List of power-ups

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Template:Articleabout Power-Ups give special abilities to the character receiving the power-up. Most of the abilities include changing the character's size and giving them the ability to fly. Below is a list of the different power-ups found in the game of their first appearance.

Super Mario Bros.

Image Item Effect
File:SMB Supermushroom.svg Super Mushroom Makes Small Mario or Small Luigi grow to their normal size, allowing them to break bricks.
File:SMBFireFlower.gif Fire Flower Lets Mario or Luigi throw fireballs.
A Starman from Super Mario Bros. Star Makes Mario or Luigi temporarily invincible, but it only lasts a short time.

Super Mario Bros. 3

Image Item Effect
File:SuperLeaf SMB3.png Super Leaf Gives Mario or Luigi the ability of flight and a tail attack.
The Frog Suit. Frog Suit Allows Mario or Luigi to swim faster in any direction, and allows them to jump higher.
The Tanooki Suit. Tanooki Suit Allows Mario or Luigi to fly, turn into an invulnerable statue for brief periods, and a tail attack.
The Hammer Suit. Hammer Suit Allows Mario or Luigi to throw hammers, which do more damage than fire balls.
P-Wing P-Wing Similar to the Super Leaf, but allows Mario or Luigi to fly for the entire level. Taking damage or finishing the level ends the P-Wing's effect.
File:Kuribo Shoe.png Goomba's Shoe (also known as Kuribo's Shoe) Allows Mario or Luigi to walk on spikes and jump higher.

Super Mario Land

Image Item Effect
File:SuperFlowerPower-Up.png Flower Allows Mario to toss superballs. These bounce at 45 degree angles and can collect coins.

Super Mario World

Image Item Effect
File:Feather.PNG Cape Feather Slows Mario or Luigi's descent from the air, can fly, damages enemies around while Spin Jumping.
File:P-Balloon SMW.PNG P-Balloon Temporarily inflates Mario or Luigi, allowing him to float.

Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins

Image Item Effect
Carrot sprite from Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins. Carrot Slows Mario's descent from the air super duper slowly, can hop continuously.

Super Mario 64

Image Item Effect
File:WingCapSM64.PNG Wing Cap Temporary flight for a long time.
File:SM64 VanishCap.JPG Vanish Cap Temporarily allows Mario to walk through enemies and link fences. Intangible.
File:MetalCap.jpg Metal Cap Temporary invulnerability, and ability to sink in water and barely jump higher. Has been known to be vulnerable to fall damage.

Super Mario 64 DS

Image Item Effect
File:Power Flower.PNG Power Flower Works as a P-Balloon for Mario, Vanish Cap for Luigi, and a Metal Cap for Wario, and gives Yoshi fire-breath.

Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time

Image Item Effect
File:IceFlower.PNG Ice Flower Allows Mario and Luigi to throw ice balls.
CopyFlower.png Copy Flower Creates clones of the Mario Bros. and baby Mario Bros.
Mix Flower Mix Flower Allows all the bros. to throw fireballs to form a giant one.

New Super Mario Bros.

Image Item Effect
NSMB Blueshell.png Blue Koopa Shell Lets Mario or Luigi slide as a shell, or hide to become invulnerable (to certain things), and swim faster.
MinShroomNSMB.png Mini Mushroom Turns Mario or Luigi into Mini Mario or Mini Luigi and makes him tiny and light to jump higher and enter thin and mini pipes.
New Super Mario Bros. Mega Mushroom Makes Mario or Luigi temporarily gigantic, invincible and super-strong to destroy anything.

Super Paper Mario

Image Item Effect
File:SpeedFlower SPM.png Speed Flower Temporarily speeds up time; triples value of coins and points.
File:SlowFlower SPM.png Slow Flower Temporarily slows down time; triples value of coins and points.

Super Mario Galaxy

Image Item Effect
Bee Suit Bee Mushroom Allows Mario and Luigi to fly for a short time and stick to honeycombs.
File:SMG BooSuit.jpg Boo Mushroom Allows Mario and Luigi to hover and become transparent.
Spring Mushroom Spring Mushroom Gives Mario and Luigi the power to jump higher.
A Flying Star from Super Mario Galaxy. Red Star Allows Mario and Luigi to fly.
Rainbow Star Rainbow Star Makes Mario and Luigi temporarily invincible for a short time like a Star.

New Super Mario Bros. Wii

Image Item Effect
File:Propeller Mushroom.png Propeller Mushroom Allows Mario, Luigi or the Toads to fly through the air and drill into the ground.
A Penguin Suit Penguin Suit Allows Mario, Luigi or the Toads to slide on their belly, throw iceballs, and swim more freely (comparable to the Frog Suit). The character also has webbed feet so they don't slide when they're on ice.

Super Mario Galaxy 2

Image Item Effect
SMG2 Cloudflower.png Cloud Flower Mario or Luigi transforms into Cloud Mario or Cloud Luigi, enabling him to create 3 cloud platforms.
File:SMG2 RockMushroom.JPG Rock Mushroom Mario or Luigi can turn into Rock Mario or Rock Luigi, which can destroy enemies and objects when rolling.
File:Transform nav dash active.png Dash Pepper Yoshi turns into Dash Yoshi, temporarily causing him to dash at very high speeds.
File:Transform nav balloon active.png Blimp Fruit Yoshi turns into Blimp Yoshi, temporarily causing him to puff up and float.
File:Transform nav light active.png Bulb Berry Yoshi turns into Bulb Yoshi, temporarily allowing him to reveal and stand on platforms that otherwise would not be there.

Super Mario 3D Land

Image Item Effect
File:BoomerangFlower-SM3DL (transparency).png Boomerang Flower Mario or Luigi transform into Boomerang Mario or Boomerang Luigi, enabling them to throw a boomerang at enemies. The boomerang can also collect coins and activate Checkpoint Flags.
Statueleaf.png Statue Leaf Mario or Luigi are given the ability to float for a short time, turn into Statue Mario or Statue Luigi, and tail attack.
Artwork of an Invincibility Leaf from New Super Mario Bros. 2 Invincibility Leaf Mario or Luigi transform into White Tanooki Mario or White Tanooki Luigi, which grant them all the powers of the Super Leaf as well as unlimited invincibility.

New Super Mario Bros. 2

Image Item Effect
Gold Flower artwork for New Super Mario Bros. 2 Gold Flower Allows Mario to launch golden fireballs, which explode with a small blast radius and transform any enemy or block they hit into coins.

New Super Mario Bros. U

Image Item Effect
File:WiiU NewMarioU 4 item01 E3.png Super Acorn Turns Mario into Flying Squirrel Mario, allowing him to glide, cling to walls and make a secondary jump.
File:P-acornitem.png P-Acorn Mario is given the abillity to fly through an entire level.

Super Mario 3D World

Image Item Effect
File:Gold Bell Artwork - Super Mario 3D World.png Cat Bell Turns Mario into Cat Mario, allowing him to climb up walls, reach the top of a flagpole at the end of a level, run faster and perform special attacks.