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[[File:Blue Switch Palace.png|thumb|The Blue Switch Palace, a Switch Palace in ''Super Mario World'']]
[[File:Blue Switch Palace.png|thumb|The Blue Switch Palace, a Switch Palace in ''Super Mario World'']]
'''Switch Palaces'''<ref>''Super Mario World'' English instruction booklet, page 21.</ref> are places in ''[[Super Mario World]]'' and ''[[Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2]]''. Throughout various levels, there are many colored outline squares called [[Dotted-Line Block]]s. These squares can become [[! Block]]s by activating their respective color's [[! Switch]] at the Switch Palaces. Switch Palaces are usually found by accessing the secret exit of an adjacent [[level]] (the only exception being the [[Yellow Switch Palace]]). A total of four Switch Palaces are accessible in [[Dinosaur Land]]. Each one of them is [[Unrevisitable area|not playable]] again once it is completed.
{{quote2|The power of the switch you have pushed will turn [[File:SMW Yellow Dotted Line Block.png|alt=yellow Dotted Line Block|link=Dotted-Line Block]] into [[File:SMW Yellow Exclamation Mark Block.png|alt=yellow Exclamation Mark Block|link=! Block]] .|[[Yellow Switch Palace]] message|[[Super Mario World]]}}
'''Switch Palaces'''<ref>''Super Mario World'' English instruction booklet, page 21.</ref> are small [[level]]s that feature a [[! Switch]] (or [[? Switch]], in ''[[Super Mario 64 DS]]''). When hit, the switch turns [[Dotted-Line Block]]s of the same color into solid [[! Block]]s (or [[? Block]]s) throughout the game's other levels. In addition to becoming platforms, the ! Blocks may contain certain [[List of power-ups|power-ups]] or be empty, depending on the color and game.
 
There are four Switch Palaces in ''[[Super Mario World]]'' and its remake, ''[[Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2]]''. Each one contains a bonus room where at least one [[extra life]] can be earned, and a hall with the big switch. Hitting it clears the level, and the Switch Palace [[Unrevisitable area|cannot be played again]], indicated by its world map icon also becoming pressed. Switch Palaces are usually unlocked from the secret exit of an adjacent level; the exception is the [[Yellow Switch Palace]], whose [[Yoshi's Island 1|previous level]] only has one exit.
 
In ''[[Super Mario 64]]'', the three locations containing the [[Cap Switch#Super Mario 64|Cap Switches]] are called Switch Palaces in the German localization and the English [[Prima Games]] coverage.<ref>Bath, Prima. ''Ultimate Nintendo 64 Pocket Power Guide, 1999 Edition'' Prima's Official Strategy Guide. Page 59.</ref> The [[Tower of the Wing Cap]], [[Behind the Waterfall|Cavern of the Metal Cap]], and [[The Secret Under the Moat|Vanish Cap Under the Moat]] are respectively called the Red, Green, and Blue Switch Palace. Whereas yellow and green Exclamation Mark Blocks in ''Super Mario World'' contain extra power-ups that appear elsewhere, each color of ! Block in ''Super Mario 64'' is the sole means of accessing a corresponding cap power-up. Accordingly, the Cap Switch courses are themed around their respective power-ups. [[Mario]] starts the course with the power of its cap, and can get a [[Power Star]] by collecting [[Red Coin]]s with the use of the power-up.
 
