The Secret Under the Moat: Difference between revisions

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|image=[[File:SM64 Vanish Cap Under The Moat.png|200px]]<br>''Super Mario 64''<br>[[File:SM64DS Secret Moat.png|200px]]<br>''Super Mario 64 DS''

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'''Vanish Cap Under the Moat''' (called the '''Vanish Cap Switch Course''' in the message that appears upon the player first entering the course) is a secret course that contains the [[Cap Switch|Vanish Cap Switch]] in ''[[Super Mario 64]]''. In order to access the course, [[Mario]] must drain the [[water]] in the moat of the [[Peach's Castle|Mushroom Castle]] by [[Ground Pound|ground-pounding]] two [[brick pillar]]s in the basement, then go outside through the newly exposed door. After he does so, there is a hole in the drained moat by the waterfall that warps him to the course.

 

[[File:SM64DS Secret Under The Moat Map.png|left|frame|Map of The Secret Under the Moat in ''[[Super Mario 64 DS]]'']]

When Mario first enters the course, he is atop a large slide, with several ledges located scattered throughout. Upon entering, Mario is also [[Vanish Mario]], though nothing happens to Wario in the DS remake. At the bottom of the slide is a path consisting of various moving platforms and [[seesaw|teetering platform]]s that lead to the Cap Switch. There are several [[Amp]]s and [[flame thrower (Flame Chomp)|flame thrower]]s on the path. Once Mario pushes the Vanish Cap Switch, all the [[Cap Block|blue block]]s in the game become solid, making the [[Vanish Cap]] usable. If Mario falls off, he will not lose a life, but he will come out of a gaping hole near the waterfall. In the DS version, if the player falls off, the same will happen, but the Black Brick will respawn.

There are eight [[Red Coin]]s in the course. The first four are located on the slide's ledges at the start, while the other four can be found along the path to the Cap Switch. The [[Star Marker]] is inside a cage next to the Cap Switch, so after collecting the final Red Coin and pushing the switch, Mario has to don a Vanish Cap to pass through the cage and get the Power Star.

In the DS version, by collecting the [[Luigi Cap]], Wario can use the [[Power Flower (Super Mario 64 DS)|Power Flower]] at the end of the course in lieu of a Vanish Cap and go through the cage to collect the Power Star. Alternatively, by collecting the [[Mario Cap]], Wario can use the Power Flower to [[Balloon Mario|float]] under a thin gap inside the cage.

In the DS version, there is a new area across the chasm at the bottom of the slide. By turning into Mario, Wario can use a Power Flower to float over to the new area. Wario can also do a precise [[Triple Jump]] and [[dive]] to reach that area. By activating the [[Star Switch]] on the platform, the Power Star appears in the [[Star Sphere]] above. Wario can reach it either by floating upwards to it or by using [[Wall Jump|Wall Kick]]s.

SM64 Dry Moat.png|The entrance to Vanish Cap Under the Moat in the N64 version

|JapM=Transparent Switch of the Moat

|Fre=Invisible sous les Douves

|FreM=Invisible under the Moat

|Fre=Le secret des douves

|FreM=The secret of the moat

|Ita=Il segreto del fossato

|ItaM=The secret of the moat

|GerM=Secret in the castle moat