Propeller Box

A Propeller Box is a power-up that first appears in Super Mario 3D Land. It is an orange block with eyes and a yellow propeller that player can wear over their body. The blades of the propeller can be used to rapidly fly into the air to a great height, and then slowly fall back down towards the ground. The Propeller Box is lost once the player is hit by an enemy or finishes a level, but an extra life is rewarded in the latter case. While wearing a Propeller Box, Mario or Luigi cannot throw boomerangs or fireballs, or turn into a statue, but are still able to swing their tails.

Propeller Boxes also appear in the follow-up title Super Mario 3D World, where they act in a way similar to the predecessor, though the box color now changes depending on which character is wearing it. While Mario retains his orange box, Luigi now has a green one, Princess Peach has pink, Toad has blue (which looks really similar to the Propeller Block), and Rosalina has cyan.

Super Mario 3D Land

 * North American Website Bio: "When Mario dons one of these nifty blocks, he can perform an extra propeller-fuelled leap with every jump he makes. Having one of these handy makes those dizzying heights a bit easier to manage."
 * European Website Bio: "When Mario wears a Propeller Box on his head, the blades start spinning and Mario soars into the sky! A Propeller Box also lets Mario float slowly back to earth."

Super Mario 3D World

 * Instruction manual description (item): "While wearing this, Mario can fly upward."
 * Instruction manual description (form): "Fly high into the air."
 * North American Website bio: "Fly up to hard-to-reach spots by jumping with this power-up."

Names in other languages
Propeller-Box Cubo elica