''[[Super Mario 64 DS]]'' removes all but one of the switches: the caps' abilities are allocated to the four playable characters through the [[Power Flower (Super Mario 64 DS)|Power Flower]] and [[Wing Cap|Feather]], both of which the ? Switch unlocks. The two courses whose Cap Switches were removed are renamed, and an extra Power Star is added to them.
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==List of Switch Palaces==
==List of Switch Palaces==
===''Super Mario World'' / ''Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2''===
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|style="text-align:center;"|[[File:YellowSwitch-SMW.png]] [[File:SMA2 Yellow ! Switch.png]]
|style="text-align:center;"|[[File:YellowSwitch-SMW.png]]
|style="text-align:center;"|[[File:SMA2 Yellow ! Switch.png]]
|[[Yellow Switch Palace]]
|[[Yellow Switch Palace]]
|[[Yoshi's Island (place)|Yoshi's Island]]
|[[Yoshi's Island (place)|Yoshi's Island]]
|Beat [[Yoshi's Island 1]].
|Beat [[Yoshi's Island 1]].
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|style="text-align:center;"|[[File:Green Switch.png]] [[File:SMA2 Green ! Switch.png]]
|style="text-align:center;"|[[File:Green Switch.png]]
|style="text-align:center;"|[[File:SMA2 Green ! Switch.png]]
|[[Green Switch Palace]]
|[[Green Switch Palace]]
|[[Donut Plains]]
|[[Donut Plains]]
|Find [[Donut Plains 2]]'s secret exit via [[keyhole]].
|Find [[Donut Plains 2]]'s secret exit via [[keyhole]].
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|style="text-align:center;"|[[File:Red Switch.png]] [[File:SMA2 Red ! Switch.png]]
|style="text-align:center;"|[[File:Red Switch.png]]
|style="text-align:center;"|[[File:SMA2 Red ! Switch.png]]
|[[Red Switch Palace]]
|[[Red Switch Palace]]
|[[Vanilla Dome]]
|[[Vanilla Dome]]
|Find [[Vanilla Dome 2]]'s secret exit via [[keyhole]].
|Find [[Vanilla Dome 2]]'s secret exit via [[keyhole]].
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|-
|style="text-align:center;"|[[File:Blue Switch.png]] [[File:SMA2 Blue ! Switch.png]]
|style="text-align:center;"|[[File:Blue Switch.png]]
|style="text-align:center;"|[[File:SMA2 Blue ! Switch.png]]
|[[Blue Switch Palace]]
|[[Blue Switch Palace]]
|[[Forest of Illusion]]
|[[Forest of Illusion]]
|Find [[Forest of Illusion 2]]'s secret exit via [[keyhole]].
|Find [[Forest of Illusion 2]]'s secret exit via [[keyhole]].
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===''Super Mario 64'' / ''Super Mario 64 DS''===
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!width="1%" style="text-align:center;"|Image
!width="10%"|Course
!width="10%"|Power-up
!width="10%"|Means of access
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|style="text-align:center;"|[[File:Tower of the Wing Cap.png|160px]]
|[[Tower of the Wing Cap]] (''Super Mario 64''){{br}}? Switch (''Super Mario 64 DS'')
|[[Wing Cap]] (''Super Mario 64''){{br}}[[Power Flower (Super Mario 64 DS)|Power Flower]] or [[Wing Cap|Feather]] (''Super Mario 64 DS'')
|Collect ten [[Power Star]]s (14 in ''Super Mario 64 DS''), stand on the rug in the center of the [[Peach's Castle|Mushroom Castle]]'s foyer, and use the first-person camera mode to look up at the source of the beam of light.
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|style="text-align:center;"|[[File:Cavern of the Metal Cap.png|160px]]
|[[Behind the Waterfall|Cavern of the Metal Cap]] (''Super Mario 64''){{br}}Behind the Waterfall ​(''Super Mario 64 DS'')
|[[Metal Cap]] (''Super Mario 64''){{br}}None (''Super Mario 64 DS'')
|In the underground lake in [[Hazy Maze Cave]], steer [[Dorrie]] to reach the double doors, and fall into the pool of rippling metal in the next room.
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|style="text-align:center;"|[[File:SM64 Vanish Cap Under The Moat.png|160px]]
|[[The Secret Under the Moat|Vanish Cap Under the Moat]] (''Super Mario 64''){{br}}The Secret Under the Moat (''Super Mario 64 DS'')
|[[Vanish Cap]] (''Super Mario 64''){{br}}None (''Super Mario 64 DS'')
|[[Ground Pound]] two pillars in the Mushroom Castle's basement, then fall down a hole in the drained moat.
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==Trivia==
*In the German translation of ''[[Super Mario 64]]'', the locations of the Cap Switches are called Switch Palaces. The [[Tower of the Wing Cap]] is called "Red Switch Palace", the [[Behind the Waterfall|Cavern of the Metal Cap]] is called "Green Switch Palace", and [[The Secret Under the Moat|Vanish Cap Under the Moat]] is called "Blue Switch Palace". This is also true of the English [[Prima Games]] coverage.<ref>Bath, Prima. ''Ultimate Nintendo 64 Pocket Power Guide, 1999 Edition'' Prima's Official Strategy Guide. Page 59.</ref>


