Power-up Panels

"Feeling lucky? Step right through the door to win some items!"

- Toad

Power-up Panels is a minigame that is played in Red Toad Houses in New Super Mario Bros. Wii. It takes place in a room with a six-by-three grid of flip panels decorated with question marks. The backside of each has an image of a power-up, Bowser, or Bowser Jr. Players must take turns climbing around the fence and punching the panels, causing them to flip and reveal their backsides. If two Bowser images or two Bowser Jr. images are matched, the game ends. If all item panels are revealed, the game ends and the characters rejoice. At the end of the game, players receive one item for every pair of identical panels with revealed faces. Up to seven items can be received in a game.

Available power-ups

 * Propeller Mushroom
 * Fire Flower
 * Ice Flower
 * Super Mushroom (World 1)
 * Penguin Suit (World 3 to 9)
 * Mini Mushroom (World 2 to 9)
 * Super Star (has a 1/3 chance of appearing in each world)

Controls

 * – Punch
 * – Jump
 * – Climb wall
 * + – Climb fast on the wall

In-game instructions
''Punch panels with to flip them. Match a pair to win! Match two of these (Bowser/Bowser Jr.), and it's all over!''

Possible combinations
These are all the possible combinations for the Power-up Panels in each world. Green colors are indicated to be safe spots.

Trivia

 * When the player matches two Bowser or Bowser Jr. panels, the small tune from Super Mario 64 when trying to open a door in the castle without enough Power Stars or a key is heard.
 * If the player gets a perfect score, the fanfare when returning to the castle after obtaining a Power Star also from Super Mario 64 is heard.
 * This minigame is similar to the N-Mark Spade Panel from Super Mario Bros. 3.
 * If this minigame is played with two or more players, it is possible to steal another player's turn by ground-pounding on them during their turn.