Touchstone
| Touchstone | |
|---|---|
 Touchstones in Touchstone Trouble in Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker | |
| First appearance | Super Mario 3D World (2013) |
| Latest appearance | WarioWare: Get It Together! (2021) |
Touchstones (also referred to as Touch Screen Platforms[1] and rainbow-colored blocks[2]) are objects in Super Mario 3D World, its port, and Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker (including both of its ports). These movable platforms can be activated by using the Wii U GamePad, the touch screen of the Nintendo Switch in handheld mode, the 
button while using dual Joy-Con or a Pro Controller, or the 
button while using single Joy-Con, as all of these methods summon the touch cursor. Tapping a Touchstone with the touch cursor causes it to move to a set position until it is touched a second time or the timer expires, which makes it return to its original state.
In Super Mario 3D World and Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury, Touchstones also revert after a short time has passed. They are mainly purple and appear rarely, found only in Puffprod Peaks, Captain Toad Plays Peek-a-Boo and Captain Toad's Fiery Finale. In Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker, Touchstones can be found in various colors and shapes and are more common, making their debut in the third level, Touchstone Trouble.
Touchstones appear in the Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker microgame of WarioWare: Get It Together!. In the microgame, the player must push one of the Touchstones to create a slope for Captain Toad to walk on, which leads to a Power Star. If the player pushes the wrong Touchstone, Captain Toad will be blocked, preventing him from obtaining the Power Star.
Gallery
A set of Touchstones in Super Mario 3D World
A Touchstone Platform that forms a wall in Super Mario 3D World
Touchstones in WarioWare: Get It Together!
Names in other languages
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese | タッチストーン[citation needed] Tacchi Sutōn |
Touch Stone | |
| タッチ床[3] Tacchi Yuka |
Touch Floor | ||
| French | Tactibloc[?] | Touch Block | |
| German | Tippstein[?] | Tap Stone | |
| Touch-Plattform[?] | Touch Platform | ||
| Italian | Toccapietra[?] | Touch-stone | |
| Toccablocco[?] | Touch-block | ||
| Spanish | Toquebloque[?] | Touch Block |
References
- ^ Musa, Alexander, and Geson Hatchett (November 22, 2013). Super Mario 3D World PRIMA Official Game Guide. Prima Games (American English). ISBN 978-0-804-16249-4. Page 17.
- ^ IGN Guides (February 12, 2021). Super Mario 3D World Walkthrough - World 2-2: Puffprod Peaks (0:22). YouTube (American English). Retrieved July 7, 2024.
- ^ Sakai, Kazuya (Ambit), kikai, Akinori Sao, Junko Fukuda, Kunio Takayama, and Ko Nakahara (Shogakukan), editors (2015). "Super Mario 3D World."『スーパーマリオブラザーズ百科: 任天堂公式ガイドブック』. Tokyo: Shogakukan (Japanese). ISBN 978-4-09-106569-8. Page 233.
