ). Bowser attempts to fly and attack Mario, but he fails and crushes him.
{{main|Superstar Mario}}
Superstar Mario, [[Baby Mario]]'s transformation from ''[[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]'', looks very similar to Cape Mario.


===''Super Smash Bros.'' series===
===''Super Smash Bros.'' series===
[[File:Mario-Cape-Melee.png|left|thumb|100px|Mario using the cape in ''Melee'']]
[[File:Mario-Cape-Melee.png|left|thumb|100px|Mario using the cape in ''Melee'']]
{{main|Cape}}
{{main|Cape}}
Mario is able to use this power-up in the [[Super Smash Bros. (series)|''Super Smash Bros.'' series]] with his Cape special move, which reflects projectiles and reverses the direction his opponents face. In ''[[Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS]]'' / [[Super Smash Bros. for Wii U|''Wii U'']], it can be customized to have an electric effect, or to create a gust of wind.
Mario is able to use the cape power-up in the [[Super Smash Bros. (series)|''Super Smash Bros.'' series]] with his Cape special move, which reflects projectiles and reverses the direction his opponents face. In ''[[Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS]]'' / ''[[Super Smash Bros. for Wii U|Wii U]]'', it can be customized to have an electric effect, or to create a gust of wind.
 
===''WarioWare'' series===
Cape Mario appears in two [[microgame]]s of the [[WarioWare (series)|''WarioWare'' series]]: ''[[WarioWare: D.I.Y. Showcase]]''{{'}}s [[Super Koopa (microgame)|Super Koopa]] and ''[[WarioWare Gold]]''{{'}}s [[Super Mario World (WarioWare Gold)|Super Mario World]], both of which involve the goal of having to collect coins.
 
===''Super Mario Party''===
In ''[[Super Mario Party]]'', a sprite of Cape Mario can be seen in [[Puzzle Hustle]].


===''Mario Kart Tour''===
===''Mario Kart Tour''===
In ''[[Mario Kart Tour]]'', Cape Mario makes a cameo appearance on the [[Cape Mario Hanafuda]], which uses the Cape Mario artwork from [[Mario Hanafuda]].
In ''[[Mario Kart Tour]]'', Cape Mario makes a cameo appearance on the [[Cape Mario Hanafuda]], which uses the Cape Mario artwork from [[Mario Hanafuda]].
===''The Super Mario Bros. Movie''===
[[File:TSMBM Cape Mario Bros.jpg|thumb|Mario and Luigi against a green-screened backdrop of the Manhattan skyline, claiming they are here to save [[Brooklyn]]]]
In ''[[The Super Mario Bros. Movie]]'', briefly during the  [[Super Mario Bros. Plumbing]] commercial, Mario and Luigi wear capes while lying prone on top of stools to mimic flying.
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==Gallery==
==Gallery==
{{main-gallery}}
<gallery>
<gallery>
SMW Art - Cape Mario Running.png|''[[Super Mario World]]''
SMW Art - Cape Mario Diving.png|''[[Super Mario World]]''
SMW Cape Mario jumping.jpg|''Super Mario World''
SMW Art - Cape Mario Flying.png|''Super Mario World''
SMW Cape Mario gliding.jpg|''Super Mario World''
SMW Art - Cape Mario Diving.png|''Super Mario World''
SMW Cape Mario soft landing.jpg|''Super Mario World''
SMW Cape Mario landing on a Dry Bones.jpg|''Super Mario World''
SMW Cape Mario hard landing.jpg|''Super Mario World''
SMW Mario Cape Spinning.jpg|''Super Mario World''
SMW Mario Spin Jumping.jpg|''Super Mario World''
Mario and Yoshi SMW.png|''Super Mario World''
Mario and Yoshi SMW.png|''Super Mario World''
SuperKoopaMario.png|''Super Mario World''
Mario Cape YoshiCookie SNES.png|''[[Yoshi's Cookie]]'' (SNES)
MarioCartoonwithCape.png|''[[Super Mario World (television series)|Super Mario World]]'' (television series)
SMW Mario2.png|''[[Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2]]''
CapeMarioCartoon.jpg|''Super Mario World'' (television series)
SMM-SMW-CapedMario.png|''[[Super Mario Maker]]''
Mario Cape YoshiCookie SNES.png|''[[Yoshi's Cookie]]'' (SNES)
YoshiPaint SuperMarioKun 4.png|''[[Super Mario-Kun]]''
CapeBowser SuperMarioKun 4.jpg|''Super Mario-Kun''
Cape Mario - KC Mario manga.png|''Super Mario World'' (''Kodansha'' Mario manga)
Cape Mario with Baby Yoshi - KC Mario manga.png|''Super Mario World'' (''Kodansha'' Mario manga)
Cape Mario 2 - KC Mario manga.png|''Super Mario World'' (''Kodansha'' Mario manga)
SMW Mario2.png|''[[Super Mario Advance 2: Super Mario World]]''
KAAMIOS.png|''[[WarioWare: D.I.Y. Showcase]]''
NAP-06 Clubs King.png|''[[Mario Trump]]''
MH Jun 1.svg|''[[Mario Hanafuda]]''
TYOL 4 Super Mario World.png|[[The Year of Luigi]] (representing ''Super Mario World'')
SMM-SMB-WeirdMario-Door-9.png|The Weird Mario that answers the door #1 (''[[Super Mario Maker]]'' version 1.20 update)
SMM-SMB-WeirdMario-Door-20.png|The Weird Mario that answers the door #2 (''Super Mario Maker'' version 1.20 update)
Nintendo Tokyo Super Mario Power Up Keychain 1.jpg|Keychains of "''Super Mario Power Up''" series merchandise from Nintendo TOKYO
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</gallery>
==See also==
*[[Raccoon Mario]]
*[[Superstar Mario]]
*[[Wing Mario]]
*[[Flying Squirrel Mario]]
*[[P Flying Squirrel Mario]]


