Pluck Patch
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| First appearance | Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker (2014) | ||
| Latest appearance | Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker (Nintendo Switch / Nintendo 3DS) (2018) | ||
| Effect | Contains coins, power-ups, or other items | ||
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Pluck Patches[1] are patches that appear in Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker and its ports. They are small green sprouts with four leaves, loosely similar to the grass tufts of Super Mario Bros. 2, that stick out of a round hole of a yellow square base that resembles a ? Block but is much shorter. The player can press 
while Captain Toad or Toadette is near a Pluck Patch to pull it out of the ground in order to receive an item. After being plucked, the base of Pluck Patches turns brown, resembling Empty Blocks.
Mechanics[edit]
A Pluck Patch may contain a coin, a Turnip, a power-up, a Key, or a Super Gem; in the latter three cases, Pluck Patches must be pulled on three times before they are pulled from the ground. The sprout turns yellow after the first pull and red after the second pull, before returning to green as the third pull occurs. Some Pluck Patches have ten coins, which can be obtained by plucking repeatedly within a time window starting from when the Pluck Patch was pulled the first time. If the time window concludes while at least one coin remains in the Pluck Patch, the player can pluck it one more time before it turns brown. These mechanics are similar to Coin Blocks. Some Pluck Patches have eight coins; when they are plucked the coins all fall in a ring around the Pluck Patch. Some Pluck Patches provide an endless supply of Turnips. When these Pluck Patches are pulled on, the base remains yellow while the sprout does not grow out of the hole, meaning the player cannot immediately pluck them again. The Turnips from these Pluck Patches do not provide a coin when they break. After the player throws the Turnip they plucked, the sprout of the Pluck Patch will fully regrow, and the player can use the Pluck Patch again. Pluck Patches that contain a Key act similarly. The Pluck Patch's base remains yellow until the Key despawns or is used on a Key Door, with the former returning the Pluck Patch to normal and the latter making the Pluck Patch turn brown. There are Pluck Patches with Golden Mushrooms, which are normally invisible but become visible when Captain Toad either stands over them or shines his headlamp on them; they disappear after being plucked instead of turning brown.
Unlike ? Blocks, inflicting damage to a Pluck Patch does not cause the item within to come out, and neither does tapping the screen. However, an active Super Pickax pulls on Pluck Patches it hits automatically.
If Captain Toad loses enough lives in a level, an Assist Pluck Patch with an Invincibility Mushroom appears.
Profiles[edit]
Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker[edit]
- Instruction booklet description:
- English:
Pluck one to reveal all kinds of items.
- English:
Play Nintendo[edit]
- Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker Fun Quiz: "You can pull on a Pluck Patch to find Super Gems and Turnips."
Names in other languages[edit]
| Language | Name | Meaning | Note(s) | Ref. |
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| Japanese | ヒキヌケ草 Hikinuke-sō | Pull-Out Grass | [?] | |
| Dutch | Plukplant | Pluck Plant | [?] | |
| Spanish | Tirabrote | Pluck Sprout | [2] |
References[edit]
- ^ 2014. Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker digital manual. English. Page 7.
- ^ Guía Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker Spanish guide. www.guiasnintendo.com (Spanish).
