Cap Block

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Not to be confused with metal block.
Cap Block
Artwork of the Metal Box from Super Smash Bros. Brawl.
Metal Box artwork from Super Smash Bros. Brawl
First appearance Super Mario 64 (1996)
Latest appearance Super Mario 3D All-Stars (2020)

A Cap Block is a type of block that first appears in Super Mario 64. In the original game, Cap Blocks come in three colors, each one containing a different power-up.

History

Super Mario 64 / Super Mario 64 DS

In Super Mario 64, all Cap Blocks are intangible at the start of the game, reminiscent of the four ! Blocks from Super Mario World. When one of the three Cap Switches is activated, all Cap Blocks of that color solidify and will drop a cap power-up upon being broken open.

In Super Mario 64 DS, the three colored ! Blocks are reduced to one red ? Block, which is simply referred to as such. Red blocks contain either Power Flowers, which give different abilities depending on which character obtains them, or Wings in certain levels for Mario. If anyone other than Yoshi hits a red block without his cap, however, a Bob-omb will come out instead.

A different set of Cap Blocks exists unused in Super Mario 64 DS, and they provide the player with Mario's cap, Luigi's cap, or Wario's cap.

Super Smash Bros. series

A Metal Box in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U
A Metal Box in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U

The green block appears as an item in every installment of the Super Smash Bros. series starting with Super Smash Bros. Melee, under the name Metal Box. Much like in Super Mario 64, this item causes characters to become coated in metal for a short period of time. Unlike in Super Mario 64, they have to simply grab or directly hit the box to become metal, as opposed to jumping under it and causing the Metal Cap to emerge from it. They become heavier and fall faster, making it harder to directly KO them by blasting them away, but making it harder for them get back on the stage. Getting hit will cause the duration of the power-up to shorten. The Final Smash forms Giga Bowser, Wario-Man, Mega Lucario, and Giga Mac are completely unaffected by Metal Boxes. Also, when a character becomes metal, their voice is removed.

From Super Smash Bros. Melee onward until Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, each game of the Super Smash Bros. series has a trophy of the Metal Box. In Super Smash Bros. for Wii U, the trophy erroneously states the Metal Box appears in Super Mario 64 DS, which replaced the colored caps with multiple characters, and their Power Flowers are all found in red blocks.

Minecraft

In the Super Mario Mash-up in Minecraft, the red, green, and blue Cap Blocks appear as paintings, along with a yellow block from Super Mario 64.

Trophy information

Super Smash Bros. Melee

Name Image Game Description
Metal Box Metal Box Super Mario 64
09/96
First spotted in Super Mario 64, the Metal Box holds the power to turn your character briefly into heavy metal. Your mass is exponentially greater while metallic, making it difficult for others to throw you. Be careful though: not only will you move a bit slower, but you'll also fall much more quickly than you ordinarily would.

Super Smash Bros. Brawl

Name Image Game Description
Metal Box BrawlTrophy496.png N64 Super Mario 64 A green box that transforms whoever attacks it into metal. In metal form, you're a lot heavier than normal, so middling and even strong attacks don't move you too much, and standard attacks won't even make you flinch. The time you spend in metal form decreases with the damage you take. In Super Mario 64, the weight of the metal form allowed you to walk underwater.

Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS / Wii U

Name 3DS Image Wii U Image Appears in American English description British English description
Metal Box MetalBoxTrophy3DS.png Metal Box's trophy render from Super Smash Bros. for Wii U N64 Super Mario 64 (09/1996)
DS Super Mario 64 DS (11/2004)
This green box will make you the ultimate defensive character, turning you into solid metal for a short time. You won't flinch from enemy attacks, even in midair, and it is much harder to launch you. On the other hand, you fall like a brick. Getting hit will reduce the duration of this item. Whack this box to turn into a metal you! You won't flinch when attacked - even in mid-air - and you'll be harder to launch. Now, the downsides: you'll move slower, fall faster, and recovering when you fall off a stage will be a nightmare. Also, it's only temporary, or lasts until you've taken a certain amount of damage.

Blue indicates exclusive to the Wii U version.

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Names in other languages

Cap Block

Language Name Meaning
Japanese アイテムブロック
Aitemu Burokku
Item Block

Red block

Language Name Meaning
Japanese いブロック[4]
Akai Burokku
あかブロック
Aka Burokku

Red Block

Green block / Metal Box

Language Name Meaning
Japanese のブロック[4]
Midori no Burokku
ブロック
Midori Burokku

Green Block

Chinese (simplified) 绿色砖块
Lǜsè Zhuānkuài
Green Block

Chinese (traditional) 綠色磚塊
Lǜsè Zhuānkuài
Green Block

German Grüne !-Box
Green ! Box
Italian Blocco verde[5] (Super Mario 64)
Scatola ![6] (Super Smash Bros. series)
Green Block
! Box
Korean 초록 블록
Chorok Beulok
Green Block

Russian Металлический блок
Metallicheskiy blok
Metallic block

Spanish (NOA) Bloque de Metal
Metal Block
Spanish (NOE) Bloque Verde
Green Block

Blue block

Language Name Meaning
Japanese いブロック[4]
Aoi Burokku
あおブロック
Ao Burokku

Blue Block

References

  1. ^ M. Arakawa. Super Mario 64 Player's Guide. Pages 45, 64, 69, and 73.
  2. ^ M. Arakawa. Super Mario 64 Player's Guide. Pages 35, 56, and 59.
  3. ^ M. Arakawa. Super Mario 64 Player's Guide. Pages 54 and 93.
  4. ^ a b c Super Mario 64 Japanese instruction booklet, page 19.
  5. ^ Super Mario 64 Italian instruction booklet, page 38.
  6. ^ Latel (May 3, 2018). Year of Smash 25 [Super Smash Bros. Brawl]. YouTube. Retrieved September 13, 2020.