Power-up Panels

Mario playing Power-up Panels. The panel combination that is currently displayed is the World 1, Map B panel combination.

“Feeling lucky? Step right through the door to win some items!”

—Toad, New Super Mario Bros. Wii

Power-up Panels is a minigame that is played in Red Toad Houses in New Super Mario Bros. Wii. It takes place in a room with a six-by-three grid of Flip Panels decorated with question marks. The backside of each has an image of a power-up, a Bowser emblem, or a Bowser Jr. emblem. Players must take turns climbing around the fence and punching the panels, causing them to flip and reveal their backsides. It is possible to steal another player's turn by ground-pounding on them during their turn. If two Bowser emblems or two Bowser Jr. emblems are matched, the minigame ends. If all item panels are revealed, the minigame ends and the characters rejoice. At the end of the minigame, players receive one item for every pair of identical panels with revealed faces. Up to seven items can be received in a game.

This minigame is similar to the Matching Game from Super Mario Bros. 3; the method by which the panel combination is generated is also similar to the card combination's method in that minigame, as a predetermined combination is chosen from a small set of six possible arrangements in each world.

Available power-ups

• Propeller Mushroom
• Fire Flower
• Ice Flower
• Super Mushroom (World 1)
• Penguin Suit (World 3 to World 9)
• Mini Mushroom (World 2 to World 9)
• Super Star (has a 1/3 chance of appearing in each world, guaranteed in World 9)

Controls

• – Punch
• – Jump
• – Climb wall
• + – Climb fast on the wall

In-game instructions

Press to punch a panel and flip it. Match a pair to win! Match two of these ( ), and it's all over!

Possible combinations

These are all the possible combinations for Power-up Panels in each world. Icons with a green background indicate panels that will always reveal a power-up in a certain world.

World 1

Map A	Map B
Map C	Map D
Map E	Map F

World 2

Map A	Map B
Map C	Map D
Map E	Map F

World 3

Map A	Map B
Map C	Map D
Map E	Map F

World 4

Map A	Map B
Map C	Map D
Map E	Map F

World 5

Map A	Map B
Map C	Map D
Map E	Map F

World 6

Map A	Map B
Map C	Map D
Map E	Map F

World 7

Map A	Map B
Map C	Map D
Map E	Map F

World 8

Map A	Map B
Map C	Map D
Map E	Map F

World 9

Map A	Map B
Map C	Map D
Map E	Map F

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning	Notes
Japanese	アイテムパネルめくり[?] Aitemu paneru mekuri	Item Panel Flip
Chinese (simplified)	物品面板翻转 Wùpǐn Miànbǎn Fānzhuǎn	Item Panel Flip
Chinese (traditional)	物品面板翻轉 Wùpǐn Miànbǎn Fānzhuǎn	Item Panel Flip
French (NOA)	Panneaux-surprises[?]	Surprise Panels
French (NOE)	Panneaux-surprise[?]	Surprise Panels
German	Power-Up-Tafeln[?]	Power-Up Panels
Italian	Scoppia la coppia[?]	Break the pair
Spanish (NOA)	Golpe de Suerte[?]	Stroke of Luck (golpe also means "punch")
Spanish (NOE)	Paneles sorpresa[?]	Surprise Panels

Trivia

• If a Bowser or Bowser Jr. panel is flipped, the background music raises by a whole step and speeds up a bit. If another of either panel that does not match the other is flipped, the music raises by another whole step and speeds up a bit more. If two Bowser or Bowser Jr. panels are matched, the small tune "Koopa's Message" is heard.
  • Getting a perfect score causes the fanfare that plays when Mario returns to the Mushroom Castle after obtaining a Power Star in Super Mario 64 to play.