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 objects in Super Mario 3D World, Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury, and Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker (including both of its ports). These movable platforms can be activated by using the Wii U GamePad, the touchscreen 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 appear in the Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker microgame of WarioWare: Get It Together! 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 Notes
Japanese タッチストーン[citation needed]
Tatchi Sutōn
Touch Stone
タッチ床[3]
Tatchi Yuka
Touch Floor
French Tactibloc[?] Touch Block
German Tippstein[?] Tap Stone
Touch-Plattform[?] Touch Platform
Italian Toccapietra[?] Touch-stone
Toccablocco[?] Touch-block
Spanish Toquebloque[?] Touch Block

References[edit]

  1. ^ Musa, Alexander, and Geson Hatchett (November 22, 2013). Super Mario 3D World PRIMA Official Game Guide. Prima Games (American English). ISBN 978-0-804-16249-4. Page 17.
  2. ^ IGN Guides (February 12, 2021). Super Mario 3D World Walkthrough - World 2-2: Puffprod Peaks (0:22). YouTube (American English). Retrieved July 7, 2024.
  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). ISBN 978-4-09-106569-8. Page 233.