Wing Cap

The Wing Cap is an item found in Super Mario 64. It is Mario's signature power-up in Super Mario 64, being shown on the game's box art and a majority of its merchandise. When wearing a Wing Cap, Mario becomes Wing Mario and gains the ability to fly. Mario can begin flying by performing a Triple Jump or by getting shot from a cannon. The item can only be obtained from a red ! Block. While wearing the Wing Cap, the player can hold to slow down Mario's descent, Mario also does not take any damage from falling if he was launched out of a cannon.

The Wing Cap is mostly omitted from Super Mario 64 DS, being replaced with a feather that can drop from the red ? Block. This item adds wings to the side of Mario's head. Only Mario can use the feather, which gives him identical abilities to the Wing Cap in Super Mario 64. It is not possible for Yoshi, Wario, or Luigi to acquire wings in the single player mode of the game. However, a single Wing Cap is located in one of the game's multiplayer stages; it adds wings to their cap regardless of who picks it up. In the case of Yoshi, he grows wings on his body.

Course Locations
There is also a Wing Cap on the roof of Princess Peach's Castle. When Mario earns all 120 (N64 original), or 150 (DS remake) Power Stars, a cannon allows him to easily access the roof, however the roof is accessible at any time by other, much harder means.
 * Regular Courses
 * Bob-omb Battlefield
 * Lethal Lava Land
 * Shifting Sand Land
 * Tall, Tall Mountain (DS remake only)
 * Secret Courses
 * Tower of the Wing Cap
 * Wing Mario Over the Rainbow

Media
The Wing Cap theme also plays when Mario rides on a Koopa shell. A slower paced version also plays when Hoot is carrying Mario, and when Mario turns into Balloon Mario after obtaining a Power Flower.

This theme is a cover of the music heard when Baby Mario transforms into Superstar Mario, as well as the music heard in certain bonus rooms in Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island, which in turn is a cover of the music that plays when Mario acquires a Super Star in the original Super Mario Bros., but with an added melody. The theme was reused in New Super Mario Bros. as the invincibility theme, and was later remixed for Super Mario Galaxy and Super Mario Galaxy 2 for the equivalent Rainbow Star power-up.

Trivia

 * In the Wii U version of Rayman Legends, there is an exclusive outfit for Rayman that gives him Mario's clothing. If Rayman flutters while wearing this outfit, the wings appear on his cap, a reference to the Wing Cap.
 * In both versions of Nintendo Monopoly, there is a Coin Block/Brick Block card that reads "Purchase a Wing Cap - Pay $50".
 * In a preview for Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins, the gliding power-up was described as a winged cap rather than the Carrot, and the screenshot was blacked out. It is possible that the design was decided later in development, and it might have resembled the Wing Cap.