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{{about|the locked doors found inside levels|the doors found in worlds in Super Mario Bros. 3|[[Locked Door]]}}
{{item infobox
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|image=[[File:SMM-NSMBU-Locked-Door.png]]<br>A ''[[New Super Mario Bros. U]]''-styled Key Door from ''[[Super Mario Maker]]''
|image=[[File:Door CTTT.png|200x200px]]<br>Artwork from ''[[Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker]]''
|first_appearance=''[[Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic]]'' ([[List of games by date#1987|1987]], overall)<br>''[[Super Mario Bros. 2]]'' ([[List of games by date#1988|1988]], ''Super Mario'' franchise)
|first_appearance=''[[Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic]]'' ([[List of games by date#1987|1987]], overall)<br>''[[Super Mario Bros. 2]]'' ([[List of games by date#1988|1988]], ''Super Mario'' franchise)
|latest_appearance=''[[Super Mario Bros. Wonder]]'' ([[List of games by date#2023|2023]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition]]'' ([[List of games by date#2024|2024]])
|variant_of=[[Warp Door]]
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'''Key Doors''', also known as '''Locked Doors''' (or '''locked doors'''), are doors in [[Super Mario (franchise)|''Super Mario'']] platformers that the player cannot enter unless they have collected a [[key]]. Key Doors usually have the appearance of a regular [[Warp Door]] with a keyhole.
'''Key Doors''', also known as '''Locked Doors''' (or '''locked doors'''), appear in the [[Super Mario (franchise)|''Super Mario'' franchise]] as objects with the appearance of a regular [[Warp Door]] with a keyhole, and they cannot be entered without a [[key]].
 
==History==
==History==
===''Super Mario'' series===
===''Super Mario'' series===
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Key Doors make their debut in ''[[Super Mario Bros. 2]]'', first appearing in [[World 1-2 (Super Mario Bros. 2)|World 1-2]]. They can be opened only by keys. If the player picks up a key for a Key Door, a [[Phanto]] will chase the player.
Key Doors are objects in ''[[Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic]]'' and ''[[Super Mario Bros. 2]]''. They are first encountered in [[World 1-2 (Super Mario Bros. 2)|World 1-2]]. If the player character picks up a key for a Key Door, a [[Phanto]] will chase them. Once a Key Door is unlocked, it disappears, though in remakes, only the keyhole disappears by transforming them into normal swing-open Warp Doors.
 
In the original ''Super Mario Bros. 2'', once a Key Door is unlocked, it disappears. In the game's remakes, only the keyhole disappears by transforming them into normal swing-open Warp Doors.
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====''Super Mario 64'' / ''Super Mario 64 DS''====
====''Super Mario 64'' / ''Super Mario 64 DS''====
[[File:SM64 Key Door.png|thumb|150px|A Key Door in ''Super Mario 64'']]
[[File:SM64 Key Door.png|thumb|150px|A Key Door in ''Super Mario 64'']]
Keys in ''[[Super Mario 64]]'' are used to open Key Doors that lead to new courses and, in the [[Super Mario 64 DS|DS remake]], Key Doors that hold [[Mario]], [[Luigi]], [[Wario]], and a secret [[Power Star]].
Key Doors in ''[[Super Mario 64]]'' and ''[[Super Mario 64 DS]]'' are used to open certain doors to new courses. In the remake only, there are also Key Doors that hold [[Mario]], [[Luigi]], [[Wario]], and a secret [[Power Star]] in the [[Peach's Room|princess's room]].


====''Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3''====
====''Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3''====
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[[File:SMG Key Door.png|thumb|left|100px]]
[[File:SMG Key Door.png|thumb|left|100px]]
Key Doors appear in the [[Ghostly Galaxy]] in ''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]'', where they automatically open as soon as Mario or Luigi obtains a key. In the case of the mission [[Matter Splatter Mansion]], multiple Key Doors can be unlocked at once with one key.
Key Doors appear in the [[Ghostly Galaxy]] in ''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]'', where they automatically open as soon as Mario or Luigi obtains a key. In the case of the mission [[Matter Splatter Mansion]], multiple Key Doors can be unlocked at once with one key.
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====''Super Mario Maker'' series====
====''Super Mario Maker'' series====
Key Doors were introduced in ''[[Super Mario Maker]]'' in the version 1.40 update, and available at the start in ''[[Super Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DS]]''. They can be produced by shaking a [[P Warp Door]] (which in turn is created by shaking a [[Warp Door]]). They also appear in ''[[Super Mario Maker 2]]'', with the same function as in the previous game. As of version 3.0.0 of ''Super Mario Maker 2'', [[Cursed Key]]s can also be used to unlock Key Doors.
Key Doors are objects in ''[[Super Mario Maker]]'' as of the version 1.40 update and in the base game of ''[[Super Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DS]]''. They can be produced by shaking a [[Warp Door]] again after being shaken into a [[P Warp Door]]. Key Doors are also objects in ''[[Super Mario Maker 2]]'', with the same role, though as of version 3.0.0 of ''Super Mario Maker 2'', [[Cursed Key]]s can also be used to unlock Key Doors.


