Binoculars: Difference between revisions

|image=[[File:SMO Artwork Binoculars.png|200px]]<br>Artwork from ''Super Mario Odyssey''

'''Binoculars'''<ref>[https://www.nintendo.com/consumer/gameslist/manuals/3DS_super_mario_3d_land_en.pdf ''Super Mario 3D Land'' digital manual,] section 8.</ref><ref>Musa, Alexander, and Geson Hatchett.  ''Super Mario 3D World'' PRIMA Official Game Guide. Page 18.</ref> (called '''Telescopes''' in ''[[Nintendo Power]]'')<ref>Chris Slate, ''Nintendo Power'' Volume 272, page 50.</ref> are telescopic devices that are commonly used in 3D ''[[Super Mario (series)|Super Mario]]'' games.

[[File:SM3DL_ss13.png|thumb|left|Mario looking through a pair of binoculars in ''Super Mario 3D Land'']]

Binoculars are introduced in ''[[Super Mario 3D Land]]''. If [[Mario]] steps on a green platform in front of it, he can look through the lens and get a view of the whole area. The binoculars are controlled by moving the [[Nintendo 3DS]] around using its gyro-sensor control, and the player can press {{button|3ds|L}} or {{button|3ds|R}} to zoom out and zoom in, respectively. The player can also look for hidden [[Toad (species)|Toad]]s, and if the Toads are sighted, they will throw out items such as [[Star Medal]]s, [[1-Up Mushroom]]s, or even [[Super Star]]s. The camera can also be moved about using the {{button|3ds|Stick}} on the 3DS. The image within the binoculars appears as 2D even if 3D is turned on.

In ''[[Super Mario 3D World]]'' and ''[[Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury]]'', a [[Sprixie]] holding a pair of orange binoculars appears in certain points of the levels, indicated with a round white platform. Once the player(s) step(s) on that platform, the camera shifts towards the direction of the [[Goal Pole]], as the Sprixie looks through the binoculars. While these spots are referred to as binoculars in the [[Prima Games]] guide, there are differences compared to binoculars in other games: The player(s) cannot zoom in or out, and can only move the camera angle along a fixed plane.

Binoculars return in ''[[Super Mario Odyssey]]''. Here, Mario uses them by [[capture|capturing]] them with [[Cappy]], and they launch upward a set distance (due to being tethered by a thin cord) before usage, allowing Mario to view more of the area he is in. In some kingdoms, a peculiar flying object (such as the [[Sphynx]] or a [[taxi]]) can be spotted in the sky, and zooming onto it with the binoculars makes a [[Power Moon]] appear. If the player looks into the Sun by using the binoculars, Cappy tells the player to stop. If the player looks at the roof of [[Peach's Castle]], Cappy mentions the egg on the roof. In this game, binoculars resemble [[R.O.B.]]'s head. Their model shows them having no eyes, instead glass as binoculars usually have. However, they actually do have eyes, but underneath the glass in their model.<ref>https://twitter.com/MarioBrothBlog/status/1317884207847378944?</ref>

Although binoculars do not appear in ''[[Mario Party 9]]'', the [[Goomba Spotting]] [[minigame]] seems to have been seen from a pair of binoculars, except at the ending.

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