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|image=[[File:SMO Screenshot 8-bit Cat Mario.jpg|200px]]<br>Screenshot from ''[[Super Mario Odyssey]]''
|image=[[File:SMO Screenshot 8-bit Cat Mario.jpg|200px]]<br>Screenshot of a Pixel Cat Mario from ''[[Super Mario Odyssey]]''
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario 3D World]]'' ([[List of games by date#2013|2013]])
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario 3D World]]'' ([[List of games by date#2013|2013]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury]]'' ([[List of games by date#2021|2021]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury]]'' ([[List of games by date#2021|2021]])
|variants=8-bit Cat Peach<br>8-bit Rosalina<br>Pixel Captain Toad<br>Pixel Cat Mario<br>Pixel Luigi<br>[[Pixel Toad]]
}}
}}
'''8-bit characters'''<ref name=art>{{cite|author=Sakai, Kazuya, kikai, Rachel Roberts, and Jenny Blenk, editors|date=2019|title="Metro Kingdom". ''[[The Art of Super Mario Odyssey]]''|format=First English Edition|location=Milwaukie|publisher=[[Dark Horse]]|page=175}}</ref> are animated sprites in the 3D ''[[Super Mario (series)|Super Mario]]'' games and ''[[Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker]]''. They resemble two-dimensional [[Nintendo Entertainment System|Famicom]] sprites of various characters. 8-bit characters are not the same exact individuals they resemble, who often cooccur with these sprites. For example, '''8-bit Luigis'''{{Ref needed}} are found throughout ''[[Super Mario 3D World]]'', in which [[Luigi]] himself is a playable character. Their relationship with the characters they resemble is not conveyed.
'''8-bit characters'''<ref name=art>{{cite|author=Sakai, Kazuya, kikai, Rachel Roberts, and Jenny Blenk, editors|date=2019|title="Metro Kingdom". ''[[The Art of Super Mario Odyssey]]''|format=First English Edition|location=Milwaukie|publisher=[[Dark Horse Books]]|page=175}}</ref> are animated sprites in the 3D ''[[Super Mario (series)|Super Mario]]'' games and ''[[Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker]]''. They resemble two-dimensional sprites from the [[Family Computer|Famicom]]/[[Nintendo Entertainment System|NES]] era and are hidden in a three-dimensional landscape. Locating one usually rewards the player character with an item. Outside of ''[[The Art of Super Mario Odyssey]]'', the attributive noun "'''Pixel'''" is usually applied to individual sprites. The first 8-bit characters, '''Pixel Luigis''',<ref name=pixel>{{cite|author=@NintendoAmerica|title=To celebrate #SuperMarioOdyssey’s one-year anniversary, Pixel Luigis and Pixel Captain Toads have been hidden around the festival area in New Donk City! Can you find all 39 of them? Do a Ground Pound in the correct spots to also collect some coins.|archive=https://nitter.poast.org/NintendoAmerica/status/1056236608872169472#m|archiver=Nitter|language=Japanese|publisher=Twitter|date=27 Oct. 2018}}</ref> were introduced in ''[[Super Mario 3D World]]'' in commemoration of the [[Year of Luigi]].


While allusions to the animated sprites of the original ''[[Super Mario Bros.]]'' are near ubiquitous in the ''[[Super Mario (franchise)|Super Mario]]'' franchise, 8-bit characters only occur in 3D platformers, appear as flat images in the environment, and move as if they are alive. In most contexts, an 8-bit character can be directly interacted with.
8-bit characters are not the same exact individuals they resemble, who often cooccur with these sprites. For example, while Pixel Luigis are found throughout ''Super Mario 3D World'', [[Luigi]] himself is a playable character. The relationship between these 8-bit characters and the individuals they resemble is not conveyed.


==History==
==History==
===''Super Mario'' series===
===''Super Mario'' series===
====''Super Mario 3D World'' / ''Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury''====
====''Super Mario 3D World'' / ''Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury''====
[[File:SM3DW 4-3 Luigi.jpg|thumb|170px|left|Pixel Luigis in [[Beep Block Skyway]].]]
{{main|List of Luigi sightings in Super Mario 3D World}}
{{main|List of Luigi sightings in Super Mario 3D World}}
8-bit Luigis appear throughout ''[[Super Mario 3D World]]'' in commemoration of the [[Year of Luigi]]. They can be found on the sides of walls, or as 2D figures in the 3D environment. They are of a wide variety of sizes and behaviors, with one snowflake-sized Luigi blowing in the wind and a whale-sized one swimming in the sea. There are no tangible incentives given to the player for encountering an 8-bit Luigi.
Pixel Luigis are hidden throughout ''[[Super Mario 3D World]]'', in courses, menus, and the World Map Screen. They occur plastered onto the sides of walls or as flat 2D figures in the 3D environment. They are of a wide variety of sizes and behaviors, with snowflake-sized Pixel Luigis sometimes found blowing in the wind, and whale-sized ones swimming in the sea. Pixel Luigis resemble the sprites for [[Small Mario|Small Luigi]] and [[Super Mario (form)|Super Luigi]] from the original ''[[Super Mario Bros.]]'' There are no tangible incentives given to the player for encountering one.