====''Super Mario Run''====
====''Super Mario Run''====
[[File:SMRlockeddoor.png|10px|right|frame]]  
[[File:SMRlockeddoor.png|10px|right|frame]]  
Key Doors appear in ''[[Super Mario Run]]'' in the level [[Boohind Lock and Key]], where they can be opened only with keys. Once entered, Key Doors cannot be entered again. Key Doors resemble [[Ghost House]] doors from ''[[New Super Mario Bros. U]]'' but with keyholes in the center.
Key Doors appear in ''[[Super Mario Run]]'' in the course [[Boohind Lock and Key]]. They can be opened only by using the key found in their room. If the player approaches a Key Door without a key, then the door wobbles in place. Once the player has the key, they act identically to Warp Doors. Key Doors resemble [[Ghost House]] doors from ''[[New Super Mario Bros. U]]'' but with keyholes in the center.


====''Super Mario Bros. Wonder''====
====''Super Mario Bros. Wonder''====
Key Doors return in ''[[Super Mario Bros. Wonder]]'', where only two appear in [[Color-Switch Dungeon]]: one requiring a red heart-shaped key, then another later on requiring a blue spade-shaped key. They behave the same as in the ''Super Mario Maker'' games.
Key Doors are objects in ''[[Super Mario Bros. Wonder]]''. They are based on their appearance in the ''Super Mario Maker'' subseries. Only two Key Doors appear in [[Color-Switch Dungeon]]: one requiring a red heart-shaped key, then another later on requiring a blue spade-shaped key, each indicated by the shape of the door frame and the emblem on the door.


===''Yoshi's Story''===
===''Yoshi's Story''===
[[File:Story Door locked.png|frame|left]]
[[File:Story Door locked.png|frame|left]]
In ''[[Yoshi's Story]]'', locked doors are found in the [[Lift Castle]], [[Ghost Castle]], and [[Magma Castle]].
In ''[[Yoshi's Story]]'', locked doors are found in the [[Lift Castle]], [[Ghost Castle]], and [[Magma Castle]].
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===''Mario vs. Donkey Kong''===
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In ''[[Mario vs. Donkey Kong]]'' and its [[Mario vs. Donkey Kong (Nintendo Switch)|remake]], locked doors appear in all levels excluding the [[Mini-Mario]] levels and boss battles, and are designated with a giant keyhole on them. In the original game, they were referred to generically as '''doors'''<ref>{{cite|title=''Mario vs. Donkey Kong'' North American Virtual Console digital manual|page=9}}</ref>. The player (or [[Key Mini Mario]] in the Plus levels) must carry a [[Key]] towards the door to reach the next area of the level. In all Plus and [[Expert (world)|Expert]] levels, doors act as the goal instead, with no new areas beyond it.
In the remake, doors are redesigned, with an additional red frame featuring a gold star symbol on top. Doors continue to retain their usual purpose, but the music does not stop and no victory fanfare is played when a player enters one, except in Plus and Expert levels. In multiplayer sessions, a player who is not close to the door at the time of its unlocking will be instantly warped inside of it with similar mechanics to ''[[Super Mario 3D World]]''. Additionally, the door will be chained with a silver lock, bearing a resemblance to locked doors in ''[[Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Mini-Land Mayhem!]]''. This requires obtaining a silver [[flying key]] in the level to unchain the door before the main key can be used on it.
Doors are succeeded by similarly functioning [[Goal Door (Mario vs. Donkey Kong series)|Goal Door]]s throughout the ''[[Mario vs. Donkey Kong (series)|Mario vs. Donkey Kong]]'' series, however most appearances do not always require the use of a key to go through them.


