Metal Cap: Difference between revisions

|image=[[File:SMO Metal Mario Cap.png|150px]]<br>The "[[Crazy Cap#Metal Mario Cap|Metal Mario Cap]]" as it appears in ''[[Super Mario Odyssey]]''

|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario 64]]'' ([[List of games by date#1996|1996]])

|latest_appearance=''[[Super Mario 3D All-Stars]]'' ([[List of games by date#2020|2020]])

{{quote2|Hidden inside the [[Cap Block|green block]] is the amazing Metal Cap. Wearing it, you won't catch fire or be hurt by enemy attacks. You don't even have to breathe while wearing it. The only problem: You can't [[swim]] in it.|[[Hazy Maze Cave]] sign|[[Super Mario 64]]}}

{{quote2|A metal cap that seems somehow familiar...|[[Crazy Cap#Metal Mario Cap|Metal Mario Cap]] description|[[Super Mario Odyssey]]}}

[[File:MetalMarioSM64.png|left|thumb|125px|[[Mario]] wearing the Metal Cap]]

The '''Metal Cap''' is an accessory that makes its debut in ''[[Super Mario 64]]''. It is usually found in [[Cap Block|green block]]s, which become solid upon the player pressing the [[Cap Switch|Metal Cap Switch]] in the [[Behind the Waterfall|Cavern of the Metal Cap]]. The Metal Cap turns [[Mario]] into [[Metal Mario]], making him invulnerable and extremely heavy. Because of this, he can no longer make very high [[jump]]s or [[Long Jump]]s, cannot [[swim]], and sinks faster in [[quicksand]]. However, Metal Mario is also unaffected by [[smoke|strange cloud]]s and cannot drown. The effect lasts for 20 seconds.

If Mario gets another power when the Metal Cap is in effect, they will combine. This is possible in [[Dire, Dire Docks]], where a green block is located directly beside a [[Cap Block|blue block]], and in [[Wet-Dry World]], where the player can drain the [[water]] in the downtown area and collect the Metal Cap, then jump down and collect the [[Vanish Cap]]. Collecting both gives Mario the powers of both his [[Vanish Mario|Vanish form]] and Metal form. An unused texture in the game shows a metallic version of the wings from the [[Wing Cap]], suggesting that it would have been possible to combine the Wing Cap with the Metal Cap as well.<ref>https://tcrf.net/Super_Mario_64_(Nintendo_64)/Unused_Textures#Metal_Wing_Cap</ref>

In ''[[Super Mario 64 DS]]'', the Metal Cap itself does not appear. Instead, [[Wario]] becomes Metal Wario when he grabs a [[Power Flower (Super Mario 64 DS)|Power Flower]] but still retains the same properties as Metal Mario, and the music associated with the Metal Cap is retained.

 

A similar item, the [[Metal Mushroom Orb]] from the [[Mario Party (series)|''Mario Party'' series]], additionally transforms characters into metal forms.

 

In ''[[Super Mario Odyssey]]'', the Metal Cap (referred to as the '''Metal Mario Cap''') appears as a [[cap]] that can be purchased from [[Crazy Cap]] stores, having a physical appearance similar to that of ''Super Mario 64''. The cap becomes available after the player has collected 560 [[Power Moon]]s, and it costs 1,000 [[coin]]s. Aside from the ability to use the cap in conjunction with either the Mario 64 Outfit or the Metal Mario Outfit to enter a specific area in the [[Mushroom Kingdom (Super Mario Odyssey)|Mushroom Kingdom]], the cap is aesthetic and serves no other gameplay advantages.

*[[Behind the Waterfall|Cavern of the Metal Cap]]

 

 

 

==Names in other languages==

|JapM=<br>Metal Cap (''Super Mario 64'')<br><br><br>Metal Mario Cap (''Super Mario Odyssey'')

|ChiS=金属帽<ref>Official Chinese ''Super Mario 64'' manual, page 19.</ref> (''Super Mario 64'')<br>''Jīnshǔ Mào''<br>金属马力欧帽 (''Super Mario Odyssey'')<br>''Jīnshǔ Mǎlì'ōu Mào''

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