8-bit Luigis do not appear in the ''[[Bowser's Fury]]'' campaign of the [[Nintendo Switch]] port. [[List of Luigi sightings in New Super Luigi U|Similar cameos]] appear in ''[[New Super Luigi U]]'', but they are inanimate fixtures of the environment made of blocks and terrain.
Pixel Luigis do not appear in the ''[[Bowser's Fury]]'' campaign of the [[Nintendo Switch]] port. [[List of Luigi sightings in New Super Luigi U|Similar cameos]] appear in ''[[New Super Luigi U]]'', but they are inanimate fixtures of the environment made of blocks and terrain.
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====''Super Mario Odyssey''====
====''Super Mario Odyssey''====
[[File:SMO Captain Toad sprite.jpg|thumb|200px|Mario alongside an 8-bit Captain Toad in the [[Cap Kingdom]].]]
[[File:SMO Captain Toad sprite.jpg|thumb|170px|Mario alongside a Pixel Captain Toad in the [[Cap Kingdom]].]]
In ''[[Super Mario Odyssey]]'', the most prominent 8-bit characters appear on the walls of terrain, often obscured or behind an obstruction. Striking one with a [[Cap Throw]] causes it to release an item before disappearing. It reappears in the same spot when the kingdom is exited and revisited. The most recurring 8-bit characters are '''8-bit Cat Mario''' and '''8-bit Cat Peach'''.<ref name=art/> They are hidden within all but two kingdoms, the [[Cloud Kingdom]] and [[Ruined Kingdom]]. They are based on the powered-up [[Cat Mario|Cat forms]] of the same name that debuted in ''Super Mario 3D World'', but are otherwise absent in ''Super Mario Odyssey''. Striking 8-bit Cat Mario awards [[Mario]] with ten [[coin]]s. 8-bit Cat Peach releases a [[Heart (item)|Heart]]. As an homage to ''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]'', an '''8-bit Rosalina'''<ref name=art/> is hidden on the [[Dark Side]] and [[Darker Side]] of the [[moon]]. Striking her releases ten coins, like Cat Mario. 8-bit Cat Marios sometimes fall out of [[flower (environmental object)|bushes]] when they are walked through, seemingly caught on a breeze before disappearing. They appear in the Playing with VR mode added on April 25, 2019 through version 1.3.0.
In ''[[Super Mario Odyssey]]'', the most prominent 8-bit characters appear on the walls of terrain, often obscured or behind an obstruction. Striking one with a [[Cap Throw]] causes it to release an item before disappearing. It reappears in the same spot when the kingdom is exited and revisited. The most recurring 8-bit characters are '''Pixel Cat Marios'''<ref>{{cite|author=@SuperMario_UK|title=Throw Cappy at some shrubbery and you'll likely get a coin or two. But sometimes, you'll find a Pixel Cat Mario instead! #SuperMarioOdyssey|archive=https://nitter.poast.org/SuperMario_UK/status/939072079156178944#m|archiver=Nitter|publisher=Twitter|date=8 Dec. 2017}}</ref> (or '''8-bit Cat Marios''')<ref name=art/> and '''8-bit Cat Peaches'''.<ref name=art/> They are hidden within all but two kingdoms, the [[Cloud Kingdom]] and [[Ruined Kingdom]]. They are based on the powered-up [[Cat Mario|Cat forms]] of the same name. Striking a Pixel Cat Mario awards [[Mario]] with ten [[coin]]s. An 8-bit Cat Peach releases a [[Heart (item)|Heart]]. Likely as an homage to ''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]'', an '''8-bit Rosalina'''<ref name=art/> is hidden on the [[Dark Side]] and [[Darker Side]] of the [[moon]]. Striking her releases ten coins, like Cat Mario. Pixel Cat Marios sometimes fall out of [[flower (environmental object)|bushes]] when they are walked through, seemingly caught on a breeze before disappearing.


Starting March 14, 2018, Nintendo began posting extra [[Hint Art]] on social media that lead to hidden 8-bit Luigis. If Mario [[Ground Pound|ground pound]]s on the exact spot as depicted in the Hint Art, an 8-Bit Luigi pops out and releases 200 coins for the first time he is discovered. Unlike other 8-bit characters, an 8-bit Luigi lets out a distorted cry when exposed, and lingers in the environment after being struck. Striking him again makes him twirl. To commemorate the release of ''Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker'' on the Nintendo Switch and Nintendo 3DS, the 8-bit Luigis were replaced by '''8-bit Captain Toads'''{{Ref needed}} from July 11 to August 8, 2018.
Beginning on March 14, 2018, Nintendo posted [[Hint Art]] on social media that leads to hidden Pixel Luigis. If Mario [[Ground Pound|ground pound]]s the exact spot as depicted in the Hint Art, a Pixel Luigi pops out and releases 200 coins for the first time he is discovered. Unlike other 8-bit characters, a Pixel Luigi lets out a distorted cry when exposed, and lingers in the environment after being struck. Striking him again makes him twirl. To commemorate the release of ''Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker'' on the Nintendo Switch and Nintendo 3DS, Pixel Luigis were replaced by '''Pixel Captain Toads'''<ref name=pixel/> from July 11 to August 8, 2018.


There are 2D areas in ''Super Mario Odyssey'' that are entirely composed of 8-bit sprites on a 2D plane. Mario himself appears in these areas as an 8-bit sprite, as do enemies and platforms. However, 8-bit characters cannot be encountered in these areas. The [[Prima Games]] guidebook states 8-bit characters are apparently as old as the fossils found throughout the [[Cascade Kingdom]],<ref>{{cite|author=Walsh, Doug, and Joe Epstein|title=''Super Mario Odyssey: PRIMA Official Game Guide''|format=Collector's Edition|date=2017|location=Roseville|publisher=[[Prima Games]]|page=22}}</ref> some of which resemble sprites of enemies from the original ''Super Mario Bros.''
There are 2D areas in ''Super Mario Odyssey'' that are entirely composed of 8-bit sprites on a 2D plane. Mario himself appears in these areas as an 8-bit sprite, as do enemies and platforms. However, 8-bit characters cannot be encountered in these areas. The [[Prima Games]] guidebook states 8-bit characters are apparently as old as the fossils found throughout the [[Cascade Kingdom]],<ref>{{cite|author=Walsh, Doug, and Joe Epstein|title=''Super Mario Odyssey: PRIMA Official Game Guide''|format=Collector's Edition|date=2017|location=Roseville|publisher=[[Prima Games]]|page=22}}</ref> some of which resemble sprites of enemies from the original ''Super Mario Bros.''
====''Super Mario Maker 2''====
[[File:SMM-SMB-WeirdMario-Door-25.png|thumb|130px|right|Pixel Luigi in ''Super Mario Maker 2'']]
In ''[[Super Mario Maker 2]]'', a Pixel Luigi sometimes replaces [[Weird Mario]] if a [[Warp Door]] is knocked on exclusively in the ''[[Super Mario 3D World]]'' game style, referencing the original game.


