User:ToxBoxity64/sandbox
- Not to be confused with Toy Box.
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| First appearance | Super Mario 64 (1996) | ||
| Latest appearance | Super Mario 3D All-Stars (2020) | ||
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Tox Boxes are giant, box-like enemies first appearing in Super Mario 64. A relative of the Thwomp, they roll back and forth along a set path, crushing Mario if he stands in the way unless their opening rolls on top of him. Tox Boxes appear as red industrial metal boxes with spray-painted faces in Super Mario 64 and Super Mario 64 DS, but were redesigned for Super Mario Galaxy and later games to feature characteristics of both Thwomps and the Japanese oni.
History
Super Mario series
Super Mario 64 / Super Mario 64 DS
In Super Mario 64 and Super Mario 64 DS, Tox Boxes are exclusively found on a small tiled maze surrounded by quicksand in Shifting Sand Land, where they roll along a set path. If Mario gets crushed by a Tox Box's side, he loses three wedges of health. As the enemies take up the entire space of the tile they are on, Mario must maneuver past them carefully to avoid being crushed or falling into the quicksand, the latter of which will cause him to lose a life.
While Tox Boxes cannot be defeated in the original Super Mario 64, Wario can defeat them in Super Mario 64 DS if he punches or jumps while inside them. Tox Boxes also appear in the Super Mario 64 DS minigame Tox Box Shuffle, where three of them each hide a Green or Light Blue Yoshi and the player must guess which Tox Box it is in. In the main game, they no longer have noses and the smiling face now has "happy" eyebrows, but in Tox Box Shuffle, they use the original model as the basis for their sprites and as such have the noses and angry brows.
Super Mario Galaxy
Tox Boxes reappear in Super Mario Galaxy. These redesigned boxes usually appear alongside Thwomps. They appear only in the Beach Bowl Galaxy and the Toy Time Galaxy. In both galaxies, they appear on small pathways, much as they did in Shifting Sand Land.
Unlike the Tox Boxes in Super Mario 64, these ones resemble Thwomps; instead of having the faces spray-painted on, they are carved in two subtly different ways which match on opposite ends, both resembling a Thwomp's face and appearing as a different face depending on which side is upward. These Tox Boxes also lack a face on the side opposite the hole. The hole itself has also been expanded quite a bit, and is colored in red to resemble a mouth. They cannot be defeated like in the original Super Mario 64, and Mario or Luigi loses a life if he gets crushed.
Appearances
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Super Mario Galaxy 2
In Super Mario Galaxy 2, Tox Boxes reappear; they are found exclusively in the Stone Cyclone Galaxy, which is a remake of the Cyclone Stone in Super Mario Galaxy, but they move faster than they did in the previous game. By using the various blue switches found in the galaxy, the Tox Boxes, along with the other obstacles in the galaxy, drastically slow down.
Appearances
- marks missions where they are completely absent.
- marks missions where they are loaded and may be visible, but cannot be encountered directly.
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| World S | Stone Cyclone Galaxy |  |
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Super Mario-kun
A Tox Box makes an appearance in volume 16 of Super Mario-kun as an obstacle against Mario's path to retrieve his lost hat from Klepto. Mario tries using a ! Block to combat against the Tox Box, but is still crushed. In the manga, the Tox Box is able to smash Mario, even on the safe side.
Mario Party: Island Tour
Tox Boxes, taking on their Super Mario Galaxy design, appear in Mario Party: Island Tour; they appear exclusively in the minigame Hide 'n' Splat, where they try to squish the players while becoming gradually faster as the time limit decreases. These Tox Boxes move randomly rather than following a preset path.