==Names in other languages==
==Names in other languages==
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|JapR=Manto Mario
|JapR=Manto Mario
|JapM=Mantle Mario
|JapM=Mantle Mario
|SpaA=Mario con capa
|ChiS=斗篷马力欧
|SpaAM=Mario with cape
|ChiSR=Dǒupeng Mǎlì'ōu
|SpaE=Mario con Capa
|ChiSM=Mantle Mario
|SpaEM=Mario with Cape
|ChiT=斗篷瑪利歐
|Fra=Mario cape<br>Mario-cape (''Super Mario Maker'')
|ChiTR=Dǒupeng Mǎlì'ōu
|FraM=Cape Mario<br>Cape-Mario
|ChiTM=Mantle Mario
|Dut=Cape-Mario
|Dut=Cape-Mario
|DutM=Cape Mario
|DutM=Cape Mario
|Fre=Mario cape<ref>''[[Super Mario-kun|Super Mario: Manga Adventures]]''. Volume 9, page 16</ref><br>Mario-cape
|FreN=''Super Mario Maker''
|FreM=Cape Mario
|Ger=Cape-Mario
|Ger=Cape-Mario
|GerM=Cape Mario
|GerM=Cape Mario
|Ita=Mario con la cappa
|Ita=Mario con la cappa
|ItaM=Mario with the cape
|ItaM=Mario with the cape
|Por=Mario com Capa
|PorA=Mario com Capa<ref>{{cite|deadlink=y|archive=web.archive.org/web/20210719091730/https://datassette.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/manuais/super_mario_world_br.pdf|title=''Super Mario World'' Brazilian instruction booklet|format=PDF|page=11}}</ref>
|PorM=Mario with Cape
|PorAM=Mario with Cape
|Rus=Марио с Плащами<br>''Mario s Plashami''<br>Марио в плаще<br>''Mario v plashche''
|PorA2=Mario Capa <ref>{{cite|quote=Quando você pega uma dessas plumas, o Mario se transforma em Mario Capa, com uma charmosa capa amarela.|url=archive.org/details/supermariobrosofilmeguia/page/n9/mode/2up|title=Guia do filme do Mario|format=PDF|language=pt-br}}</ref>
|RusM=Mario with Cape<br><br>Mario in cape
|PorA2N=''The Super Mario Bros. Movie'' guidebook
|ChiS=斗篷马力欧
|PorA2M=Cape Mario
|ChiSR=Dǒupeng Mǎlì'ōu
|PorE=Mario Capa
|ChiSM=Mantle Mario
|PorEM=Cape Mario
|ChiT=斗篷瑪利歐
|Rus=Марио с Плащами
|ChiTR=Dǒupeng Mǎlì'ōu
|RusR=Mario s Plashami
|ChiTM=Mantle Mario
|RusM=Mario with Cape
|Rus2=Марио в плаще
|Rus2R=Mario v plashche
|Rus2M=Mario in cape
|SpaA=Mario con capa
|SpaAM=Mario with cape
|SpaE=Mario con Capa
|SpaEM=Mario with Cape
}}
}}
==See also==
*[[Raccoon Mario]]
*[[Superstar Mario]]
*[[Wing Mario]]
*[[Flying Squirrel Mario]]
*[[P Flying Squirrel Mario]]