===''Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker''===
===''Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker''===
{{main|Pixel Toad}}
{{main|Pixel Toad}}
In the original release of ''[[Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker]]'', scanning the [[amiibo|Toad amiibo]] causes a Pixel Toad to appear in a course, with which the player character plays Hide and Seek. This functionatelity is unlocked through normal progression in the [[Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker (Nintendo Switch / Nintendo 3DS)|port]] released on the [[Nintendo Switch]] and [[Nintendo 3DS]].
In the original release of ''[[Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker]]'', scanning the [[amiibo|Toad amiibo]] causes a Pixel Toad to appear in a course, with which the player character plays Hide and Seek. This functionality is unlocked through normal progression in the [[Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker (Nintendo Switch / Nintendo 3DS)|port]] released on the [[Nintendo Switch]] and [[Nintendo 3DS]].


Though released after the Year of Luigi concluded, the original ''Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker'' includes 8-bit Luigis [[List of Luigi sightings in Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker|throughout the game]], just like ''Super Mario 3D World''.
Though released after the Year of Luigi concluded, the original ''Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker'' includes Pixel Luigis [[List of Luigi sightings in Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker|throughout the game]], just like ''Super Mario 3D World''.


==Gallery==
==Gallery==
<gallery>
<gallery>
SM3DW 1-2 Luigi 2.jpg|Screenshot from ''[[Super Mario 3D World]]'' (8-bit Luigi)
SM3DW 1-2 Luigi 2.jpg|Screenshot from ''[[Super Mario 3D World]]'' (Pixel Luigi)
SM3DW W1-Castle Luigi.jpg|Screenshot from ''Super Mario 3D World'' (8-bit Luigi)
SM3DW W1-Castle Luigi.jpg|Screenshot from ''Super Mario 3D World'' (Pixel Luigi)
SM3DW Bowser-6 Luigi.jpg|Screenshot from ''Super Mario 3D World'' (8-bit Luigi)
SM3DW Bowser-6 Luigi.jpg|Screenshot from ''Super Mario 3D World'' (Pixel Luigi)
Pixel Toad.png|Sprite from ''[[Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker]]'' ([[Pixel Toad]])
CTTT Toad Sprite 8 bit.png|Artwork from ''[[Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker]]'' ([[Pixel Toad]])
Pixel Toad.png|Sprite from ''Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker'' (Pixel Toad)
SMO Artwork 8-bit Cat Mario and Cat Peach.jpg|Artwork from ''[[Super Mario Odyssey]]''
SMO Artwork 8-bit Cat Mario and Cat Peach.jpg|Artwork from ''[[Super Mario Odyssey]]''
SMO 8bit Cat Mario.png|Sprite from ''Super Mario Odyssey'' (8-bit Cat Mario)
SMO 8bit Cat Mario.png|Sprite from ''Super Mario Odyssey'' (Pixel Cat Mario)
SMO 8bit Cat Peach.png|Sprite from ''Super Mario Odyssey'' (8-bit Cat Peach)
SMO 8bit Cat Peach.png|Sprite from ''Super Mario Odyssey'' (8-bit Cat Peach)
SMO 8bit Rosalina.png|Sprite from ''Super Mario Odyssey'' (8-bit Rosalina)
SMO 8bit Rosalina.png|Sprite from ''Super Mario Odyssey'' (8-bit Rosalina)
SMO 8bit Luigi.png|Sprite from ''Super Mario Odyssey'' (8-bit Luigi)
SMO 8bit Luigi.png|Sprite from ''Super Mario Odyssey'' (Pixel Luigi)
SMO 8bit Captain Toad.png|Sprite from ''Super Mario Odyssey'' (8-bit Captain Toad)
SMO 8bit Captain Toad.png|Sprite from ''Super Mario Odyssey'' (Pixel Captain Toad)
Cat Mario theme.jpg|"Mario: Purrfect Pals" 3DS theme (Pixel Luigi)
</gallery>
</gallery>


==Names in other languages==
==Names in other languages==
===8-bit Luigi===
===Pixel Luigi===
{{foreign names
{{foreign names
|Jap=ドットルイージ<ref>{{cite|author=Sakai, Kazuya (Ambit), kikai, Akinori Sao, Junko Fukuda, Kunio Takayama, and Ko Nakahara (Shogakukan), editors|title="Super Mario 3D World."『[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|スーパーマリオブラザーズ百科: 任天堂公式ガイドブック]]』|language=Japanese|location=Tokyo|publisher=[[Shogakukan]]|date=2015|page=235}}</ref><ref>{{cite|author=@mario_odysseyJP|title=発売1周年を記念して「都市の国」のフェスティバル会場にドットルイージとドットキノピオ隊長が39（サンキュー）人も遊びにきていますよ。会場の気になるところでヒップドロップしてみてください。コインをたくさん手に入れるチャンスです！ （期間：11/7（水）23時59分まで）|archive=https://nitter.poast.org/mario_odysseyJP/status/1057753328715612160#m|archiver=Nitter|language=Japanese|publisher=Twitter|date=31 Oct. 2018}}</ref>
|Jpn=ドットルイージ<ref>{{cite|author=Sakai, Kazuya (Ambit), kikai, Akinori Sao, Junko Fukuda, Kunio Takayama, and Ko Nakahara (Shogakukan), editors|title="Super Mario 3D World."『[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|スーパーマリオブラザーズ百科: 任天堂公式ガイドブック]]』|language=Japanese|location=Tokyo|publisher=[[Shogakukan]]|date=2015|page=235}}</ref><ref>{{cite|author=@mario_odysseyJP|title=発売1周年を記念して「都市の国」のフェスティバル会場にドットルイージとドットキノピオ隊長が39（サンキュー）人も遊びにきていますよ。会場の気になるところでヒップドロップしてみてください。コインをたくさん手に入れるチャンスです！ （期間：11/7（水）23時59分まで）|archive=https://nitter.poast.org/mario_odysseyJP/status/1057753328715612160#m|archiver=Nitter|language=Japanese|publisher=Twitter|date=31 Oct. 2018}}</ref>
|JapR=Dotto Ruīji
|JpnR=Dotto Ruīji
|JapM=Dot [[Luigi]]
|JpnM=Dot [[Luigi]]
}}
}}


