Small pipe
Mini Warp Pipes are tiny Warp Pipes that require the player to be tiny in order to enter. Half the size of a regular Warp Pipe, they made their debut in Super Mario Bros. 3.
History
Super Mario series
Super Mario Bros. 3 / Super Mario World
Mini Warp Pipes first appear in Super Mario Bros. 3, where they appear as decoration. They serve the same purpose in Super Mario World.
New Super Mario Bros. series
Mini Warp Pipes appear in every game of the New Super Mario Bros. series starting with New Super Mario Bros. itself, where they make their first functional appearance. They act like normal pipes, but can only be used by players in miniature form. Star Coins are often hidden inside rooms that can only be accessed via these pipes.
Super Mario Maker 2
Mini Warp Pipes reappear in Super Mario Maker 2 in the Super Mario Bros. 3 game style. They appear as ground tiles in the forest and desert themes, being green and purple respectively.
Super Paper Mario
A smaller type of Warp Pipe appears in Super Paper Mario similar to those found in New Super Mario Bros.. The player has to use Dottie to shrink Mario so he can enter them.
Super Smash Bros. series
Nonfunctional Mini Warp Pipes appear on the Yoshi's Island stage in Super Smash Bros. Melee, Super Smash Bros. Brawl, Super Smash Bros. for Wii U, and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, supporting a larger diagonal Warp Pipe. Their appearance is based on Super Mario World.
Gallery
New Super Mario Bros. (mini)
New Super Mario Bros. Wii (mini)
New Super Mario Bros. 2 (mini)
New Super Mario Bros. U (green mini)
- YellowMiniWarpPipeNSMBU.png
New Super Mario Bros. U (yellow mini)
New Super Mario Bros. U (blue mini)
- RedMiniWarpPipeNSMBU.png
New Super Mario Bros. U (red mini)
Trivia
- In New Super Mario Bros. Wii and all subsequent New Super Mario Bros. games, when a mini character enters a mini Warp Pipe, they will exit out of a normal-sized one. This is likely due to the fact that other players not in the correct form can exit the same pipe in multiplayer.