==References==
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A screenshot of the beginning of the Blue Switch Palace.
The Blue Switch Palace, a Switch Palace in Super Mario World

Template:Quote2 Switch Palaces[1] are small levels that feature a ! Switch (or ? Switch, in Super Mario 64 DS). When hit, the switch turns Dotted-Line Blocks of the same color into solid ! Blocks (or ? Blocks) throughout the game's other levels. In addition to becoming platforms, the ! Blocks may contain certain power-ups or be empty, depending on the color and game.

There are four Switch Palaces in Super Mario World and its remake, Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2. Each one contains a bonus room where at least one extra life can be earned, and a hall with the big switch. Hitting it clears the level, and the Switch Palace cannot be played again, indicated by its world map icon also becoming pressed. Switch Palaces are usually unlocked from the secret exit of an adjacent level; the exception is the Yellow Switch Palace, whose previous level only has one exit.

In Super Mario 64, the three locations containing the Cap Switches are called Switch Palaces in the German localization and the English Prima Games coverage.[2] The Tower of the Wing Cap, Cavern of the Metal Cap, and Vanish Cap Under the Moat are respectively called the Red, Green, and Blue Switch Palace. Whereas yellow and green Exclamation Mark Blocks in Super Mario World contain extra power-ups that appear elsewhere, each color of ! Block in Super Mario 64 is the sole means of accessing a corresponding cap power-up. Accordingly, the Cap Switch courses are themed around their respective power-ups. Mario starts the course with the power of its cap, and can get a Power Star by collecting Red Coins with the use of the power-up.

Super Mario 64 DS removes all but one of the switches: the caps' abilities are allocated to the four playable characters through the Power Flower and Feather, both of which the ? Switch unlocks. The two courses whose Cap Switches were removed are renamed, and an extra Power Star is added to them.

List of Switch Palaces

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

Big switch Switch Palace World Means of access
SMW SMA2
A yellow ! Switch, from Super Mario World. Yellow Switch Yellow Switch Palace Yoshi's Island Beat Yoshi's Island 1.
Green Switch.png Green Switch Green Switch Palace Donut Plains Find Donut Plains 2's secret exit via keyhole.
Red Switch.png Red Switch Red Switch Palace Vanilla Dome Find Vanilla Dome 2's secret exit via keyhole.
Blue Switch.png Blue Switch Blue Switch Palace Forest of Illusion Find Forest of Illusion 2's secret exit via keyhole.

Super Mario 64 / Super Mario 64 DS

Image Course Power-up Means of access
Mario on the Tower of the Wing Cap Tower of the Wing Cap (Super Mario 64)
? Switch (Super Mario 64 DS) 		Wing Cap (Super Mario 64)
Power Flower or Feather (Super Mario 64 DS) 		Collect ten Power Stars (14 in Super Mario 64 DS), stand on the rug in the center of the Mushroom Castle's foyer, and use the first-person camera mode to look up at the source of the beam of light.
Mario in the Cavern of the Metal Cap. Cavern of the Metal Cap (Super Mario 64)
Behind the Waterfall ​(Super Mario 64 DS) 		Metal Cap (Super Mario 64)
None (Super Mario 64 DS) 		In the underground lake in Hazy Maze Cave, steer Dorrie to reach the double doors, and fall into the pool of rippling metal in the next room.
Mario in the Vanish Cap Under the Moat Vanish Cap Under the Moat (Super Mario 64)
The Secret Under the Moat (Super Mario 64 DS) 		Vanish Cap (Super Mario 64)
None (Super Mario 64 DS) 		Ground Pound two pillars in the Mushroom Castle's basement, then fall down a hole in the drained moat.