===8-bit Cat Mario===
===Pixel Cat Mario===
{{foreign names
{{foreign names
|Jap=ドットネコマリオ<ref>{{cite|author=@mario_odysseyJP|title=本編と同様に、ちょっとしたところにドットネコマリオが隠れているので、是非探してみてくださいね。|archive=https://nitter.poast.org/mario_odysseyJP/status/1119025201751003136#m|archiver=Nitter|language=Japanese|publisher=Twitter|date=18 Apr. 2019}}</ref>
|Jpn=ドットネコマリオ<ref>{{cite|author=@mario_odysseyJP|title=本編と同様に、ちょっとしたところにドットネコマリオが隠れているので、是非探してみてくださいね。|archive=https://nitter.poast.org/mario_odysseyJP/status/1119025201751003136#m|archiver=Nitter|language=Japanese|publisher=Twitter|date=18 Apr. 2019}}</ref>
|JapR=Dotto Neko Mario
|JpnR=Dotto Neko Mario
|JapM=Dot [[Cat Mario]]
|JpnM=Dot [[Cat Mario]]
}}
}}


===8-bit Cat Peach===
===8-bit Cat Peach===
{{foreign names
{{foreign names
|Jap=ドットネコピーチ<ref name=artJP>{{cite|author=Sakai, Kazuya, and kikai, editors|date=2018|title="Metro Kingdom".『[[The Art of Super Mario Odyssey|スーパーマリオ オデッセイ公式設定資料集]]』|language=Japanese|location=Tokyo|publisher=Tokuma Shoten|page=175}}</ref>
|Jpn=ドットネコピーチ<ref name=artJP>{{cite|author=Sakai, Kazuya, and kikai, editors|date=2018|title="Metro Kingdom".『[[The Art of Super Mario Odyssey|スーパーマリオ オデッセイ公式設定資料集]]』|language=Japanese|location=Tokyo|publisher=Tokuma Shoten|page=175}}</ref>
|JapR=Dotto Neko Pīchi
|JpnR=Dotto Neko Pīchi
|JapM=Dot [[Cat Mario|Cat Peach]]
|JpnM=Dot [[Cat Mario|Cat Peach]]
}}
}}


===8-bit Rosalina===
===8-bit Rosalina===
{{foreign names
{{foreign names
|Jap=ドットロゼッタ<ref name=artJP/>
|Jpn=ドットロゼッタ<ref name=artJP/>
|JapR=Dotto Rozetta
|JpnR=Dotto Rozetta
|JapM=Dot [[Rosalina]]
|JpnM=Dot [[Rosalina]]
}}
}}


===8-bit Captain Toad===
===Pixel Captain Toad===
{{foreign names
{{foreign names
|Jap=ドットキノピオ隊長<ref>{{cite|author=@mario_odysseyJP|title=『進め！キノピオ隊長』発売記念！8/8（水）まで、全てのお宝写真の場所から「ドットキノピオ隊長」が出現します。この機会にいろいろな場所でドットキノピオ隊長を写真に収めてみては如何でしょうか。|url=https://twitter.com/mario_odysseyJP/status/1020062223912357889|language=Japanese|publisher=Twitter|date=19 Jul. 2018}}</ref>
|Jpn=ドットキノピオ隊長<ref>{{cite|author=@mario_odysseyJP|title=『進め！キノピオ隊長』発売記念！8/8（水）まで、全てのお宝写真の場所から「ドットキノピオ隊長」が出現します。この機会にいろいろな場所でドットキノピオ隊長を写真に収めてみては如何でしょうか。|url=https://twitter.com/mario_odysseyJP/status/1020062223912357889|language=Japanese|publisher=Twitter|date=19 Jul. 2018}}</ref>
|JapR=Dotto Kinopio Taichō
|JpnR=Dotto Kinopio Taichō
|JapM=Dot [[Captain Toad]]
|JpnM=Dot [[Captain Toad|Toad Captain]]
}}
}}


Latest revision as of 02:24, March 4, 2025

8-bit character
Official screenshot of an 8-bit Cat Mario in the Luncheon Kingdom from Super Mario Odyssey. This screenshot demonstrates his appearance in the VR Update.
Screenshot of a Pixel Cat Mario from Super Mario Odyssey
First appearance Super Mario 3D World (2013)
Latest appearance Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury (2021)
Variants
8-bit Cat Peach
8-bit Rosalina
Pixel Captain Toad
Pixel Cat Mario
Pixel Luigi
Pixel Toad

8-bit characters[1] are animated sprites in the 3D Super Mario games and Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker. They resemble two-dimensional sprites from the Famicom/NES era and are hidden in a three-dimensional landscape. Locating one usually rewards the player character with an item. Outside of The Art of Super Mario Odyssey, the attributive noun "Pixel" is usually applied to individual sprites. The first 8-bit characters, Pixel Luigis,[2] were introduced in Super Mario 3D World in commemoration of the Year of Luigi.

8-bit characters are not the same exact individuals they resemble, who often cooccur with these sprites. For example, while Pixel Luigis are found throughout Super Mario 3D World, Luigi himself is a playable character. The relationship between these 8-bit characters and the individuals they resemble is not conveyed.

History[edit]

Super Mario series[edit]

Super Mario 3D World / Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury[edit]

Luigi sighting in Beep Block Skyway in Super Mario 3D World.
Pixel Luigis in Beep Block Skyway.
Main article: List of Luigi sightings in Super Mario 3D World

Pixel Luigis are hidden throughout Super Mario 3D World, in courses, menus, and the World Map Screen. They occur plastered onto the sides of walls or as flat 2D figures in the 3D environment. They are of a wide variety of sizes and behaviors, with snowflake-sized Pixel Luigis sometimes found blowing in the wind, and whale-sized ones swimming in the sea. Pixel Luigis resemble the sprites for Small Luigi and Super Luigi from the original Super Mario Bros. There are no tangible incentives given to the player for encountering one.

