Mask Gate

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Mask Gate
Mario entering a Mask Gate in World 1-1 in Super Mario Advance
Screenshot from Super Mario Advance
First appearance Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic (1987, overall)
Super Mario Bros. 2 (1988, Super Mario franchise)
Latest appearance Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition (2024)

Mask Gates[1][2][3] (or mask gates),[4] also known as masks[5] and Birdfaces,[6] are eagle-head gates that appear at the end of every level in Super Mario Bros. 2, its reissues in Super Mario All-Stars and Super Mario Advance, and its original version, Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic.

History[edit]

Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic / Super Mario Bros. 2[edit]

The end of the level mask.
The Mask Gate boss as it appears in World 7-2 of Super Mario Bros. 2
The battle against the Mask Gate of World 7-2

Mask Gates first appear in Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic, where they resemble a kabuki theater mask instead of a bird head. They are reminiscent to Phanto or the smaller masks that were replaced by Mushroom Blocks. Its design was altered to that of a bird's in its overseas localization, Super Mario Bros. 2.

In both games, Mask Gates are attached to the wall at the end of a level. A Mask Gate allows the player to move on to the next level, or to the world's boss if the current level is the last level of the world. To open a Mask Gate, the player must pick up a Crystal Ball, which is either placed out in the open or guarded by Birdo.

A living Mask Gate that acts as a boss appears in Wart's Castle, more specifically World 7-2.

The Super Mario Bros. Super Show![edit]

Mask Gate
A Mask Gate in The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!

What appears to be a Mask Gate appears in the episode "Too Hot to Handle" of The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! Although King Koopa leaps into the Mask Gate at the climax of the episode to make his getaway, it appears to be inanimate and metallic.

Nintendo Comics System[edit]

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Mask Gates make several appearances in the Nintendo Comics System's Super Mario Bros. comics, functioning much like Warp Pipes.

Super Mario-kun[edit]

A Mask Gate appears in stage 2 of volume 8 in Super Mario-kun. When Mario and Yoshi sit on some blocks inside the pyramid, a group of Shy Guys underneath them raises the blocks and tosses the two heroes inside a Mask Gate, leading them into Tryclyde's lair.

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Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese マスクゲート[7]
Masuku Gēto 		Mask Gate
仮面かめん[8]
Kamen 		Mask Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic
ゲート[9]
Gēto 		Gate
Chinese (Simplified) 老鹰嘴通道[10]
Lǎoyīng Zuǐ Tōngdào 		Eagle Beak Passageway
German Falkentor[?] Falcon Gate
Italian Testa di falco[11] Falcon's head
Maschera[12] Mask Super Mario Bros. 2
Portale[13] Portal/Gate NES Remix 2
Testa di Falco[14][15] Falcon's Head Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia
Portuguese Boca da ave[16] Bird's mouth

References[edit]

  1. ^ 1989. Super Mario Bros. 2 Inside Out, Part I. Nintendo of America (American English). Page 8 and 34.
  2. ^ 1989. Super Mario Bros. 2 Inside Out, Part II. Nintendo of America (American English). Page 32.
  3. ^ Spring 1991. NES Game Atlas. Nintendo of America (American English). Page 27.
  4. ^ Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition Egg Toss description
  5. ^ "At the end of each area, there is a mask that becomes a gate to the next area." – 1988. Super Mario Bros. 2 instruction booklet. Nintendo of America (English). Page 22.
  6. ^ Spring 2001. Nintendo Power Advance Volume 1. Nintendo of America (English). Page 39.
  7. ^ Sakai, Kazuya (Ambit), kikai, Akinori Sao, Junko Fukuda, Kunio Takayama, and Ko Nakahara (Shogakukan), editors. (October 19, 2015). 『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 70.
  8. ^ 1987. Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic instruction booklet. Nintendo (Japanese). Page 28.
  9. ^ 1994. Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten (Japanese). Page 225.
  10. ^ SMG114514 (February 27, 2017). 小神游GBA官方游戏宣传视频. Bilibili (Simplified Chinese). Retrieved June 5, 2024.
  11. ^ «Sconfiggi il boss ed entra nella Testa di falco.» – 18 July 2024. Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition. Nintendo, indieszero (Italian).
  12. ^ 1989. Super Mario Bros. 2 Libretto di Istruzioni. Oleggio Castello: Nintendo (Italian). Page 22. (Archived 27 Jan. 2024 via Mario's Castle by Alessandro "Stormkyleis" Imbesi.)
  13. ^ «Sconfiggi Strutzi e oltrepassa il portale!» – Super Mario Bros. 2, level 10-1 (25 Apr. 2014). NES Remix 2. Nintendo, indieszero (Italian).
  14. ^ Sakai, Kazuya (ambit), kikai, Akinori Sao, Junko Fukuda, Kunio Takayama, Ko Nakahara (Shogakukan), and Marco Figini, editors (2018). "Super Mario Bros. 2" in Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia. Translated by Marco Amerighi. Milan: Magazzini Salani (Italian). ISBN 889367436X. Page 70.
  15. ^ Sakai, Kazuya (ambit), kikai, Akinori Sao, Junko Fukuda, Kunio Takayama, Ko Nakahara (Shogakukan), and Marco Figini, editors (2025). "Super Mario Bros. 2" in Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia (2nd ed.). Translated by Alessandro Apreda. Milan: Magazzini Salani (Italian). ISBN 979-1259575760. Page 70.
  16. ^ «Derrote o chefão e entre na boca da ave.» – Egg Toss challenge, Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition.
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