Names in other languages

Language Name Meaning Notes
French Palais Bloc[?] Block Palace
German Schalterpalast[?] Switch Palace
Portuguese Palácio de Transformação[?] Transformation Palace
Spanish Palacio del Interruptor[?] Switch Palace

References

  1. ^ Super Mario World English instruction booklet, page 21.
  2. ^ Bath, Prima. Ultimate Nintendo 64 Pocket Power Guide, 1999 Edition Prima's Official Strategy Guide. Page 59.
  3. ^ Super Mario World Japanese instruction booklet (fold-out)
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Super Mario World / Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2
Protagonists Mario • Luigi • Princess Toadstool • Yoshi • Red Yoshi • Blue Yoshi • Yellow Yoshi • Baby Yoshi • Dolphin
Bosses Koopalings (Iggy Koopa · Morton Koopa Jr. · Lemmy Koopa · Ludwig von Koopa · Roy Koopa · Wendy O. Koopa · Larry Koopa) • Bowser • Reznor • Big Boo
Items 1-Up Mushroom • 3-Up Moon • Berry • Bonus Coin • Cape Feather • Coin • Control Coin • Dragon Coin • Yoshi's Egg • Fire Flower • Gray Coin • Lakitu's Cloud • Magic ball • Power Balloon • Super Mushroom • Super Star • Yoshi's Wings
Objects ! Block • ! Switch • Arrow Sign • Beanstalk • Blue Door • Bonus block • Bridge • Bubble • Cloud Block • Coin Block • Coin countera • Count-Lift • Diagonal platform • Dotted-Line Block • Empty Block • Fence • Flimsy Lift • Flying Platform • Flying Prize Block • Grab Block • Gray Block • Gray P Switch • Hidden Block • Ice Block • Note Block • Jumping Board • Key • Lift • Message Block • ON/OFF Switch • Piston Lift • Prize Block • Revolving Door • Rope • Rotating Block • Roulette Block • Semisolid Platform • Single Swing Lift • Skull Raft • Snake platform • Spring platform • Star Road • Stretch Block • Switch Block • Triangular Block • Triple Swing Lift • Yellow Door • Yoshi Cloud
Worlds of Dinosaur Land Yoshi's Island • Donut Plains • Vanilla Dome • Twin Bridges • Forest of Illusion • Chocolate Island • Valley of Bowser • Star World • Special Zone
Moves Crouch • Dash • Fly • Jump • Looking up • Shell Toss • Slide • Spin Jump • Stomp • Swallow • Swim
Enemies and obstacles Amazing Flyin' Hammer Brother • Ball 'N' Chain • Banzai Bill • Big Boo • Big Bubble • Big Steely • Blargg • Blurp • Bob-omb • Bony Beetle • Boo Buddy • Boo Buddy Block • Boo Buddy Snake • Boo Crew • Bowser Statue • Bullet Bill • Buzzy Beetle • Chainsaw • Chargin' Chuck • Cheep Cheep • Circling Boo Buddies • Climbing Koopa • Decoy • Dino-Rhino • Dino-Torch • Disappearing Boo Buddy • Dry Bones • Eerie • Falling spike • Fire Snake • Fishbone • Fishin' Boo • Fishin' Lakitu • Floating Mine • Flying Goomba • Fuzzy • Goomba • Grinder • Hothead • Ice • Jumping Fire Piranha Plant • Jumping Piranha Plant • Koopa Paratroopa • Koopa Troopa • Lakitu • Lakitu in a Pipe • Lava • Lava Bubble • Lil Sparky • Magikoopa • Mechakoopa • Mega Mole • Monty Mole • Muncher • Ninji • Para-bomb • Para-Goomba • Pillar • Piranha Plant • Pit • Pokey • Porcu-Puffer • Rex • Rip Van Fish • Shell (flashing) • Skewer • Spike • Spike (Super Mario World) • Spike Top • Spiny • Spiny Egg • Sumo Brother • Super Koopa • Swooper • Thwimp • Thwomp • Torpedo Ted • Torpedo tube • Turtle Cannon • Unshelled Koopa • Urchin • Volcano Lotus • Wiggler