Pixel Luigis do not appear in the Bowser's Fury campaign of the Nintendo Switch port. Similar cameos appear in New Super Luigi U, but they are inanimate fixtures of the environment made of blocks and terrain.

Super Mario Odyssey[edit]

Captain Toad's pixelated form in Super Mario Odyssey
Mario alongside a Pixel Captain Toad in the Cap Kingdom.

In Super Mario Odyssey, the most prominent 8-bit characters appear on the walls of terrain, often obscured or behind an obstruction. Striking one with a Cap Throw causes it to release an item before disappearing. It reappears in the same spot when the kingdom is exited and revisited. The most recurring 8-bit characters are Pixel Cat Marios[3] (or 8-bit Cat Marios)[1] and 8-bit Cat Peaches.[1] They are hidden within all but two kingdoms, the Cloud Kingdom and Ruined Kingdom. They are based on the powered-up Cat forms of the same name. Striking a Pixel Cat Mario awards Mario with ten coins. An 8-bit Cat Peach releases a Heart. Likely as an homage to Super Mario Galaxy, an 8-bit Rosalina[1] is hidden on the Dark Side and Darker Side of the moon. Striking her releases ten coins, like Cat Mario. Pixel Cat Marios sometimes fall out of bushes when they are walked through, seemingly caught on a breeze before disappearing.

Beginning on March 14, 2018, Nintendo posted Hint Art on social media that leads to hidden Pixel Luigis. If Mario ground pounds the exact spot as depicted in the Hint Art, a Pixel Luigi pops out and releases 200 coins for the first time he is discovered. Unlike other 8-bit characters, a Pixel Luigi lets out a distorted cry when exposed, and lingers in the environment after being struck. Striking him again makes him twirl. To commemorate the release of Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker on the Nintendo Switch and Nintendo 3DS, Pixel Luigis were replaced by Pixel Captain Toads[2] from July 11 to August 8, 2018.

There are 2D areas in Super Mario Odyssey that are entirely composed of 8-bit sprites on a 2D plane. Mario himself appears in these areas as an 8-bit sprite, as do enemies and platforms. However, 8-bit characters cannot be encountered in these areas. The Prima Games guidebook states 8-bit characters are apparently as old as the fossils found throughout the Cascade Kingdom,[4] some of which resemble sprites of enemies from the original Super Mario Bros.

Super Mario Maker 2[edit]

The Weird Mario that answers the door in Super Mario Maker 2.
Pixel Luigi in Super Mario Maker 2

In Super Mario Maker 2, a Pixel Luigi sometimes replaces Weird Mario if a Warp Door is knocked on exclusively in the Super Mario 3D World game style, referencing the original game.

Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker[edit]

Main article: Pixel Toad

In the original release of Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker, scanning the Toad amiibo causes a Pixel Toad to appear in a course, with which the player character plays Hide and Seek. This functionality is unlocked through normal progression in the port released on the Nintendo Switch and Nintendo 3DS.

Though released after the Year of Luigi concluded, the original Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker includes Pixel Luigis throughout the game, just like Super Mario 3D World.

Gallery[edit]

  • Screenshot from Super Mario 3D World (Pixel Luigi)

    Screenshot from Super Mario 3D World (Pixel Luigi)

  • Screenshot from Super Mario 3D World (Pixel Luigi)

    Screenshot from Super Mario 3D World (Pixel Luigi)

  • Screenshot from Super Mario 3D World (Pixel Luigi)

    Screenshot from Super Mario 3D World (Pixel Luigi)

  • Sprite from Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker (Pixel Toad)

    Sprite from Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker (Pixel Toad)

  • Artwork from Super Mario Odyssey

    Artwork from Super Mario Odyssey

  • Sprite from Super Mario Odyssey (Pixel Cat Mario)

    Sprite from Super Mario Odyssey (Pixel Cat Mario)

  • Sprite from Super Mario Odyssey (8-bit Cat Peach)

    Sprite from Super Mario Odyssey (8-bit Cat Peach)

  • Sprite from Super Mario Odyssey (8-bit Rosalina)

    Sprite from Super Mario Odyssey (8-bit Rosalina)

  • Sprite from Super Mario Odyssey (Pixel Luigi)

    Sprite from Super Mario Odyssey (Pixel Luigi)

  • Sprite from Super Mario Odyssey (Pixel Captain Toad)

    Sprite from Super Mario Odyssey (Pixel Captain Toad)

  • "Mario: Purrfect Pals" 3DS theme (Pixel Luigi)

    "Mario: Purrfect Pals" 3DS theme (Pixel Luigi)

Names in other languages[edit]

Pixel Luigi[edit]

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese ドットルイージ[5][6]
Dotto Ruīji 		Dot Luigi

Pixel Cat Mario[edit]

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese ドットネコマリオ[7]
Dotto Neko Mario 		Dot Cat Mario

8-bit Cat Peach[edit]

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese ドットネコピーチ[8]
Dotto Neko Pīchi 		Dot Cat Peach

8-bit Rosalina[edit]

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese ドットロゼッタ[8]
Dotto Rozetta 		Dot Rosalina

Pixel Captain Toad[edit]

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese ドットキノピオ隊長[9]
Dotto Kinopio Taichō 		Dot Toad Captain

