Editing Tanooki Suit

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|effect=Turns [[Mario]] into [[Tanooki Mario]].
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The '''Tanooki Suit''' is a fairly uncommon item found in ''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]'' and its subsequent remakes. It transforms [[Mario]] or [[Luigi]] into [[Tanooki Mario|Tanooki Mario or Tanooki Luigi]], respectively. The suit grants the same abilities as the [[Super Leaf]], with the added ability of [[Statue Mario|turning into a statue]] when the player holds down on the {{button|nes|Pad}} and presses {{button|nes|B}} at the same time. The statue ability can be used offensively if you transform in midair and drop on enemies. Such a tactic can defeat some normally unbeatable foes. Also, within some e-Reader levels, such as [[Tanuki Suit no Himitsu]], the Tanooki Suit is revealed to be able to reveal [[Vanishing Block|certain blocks]] and break [[Grey Brick Block|some others]] when in statue form. It can first be found in [[Giant Land|World 4]]. The Tanooki Suit can be combined with the [[P-Wing]].

While Tanooki Mario returns in ''[[Super Mario 3D Land]]'', the Tanooki Suit doesn't. <ref>http://www.1up.com/news/super-mario-3ds-combines-galaxy-mario-64-e3</ref> Instead, Mario must obtain a Super Leaf to transform into Tanooki Mario. Tanooki Mario is only able to whip enemies with his tail and [[scuttle]] to jump longer. Statue Mario also reappears, but only after Mario or Luigi grabs a [[Statue Leaf]], which is only in the Special Worlds. If the player loses five lives on an uncompleted course (only in the first eight worlds), the [[Invincibility Leaf]] will be introduced, turning Mario into [[White Tanooki Mario]], which adds invincibility that only lasts the entire level, though the player cannot receive 1-Ups.

In the ending and Special Worlds of ''Super Mario 3D Land'', Toads use the Super Leaves to become Tanooki Toads, wearing scarves, and in the last letter of the game, Peach was shown wearing a Tanooki Suit for the first time. Presumably, she ended up gaining it completely by accident, due to her and the Toads' (themselves in Tanooki Suits) surprise at her new Tanooki-style dress.

In ''[[Super Mario 3D World]]'', the normal and White Tanooki forms return again, working as they did in its handheld predecessor. Tanooki Mario's ears and belly are lighter-colored, Toad lacks a scarf, and Peach's suit is darker-colored and has puffy shorts and darker legs, instead of its ''3D Land'' design. [[Rosalina]]'s Tanooki Suit is the same as Peach's, though with darker arms and shorter gloves. Peach retains her hover in Tanooki form, and can use the form's glide afterwards.

Tanooki suits are named after [[wikipedia:Tanuki|tanuki]]s, Japanese creatures who, according to mythology, can use leaves to shape-shift and cause chaos.

The Tanooki Suit was prominently featured in a [[Nintendo Comics System]] story titled "[[Tanooki Suits Me]]"; according to this story, the suit was one of many magical suits made by a tailor named [[List of Implied Characters#Tanooki|Tanooki]] whose trademark was to sew a tail on the back of each one. It is revealed in this comic that Mario turns into a statue by pressing a button on the front of the suit, and changes back by wishing to return to human form.
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==Controversy==
{{main|List of Mario-related controversies#Mario Kills Tanooki}}
After the release of ''Super Mario 3D Land'', PETA made a website and game to promote their anti-fur campaign ("Mario Kills Tanooki") with regard to the live skinning of raccoon dogs or tanukis. The site implied that ''Super Mario 3D Land'' was promoting the use of animal furs as clothing. This resulted in strong backlash from Nintendo and their fans. A spokesperson from PETA later claimed their allegations were "tongue-in-cheek" and "a fun way to call attention to a serious issue, that raccoon dogs are skinned alive for their fur." This campaign received a lot of negative comments.

PETA even went so far as to create their own Mario-based browser game entitled "Super Tanooki Skin 2D". The game stars the character of [[Tanooki]], a skinless animal who is chasing Mario to get his skin back. The game has the player dodge obstacles in order to catch up to the famous plumber, who is flying ahead of Tanooki, wearing his skin which is dripping with blood. When the player wins the game, a message pops up that reads, "!@#$ you Mario! The skin belongs to an animal!"

