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===''Super Smash Bros.'' series===
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[[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'']]
Mario is able to use this powerup in the [[Super Smash Bros. (series)|''Super Smash Bros.'' series]] with his [[Cape]] special move; reflecting projectiles and reversing the direction his opponents face. Also, when used in midair it allows Mario to gain a slight vertical distance. In ''[[Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS]]'' / ''[[Super Smash Bros. for Wii U|Wii U]]'', it has two custom variations: the first variant gives off an electric effect, and the second variant creates a gust of wind.
Mario is able to use this powerup in the [[Super Smash Bros. (series)|''Super Smash Bros.'' series]] with his [[Cape]] special move; reflecting projectiles and reversing the direction his opponents face. Also, when used in midair it allows Mario to slow down his falling speed and, when used once it allows him to float up slightly. In ''[[Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS]]'' / ''[[Super Smash Bros. for Wii U|Wii U]]'', it has two custom variations: the first variant gives off an electric effect, and the second variant creates a gust of wind.
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Revision as of 07:07, February 10, 2020

Template:Form-infobox Cape Mario,[1][2] originally known as Caped Mario,[3] is a form of Mario and Luigi which first appeared in Super Mario World.

History

Super Mario series

Super Mario World / Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2

Butter Bridge 2
The result of using a Feather.

In Super Mario World, the cape form's abilities are much like Raccoon Mario before it, which in fact was originally going to be in the game. It can be obtained by getting a Cape Feather. The Cape (or Magic Cape[4]) it gives allows Mario to fly indefinitely through levels and attack enemies by spinning it around (using 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 presses and holds A Button to spin jump, Mario will jump very high, as if he was 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 the +Control 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 Y Button and holding B Button, 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 X Button if Y Button is being used to fly, or vice versa.

In 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.

Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3

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, working almost the same as it did 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 Blocks.

Super Mario Maker / Super Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DS / Super Mario Maker 2

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 Mario to appear in this form, in one of two possible poses.

Super Mario Party

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

Appearances in other media

Super Mario World (TV series)

The Caped form appears in the 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 transform into this form.

Super Mario Adventures

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. 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.

Super Mario-Kun

"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.

Super Smash Bros. series

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

Mario is able to use this powerup in the Super Smash Bros. series with his Cape special move; reflecting projectiles and reversing the direction his opponents face. Also, when used in midair it allows Mario to slow down his falling speed and, when used once it allows him to float up slightly. In Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS / Wii U, it has two custom variations: the first variant gives off an electric effect, and the second variant creates a gust of wind.

Gallery

Names in other languages

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese マントマリオ[5]
Manto Mario
Mantle Mario
Dutch Cape-Mario[?] Cape Mario
German Cape-Mario[?] Cape Mario
Italian Mario con la cappa[?] Mario with the cape
Portuguese Mario com Capa[?] Mario with Cape
Russian Марио с Плащами
Mario s Plashami
Марио в плаще
Mario v plashche
[?]
Mario with Cape

Mario in cape
Spanish (NOA) Mario con capa[?] Mario with cape
Spanish (NOE) Mario con Capa[?] Mario with Cape

See also

Trivia

References

  1. ^ Super Mario Maker digital manual
  2. ^ a b http://www.modojo.com/features/super_mario_3d_land_interview_tanooki_suit_beat_cape_mario/
  3. ^ Super Mario World English instruction booklet, pg. 4, 7, 11, 15-17, 23.
  4. ^ Playing With Super Power: Nintendo Super NES Classics eGuide, Super Mario World Characters Tab.
  5. ^ Super Mario World Japanese instruction booklet, pg. 5, 8, and unmarked foldout pages.

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