Gray P Switch

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Gray P Switch
A Gray P Switch in Super Mario World Gray P-Switch
Gray P Switches from Super Mario World (left) and Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2 (right)
First appearance Super Mario World (1990)
Latest appearance Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2 (2001)
Effect Temporarily turns onscreen enemies into Gray Coins
Variant of P Switch

Gray P Switches[1] (alternatively hypenated as Gray P-Switches)[2] are objects in Super Mario World and its Game Boy Advance remake. They appear identical to normal Switch Blocks except that they are gray with a pink base as opposed to blue with an orange base. When pressed, they turn some types of enemies into Gray Coins.

As revealed by hacking, Gray P Switches also possess the ability to transform Munchers into ordinary coins for the duration of their effect, similar to regular Switch Blocks in Super Mario Bros. 3. However, as Gray P Switches never appear in the same levels as Munchers in Super Mario World, this functionality cannot be seen in-game.

Due to a glitch, Gray P Switches act like normal P Switches after being taken through a pipe, though they retain their gray coloration.

Coincidentally, Switch Blocks in Family Computer and Nintendo Entertainment System releases of Super Mario Bros. 3 appear in a gray palette in the fortress levels. Gray P Switches themselves (albeit with gray bases) went unused in the Game Boy Advance version, however, and would have functioned like how they originally did.[3]

While no actual Gray P Switches appear in Mario Kart World, P Switches in Free Roam turn gray once their associated missions are completed.

Names in other languages[edit]

LanguageNameMeaningNote(s)Ref.
Japaneseスイッチブロック (銀色)
Suitchi Burokku (gin-iro)		Switch Block (silver-colored)[4]
GermanSilberner P-BlockSilver P-Block[5]
ItalianInterruttore P d'argentoSilver P Switch[6]
Spanish (Latin America)P-Switch GrisGray P-Switch[7]

References[edit]

  1. ^ August 1991. Nintendo Mario Mania Player's Guide. Nintendo of America (American English). Page 153 and 161.
  2. ^ September 1991. Nintendo Power Volume 28. Nintendo of America (American English). Page 23.
  3. ^ TCRF. Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3/Unused Objects#Silver P-Switch. The Cutting Room Floor. Retrieved July 31, 2021.
  4. ^ 2015. Super Mario Bros. Hyakka: Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook, Super Mario World section. Shogakukan (Japanese). Page 60.
  5. ^ Menold, Marcus, Claude M. Moyse, and Andreas G. Kämmerer, editors (1993). Der offizielle Nintendo Spieleberater "Super Mario World". Großostheim: Nintendo of Europe GmbH (German). Page 17.
  6. ^ Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia. Page 60.
  7. ^ Club Nintendo (Chile) Año 1 No. 2. Page 11.
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