==Names in other languages==
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|Jap=タヌキスーツ
|JapR=Tanuki sūtsu
|JapM=Tanooki Suit
|Ita=Abito Tanooki
|ItaM= -
|Spa=Traje de Tanooki
|SpaM=Tanooki Suit
|Fra=Costume de Tanuki
|FraM=Tanuki Costume
|Ger=Waschbär-Anzug
|GerM=Raccoon Suit}}

==Trivia==
*In ''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]'', if [[Mario]] or [[Luigi]] defeats a [[Koopaling]] while wearing a Tanooki Suit, the restored [[Kings|king]] will say, "Thank you, kind raccoon. Please tell me your name."
*In [[Nintendo Monopoly]], there is a [[Coin Block]]/[[Brick Block]] card that charges the player $50 for a new suit. The artwork depicts Mario wearing a Tanooki Suit.
*In the graphic novel [[wikipedia: Scott Pilgrim's Finest Hour|Scott Pilgrim's Finest Hour]], during one of Scott's flashbacks of dating one of his ex-girlfriends, he is wearing a Tanooki Suit.
*In ''[[Super Paper Mario]]'', [[Francis]] wants a Tanooki Suit that is made out of real Tanooki fur.

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-|effect=Turns [[Mario]]/[[Luigi]] into [[Tanooki Mario]]/Tanooki Luigi.
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+|description=A [[Tanooki]]-like suit.
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-{{quote|Thank you, kind raccoon. Please tell me your name.|Kings|Super Mario Bros. 3}}
-The '''Tanooki Suit''', or '''Tanooki Costume''',<ref>Hodgson, David S J. ''Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3'' Prima's Official Strategy Guide. Page 58.</ref> is a fairly uncommon item found in ''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]'' and its subsequent remakes in ''[[Super Mario All-Stars]]'' and ''[[Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3]]'' that transforms [[Mario]] into [[Tanooki Mario]]. It is based on ''{{wp|bake-danuki}}'', Japanese mythological creatures inspired by {{wp|Japanese raccoon dog}}s (''tanuki'') who can use leaves to shape-shift and cause chaos. The suit is an add-on to the [[Raccoon Mario|Raccoon form]] that allows Mario or [[Luigi]] to temporarily turn into a [[Statue Mario|statue]] and become immune to enemies and obstacles, in addition to [[fly]]ing and attacking enemies with tail swipes.
-According to [[Shigeru Miyamoto]] in the ''Super Mario Bros. 3'' entry of the 25th Anniversary ''Super Mario History Booklet'', he was aware that most players outside Japan would be overall confused with the Tanooki Suit and the transformation, but he left it in because he was too excited to remove it.<ref>''Super Mario History Booklet''. Page 13.<br>'''Shigeru Miyamoto:''' "''The Tanooki Suit turns into [[Statue Mario|a statue]]! Even though I knew it wouldn't make sense to some non-Japanese players...I was so excited about it that I left it in.''"</ref>
-==History==
-===''Super Mario'' series===
-====''Super Mario Bros. 3'' / ''Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3''====
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-First found in [[World 4-5 (Super Mario Bros. 3)|World 4-5]], the suit transforms [[Mario]] or [[Luigi]] into [[Tanooki Mario|Tanooki Mario or Tanooki Luigi]], respectively. The suit grants the same abilities as the [[Super Leaf]], with the added ability of [[Statue Mario|turning into a statue]] when the player holds {{button|Paddown}} and presses {{button|nes|B}} at the same time. This briefly lets Mario hide from enemies and hazards, or stomp even more of them than he can normally if he transforms above them. Mario retains the [[P-Wing]]'s infinite flight if he grabs a Tanooki Suit while using one. Also, ''[[Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3]]'' adds new utilities to this form that are seen in several [[World-e]] levels: its Statue form can reveal [[Vanishing Block]]s (found in [[A Sky-High Adventure]]) and break [[Rock Block]]s (found in A Sky-High Adventure and [[Puzzling Pipe Maze]]).
-If [[Mario]] or [[Luigi]] defeats a [[Koopalings|Koopaling]] while wearing a Tanooki Suit, the restored [[Kings|king]] will say, "Thank you, kind raccoon. Please tell me your name."