Music Title • MAP 2 (Chijō) • Ground Theme • Athletic Theme • Castle • Obake Yashiki BGM • Bonus Men BGM • Maō Koopa BGM • Ending
Other 1-Up Chamber • Bonus game • Bonus Star • Fall • Giant Gate • Item Stock • Keyhole • Midway Gate • Sand cloud • Timer • Tourist Tips
Miscellaneous Glitches • Mario Bros.a • Pre-release and unused content • Super Mario World (soundtrack album) • Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook Super Mario World • SNES Staff • GBA Staff
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Super Mario 64 / Super Mario 64 DS
Playable characters Mario • Yoshib • Luigic • Warioc • Red Yoshic • Blue Yoshic • Yellow Yoshic
Forms Wing Mario • Metal Mario/Metal Wario • Vanish Mario/Vanish Luigi • Fire Powerc • Balloon Marioc • Mega Marioc
Non-playable characters Lakitu Bros. • Princess Peach • Toad • Toads • Bob-omb Buddies • Koopa the Quick • Hoot • Penguins • Baby Penguins • Mother Penguin • Big Penguin • Snowman • Rabbits • MIPSa • Glowing rabbitsc • Dorrie • Ukkikis
Enemies Amp • Bob-omb • Boo • Bookend • Bub • Bubba • Bullet Bill • Bully • Chain Chomp • Chair • Chuckya • Clam shell • Flame thrower • Fly Guy • Fwoosh • Goomba • Goombette • Grand Goomba • Grindel • Heave-Ho • Klepto • Koopa Troopa • Lakitu • Mad Piano • Manta Ray • Money Bags • Monty Mole • Moving Bar • Mr. Blizzard • Mr. I. • Piranha Flower • Piranha Plant • Podoboo • Pokey • Scuttle Bug • Skeeter • Small Koopa Troopa • Small Piranha • Snufit • Spindel • Spindrift • Spiny • Spiny bomb • Sushi • Swoop • Thwomp • Tox Box • Unagi • Unshelled Koopa • Whomp
Obstacles Casket • Cold water • Current • Endless stairs • Falling pillar • Fire bar • Fireball • Flamethrower • Hidden smasher • Ice • Ice block • Iron ball • Lava • Moving sand • Pendulum • Pit • Quicksand • Rolling rock • Slide Box • Spiked orb • Strange toxic cloud • Tornado • Turtle Cannon • Water bomb • Water tide • Whirlpool • Wind
Bosses Big Bob-omb • Whomp King • Bowser • Big Boo • Big Mr. I. • Big Bully • Eyerok • Chill Bully • Wiggler • Goombossc • King Booc • Chief Chillyc
Items and power-ups 1-UP Mushroom • Blue Coin • Bubble • Crate • Crazed Crate • Jumbo Star • Key • Koopa Shell • Luigi Keyc • Luigi's capc • Mario's cap • Mario's Keyc • Metal Capa • Mushroomc • Power Flowerc • Power Star • Red Coin • Silver Starc • Spinning Heart • Vanish Capa • Wario Keyc • Wario's capc • Wing Capa • Wingsc • Yellow Coin • Yoshi Eggc
