Crazed Crate

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A Crazed Crate outside Big Boo's Haunt.
A Crazed Crate in Big Boo's Haunt
Crazed Crate
A Crazed Crate in Super Mario 64 DS.

A Crazed Crate[1][2] is a block found in Super Mario 64 and Super Mario 64 DS.

A Crazed Crate is a beige box, similar in appearance to a standard Block, with the same worried face on each side of it. If Mario grabs a Crazed Crate, the box bounces around three times in the direction Mario is facing, with the plumber holding on. The jumps get progressively higher. After the last jump, the crate explodes and five Coins appear. Crazed Crates can also bounce off of walls, which will not count as one of the three bounces. Crazed Crates appear in Big Boo's Haunt, Lethal Lava Land, Shifting Sand Land, and Tall, Tall Mountain. In all levels listed, only one appears, except for Shifting Sand Land, where there are two. In Super Mario 64 DS, they appear to have sclerae.

Several Crazed Crates in Bowser Land

Many Crazed Crates (named Whomp Blocks in English) also appear in a Mario Party minigame called Box Mountain Mayhem where the player has to break all of the Blocks to get Coins; however, if they hit a Crazed Crate, the player does not get a Coin and is moved away from the blocks.

Some Crazed Crates appear as decoration on the Mario Party 2 board, Bowser Land.

Names in other languages

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese バッタブロック[3][4]
Batta burokku
Grasshopper Block
Italian Cassa Pazza[?] Crazy Crate

References

  1. ^ "Grabbing a Crazed Crate in a course like Lethal Lava Land would seem to be an insane thing to do, given that there's a good chance the crate will take you for a wild ride out into the lava." - Super Mario 64 Player's Guide, page 63.
  2. ^ "Be careful when you grab the Crazed Crate at the beginning of the course. It can take you out into the quicksand if you grab it from the wrong angle." - Super Mario 64 Player's Guide, page 69.
  3. ^ Scan of 「スーパーマリオ64完全クリアガイド」 (Super Mario 64 Kanzen Clear Guide)
  4. ^ Japanese Mario Party gameplay