==Trivia==
==Trivia==
*According to an interview with [[Koichi Hayashida]], Cape Mario was considered for ''[[Super Mario 3D Land]]'', but [[Tanooki Mario]] was eventually chosen.<ref>Buffa, Chris (March 12, 2012). [http://www.modojo.com/features/super_mario_3d_land_interview_tanooki_suit_beat_cape_mario/ Super Mario 3D Land Interview: Tanooki Suit Beat Cape Mario]. ''Modojo''. Retrieved ''April 9, 2015''.</ref>
*In the ''[[The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!]]'' episode "[[The Mark of Zero]]," Mario and Luigi glide with their capes when dressed as [[Zero]] and Zero Plus One, respectively, similar to their later caped forms.
*[[Superstar Mario]], [[Baby Mario]]'s transformation from ''[[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]'', looks very similar to Cape Mario.
*According to an interview with [[Koichi Hayashida]], Cape Mario was considered for ''[[Super Mario 3D Land]]'', but [[Tanooki Mario]] was eventually chosen.<ref>{{cite|author=Buffa, Chris|date=March 12, 2012|archive=web.archive.org/web/20120317230430/http://www.modojo.com/features/super_mario_3d_land_interview_tanooki_suit_beat_cape_mario|title=Super Mario 3D Land Interview: Tanooki Suit Beat Cape Mario|publisher=Modojo|deadlink=y|accessdate=June 5, 2024}}</ref>


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This article is about the form Mario takes after collecting a Cape Feather. For Baby Mario's invincibility form that has a similar appearance and is also named "Caped Mario", see Superstar Mario.
Cape Mario
Artwork of Caped Mario
Artwork from Super Mario World
Applies to Mario, Luigi, Toad, Toadette, Peach, Bowser
Item needed Cape Feather
Power(s) given Glide, fly, spin, Ground Smash
First appearance Super Mario World (1990)
Latest appearance The Super Mario Bros. Movie (2023)

Cape Mario, originally known as Caped Mario,[1][2] is a form of Mario and Luigi that first appeared in Super Mario World.

History[edit]

Super Mario series[edit]

Super Mario World / Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2[edit]

Butter Bridge 2
The result of using a Cape Feather

In Super Mario World, the Caped form's abilities are much like those of Raccoon Mario before it, which in fact was originally going to be in the game. The Caped form can be obtained by getting a Cape Feather. The Cape (or Magic Cape)[3] allows Mario (or Luigi) to fly indefinitely through levels and attack enemies by spinning it around (when the player presses X Button or Y Button).

