Double Cherry

The Double Cherry is an item first appearing in Super Mario 3D World. These cherries are found floating just above the ground or inside ? Blocks, they can also be found in crates.

When characters grab this item, a replica of them appears. The clones keep the original characters' state (for example, Fire Mario gets a clone), and moves identically to them. The clones can be used to activate certain switches and platforms. There can be up to five clones at one time. If players hit ? Blocks which contain Double Cherries when five doubles exist, a Coin will come out instead. The clones disintegrate if harmed or they all disappear when the player grabs the Goal Pole and the player will be awarded with points. The players can also ground pound on other players to steal their double power.

Trivia

 * The Double Cherry is actually a mistake by a staff member with the placement tool, which created two player Marios. The staff thought it was a good idea, and decided to put it in the game.
 * It appears to be inspired by the cherries from Super Mario Bros. 2.
 * The Double Cherry is the only power-up in Super Mario 3D World where the character who picks it up actually speaks, rather than making a noise, as in the case of Cat Mario.
 * The Double Cherry's function resembles Super Mario 128 since many Marios had to be controlled at once.