Touchstone

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Touchstone
Touchstone Trouble in Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker
Touchstones in Touchstone Trouble in Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker
First appearance Super Mario 3D World (2013)
Latest appearance WarioWare: Get It Together! (2021)

Touchstones (also referred to as Touch Screen Platforms[1] and rainbow-colored blocks[2]) are a type of movable platform that appears in Super Mario 3D World and its campaign in Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury, as well as Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker and its ports. They can be activated by using the Wii U GamePad, the touch screen of the Nintendo Switch in handheld mode, the R Button button while using dual Joy-Con or a Pro Controller, or the SR Button button while using single Joy-Con, as all of these methods summon the touch cursor. Tapping a Touchstone with the touch cursor causes it to move to a set position until it is touched a second time or the timer expires, which makes it return to its original state.

In Super Mario 3D World and Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury, Touchstones also revert after a short time has passed. They are mainly purple and appear rarely, found only in Puffprod Peaks, Captain Toad Plays Peek-a-Boo and Captain Toad's Fiery Finale. In Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker, Touchstones can be found in various colors and shapes and are more common, making their debut in the third level, Touchstone Trouble.

Touchstones also make an appearance in WarioWare: Get It Together!, where they appear in the Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker microgame. In the microgame, the player must push one of the Touchstones to create a slope for Captain Toad to walk on, which leads to a Power Star. If the player pushes the wrong Touchstone, Captain Toad will be blocked, preventing him from obtaining the Power Star.

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Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning
Japanese タッチストーン[citation needed]
Tacchi Sutōn
タッチ床[3]
Tacchi Yuka
Touch Stone

Touch Floor

French Tactibloc
Touch Block
German Tippstein
Touch-Plattform
Tap Stone
Touch Platform
Italian Toccapietra
Toccablocco
Touch-stone
Touch-block
Spanish Toquebloque
Touch Block

References[edit]

  1. ^ Musa, Alexander, and Geson Hatchett (2013). Super Mario 3D World Prima Official Game Guide. Page 17.
  2. ^ IGN Guides (February 12, 2021). "Super Mario 3D World Walkthrough - World 2-2: Puffprod Peaks". YouTube. Retrieved August 5, 2021.
  3. ^ Sakai, Kazuya (Ambit), kikai, Akinori Sao, Junko Fukuda, Kunio Takayama, and Ko Nakahara (Shogakukan), editors (2015). "Super Mario 3D World."『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). Page 233.