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d Sakai, Kazuya, kikai, Rachel Roberts, and Jenny Blenk, editors (2019). "Metro Kingdom". The Art of Super Mario Odyssey (First English Edition). Milwaukie: Dark Horse Books. Page 175.
  2. ^ a b @NintendoAmerica (27 Oct. 2018). To celebrate #SuperMarioOdyssey’s one-year anniversary, Pixel Luigis and Pixel Captain Toads have been hidden around the festival area in New Donk City! Can you find all 39 of them? Do a Ground Pound in the correct spots to also collect some coins.. Twitter (Japanese). (Archived via Nitter.)
  3. ^ @SuperMario_UK (8 Dec. 2017). Throw Cappy at some shrubbery and you'll likely get a coin or two. But sometimes, you'll find a Pixel Cat Mario instead! #SuperMarioOdyssey. Twitter. (Archived via Nitter.)
  4. ^ Walsh, Doug, and Joe Epstein (2017). Super Mario Odyssey: PRIMA Official Game Guide (Collector's Edition). Roseville: Prima Games. Page 22.
  5. ^ Sakai, Kazuya (Ambit), kikai, Akinori Sao, Junko Fukuda, Kunio Takayama, and Ko Nakahara (Shogakukan), editors (2015). "Super Mario 3D World."『スーパーマリオブラザーズ百科: 任天堂公式ガイドブック』. Tokyo: Shogakukan (Japanese). Page 235.
  6. ^ @mario_odysseyJP (31 Oct. 2018). 発売1周年を記念して「都市の国」のフェスティバル会場にドットルイージとドットキノピオ隊長が39（サンキュー）人も遊びにきていますよ。会場の気になるところでヒップドロップしてみてください。コインをたくさん手に入れるチャンスです！ （期間：11/7（水）23時59分まで）. Twitter (Japanese). (Archived via Nitter.)
  7. ^ @mario_odysseyJP (18 Apr. 2019). 本編と同様に、ちょっとしたところにドットネコマリオが隠れているので、是非探してみてくださいね。. Twitter (Japanese). (Archived via Nitter.)
  8. ^ a b Sakai, Kazuya, and kikai, editors (2018). "Metro Kingdom".『スーパーマリオ オデッセイ公式設定資料集』. Tokyo: Tokuma Shoten (Japanese). Page 175.
  9. ^ @mario_odysseyJP (19 Jul. 2018). 『進め！キノピオ隊長』発売記念！8/8（水）まで、全てのお宝写真の場所から「ドットキノピオ隊長」が出現します。この機会にいろいろな場所でドットキノピオ隊長を写真に収めてみては如何でしょうか。. Twitter (Japanese).
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Super Mario 3D World / Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury / Bowser's Fury
Playable characters Mario • Luigi • Peach • Toad • Rosalina • Captain Toad • Blue Toadb • Green Toadb • Yellow Toadb • Bowser Jr.c
Forms Small Mario • Mario (form) • Cat Mario • Double Mario • Tanooki Mario • Fire Mario • Boomerang Mario • Mega Mario • Invincible Mario • White Tanooki Mario • Lucky Cat Mario • White Cat Mariob • Giga Cat Marioc
Non-playable characters Sprixie Princesses • Sprixies • Rabbits • Mega Rabbit • Toads • Plessie • Lumas • Ghost Miisa • Toadettec • Kittensc • Catc
Enemies Ant Trooper • Banzai Bill • Biddybud • Big Ant Trooper • Big Boo • Big Galoomba • Blockstepper • Blooper • Blurker • Bob-omb • Boo • Boomerang Bro • Brolder • Bullet Bill • Bully • Cat Banzai Bill • Cat Bullet Bill • Cat Goomba • Chargin' Chuck • Charvaargh • Cheep Cheep • Coin Coffer • Conkdor • Fighter Flyd • Fire Bro • Fire Piranha Plant • Fireballd • Fizzlit • Flopter • Freezied • Fury Shadowc • Fuzzler • Fuzzy • Galoomba • Goomba • Goomba Tower • Grumblump • Hammer Bro • Hop-Chop • Horned Ant Trooper • Ka-thunk • Innertube Goomba • Lava Bubble • Madpole • Magikoopa • Mega Piranha Plant • Mini Goomba • Octoomba • Para-Biddybud • Parabones • Peepa • Piranha Creeper • Piranha Plant • Porcupuffer • Rammerhead • Ring Burner • Shellcreeperd • Sidestepperd • Skating Goomba • Skipsqueak • Small Rammerhead • Snow Pokey • Spike • Spiny • Spiny Skipsqueak • Splorch • Splounder • Stingby • Thwomp • Ty-foo • Unshelled Koopa • Walleye
Obstacles Baddie Box • Bill Blaster • Cannon • Dark • Fire Bar • Fury Sunc • Fuzzy Horde • Lava • Poison • Poison fog • Quicksand • Spike ball • Spike Block • Spike Trap • Spiked roller • Volcanic debris
Bosses Bowser • Boom Boom • Pom Pom • Hisstocrat • Boss Brolder • King Ka-thunk • Prince Bully • Motley Bossblob • Meowser • Fury Bowserc • Giant Bowserc
Items and power-ups + Clock • 1-Up Mushroom • Baseball • Blue Coin • Bomb • Boomerang Flower • Cannon Box • Cat Shinec • Cat Shine Shardc • Coin • Coin Box • Coin pile • Crown • Double Cherry • Fire Flower • Giga Bellc • Gold Shell • Goomba Mask • Green Shell • Green Star Coin • Green Star • Hidden Coin • Ice Skate • Invincibility Bellb • Invincibility Leaf • Keyc • Key Coin • Light Box • Lucky Bell • Mega Mushroom • Plessie Medalc • Potted Piranha Plant • Propeller Box • Red Coin • Snowball • Springboard • Stamp • Super Bell • Super Leaf • Super Mushroom • Super Star
Objects ? Block • ? Block tower • Arrow platform • Arrow Sign • Assist Block • Beep Block • Big Block • Binoculars • Bowser Board • Bowser Statue • Brick Block • Bubble • Cactus • Cagec • Cat Wheel • Chain-Link • Character Switch • Checkpoint Flag • Clear Pipe • Clear Pipe Cannon • Cloud Cannon • Cloud Lift • Cog • Color Panel • Conveyor Belt • Crab • Crate • Crystal Block • Dash Panel • Donut Block • Empty Block • Falling spikec • Fish • Fling Polec • Floating couch • Floord • Flower • Fluff • Fury Blockc • Gift Box • Glowing spot • Gold P Switch • Goal Pole • Goal Pole (flying) • Gold Ring • Gong • Graffitic • Green Star Ring • Ground-Pound Switchc • Hexagon • Hidden Block • Illusion • Invisible walkway • Jump Panel • Kick Bomb • Lift • Lighthousec • Long ? Block • Multi-Vator • Mushroom Trampoline • Mystery Box • P Panel • P Switch • Pipe • Pixel Luigi • Propeller Platforma • Red POW Block • Red Ring • Red-Blue Panel • Rising pillar • Rock Block • Rocket • Rotating Panel • Roulette Block • Sand statue • Seagullc • Searchlight • Seesaw • Sliding door • Slot Block • Small bird • Splotchy goopc • Super Jump Panelc • Swing • Switch Block • Switch Panel • Switchboard • Super POW Block • Tank • Timer Gatec • Torch • Touchstone • Trample Switch • Trapeze • Tree • Turning Floor • Warp Box • Warp Box (With Key) • Warp Door • World Warp Pipe • Zipline lift
