Blue pipe
The Blue Pipe is a pipe item found in Mario Pinball Land. These items can help Mario from losing a life or from leaving the area Mario is supposed to be. They usually appear when the player ventures into a new area as they appear between the flippers the player controls. It can be obtained by buying it from Toad, or hitting a ? Block.
Blue Pipes first appear in Super Mario Bros.. In Paper Mario, they are found in the Toad Town Tunnels in which they can lead to several other areas in an instant. These areas include:
- Goomba Village, Koopa Village, Dry Dry Outpost: found just to the west of the entrance and needs a Blooper fight to unlock, accessible after getting the Super Hammer in Chapter 2
- Boo's Mansion: found in the west of the second sublevel and needs fighting with three Dark Koopa groups, accessible after getting the Super Boots in Chapter 3
- Lavalava Island: found beyond the river of the second sublevel and needs a Blooper fight to unlock, accessible after getting Sushie in Chapter 5
They return in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door where they appear in the middle of Rogueport Sewers sublevel 2 to serve as shortcuts to Petalburg, Boggly Woods, Keelhaul Key, and Poshley Heights. The first two require the Super Hammer, and the last two requires the Ultra Hammer. There is also a differently colored blue pipe that leads to Fahr Outpost. They also appear in Super Paper Mario, where they are built by Welderberg. There are three in the game: One leads to Flipside's B2F, one to Flopside's B2F, and one to Flopside from Flipside (and vice versa). Each is accessible on the second floor of both cities. Template:BoxTop
