High-Voltage Gauntlet

Level
High-Voltage Gauntlet
World	Petal Isles
Game	Super Mario Bros. Wonder
Difficulty	★★★★
Wonder Effect	Transforms Mario into Metal Mario
Music sample
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“This next performance is really amazing. You'll be SHOCKED at how good it is!”

—[[:Castle Bowser]], Super Mario Bros. Wonder

High-Voltage Gauntlet is a course in Petal Isles of Super Mario Bros. Wonder. It is the second level of Castle Bowser. It is unlocked after completing Missile Meg Mayhem and its own completion unlocks the level Evade the Seeker Bullet Bills!. This course houses two Wonder Seeds.

Layout

This level takes place in a dark factory. The main obstacles here are electric currents generated by Electricity blocks, which also provide the only source of light. If an enemy walks into a current, it is electrified and becomes impervious to stomp attacks or fireballs, though the electricity will dissipate after a while. The currents turn on and off at regular intervals, necessitating the player time their movements to pass when they are inactive.

The level opens with single currents, then rows of several which the player must quickly run through. Following the first Checkpoint Flag they take on more complex spiral patterns. After a large eight-directional current there is a split path. To the right is a pipe that leads to the Goal Pole, but to the left is a second Checkpoint Flag and a Zip Track that leads to the Wonder Flower.

Wonder Flower

The Wonder Flower transforms Mario into Metal Mario. In this state, the player is invincible as if they had a Super Star, and can electrify themselves by passing through a current; this lights the area and magnetises coins and Flower coins to their location. However, the player also becomes twice as heavy. The Wonder Seed is at the top of a passage of moving platforms which the player must carefully time their jumps across.

10-flower coins

• 10-flower coin 1: Shortly into the level, there is a pit with a horizontal Electricity blocks and a stack of three Takebos. The 10-flower coin is on the right side of the pit and must be reached while the current is inactive.
• 10-flower coin 2: Immediately afterward is a row of vertical Electricity blocks with the second 10-flower coin on top. The player should wall-jump up a nearby shaft to get on top of it.
• 10-flower coin 3: The Zip Track on the ceiling passes over an electric current. There is a platform in the middle of the current with the 10-flower coin.

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  First 10-flower coin

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  Second 10-flower coin

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  Third 10-flower coin

Primary power-up

• Bubble Flower

Enemies and obstacles

• Takebo
• Mecha Koopa Mk 2
• Electricity blocks

Gallery

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  The course's thumbnail

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	ビリビリループバリケード Biribiri rūpu barikēdo	Electrifying loop barricade
German	Funkeln im Dunkeln	Sparkle in the dark
Italian	Scosse e percosse ad alta tensione	Shocks and beats on high voltage
Portuguese (NOA)	Alta tensão na fortaleza eletrizante!	High-tension in the electrifying fortress!
Portuguese (NOE)	Fortaleza eletrizante	Electrifying fortress
Spanish	Entramado de barricadas eléctricas	Network of Electric Barriers