If the player holds down either A Button or B Button while falling with Caped Mario, the player can float down slowly. Also, if Mario runs at maximum speed and then the player presses and holds A Button to cape-spin, Mario jumps very high, as if he were flying.

Flight is done by running until Mario spreads out his arms, then jumping while holding Y Button; the initial height depends on how long B Button was held. Pressing forward on +Control Pad mid-flight makes Mario descend and speed up, while pressing backward on +Control Pad makes him ascend; greater descents generally lead to higher ascents. Mario can also bounce off stomp-able enemies mid-flight. If the player does a fast dive[4] during flight and slams the ground, it causes a ground shake that instantly defeats all onscreen enemies. If Caped Mario glides more gently towards the ground, he can perform a Body Press[4] (also called the Sliding Cape Attack).[5] If Caped Mario touches an enemy while flying, he automatically cape-spins in midair and falls, instead of taking damage. When the player releases Y Button and holds B Button, Mario can stop flying and glide down slowly. After the Cape has attached to Mario's shoes and inflated, he can turn around by spinning mid-flight when the player presses X Button if Y Button is being used to fly, or vice versa. If Mario climbs a climbable object while flying, he retains the properties of flight.[6]

In the GBA version, Mario can no longer turn around mid-flight, as there is only one run button. Also, Luigi flies higher and more slowly than Mario.

Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3[edit]

Caped Mario flying
Mario using the Boomerang in Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3
Caped Mario using a boomerang in World 1-3

In Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3, Caped Mario appears as an added form to the game, acting as it does in Super Mario Advance 2; it is the only form that is able to jump while climbing. The form is used primarily in the World-e levels Sea to Sky and Caped Escape. It can also be used anywhere with the appropriate e-Reader card. However, unlike Raccoon or Tanooki Mario's tail whip attacks, Caped Mario's spin attack cannot break Brick Blocks.

Super Mario Maker / Super Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DS[edit]

Cape Mario returns in Super Mario Maker and its Nintendo 3DS port, Super Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DS, under its current name. It appears only in the Super Mario World style, where it functions as it did in Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2. Also, knocking on a Warp Door in the Super Mario World style may cause Weird Mario to appear in this form, in one of two possible poses.

Super Mario Maker 2[edit]

Cape Mario returns in Super Mario Maker 2, behaving as it did in its predecessor. Here, Luigi, Toad, and Toadette can also transform into their Cape forms.

Super Mario World television series[edit]

The Caped form appears in the Super Mario World animated series, appearing in several episodes, such as "The Wheel Thing," "Send in the Clown," "King Scoopa Koopa," "The Night Before Cave Christmas," and "Rock TV." Mario is the only character in the show to transform into this form.

Super Mario Adventures[edit]

In the Super Mario Adventures comic, when Princess Toadstool is kidnapped and taken to the Koopaling's Castle, she escapes and finds a cape in Wendy O. Koopa's bedroom. Toadstool falls out the window, still holding the cape, and accidentally uses it. She flies across the moat when Mario flies right past her on a Bullet Bill, making Toadstool lose control and crash in the forest. Toad later uses the cape to fly through the pipe he, Mario, Luigi, and Toadstool originally came from and assemble a rescue team.

Super Mario-kun[edit]

Bowser briefly uses the Caped form in volume 4 of Super Mario-kun. Bowser steals and uses Mario's Cape Feather from the Item Stock, transforming him into Mantle Koopa (マソトクッパ). Bowser attempts to fly and attack Mario, but he fails and crushes him.

Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island[edit]

Main article: Superstar Mario

Superstar Mario, Baby Mario's transformation from Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island, looks very similar to Cape Mario.

Super Smash Bros. series[edit]

Mario's Cape, from Super Smash Bros. Melee.
Mario using the cape in Melee
Main article: Cape

Mario is able to use the cape power-up in the Super Smash Bros. series with his Cape special move, which reflects projectiles and reverses the direction his opponents face. In Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS / Wii U, it can be customized to have an electric effect, or to create a gust of wind.