+The '''Tanooki Suit''' is a fairly uncommon item found in ''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]'' and its subsequent remakes. It transforms [[Mario]] or [[Luigi]] into [[Tanooki Mario|Tanooki Mario or Tanooki Luigi]], respectively. The suit grants the same abilities as the [[Super Leaf]], with the added ability of [[Statue Mario|turning into a statue]] when the player holds down on the {{button|nes|Pad}} and presses {{button|nes|B}} at the same time. The statue ability can be used offensively if you transform in midair and drop on enemies. Such a tactic can defeat some normally unbeatable foes. Also, within some e-Reader levels, such as [[Tanuki Suit no Himitsu]], the Tanooki Suit is revealed to be able to reveal [[Vanishing Block|certain blocks]] and break [[Grey Brick Block|some others]] when in statue form. It can first be found in [[Giant Land|World 4]]. The Tanooki Suit can be combined with the [[P-Wing]].
-====Specifications====
+While Tanooki Mario returns in ''[[Super Mario 3D Land]]'', the Tanooki Suit doesn't. <ref>http://www.1up.com/news/super-mario-3ds-combines-galaxy-mario-64-e3</ref> Instead, Mario must obtain a Super Leaf to transform into Tanooki Mario. Tanooki Mario is only able to whip enemies with his tail and [[scuttle]] to jump longer. Statue Mario also reappears, but only after Mario or Luigi grabs a [[Statue Leaf]], which is only in the Special Worlds. If the player loses five lives on an uncompleted course (only in the first eight worlds), the [[Invincibility Leaf]] will be introduced, turning Mario into [[White Tanooki Mario]], which adds invincibility that only lasts the entire level, though the player cannot receive 1-Ups.
-While Tanooki Mario returns in ''[[Super Mario 3D Land]]'', the [[Raccoon Mario|Raccoon form]] and Tanooki Suit item do not. Instead, Super and [[Statue Leaf|Statue Leaves]] turn Mario into Tanooki Mario, though he cannot fly; the latter Leaf mimics the function of the Tanooki Suit, as it grants the Super Leaf's abilities and the Statue ability (via [[Ground Pound|ground-pounding]]), but it is available only in the Special Worlds' levels and within Deluxe [[StreetPass Gift]]s.
-In ''[[Super Mario 3D World]]'', despite Tanooki Mario's return, the Statue form and Statue Leaf are absent. The [[Lucky Bell]] debuts in its place, acting as the Tanooki Suit/Statue Leaf compared to the also newly introduced [[Super Bell]], as it lets Mario become a [[Lucky Cat Mario|lucky cat statue]] in addition to the latter Bell's abilities.
+In the ending and Special Worlds of ''Super Mario 3D Land'', Toads use the Super Leaves to become Tanooki Toads, wearing scarves, and in the last letter of the game, Peach was shown wearing a Tanooki Suit for the first time. Presumably, she ended up gaining it completely by accident, due to her and the Toads' (themselves in Tanooki Suits) surprise at her new Tanooki-style dress.
-In ''Super Mario 3D Land'', a picture of Princess Peach in a Tanooki Suit depicts her with a brown skirt. However, in her playable appearance in ''Super Mario 3D World'', her Suit's skirt is replaced by puffy shorts instead.
+In ''[[Super Mario 3D World]]'', the normal and White Tanooki forms return again, working as they did in its handheld predecessor. Tanooki Mario's ears and belly are lighter-colored, Toad lacks a scarf, and Peach's suit is darker-colored and has puffy shorts and darker legs, instead of its ''3D Land'' design. [[Rosalina]]'s Tanooki Suit is the same as Peach's, though with darker arms and shorter gloves. Peach retains her hover in Tanooki form, and can use the form's glide afterwards.
-===''Nintendo Comics System''===
+Tanooki suits are named after [[wikipedia:Tanuki|tanuki]]s, Japanese creatures who, according to mythology, can use leaves to shape-shift and cause chaos.
-The Tanooki Suit is prominently featured in a ''[[Nintendo Comics System]]'' story titled "[[Tanooki Suits Me]]"; according to this story, the suit was one of many magical suits made by a tailor named [[List of implied characters#Tanooki|Tanooki]], who would sew his trademark tails on the back of each suit. The comic reveals that Mario turns into a statue by pressing a button on the front of the suit, and changes back by wishing to return to human form.
-===Nintendo Monopoly===
+The Tanooki Suit was prominently featured in a [[Nintendo Comics System]] story titled "[[Tanooki Suits Me]]"; according to this story, the suit was one of many magical suits made by a tailor named [[List of Implied Characters#Tanooki|Tanooki]] whose trademark was to sew a tail on the back of each one. It is revealed in this comic that Mario turns into a statue by pressing a button on the front of the suit, and changes back by wishing to return to human form.