Locations Normal worlds World 1 • World 2 • World 3 • World 4 • World 5 • World 6 • World Castle • World Bowser
Special worlds World Star • World Mushroom • World Flower • World Crown
Lake Lapcatc Fur Step Island • Scamper Shores • Pounce Bounce Isle • Fort Flaptrap • Slipskate Slope • Clawswipe Colosseum • Trickity Tower • Crisp Climb Castle • Risky Whisker Island • Pipe Path Tower • Roiling Roller Isle • Mount Magmeow • Lucky Isle
Other Sprixie Kingdom • Mushroom Kingdom • Sprixie Houses • Toad Houses • Mystery Houses • Lucky Houses
Moves Crawl • Crouch • Crouch Jump • Dash • Diveb • Floating Jump • Ground Pound • Ground Pound Jumpb • Jump • Long Jump • Roll • Scuttle • Shell dash • Side Somersault • Slide • Spin • Spin Jump • Swim • Synchro Ground-Pound • Wall Jump
Gameplay elements amiibob • Captain Toad's Adventures • Completion • Enemy Battles • Luigi Bros. • List of Cat Shine names in other languagesc • List of Pixel Luigi sightings • List of stamps • Miiversea • Points • Snapshot Modeb • Toad Brigadeb
Musical compositions "Super Bell Hill" • "Mario's Colour Panel" • "Super Block Land"
Further info Gallery (SM3DW+BF • BF) • Glitches (SM3DW+BF) • Media (SM3DW+BF) • Original soundtrack • Playable characters' statistics (SM3DW+BF) • Pre-release and unused content • Staff (SM3DW+BF)
a Exclusive to the Super Mario 3D World campaign in the Wii U version
c Exclusive to Bowser's Fury
d Exclusive to Luigi Bros.
Related Play Nintendo activities
Can’t-miss games • What does THAT thing do? • Cute-throat enemies • Power-up trivia quiz! • Power-up personality quiz! • Colorful cat-tastrophe!
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Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker (Wii U) / Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker (Nintendo Switch / Nintendo 3DS)
Characters Playable Captain Toad • Toadette • Purple Captain ToadSwitch
Supporting Hint Toad • Yellow Toad • Green Toad • Mole
Episodes Episode 1 • Episode 2 • Episode 3 • Bonus Episode • Special EpisodeSwitch
Bosses Draggadon • Wingo • Gold Draggadon
Enemies and obstacles Ant Trooper • Biddybud • Big Boo • Big Piranha PlantWiiU • Bill Blaster • BlurkerWiiU • Boo • Bull's-Eye Bill • Bullet Bill • Cat GoombaWiiU • Chargin' Chuck • Charvaargh • Cheep Cheep • Conkdor • CookatielSwitch/3DS • Fire Bro • Flaptor • Fuzzy • Goomba • Goomba Tower • Innertube Goomba • Magikoopa • Mummy-Me • Mud Trooper • Para-Biddybud • Peepa • Piranha Creeper • Piranha Plant • Piranha Sprout • Shy Guy • Spike • Spike ball • Spiked ball • StingbyWiiU • Stumper • Walleye
Items and objects 1-Up Mushroom • ? Block • Beep Block • Brick Block • Cannon • Clear Pipe • Coin • Coin pile • Color Panel • Crystal Block • Dash Panel • Donut Block • Double Cherry • Flip Panel • Girder • Gold Mushroom • Green StarWiiU • Hidden Coin • Invincibility Mushroom • Invisible walkway • Key • Key CoinWiiU • Key Door • Ladder • LiftSwitch • Mine Cart • Multi-Vator • Mystery Box • P Panel • P Switch • Piranha PlantWiiU • Pixel LuigiWiiU • Pixel Toad • Pluck Patch • POW Block • Power MoonSwitch/3DS • Power Star • Propeller PlatformWiiU/3DS • Pull Switch • Rock Block • Rotating platformSwitch/3DS • Spinwheel • Super Gem • Super Mushroom • Super Pickax • Touchstone • TreeWiiU • Turning Floor • Turnip • Turnip Cannon • Warp Box • Warp Box (With Key)WiiU • Warp Pipe
Special EpisodeSwitch Crown Chip • Shiny Crown • Super Crown
Miscellaneous Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker Fun Quiz • Gallery • Luigi sightingsWiiU • Pre-release and unused content • Staff (Wii U • Nintendo Switch / Nintendo 3DS) • Track That Treasure, Captain Toad!
WiiU Exclusive to the Wii U version
Switch Exclusive to the Nintendo Switch version
3DS Exclusive to the Nintendo 3DS version
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Super Mario Odyssey
Playable characters Mario • Cappy
Non-playable characters Princess Peach • Tiara • Bonneters • Bonneter biologist • Frogs • Hint Toad • Uncle amiibo • Talkatoo • Tostarenans • Desert Wanderer • Sheep • Moe-Eyes • Sphynx • Jaxi • Glydon • Koopas • Roving Racers • Lakitus • Goombettes • Lochladies • Style Sisters • Dorries • Steam Gardeners • Rabbits • New Donkers • Mayor Pauline • Band • Shiverians • Shiverian Racers • Shiverian Elder • Bubblainians • Coach • Dog • Volbonans • Poochy • Toads • Captain Toad • Toad Brigade (Green Toad · Yellow Toad · Purple Toad) • Archivist Toadette • Jammin' Toad • Yoshi • Luigia