WarioWare series[edit]

Cape Mario appears in two microgames of the WarioWare series: WarioWare: D.I.Y. Showcase's Super Koopa and WarioWare Gold's Super Mario World, both of which involve the goal of having to collect coins.

Super Mario Party[edit]

In Super Mario Party, a sprite of Cape Mario can be seen in Puzzle Hustle.

Mario Kart Tour[edit]

In Mario Kart Tour, Cape Mario makes a cameo appearance on the Cape Mario Hanafuda, which uses the Cape Mario artwork from Mario Hanafuda.

The Super Mario Bros. Movie[edit]

Mario and Luigi against a green-screened backdrop of the Manhattan skyline, claiming they are here to save Brooklyn

In The Super Mario Bros. Movie, briefly during the Super Mario Bros. Plumbing commercial, Mario and Luigi wear capes while lying prone on top of stools to mimic flying.

Gallery[edit]

For this subject's image gallery, see Gallery:Cape Mario.

See also[edit]

Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese マントマリオ[?]
Manto Mario
Mantle Mario
Chinese (simplified) 斗篷马力欧[?]
Dǒupeng Mǎlì'ōu
Mantle Mario
Chinese (traditional) 斗篷瑪利歐[?]
Dǒupeng Mǎlì'ōu
Mantle Mario
Dutch Cape-Mario[?] Cape Mario
French Mario cape[7]
Mario-cape
Cape Mario Super Mario Maker
German Cape-Mario[?] Cape Mario
Italian Mario con la cappa[?] Mario with the cape
Portuguese (NOA) Mario com Capa[8] Mario with Cape
Mario Capa [9] Cape Mario The Super Mario Bros. Movie guidebook
Portuguese (NOE) Mario Capa[?] Cape Mario
Russian Марио с Плащами[?]
Mario s Plashami
Mario with Cape
Марио в плаще[?]
Mario v plashche
Mario in cape
Spanish (NOA) Mario con capa[?] Mario with cape
Spanish (NOE) Mario con Capa[?] Mario with Cape

Trivia[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ 1991. Super Mario World instruction booklet. Nintendo of America (American English). Page 11.
  2. ^ 2002. Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2 instruction booklet. Nintendo of America (American English). Page 22.
  3. ^ Playing With Super Power: Nintendo Super NES Classics eGuide, Super Mario World Characters Tab.
  4. ^ a b 1991. Super Mario World instruction booklet. Nintendo of America (American English). Page 16.
  5. ^ August 1991. Nintendo Mario Mania Player's Guide. Nintendo of America (American English). Page 52.
  6. ^ November 1, 2020. In Super Mario World, properties of flight are conserved while climbing. If Mario clings to a climbable surface while flying, he will resume flying as soon as he lets go. In addition, he retains the extra hit that flight normally grants, as seen near the end of the footage where he is hit by a Koopa Troopa but does not lose his Cape Mario form. Thus, it is advisable to always start flying before clinging to ropes and fences if possible.. Supper Mario Broth. Archived November 5, 2020, 12:26:01 UTC from the original via Wayback Machine. Retrieved June 5, 2024.
  7. ^ Super Mario: Manga Adventures. Volume 9, page 16
  8. ^ Super Mario World Brazilian instruction booklet (PDF). Page 11. Archived July 19, 2021, 09:17:30 UTC from the original via Wayback Machine.
  9. ^ "Quando você pega uma dessas plumas, o Mario se transforma em Mario Capa, com uma charmosa capa amarela." – Guia do filme do Mario (PDF).
  10. ^ Buffa, Chris (March 12, 2012). Super Mario 3D Land Interview: Tanooki Suit Beat Cape Mario. Modojo. Archived March 17, 2012, 23:04:30 UTC from the original via Wayback Machine. Retrieved June 5, 2024.