-In [[Nintendo Monopoly]], there is a [[Coin Block]]/[[Brick Block]] card that charges the player $50 for a new suit. The artwork depicts Mario wearing a Tanooki Suit.
+{{br|left}}
-===''Paper Mario'' series===
+==Controversy==
-====''Super Paper Mario''====
+{{main|List of Mario-related controversies#Mario Kills Tanooki}}
-In ''[[Super Paper Mario]]'', [[Francis]] wants a Tanooki Suit that is made out of real tanuki fur.
+After the release of ''Super Mario 3D Land'', PETA made a website and game to promote their anti-fur campaign ("Mario Kills Tanooki") with regard to the live skinning of raccoon dogs or tanukis. The site implied that ''Super Mario 3D Land'' was promoting the use of animal furs as clothing. This resulted in strong backlash from Nintendo and their fans. A spokesperson from PETA later claimed their allegations were "tongue-in-cheek" and "a fun way to call attention to a serious issue, that raccoon dogs are skinned alive for their fur." This campaign received a lot of negative comments.
-====''Paper Mario: Color Splash''====
+PETA even went so far as to create their own Mario-based browser game entitled "Super Tanooki Skin 2D". The game stars the character of [[Tanooki]], a skinless animal who is chasing Mario to get his skin back. The game has the player dodge obstacles in order to catch up to the famous plumber, who is flying ahead of Tanooki, wearing his skin which is dripping with blood. When the player wins the game, a message pops up that reads, "!@#$ you Mario! The skin belongs to an animal!"
-While the Tanooki Suit does not appear in ''[[Paper Mario: Color Splash]]'', a [[Shy Guy]] mentions it by saying: "It looks like your upper lip found a Tanooki Suit!"
-===''Minecraft''===
-In the Super Mario Mash-up of ''[[Minecraft]]'', the Chain Armor is replaced by the Tanooki Suit.
-===''Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle''===
-The [[List of weapons in Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle#Teeth of Tanooki|Teeth of Tanooki]] weapon in ''[[Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle]]'' is modeled after the Tanooki Suit.
-===''The Super Mario Bros. Movie''===
-In ''[[The Super Mario Bros. Movie]]'', the Tanooki Suit's sprite from ''Super Mario All-Stars'' can be seen on a sign at the front of the antiques store in [[Toad Town]], being listed for three coins. Mario also transforms into Tanooki Mario in the film, though like in ''Super Mario 3D Land'' and ''Super Mario 3D World'', he does so using a Super Leaf instead of a Tanooki Suit.
-==Profiles==
-===''Super Mario Bros. 3''===
-*'''Wii Virtual Console manual:''' ''Changes Mario into Tanooki Mario.''
-*'''Nintendo 3DS Virtual Console manual:''' ''Turns Mario into Tanooki Mario.''
-==Gallery==
-<gallery>
-NintendoAmerica 2013-11-27.jpg|An image macro from [[Nintendo|Nintendo of America]]'s social media accounts in which the phrase "Tanooki Suits" is used as a metonym for Nintendo 3DS systems
-</gallery>
 ==Names in other languages==
-{{foreign names
+{{foreignname
 |Jap=タヌキスーツ
-|JapR=Tanuki Sūtsu
+|JapR=Tanuki sūtsu
 |JapM=Tanooki Suit
-|Fre=Costume de Tanuki
+|Ita=Abito Tanooki
-|FreM=Tanuki Costume
+|ItaM= -
-|Ger=Waschbärenkostüm
+|Spa=Traje de Tanooki
-|GerM=Raccoon Costume
+|SpaM=Tanooki Suit
-|Ita=Abito Tanuki; Costume Tanuki
+|Fra=Costume de Tanuki
-|ItaM=Tanooki Suit/Costume
+|FraM=Tanuki Costume
-|Spa=Traje de Mapache
+|Ger=Waschbär-Anzug
-|SpaM=Raccoon Suit
+|GerM=Raccoon Suit}}
-|Swe=Tvättbjörnsdräkt
-|SweM=Raccoon Costume
+==Trivia==
-}}
+*In ''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]'', if [[Mario]] or [[Luigi]] defeats a [[Koopaling]] while wearing a Tanooki Suit, the restored [[Kings|king]] will say, "Thank you, kind raccoon. Please tell me your name."
+*In [[Nintendo Monopoly]], there is a [[Coin Block]]/[[Brick Block]] card that charges the player $50 for a new suit. The artwork depicts Mario wearing a Tanooki Suit.
+*In the graphic novel [[wikipedia: Scott Pilgrim's Finest Hour|Scott Pilgrim's Finest Hour]], during one of Scott's flashbacks of dating one of his ex-girlfriends, he is wearing a Tanooki Suit.
+*In ''[[Super Paper Mario]]'', [[Francis]] wants a Tanooki Suit that is made out of real Tanooki fur.
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+[[Category:Power-Ups that enable invincibility]]
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+[[Category:Power-Ups that enable flight]]
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