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|image=[[File:PWingSM3DL.png|120px]]<br>A '''P-Wing''' from ''[[Super Mario 3D Land]]''.

|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]'' ([[List of Mario games by date#1988|1988]])

|latest_appearance=''[[New Super Mario Bros. 2]]'' ([[List of Mario games by date#2012|2012]])

|effect=Allows player to fly through an entire level. (''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]''), warps the player to the [[Flagpole]] (''[[Super Mario 3D Land]]'')

The '''P-Wing''' is a special item that first appears in ''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]''. The "P" stands for [[Paratroopa]] or Patapata (the Japanese name for that enemy).

 

====''Super Mario Bros. Special''====

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A predecessor to the P-Wing can be found in ''[[Super Mario Bros. Special]]''. It was simply known as the '''Wing'''. When Mario collects it, he will be able to fly in the sky by "swimming" through the air, gaining aquatic properties. However, the power up was only temporary, and if Mario wasn't careful, he'd end up falling somewhere undesirable.

====''Super Mario Bros. 3''====

[[File:MarioPWingSMB3.gif|frame|left]]

[[Image:PWingSMB3.png|frame|right]]

In ''Super Mario Bros. 3'', the P-Wing allows [[Mario]] or [[Luigi]] to fly in the air with their [[Raccoon Mario|Raccoon form]]s for an unlimited amount of time. However, if the brothers are hit while flying, or receive a non-flying-based power-up within a level, they will lose the power of the P-Wing. Additionally, the effects of the P-Wing only last until the level ends. After that, the brothers are left with their basic [[Super Leaf]] abilities.

If a P-Wing is used from the map screen, the letter "P" on Mario or Luigi's body (as shown in the sprite on the left) indicates that they have P-Wing abilities. The letter "P" isn't seen in the actual level or on the map screen after the level is completed.

The P-Wing can be combined with the [[Tanooki Suit]]. However, in order to do this, one must use a P-Wing upon entering a level that has a Tanooki Suit hidden within it ([[World_4_(Super_Mario_Bros._3)#World_4-5|{{world|4|5}}]], [[World_5_(Super_Mario_Bros._3)#World_5-5|{{world|5|5]]}}, [[World_6_(Super_Mario_Bros._3)#World_6-3|{{world|6|3}}]], or [[Pipe_Maze#World_7-Fortress|{{world|7|]][[File:Fortress1-SMB3.png]]}}) and collect that Tanooki Suit.

P-Wings are commonly found in chests left behind after defeating certain [[Hammer Bro.|Hammer Bros.]] on the map screen. They can also be found in secret white [[Toad House]]s (blue in the game's remakes) accessible via collecting a certain amount of coins in a certain level of a world. However, P-Wings can only be found in the white Toad Houses of odd-numbered worlds (i.e. World 1: [[Grass Land]], World 3: [[Sea Side]], World 5: [[The Sky]], and World 7: [[Pipe Maze]]) - the even-numbered worlds' white Toad Houses contain [[Anchor]]s. Additionally, by beating the game and restarting without resetting the game, the player is rewarded with twenty-eight P-Wings in their inventory.

Unused data in ''[[Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3]]'' shows that the P-Wing could have been in a [[Question Block]], like other power-ups such as the [[Super Leaf]] and [[Fire Flower]].

[[File:Pwing.png|150px|thumb|left|The P-Wing Assist Block in ''Super Mario 3D Land''.]]

[[File:PWing3D.png|thumb|100px|right|Mario and a P-Wing.]]

In the [[Nintendo 3DS]] game ''[[Super Mario 3D Land]]'', the P-Wing functions differently, warping Mario to the end of the course. If Mario touches a P-Wing, it will go into storage to use later. It only appears if [[Mario]] loses 10 lives in a level in a normal world (making P-Wing [[Assist Block]]s appear), or within certain [[Mystery Box (Super Mario 3D Land)|Mystery Boxes]]. However, [[Luigi]] is only able to earn the P-Wing in skipped normal world levels (for example, by use of a [[Warp Zone]]), or through Mystery Boxes. The same applies to Mario when revisiting completed levels.

[[File:NSMB2 screen1.jpeg|thumb|The P-Wing icon in the P-Meter of ''New Super Mario Bros. 2''.]]

The P-Wing is seen as an icon on the [[P-Meter]] in ''[[New Super Mario Bros. 2]]'', replacing the "P" icon in the meter's original appearance in ''Super Mario Bros. 3''. Both the P-Meter and the P-Wing appears when Mario or [[Luigi]] gets a Super Leaf (i.e. Turns into [[Raccoon Mario|Raccoon Mario/Fox Luigi]]).

====''New Super Mario Bros. U''====

Neither the P-Wing nor the P-Meter appear in ''[[New Super Mario Bros. U]]'', but a [[P-Acorn]] (a [[Super Acorn]] with a P-Mark) appears. It is obtained from the [[Nabbit]] enemy, and it lets Mario, Luigi, [[Yellow Toad (character)|Yellow Toad]] and [[Blue Toad (character)|Blue Toad]] fly for the whole level.

===''The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3''===

[[Image:P-WingsCartoon.jpg|thumb|left|Princess Toadstool and Toad flying with P-Wings in ''The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3''.]]

The only appearance of P-Wings in ''[[The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3]]'' was in the episode "[[Up, Up, and a Koopa]]", where, instead of being used by Mario or Luigi, they are used by [[Toad]] and [[Princess Peach|Princess Toadstool]].

<center><gallery>

Image:Smas+smw p-wing.png|<center>''[[Super Mario All-Stars]]''

Image:PWingSM3DL.png|<center>''[[Super Mario 3D Land]]''

File:P-Wing.PNG|<center>''Super Mario 3D Land''

</gallery></center>

{{Foreignname

|Jap=パタパタの羽

|JapM=[[Koopa Paratroopa|Paratroopa's]] Wings (''Patapata'' is the Japanese name of Paratroopas)

|Fra=Aile Magique<br>Aile P

|FraM=Magic Wing

|Dut=P-Vleugel

|DutM=P-Wing

|PorE=Asa-P (''Super Mario 3D Land'' e-manual)

|PorEM=P-Wing}}

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