Objects ★ door • Accordion-like platform • Arrow Lift • Arrow Sign • Big Star Door • Block • Blue Coin Block • Brick pillar • Bubble ring • Butterfly • Cannon • Cap Block • Cap Switch • Cloud House • Conveyor belt • Crystal Tap • Drawbridge • Falling Block • Fish • Flipping block • Gondola • Ice sculpture • Key Door • Lift • Log • Magic carpet • Merry-go-round • Metal crate • Minute hand • Mushroom • Paddle wheel • Painting • Pole • Purple Switch • Puzzle • Pyramid platform • Rainbow Cruiser • Rotating bar • Rotating bridge • Rotating disc • Secret • Seesaw • Semi-visible block • Shrinker Pipe • Sign • Square • Stake • Star Marker • Star Spherec • Star Switch c • Swing • Tapering platform • Track • Treasure Chest • Tree • Volcano • Warp pipe • Warp Point • Wire net • Wired platform • Wobbly platform • Wooden beam • Work Elevator • Yellow block
Locations First floor and mezzanine Bob-omb Battlefield • Whomp's Fortress • Jolly Roger Bay • Cool, Cool Mountain • Bowser in the Dark World • The Princess's Secret Slide • The Secret Aquarium • Tower of the Wing Cap • Sunshine Islesc • Goomboss Battlec
Basement and courtyard Big Boo's Haunt • Hazy Maze Cave • Lethal Lava Land • Shifting Sand Land • Dire, Dire Docks • Bowser in the Fire Sea • Cavern of the Metal Cap/Behind the Waterfall • Vanish Cap Under the Moat/The Secret Under the Moat • Big Boo Battlec • Battle Fortc
Upper floors and tower Snowman's Land • Wet-Dry World • Tall, Tall Mountain • Tiny-Huge Island • Tick Tock Clock • Rainbow Ride • Bowser in the Sky • Wing Mario Over the Rainbow/Over the Rainbows • Chief Chilly Challengec
Other Castle Grounds • Mushroom Castle • Princess's room • Courtyard • Rec Roomc • Switching roomsc
Moves Backward Somersault • Crawl • Crouch • Dive • Double Jump • Egg Throwc • Flutter Kickc • Fly • Jump • Kick • Long Jump • Pound the Ground • Punch • Scuttlec • Side Somersault • Slide • Slide Kick • Spin Jump • Stomp • Swallowc • Sweep Kick • Swim • Swing and Flingc • Triple Jump • Wall Kick
Gameplay elements Completion • Letter • Mario's face • Missions • Power Meter • Switch Cap Course
Minigamesc Luigi Lucky Stars • Mario Slot • Memory Master • Memory Match • Mushroom Roulette • Pair-a-Gone • Pair-a-Gone and On • Picture Poker • Super Mario Slot
Mario Bounce and Pounce • Bounce and Trounce • Connect the Characters • Mario's Slides • Shell Smash • Shuffle Shell • Sort or 'Splode • Trampoline Terror • Trampoline Time
Wario Bingo Ball • Bob-omb Squad • Coincentration • Giant Snowball Slalom • Intense Coincentration • Lakitu Launch • Psyche Out! • Slots Shot • Snowball Slalom
Yoshi Boom Box • Hide and Boo Seek • Loves Me...? • Mix-a-Mug • Puzzle Panel • Puzzle Panic • Tox Box Shuffle • Wanted! • Which Wiggler?
Musical compositions "Super Mario 64 Main Theme" • "Slider" • "Peach's Castle" • "Bowser's Road" • "Bowser's Theme"
Further info Ask Uncle Tusk • Gallery (DS) • Glitches (DS) • Media (DS) • Original soundtrack • Pre-release and unused content (DS) • Quotes • Staff (DS)
a Exclusive to Super Mario 64
b Present in both games, but has different roles in each
c Exclusive to Super Mario 64 DS
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