Editing Cape Mario

{{about|the form Mario takes after collecting a [[Cape Feather]]|[[Baby Mario]]'s invincibility form that has a similar appearance and is also named "Caped Mario"|[[Superstar Mario]]}}
{{form infobox
|image=[[File:SMW_CapeMario.png|200px]]
|item=[[Cape Feather]]
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario World]]'' ([[List of games by date#1990|1990]])
|latest_appearance=''[[The Super Mario Bros. Movie]]'' (2023)
|powers=Glide, [[fly]], spin, Ground Smash
|applies_to=[[Mario]], [[Luigi]], [[Toad]], [[Toadette]], [[Princess Peach|Peach]] (''[[Super Mario Adventures]]''), [[Bowser]] (''[[Super Mario-kun]]'')
}}
'''Cape Mario''', originally known as '''Caped Mario''',<ref>''Super Mario World'' English instruction booklet, page 11.</ref><ref>''Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2'' English instruction booklet, page 22.</ref> is a form of [[Mario]] and [[Luigi]] that first appeared in ''[[Super Mario World]]''.

==History==
===''Super Mario'' series===
====''Super Mario World'' / ''Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2''====
[[File:Twin Bridges.png|thumb|left|200px|The result of using a Cape Feather]]
In ''Super Mario World'', the cape form's abilities are much like [[Raccoon Mario]] before it, which in fact was [[List of Super Mario World pre-release and unused content|originally]] going to be in the game. The cape form can be obtained by getting a [[Cape Feather]]. The '''Cape''' (or '''Magic Cape''')<ref>''[[Prima Games|Playing With Super Power: Nintendo Super NES Classics eGuide]]'', ''Super Mario World'' Characters Tab.</ref> allows Mario (or Luigi) to [[fly]] indefinitely through levels and attack enemies by spinning it around (using {{button|snes|X}} or {{button|snes|Y}}).

If the player holds down either {{button|snes|A}} or {{button|snes|B}} while falling with Caped Mario, the player can float down slowly. Also, if Mario [[dash|run]]s at maximum speed and then the player presses and holds {{button|snes|A}} to [[Spin Jump|cape-spin]], Mario [[jump]]s very high, as if he were flying.

Flight is done by running until Mario spreads out his arms, then jumping while holding {{button|snes|Y}}; the initial height depends on how long {{button|snes|B}} was held. Pressing forward on {{button|snes|Pad}} mid-flight makes Mario descend and speed up, while pressing backward makes him ascend; greater descents generally lead to higher ascents. Mario can also bounce off stomp-able enemies mid-flight. If the player does a '''fast dive'''<ref name=manual>''Super Mario World'' English instruction booklet, page 16</ref> during flight and slams the ground, it causes a ground shake that instantly defeats all onscreen enemies. If Caped Mario glides more gently towards the ground, he can perform a '''Body Press'''<ref name=manual/> (also called the '''Sliding Cape Attack''').<ref>M. Arakawa. Nintendo ''Mario Mania'' Player's Guide. Page 52.</ref> If Caped Mario touches an enemy while flying, he automatically cape-spins in midair and falls, instead of taking damage. By releasing {{button|snes|Y}} and holding {{button|snes|B}}, Mario can stop flying and glide down slowly. After the Cape has attached to Mario's shoes and inflated, he can turn around by spinning mid-flight when the player presses {{button|snes|X}} if {{button|snes|Y}} is being used to fly, or vice versa. If Mario climbs a climbable object while flying, he retains the properties of flight.<ref>[https://www.suppermariobroth.com/post/633609656174067712 Supper Mario Broth]</ref>
 
In the [[Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2|GBA version]], Mario can no longer turn around mid-flight, as there is only one run button. Also, Luigi flies higher and more slowly than Mario.
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====''Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3''====
[[File:Capemario.gif|left|frame]]
[[File:SMA4 Boomerang.gif|200px|frame|Caped Mario using a [[boomerang]] in [[World 1-3 (Super Mario Bros. 3)|World 1-3]]]]
In ''[[Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3]]'', Caped Mario appears as an added form to the game, functioning similarly to its appearance in ''Super Mario World''. The form is used primarily in the [[World-e]] levels [[Sea to Sky]] and [[Caped Escape]]. It can also be used anywhere with the appropriate e-Reader card. However, unlike Raccoon or [[Tanooki Mario]]'s tail whip attacks, Caped Mario's spin attack cannot break [[Brick Block]]s.
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====''Super Mario Maker'' / ''Super Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DS''====
Cape Mario returns in ''[[Super Mario Maker]]'' and its [[Nintendo 3DS]] port, ''[[Super Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DS]]'', under its current name. It appears only in the ''Super Mario World'' style, where it functions as it did in ''Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2''. Also, knocking on a [[Warp Door]] in the ''Super Mario World'' style may cause [[Weird Mushroom (item)|Weird Mario]] to appear in this form, in one of two possible poses.

====''Super Mario Maker 2''====
Cape Mario returns in ''[[Super Mario Maker 2]]'', behaving as it did in its predecessor. Here, Luigi, [[Toad]], and [[Toadette]] can also transform into their Cape forms.

===''Super Mario World'' television series===
The Caped form appears in the [[Super Mario World (television series)|''Super Mario World'' animated series]], appearing in several episodes, such as "[[The Wheel Thing]]," "[[Send in the Clown]]," "[[King Scoopa Koopa]]," "[[The Night Before Cave Christmas]]," and "[[Rock TV]]." Mario is the only character in the show to transform into this form.