===''Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker''===
===''Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker''===
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===''Minecraft''===
===''Minecraft''===
In the Super Mario Mash-up in ''[[Minecraft]]'', there is a painting of Key Doors from ''Super Mario 64''.
In the Super Mario Mash-Up Pack in ''[[Minecraft]]'', there is a painting of Key Doors from ''Super Mario 64''.


==Gallery==
==Gallery==
<gallery>
<gallery>
SMW2 Door locked.png|''[[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]''
MarioVsDK_Door.png|''[[Mario vs. Donkey Kong]]''
MVDK_1-1_1.png|''Mario vs. Donkey Kong''
KEY DOOR MVDK.PNG|''Mario vs. Donkey Kong''
SMG Asset Model Key Door.png|''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]''
SMG Asset Model Key Door.png|''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]''
SMM-SMB-Locked-Door.png|''[[Super Mario Maker]]'' (''[[Super Mario Bros.]]'' style) (locked)
SMM-SMB-Locked-Door.png|''[[Super Mario Maker]]'' (''[[Super Mario Bros.]]'' style) (locked)
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SMM2-SM3DW-Locked-Door.png|''[[Super Mario Maker 2]]'' (''[[Super Mario 3D World]]'' style) (locked)
SMM2-SM3DW-Locked-Door.png|''[[Super Mario Maker 2]]'' (''[[Super Mario 3D World]]'' style) (locked)
SMM2-SM3DW-Unlocked-Door.png|''Super Mario Maker 2'' (''Super Mario 3D World'' style) (unlocked)
SMM2-SM3DW-Unlocked-Door.png|''Super Mario Maker 2'' (''Super Mario 3D World'' style) (unlocked)
MarioVsDKSwitchMultiplayer3.jpg|[[Mario vs. Donkey Kong|''Mario vs. Donkey Kong'' (Nintendo Switch)]]
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==Additional names==
==Naming==
===Internal names===
===Internal names===
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===Names in other languages===
===Names in other languages===
{{foreign names
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|Jap=カギドア
|Jpn=カギドア
|JapR=Kagi Doa
|JpnR=Kagi Doa
|JapM=Key Door
|JpnM=Key Door
|ChiS=上锁门
|ChiS=上锁门
|ChiSR=Shàngsuǒ Mén
|ChiSR=Shàngsuǒ Mén
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|ChiTR=Shàngsuǒ Mén
|ChiTR=Shàngsuǒ Mén
|ChiTM=Locked Door
|ChiTM=Locked Door
|Dut=Gesloten deur<ref>{{cite| author = Nintendo Nederland | date = March 9, 2016 | url = www.youtube.com/watch?v=xV4Hwg2Y_JA | title = Super Mario Maker - Gesloten deuren! Spijkerzuilen! Roze munten! (Wii U) | publisher = YouTube | accessdate = May 19, 2019}}</ref>
|Dut=Gesloten deur<ref>{{cite|language=nl| author = Nintendo Nederland | date = March 9, 2016 | url = www.youtube.com/watch?v=xV4Hwg2Y_JA | title = Super Mario Maker - Gesloten deuren! Spijkerzuilen! Roze munten! (Wii U) | publisher = YouTube | accessdate = May 19, 2019}}</ref>
|DutM=Closed door
|DutM=Closed door
|Fre=Porte verrouillée
|Fre=Porte verrouillée
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|Ger=Schlüsseltür
|Ger=Schlüsseltür
|GerM=Key door
|GerM=Key door
|Ita=Porta chiusa<ref>{{cite| title = ''Super Mario Bros. 2'' Italian manual | page = 17 }}</ref><ref>{{cite| title = ''[[Super Mario All-Stars]]'' Italian manual | page = 20 }}</ref>
|Ita=Porta chiusa<ref>{{cite| title = ''Super Mario Bros. 2'' Italian manual | page = 17|publisher=Nintendo of Europe|language=it }}</ref><ref>{{cite| title = ''[[Super Mario All-Stars]]'' Italian manual | page = 20 |language=it|publisher=Nintendo of Europe|date=2010}}</ref>
|ItaM=Locked/Closed door
|ItaM=Locked/Closed door
|Ita2=Porta con serratura<ref>{{cite| title = ''[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia]]'' | page = 70 }}</ref>
|Ita2=Porta con serratura<ref>{{cite|date=November 15, 2018|title=''[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia]]''|publisher=Magazzini Salani|language=it|isbn=889367436X|page=70}}</ref>
|Ita2M=Door with keyhole
|Ita2M=Door with keyhole
|Ita3=Porta chiusa a chiave
|Ita3=Porta chiusa a chiave
|Ita3M=Locked door
|Ita3M=Locked door
|PorE=Porta fechada à chave<ref>{{cite| author = Nintendo Portugal | date = March 9, 2016 | url = www.youtube.com/watch?v=GGuRmZol4sA | title = Super Mario Maker - Portas fechadas à chave! Postes com espinhos! Moedas rosa! (Wii U) | publisher = YouTube | accessdate = January 11, 2021 }}</ref>
|PorE=Porta fechada à chave<ref>{{cite|language=pt-pt| author = Nintendo Portugal | date = March 9, 2016 | url = www.youtube.com/watch?v=GGuRmZol4sA | title = Super Mario Maker - Portas fechadas à chave! Postes com espinhos! Moedas rosa! (Wii U) | publisher = YouTube | accessdate = January 11, 2021 }}</ref>
|PorEM=Locked door
|PorEM=Locked door
|Rus=Запертая дверь
|Rus=Запертая дверь
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|RusM=Closed door
|RusM=Closed door
|SpaA=Puerta cerrada con llave
|SpaA=Puerta cerrada con llave
|SpaAM=
|SpaAM=Locked door
}}
}}