Enemies Astro-Lanceur • Banzai Bill • Big Chain Chomp • Big Poison Piranha Plant • Bitefrost • Broode's Chain Chomp • Bullet Bill • Burrbo • Chain Chomp • Chargin' Chuck • Cheep Cheep • Chincho • Coin Coffer • Donkey Kong • Fire Bro • Fire Piranha Plant • Fuzzy • Goomba • Gushen • Hammer Bro • Klepto • Komboo • Lava Bubble • Magmato • Maw-Ray • Mini Goomba • Moonsnake • Parabones • Paragoomba • Poison Piranha Plant • Pokio • Pulse Beam • Sherm • Spiny • Stairface Ogre • T-Rex • Trapeetle • Tropical Wiggler • Ty-foo • Uproot • Urban Stingby • Urban Stingby Larva • Yoofoe
Obstacles Banzai Bill Cannon • Barrel • Bill Blaster • Boulder • Cannonball • Firework bomb • Fortress turret • Freezing water • Ice • Icicle • Lava • Lava Geyser • Oil drum • Pepper • Poison • Quicksand • Revolving lattice wall • Rotating defense mechanism • Senobi Generate Point • Shell • Spike Trap • Wind • Wind Blow Tower • Wooden roller
Bosses Broodals Topper • Hariet • Spewart • Rango
Large bosses Madame Broode • Knucklotec • Torkdrift • Bowser • Mechawiggler • Mollusque-Lanceur • Cookatiel • Ruined Dragon • RoboBrood
Items Bubble • Coin • Coin pile • Fruit • Heart • Hidden Coin • Key • Life-Up Heart • Moon Shard • Multi Moon • Note • Nut • Pauline's lost items • Power Moon • Regional coin • Rock • Rocket Flower • Seed • Turnip • Yoshi's Egg
Objects ? Block • 2D block • 8-bit character • 8-bit pipe • Airship • Arrow Sign • Bar • Barrier • Beanstalk • Big mushroom • Binding Band • Binoculars • Bird (traveling) • Block • Boombox • Bowser statue • Brick Block • Bubbler • Butterfly • Cactus • Checkpoint Flag • Cheese rock • Coin Block • Coin ring • Crate • Dumpster • Falling Platform • Fish • Floating corn • Flower (Cap Throw) • Flower (environmental object) • Flower Road • Fog • Frost-Frosted Cake • Giant Swing • Girder • Glowing spot • Goomba button • Ground-Pound Switch • Hat Catapult • Hat cloud • Hat Launcher • Hat Trampoline • Hidden Block • Hill • Hip Drop Move Lift • Hint Art • Hole • Jaxi Stand • Jaxi Statue • Jizo • Keyhole Pedestal • Knob-like structure • Koopa Shell • Lantern • Lava cannon • Letter • Lever Switch • Lift • Lochlady Dress • Lurker • Manhole • Meat • Mini Rocket • Moon Cage • Moon Pedestal • Moon Pipe • Moon platform • Moon Rock • Motor scooter • Movable cover • Mushroom Platform • Mysterious sprout • P Switch • Parking lot • Penguin • Pipe • Pole • Pole (bollard) • Post • Propeller Pillar • Push-Block • Puzzle Part • Rankings Board • RC Car • Red door • Rising Stone Pillar • Rock wall • Rotating building • Rotating dial • Rotating platform • Sand Geyser • Scarecrow • Seagull • Seesaw • Slots • Small animal • Small bird • Small UFO • Snow • Soft wall • Soirée Bouquet • Spark pylon • Sparkle Water • Spinning block • Spinning saucepan • Steel Block • Stone marker • Stone spire • Stone wall • Stupendous Stew • Swing • Swinging Scaffolding • Sword • Tail Tree • Tapering platform • Taxi • Trampoline • Transparent Platform • Trash Can • Travel Tip • Treasure chest • Tree • Vanishing platform • Volcano • Wardrobe closet • Warp hole • Wedding-announcement poster • Wire Net Platform • Wooden pendulum • Yellow turnstile • Zipper
Locations Main game Cap Kingdom (Bonneton) • Cascade Kingdom (Fossil Falls) • Sand Kingdom (Tostarena) • Lake Kingdom (Lake Lamode) • Wooded Kingdom (Steam Gardens) • Cloud Kingdom (Nimbus Arena) • Lost Kingdom (Forgotten Isle) • Metro Kingdom (New Donk City) • Snow Kingdom (Shiveria) • Seaside Kingdom (Bubblaine) • Luncheon Kingdom (Mount Volbono) • Ruined Kingdom (Crumbleden) • Bowser's Kingdom (Bowser's Castle) • Moon Kingdom (Honeylune Ridge)
The Odyssey Continues... Mushroom Kingdom (Peach's Castle) • Dark Side (Rabbit Ridge) • Darker Side (Culmina Crater)
Other Odyssey • Crazy Cap • Starshroom
Moves Backward Somersault • Cap Jump • Cap Throw • Capture • Crawl • Crouch • Dash • Dive • Double Jump • Downward Throw • Drill Spin • Ground Pound • Ground Pound Jump • Jump • Long Jump • Quick Swim • Roll • Side Somersault • Spin Jump • Spin Throw • Swim • Triple Jump • Upward Throw • Wall Jump
Gameplay elements amiibo • Balloon Worlda • Beach Volleyball • Bound Bowl Grand Prix • Completion • Gravity • Gravity field • Health Meter • Jump-Rope Challenge • Koopa Freerunning • Koopa Trace-Walking • Nintendo Labob • Objectives • Picture Match • RC Car Challenge • Snapshot Mode
Music compositions "Jump Up, Super Star!" • "Break Free (Lead the Way)"
Further info The Art of Super Mario Odyssey • Gallery • Glitches • Lists of names in other languages (Clothing · Music List · Power Moons · Souvenirs) • Mario Reads Your Letters • Music List • Nintendo Music • Original soundtrack • Pre-release and unused content • Quotes • Sound selection • Staff • The Super Mario Players
a In version 1.2.0 or later
b In version 1.3.0 or later
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