===''Super Mario Adventures''===
In the ''[[Super Mario Adventures]]'' comic, when [[Princess Peach|Princess Toadstool]] is kidnapped and taken to the Koopaling's Castle, she escapes and finds a cape in [[Wendy O. Koopa]]'s bedroom. Toadstool falls out the window, still holding the cape, and accidentally uses it. She flies across the moat when Mario flies right past her on a [[Bullet Bill]], making Toadstool lose control and crash in the forest. [[Toad]] later uses the cape to fly through the pipe he, Mario, Luigi, and Toadstool originally came from and assemble a rescue team.

===''Super Mario-kun''===
[[Bowser]] briefly uses the Caped form in volume 4 of ''[[Super Mario-kun]]''. Bowser steals and uses Mario's Cape Feather from the [[item storage|Item Stock]], transforming him into Mantle Koopa (マソトクッパ). Bowser attempts to fly and attack Mario, but he fails and crushes him.

===''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island''===
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Superstar Mario, [[Baby Mario]]'s transformation from ''[[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]'', looks very similar to Cape Mario.

===''Super Smash Bros.'' series===
[[File:Mario-Cape-Melee.png|left|thumb|100px|Mario using the cape in ''Melee'']]
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Mario is able to use the cape power-up in the [[Super Smash Bros. (series)|''Super Smash Bros.'' series]] with his Cape special move, which reflects projectiles and reverses the direction his opponents face. In ''[[Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS]]'' / ''[[Super Smash Bros. for Wii U|Wii U]]'', it can be customized to have an electric effect, or to create a gust of wind.

===''WarioWare'' series===
Cape Mario appears in two [[microgame]]s of the [[WarioWare (series)|''WarioWare'' series]]: ''[[WarioWare: D.I.Y. Showcase]]''{{'}}s [[Super Koopa (microgame)|Super Koopa]] and ''[[WarioWare Gold]]''{{'}}s [[Super Mario World (WarioWare Gold)|Super Mario World]], both of which involve the goal of having to collect coins.

===''Super Mario Party''===
In ''[[Super Mario Party]]'', a sprite of Cape Mario can be seen in [[Puzzle Hustle]].

===''Mario Kart Tour''===
In ''[[Mario Kart Tour]]'', Cape Mario makes a cameo appearance on the [[Cape Mario Hanafuda]], which uses the Cape Mario artwork from [[Mario Hanafuda]].

===''The Super Mario Bros. Movie''===
[[File:TSMBM Cape Mario Bros.jpg|thumb|Mario and Luigi against a green-screened backdrop of the Manhattan skyline, claiming they are here to save [[Brooklyn]]]]
In ''[[The Super Mario Bros. Movie]]'', briefly during the  [[Super Mario Bros. Plumbing]] commercial, Mario and Luigi wear capes while lying prone on top of stools to mimic flying.
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==Gallery==
{{main-gallery}}
<gallery>
SMW Art - Cape Mario Diving.png|''[[Super Mario World]]''
Mario and Yoshi SMW.png|''Super Mario World''
Mario Cape YoshiCookie SNES.png|''[[Yoshi's Cookie]]'' (SNES)
SMW Mario2.png|''[[Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2]]''
SMM-SMW-CapedMario.png|''[[Super Mario Maker]]''
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==See also==
*[[Raccoon Mario]]
*[[Superstar Mario]]
*[[Wing Mario]]
*[[Flying Squirrel Mario]]
*[[P Flying Squirrel Mario]]

==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jap=マントマリオ
|JapR=Manto Mario
|JapM=Mantle Mario
|ChiS=斗篷马力欧
|ChiSR=Dǒupeng Mǎlì'ōu
|ChiSM=Mantle Mario
|ChiT=斗篷瑪利歐
|ChiTR=Dǒupeng Mǎlì'ōu
|ChiTM=Mantle Mario
|Dut=Cape-Mario
|DutM=Cape Mario
|Fre=Mario cape<br>Mario-cape <small>(''Super Mario Maker'')</small>
|FreM=Cape Mario
|Ger=Cape-Mario
|GerM=Cape Mario
|Ita=Mario con la cappa
|ItaM=Mario with the cape
|PorA=Mario com Capa<ref>{{cite|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210719091730/https://datassette.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/manuais/super_mario_world_br.pdf|title=''Super Mario World'' Brazilian instruction booklet|format=PDF|page=11}}</ref>
|PorAM=Mario with Cape
|PorE=Mario Capa
|PorEM=Cape Mario
|Rus=Марио с Плащами
|RusR=Mario s Plashami
|RusM=Mario with Cape
|Rus2=Марио в плаще
|Rus2R=Mario v plashche
|Rus2M=Mario in cape
|SpaA=Mario con capa
|SpaAM=Mario with cape
|SpaE=Mario con Capa
|SpaEM=Mario with Cape
}}

==Trivia==
*In the ''[[The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!]]'' episode "[[The Mark of Zero]]," Mario and Luigi glide with their capes when dressed as [[Zero]] and Zero Plus One, respectively, similar to their later caped forms.
*According to an interview with [[Koichi Hayashida]], Cape Mario was considered for ''[[Super Mario 3D Land]]'', but [[Tanooki Mario]] was eventually chosen.<ref>Buffa, Chris (March 12, 2012). [http://www.modojo.com/features/super_mario_3d_land_interview_tanooki_suit_beat_cape_mario/ Super Mario 3D Land Interview: Tanooki Suit Beat Cape Mario]. ''Modojo''. Retrieved ''April 9, 2015''.</ref>
*There are more females than males that used this form before. The males were Mario and Luigi, while the females were Peach, Kat and Ana.

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