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[[File:SM64 Crystal Tap.png|thumb|left|A Crystal Tap as seen in ''[[Super Mario 64]]'']]
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[[File:Crystal Tap.png|thumb|A Crystal Tap as seen in ''[[Super Mario 64 DS]]'']]
|image=[[File:SM64 Asset Model Crystal Tap.png|100px]]<br>Model from ''Super Mario 64''
'''Crystal Taps''',<ref>M. Arakawa. ''Super Mario 64'' Player's Guide. Pages 95-98.</ref> also known as '''crystal switches''',<ref>Official UK Nintendo Magazine. ''Super Mario 64'' The Essential Player's Guide. Page 20.</ref> are colorful octahedral switches that will either lower or raise the water level in [[Wet-Dry World]] in ''[[Super Mario 64]]'' and ''[[Super Mario 64 DS]]''. If [[Mario]], [[Yoshi]], [[Luigi]], or [[Wario]] touches one, the water will drain or rise to the level of the Crystal Tap. There are seven in all, and they are placed in strategic locations across Wet-Dry World. There are five in the main area and two in the underwater town.
|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]])
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'''Crystal Taps''',<ref>{{cite|language=en-us|author=Pelland, Scott, and Dan Owsen|title=''Super Mario 64'' Player's Guide|date=1996|publisher=Nintendo of America}}</ref>{{ref page|95&ndash;98}} also known as '''crystal switches'''<ref>{{cite|date=1997|title=Official UK Nintendo Magazine. ''Super Mario 64'' The Essential Player's Guide|page=20}}</ref> or '''diamonds''',<ref>{{cite|date=March 2005|title=''Nintendo Power'' Volume 189|page=78|language=en-us|publisher=Nintendo of America}}</ref> are objects in ''[[Super Mario 64]]'' and ''[[Super Mario 64 DS]]''. Five of them appear at [[Wet-Dry World]],<ref>{{cite|author=Pelland, et al.|title=''Super Mario 64'' Player's Guide|publisher=Nintendo of America|quote=You will find five Crystal Taps strategically placed throughout Wet-Dry World.}}</ref>{{ref page|95}} as well as two more in the underwater town, and every Crystal Tap either lowers or raises the height of the [[water]], depending on the depth, as the water always goes up to one of the Crystal Taps.


If one of the player characters activates a Crystal Tap in the downtown, there will be no way for him to get back to the main area. He can [[swim]] back through the tunnel and reach the other side, but the cage will be far too tall to get over. It is possible, though, to use Luigi's [[Power Flower (Super Mario 64 DS)|Power Flower]] ability to turn [[Vanish Mario|invisible]] and get back into the main area.
==Gallery==
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SM64 Crystal Tap.png|''[[Super Mario 64]]''
Crystal Tap.png|''[[Super Mario 64 DS]]''
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==Names in other languages==
==Names in other languages==
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|Jap=水位変更スイッチ<ref>Shogakukan. 2015. ''Super Mario Bros. Hyakka: Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook'', ''Super Mario 64'' section, page 92.</ref>
|Jpn=水位変更スイッチ
|JapR=Suii Henkō Suicchi
|JpnC=<ref>{{cite|author=Sakai, Kazuya (Ambit), et al.|language=ja|publisher=[[Shogakukan]]|location=Tokyo|date=October 19, 2015|title=『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』 (''Super Mario Bros. Hyakka: Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook'')|page=92|isbn=978-4-09-106569-8}}</ref>
|JapM=Water Level Change Switch
|JpnR=Suii Henkō Suitchi
|Ita=Interruttore Livello Acqua<ref>''[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia]]'', pag. 93</ref>
|JpnM=Water Level Change Switch
|Ita=Interruttore Livello Acqua
|ItaC=<ref>{{cite|date=November 15, 2018|title=''[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia]]''|publisher=Magazzini Salani|language=it|isbn=889367436X|page=93}}</ref>
|ItaM=Water Level Switch
|ItaM=Water Level Switch
}}
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Latest revision as of 20:45, March 16, 2025

Crystal Tap
Model of a Crystal Tap from Super Mario 64.
Model from Super Mario 64
First appearance Super Mario 64 (1996)
Latest appearance Super Mario 3D All-Stars (2020)

Crystal Taps,[1]:95–98 also known as crystal switches[2] or diamonds,[3] are objects in Super Mario 64 and Super Mario 64 DS. Five of them appear at Wet-Dry World,[4]:95 as well as two more in the underwater town, and every Crystal Tap either lowers or raises the height of the water, depending on the depth, as the water always goes up to one of the Crystal Taps.

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Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese 水位変更スイッチ[5]
Suii Henkō Suitchi
Water Level Change Switch
Italian Interruttore Livello Acqua[6] Water Level Switch

References[edit]

  1. ^ Pelland, Scott, and Dan Owsen (1996). Super Mario 64 Player's Guide. Nintendo of America (American English).
  2. ^ 1997. Official UK Nintendo Magazine. Super Mario 64 The Essential Player's Guide. Page 20.
  3. ^ March 2005. Nintendo Power Volume 189. Nintendo of America (American English). Page 78.
  4. ^ "You will find five Crystal Taps strategically placed throughout Wet-Dry World." – Pelland, et al.. Super Mario 64 Player's Guide. Nintendo of America.
  5. ^ Sakai, Kazuya (Ambit), et al. (October 19, 2015). 『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』 (Super Mario Bros. Hyakka: Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook). Tokyo: Shogakukan (Japanese). ISBN 978-4-09-106569-8. Page 92.
  6. ^ November 15, 2018. Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia. Magazzini Salani (Italian). ISBN 889367436X. Page 93.