Warp Box

Not to be confused with Warp Block.

Warp Box
First appearance	Super Mario 3D Land (2011)
Latest appearance	Mario Party Superstars (2021)
Effect	Teleports the player to another area

Warp Boxes are cubic objects appearing in Super Mario 3D Land and Super Mario 3D World. Warp Boxes are orange-outlined clear boxes with exclamation marks on the sides.

History

Super Mario series

Super Mario 3D Land

Warp Boxes first appear in Super Mario 3D Land. When Mario or Luigi runs into a Warp Box, he is teleported to another Warp Box in another area, in a similar manner to Warp Pipes and Launch Stars. After the player comes out of a Warp Box, it may sometimes disappear, leaving Mario or Luigi with no way back.

In the early stages of the game, Warp Boxes were purple and some showed four diamonds as opposed to exclamation marks. However, the color was later given to Mystery Boxes.

Super Mario 3D World / Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury

Warp Boxes return in Super Mario 3D World and its port, where they work just as they did in Super Mario 3D Land. There are also Warp Boxes that are trapped inside locked metal boxes, forcing Mario to get five Key Coins to make them available. Unlike in Super Mario 3D Land, Warp Boxes have the same sound effects as Mystery Boxes. When playing with multiple players, characters that do not enter a Warp Box a few seconds after one does are automatically pulled inside.

Super Mario Maker 2

A Warp Box in the Super Mario 3D World style of Super Mario Maker 2

In Super Mario Maker 2, Warp Boxes can be placed in the Super Mario 3D World style. They function similarly to Warp Doors, although they teleport the player as soon as they come in contact with it rather than requiring to be pressed. The Koopa Troopa Car can enter Warp Boxes as well. The Warp Boxes in this game lack confetti inside them.

Locked Warp Boxes, under the name "Warp Box (With Key)" also appear, and they require a Key to open rather than five Key Coins. If the player does not have a Key, they will phase through the locked Warp Box.

Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker

Warp Boxes return in Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker and its Nintendo Switch and Nintendo 3DS ports, appearing in Clear Pipe Cruise (Wii U version only), Chaos in the Grand Labyrinth (Nintendo Switch version only), Mummy-Me Maze Forever, and the three Coins Galore bonus level variants.

Mario Party series

In Mario Party 10, when the players land on a Bowser Space, a dark-green Warp Box with Bowser's emblem on it appears and transfers the player to Bowser.

Warp Boxes appear as usable items in Mario Party: Star Rush, Mario Party: The Top 100, and Super Mario Party. In Mario Party: Star Rush and Mario Party: The Top 100, they warp the player to the space of a rival. In Super Mario Party, they appear only in the Partner Party mode, where they warp the user to the space of their teammate.

Official description from Mario Party: The Top 100

Warp Box:

Wish you could be where your rival is? This box lets you live that dream.

Gallery

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  Mario near a Warp Box in World 6-3

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  Four Warp Boxes around an Empty Block structure in World 6-3

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  Mario inside a Warp Box in World 2-Airship

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  A Warp Box as it appears in Super Mario Party

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning	Notes
Japanese	ワープボックス[?] Wāpu Bokkusu	Warp Box
Chinese (simplified)	传送箱[?] Chuánsòng Xiāng	Teleport Box
Chinese (traditional)	傳送箱 Chuánsòng Xiāng	Teleport Box
Dutch	Warpdoos[?]	Warp Box
German	Warp-Box[?]	-
Italian	Cubo teletrasporto[?]	Teleport cube
Korean	워프박스 Wopeu Bakseu	Warp Box
Portuguese (NOE)	Caixa viajante	Traveling box
Russian	Ящик-телепорт[?] Yashchik-teleport	Teleport Box
Spanish	Caja teletransporte[?]	Teletransport box