Tube Mode

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Tube Mode
Tube Mode
Applies to Mario
Power(s) given Turn into a wheel; roll across small passageways
First appearance Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (2004)
Latest appearance Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch) (2024)
Mario using the Tube Mode in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door.
Mario using Tube Mode to go under a machine in Riverside Station.

Tube Mode is one of Mario's transformations seen in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, and the third one obtained. Like all of his other origami-themed forms, it is granted to him in the form of a "curse" from one of the Black Chest Demons in Twilight Trail.

Tube Mode allows Mario to twist his body into a wheel, allowing him to roll across the ground. It can be activated by holding R Button and rotating the control stick, with Mario returning to normal once B Button is pressed. While in Tube Mode, Mario moves much faster and turns smoother, and cannot use his hammer, Spin Jump, Spring Jump, or use partner abilities.

Like all other "cursed" forms in the game, there is a minigame in the Pianta Parlor that utilizes this move.

Names in other languages[edit]

Mario using Tube Mode on Twilight Trail in the Nintendo Switch version of Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door.
Language Name Meaning Note(s) Ref.
Japanese ロールモード
Rōru Mōdo
Roll Mode [?]
Chinese (Simplified) 卷筒模式
Juǎntǒng Móshì
Roll Mode [?]
Chinese (Traditional) 捲筒模式
Juǎntǒng Móshì
Roll Mode [?]
French Mode rouleau Roll mode [?]
German Rollmodus Roll mode [?]
Italian Modalità rotolino Roll mode [?]
Korean 롤모드
Rol Modeu
Roll Mode [?]
Spanish Rollo de papel Paper roll [?]

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