==See also==
==See also==
*[[Locked Door]]
*[[Cage]]
*[[Cage]]
*[[Warp Box (With Key)]]
*[[Warp Box (With Key)]]
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Latest revision as of 16:18, April 1, 2025

This article is about the locked doors found inside levels. For the doors found in worlds in Super Mario Bros. 3, see Locked Door.
Key Door
Key Door artwork from Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker
Artwork from Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker
First appearance Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic (1987, overall)
Super Mario Bros. 2 (1988, Super Mario franchise)
Latest appearance Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition (2024)
Variant of Warp Door

Key Doors, also known as Locked Doors (or locked doors), appear in the Super Mario franchise as objects with the appearance of a regular Warp Door with a keyhole, and they cannot be entered without a key.

History[edit]

Super Mario series[edit]

Super Mario Bros. 2[edit]

SMB2 Key Door.png SMAS SMB2 Key Door.png Key Door

Key Doors are objects in Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic and Super Mario Bros. 2. They are first encountered in World 1-2. If the player character picks up a key for a Key Door, a Phanto will chase them. Once a Key Door is unlocked, it disappears, though in remakes, only the keyhole disappears by transforming them into normal swing-open Warp Doors.

Super Mario 64 / Super Mario 64 DS[edit]

A Key Door from Super Mario 64
A Key Door in Super Mario 64

Key Doors in Super Mario 64 and Super Mario 64 DS are used to open certain doors to new courses. In the remake only, there are also Key Doors that hold Mario, Luigi, Wario, and a secret Power Star in the princess's room.

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

Key Door

While Key Doors do not appear in Super Mario Bros. 3, one can be found in the Game Boy Advance remake Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3, in the World-e-exclusive level Doors o' Plenty.

Super Mario Galaxy[edit]

A Key Door in Ghostly Galaxy

Key Doors appear in the Ghostly Galaxy in Super Mario Galaxy, where they automatically open as soon as Mario or Luigi obtains a key. In the case of the mission Matter Splatter Mansion, multiple Key Doors can be unlocked at once with one key.

Super Mario Maker series[edit]

Key Doors are objects in Super Mario Maker as of the version 1.40 update and in the base game of Super Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DS. They can be produced by shaking a Warp Door again after being shaken into a P Warp Door. Key Doors are also objects in Super Mario Maker 2, with the same role, though as of version 3.0.0 of Super Mario Maker 2, Cursed Keys can also be used to unlock Key Doors.

Super Mario Run[edit]

SMRlockeddoor.png

Key Doors appear in Super Mario Run in the course Boohind Lock and Key. They can be opened only by using the key found in their room. If the player approaches a Key Door without a key, then the door wobbles in place. Once the player has the key, they act identically to Warp Doors. Key Doors resemble Ghost House doors from New Super Mario Bros. U but with keyholes in the center.