Profiles
Super Mario Galaxy
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Tox Box | Enemy | High above the penguin-filled beaches in the Beach Bowl Galaxy, a Launch Star has catapulted Mario onto the Cyclone Stone where he must avoid the attack of the Tox Boxes. These huge metal boxes rumble along their own pathways crushing anything in their path. To avoid being squashed, Mario can run under the enemy's one open side and wait in its hollow center until it rolls ahead on its path. |
Gallery
Model from Super Mario 64
Texture from Super Mario 64
Texture from Super Mario 64
Texture from Super Mario 64
Screenshot from Super Mario 64 DS
A grounded Tox Box in Super Mario 64 DS
Sprite from Super Mario 64 DS (Tox Box Shuffle)
Sprite from Super Mario 64 DS (Tox Box Shuffle)
Model from Super Mario Galaxy
Tox Boxes in Super Mario Galaxy 2
Naming
Internal names
| Game | File | Name | Meaning
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| Super Mario 64 DS | ONIMASU | ONIMASU | See below |
| Super Mario Galaxy Super Mario Galaxy 2 |
ObjectData/Onimasu.arc |
Onimasu |
Names in other languages
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
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| Japanese | オニマスクン[1] Onimasukun |
Portmanteau of「鬼」(oni) and「枡」(masu, measuring box) or possibly "mask" followed by the Japanese honorific「~くん」(-kun) | Super Mario 64 |
| オニマスドン[2][3] Onimasudon |
Portmanteau of「鬼」(oni) and「枡」(masu, measuring box) or possibly "mask" followed by「ドン」(don, Japanese onomatopoeia for colliding noise) | Super Mario Galaxy and Super Mario Galaxy 2 | |
| オニマス Onimasu |
Portmanteau of「鬼」(oni) and「枡」(masu, measuring box) or possibly "mask" | Super Mario Galaxy 2, in-game mission name | |
| Chinese (simplified) | 鬼面 Gǔi Miàn |
"Oni" Face | |
| Dutch | Tox Box | - | |
| French (NOA) | Cubrik | Contraction of cube Rubik ("Rubik's Cube") | |
| French (NOE) | Blotoc | Likely a contraction of bloc ("block") and the first syllable of toxique ("toxic") | |
| German | Cubus Hohlicus[4] | From cubus (Latin word for "cube") and the pseudo-Latin form of German word hohl ("hollow") | Super Mario 64 |
| Tox-Box | - | ||
| Italian | Don Box | Don (honorific prefix) Box | |
| Pietra rotolante[5] | Rolling stone | ||
| Macigno rotante[6] | Rotating boulder | ||
| Korean | 되도깨비 Doedokkaebi |
From "되" (doe, Korean unit of volume equivalent to about 1.8 L) and "도깨비" (dokkaebi, also known as "Korean goblin") | |
| Portuguese | Caixa Tox | Tox Box | |
| Russian | Мистер Ящик Mister Yashchik |
From "mister" and ящик (yaschik, "box") | |
| Spanish (NOA) | Don Cajuelo | Honorific prefix + masculine form of cajuela ("trunk") | |
| Spanish (NOE) | Cajuelo | Masculine form of cajuela ("trunk") |
Notes
- Shigeru Miyamoto regards the Tox Box as one of his best designs and a "masterpiece," stating Tox Boxes embody his game design philosophy of making gameplay mechanics clear and quickly understood at a first glance.[7]
- In Super Mario 64 Long-jumping into the side of a Tox Box's face that is above quicksand, off the side of the track, makes Mario lose a life instantly, playing the animation as if he has just fallen into the quicksand.[8]
- What happens to a Tox Box upon defeat in Super Mario 64 DS depends on where it lands; it will sink in darker quicksand, break upon impact with a metal platform, or remain idle in normal sand.
- During the second phase of his battle in Mario Party DS, Blockhead Bowser moves like a Tox Box.
References
- ^ 2015. Super Mario Bros. Hyakka: Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook, Super Mario 64 section. Shogakukan. Page 85.
- ^ 2015. Super Mario Bros. Hyakka: Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook, Super Mario Galaxy section. Shogakukan. Page 127.
- ^ 2015. Super Mario Bros. Hyakka: Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook, Super Mario Galaxy 2 section. Shogakukan. Page 159.
- ^ Kraft, John D.; Görg, Thomas; Hein, Marko (editors) (1997). Der offizielle Nintendo 64 Spieleberater "Super Mario 64". Großostheim: Nintendo of Europe GmbH (German). Page 6.
- ^ Super Mario Galaxy PRIMA Guide. Page 135 and 136.
- ^ Super Mario Galaxy PRIMA Guide. Page 246.
- ^ "Miyamoto sees the Tox Box, a cube that is constantly moving to crush Mario but has a hole on one side he can safely hide in, as one of his best designs. When the hole is on your side, Mario can just get into the cube and you’re safe, but if he doesn’t, you get squashed. And it’s easy to see. It’s very clear and understandable. It’s also easy to predict, he says, smiling. But once you actually start thinking about it, then it becomes complicated. Once you start trying to put that into action, it becomes complicated. I feel like that is probably one of my masterpieces." – Goldfarb, Andrew (June 27, 2017). E3 2017: Shigeru Miyamoto and the Legacy of Mario. Retrieved June 28, 2017.
- ^ May 15, 2019. Supper Mario Broth.
| Thwomps | ||
|---|---|---|
| Characters | Dossunmengyo • Gattai monster • Head Thwomp • Mr. Thwomp • Mrs. Thwomp • Sphinx Zō • Super Dossun • Thwomp Bros. • Thwomp Elevator • Waruiwa-gumi (leader) | |
| Species | Grindels | Grindel • Spindel |
| Pouncers | Omodon • Pouncer | |
| Miscellaneous | Big Thwomp • Bone Thwomp • Karamenbo • Kongā • Mega Thwomp • Mihari • Shoomp • Sniffle Thwomp • Star Thwomp • Stone Elevator • Tail Thwomp • Thwimp • Thwomp • Thwomp Platform | |
| Relatives | Grrrols | Grrrol • Mega Grrrol |
| Ka-thunks | Ka-thunk • King Ka-thunk | |
| Konks | Konk • Wonder Konk | |
| Spiny Tromps | Spiky Tromp • Spiny Tromp | |
| Thwacks | Thwack • Thwack Totem • Wonder Thwack | |
| Wallops | Wallop • Walleye | |
| Whomps | Big Whomp • Whimp • Whomp • Whomp King | |
| Other | Bomp • Flomp • Grumblump • Rhomp • Stairface Ogre • Stone-Eye • Tox Box • Walking Block | |