Super Mario Bros. Wonder[edit]

Key Doors are objects in Super Mario Bros. Wonder. They are based on their appearance in the Super Mario Maker subseries. Only two Key Doors appear in Color-Switch Dungeon: one requiring a red heart-shaped key, then another later on requiring a blue spade-shaped key, each indicated by the shape of the door frame and the emblem on the door.

Yoshi's Story[edit]

Sprite of a locked door set in Yoshi's Story

In Yoshi's Story, locked doors are found in the Lift Castle, Ghost Castle, and Magma Castle.

Mario vs. Donkey Kong[edit]

A regular door (left) and a chained door in multiplayer (right) in the Switch remake of Mario vs. Donkey Kong
A regular door (left) and a chained door in multiplayer (right) in the Switch remake of Mario vs. Donkey Kong
A regular door (left) and a chained door in multiplayer (right) in the Switch remake of Mario vs. Donkey Kong

In Mario vs. Donkey Kong and its remake, locked doors appear in all levels excluding the Mini-Mario levels and boss battles, and are designated with a giant keyhole on them. In the original game, they were referred to generically as doors[1]. The player (or Key Mini Mario in the Plus levels) must carry a Key towards the door to reach the next area of the level. In all Plus and Expert levels, doors act as the goal instead, with no new areas beyond it.

In the remake, doors are redesigned, with an additional red frame featuring a gold star symbol on top. Doors continue to retain their usual purpose, but the music does not stop and no victory fanfare is played when a player enters one, except in Plus and Expert levels. In multiplayer sessions, a player who is not close to the door at the time of its unlocking will be instantly warped inside of it with similar mechanics to Super Mario 3D World. Additionally, the door will be chained with a silver lock, bearing a resemblance to locked doors in Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Mini-Land Mayhem!. This requires obtaining a silver flying key in the level to unchain the door before the main key can be used on it.

Doors are succeeded by similarly functioning Goal Doors throughout the Mario vs. Donkey Kong series, however most appearances do not always require the use of a key to go through them.

Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker[edit]

Key Doors appear again in Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker, behaving like in previous Super Mario games.

Minecraft[edit]

In the Super Mario Mash-Up Pack in Minecraft, there is a painting of Key Doors from Super Mario 64.

Gallery[edit]

Naming[edit]

Internal names[edit]

Game File Name Meaning

Super Mario Galaxy ObjectData/DarknessRoomDoorA.arc DarknessRoomDoorA Darkness Room Door A
StageData/ObjNameTable.arc/ObjNameTable.tbl 暗闇部屋の扉A (Kurayami Heya no Tobira A)
Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker content/ObjectData/DoorKey.szs DoorKey Door Key

Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese カギドア[?]
Kagi Doa
Key Door
Chinese (simplified) 上锁门[?]
Shàngsuǒ Mén
Locked Door
Chinese (traditional) 上鎖門[?]
Shàngsuǒ Mén
Locked Door
Dutch Gesloten deur[2] Closed door
French Porte verrouillée[?] Locked Door
German Schlüsseltür[?] Key door
Italian Porta chiusa[3][4] Locked/Closed door
Porta con serratura[5] Door with keyhole
Porta chiusa a chiave[?] Locked door
Portuguese (NOE) Porta fechada à chave[6] Locked door
Russian Запертая дверь[?]
Zapertaya dver'
Closed door
Spanish (NOA) Puerta cerrada con llave[?] Locked door

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Mario vs. Donkey Kong North American Virtual Console digital manual. Page 9.
  2. ^ Nintendo Nederland (March 9, 2016). Super Mario Maker - Gesloten deuren! Spijkerzuilen! Roze munten! (Wii U). YouTube (Dutch). Retrieved May 19, 2019.
  3. ^ Super Mario Bros. 2 Italian manual. Nintendo of Europe (Italian). Page 17.
  4. ^ 2010. Super Mario All-Stars Italian manual. Nintendo of Europe (Italian). Page 20.
  5. ^ November 15, 2018. Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia. Magazzini Salani (Italian). ISBN 889367436X. Page 70.
  6. ^ Nintendo Portugal (March 9, 2016). Super Mario Maker - Portas fechadas à chave! Postes com espinhos! Moedas rosa! (Wii U). YouTube (European Portuguese). Retrieved January 11, 2021.