Clear Pipe
| Clear Pipe | |
|---|---|
 Artwork of a Clear Pipe | |
| First appearance | Super Mario 3D World (2013) |
| Latest appearance | Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury (2021) |
| Effect | Allows the player to travel distances inaccessible by a normal jump |
- “I LOVE GOOMBAS! I love them so much that I made them a clubhouse! Aren't they just SOOOO cute when they scoot through those Clear Pipes?”
- —Goomba Lover, Super Mario Maker 2
Clear Pipes are pipes that make their debut in Super Mario 3D World for the Wii U and reappear in Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury for the Nintendo Switch. Like Warp Pipes, they are used for traveling distances too far for a normal jump to reach. Unlike Warp Pipes, however, Clear Pipes are transparent, and a player can change direction while in one. Additionally, players automatically enter vertical Clear Pipes without having to press a button.
While traveling through Clear Pipes, the player cannot attack and is therefore vulnerable to any enemies inside them. Some enemies and projectiles such as fireballs can travel through Clear Pipes. These projectiles can be destroyed by (other) fireballs or nearby red POW Blocks from outside the pipes. Coins, Green Stars, mines, and other objects can also be found either moving or stationary inside these pipes.
A cannon variety of Clear Pipes also appears. These ones are similar to Launch Stars and Sling Stars from the Super Mario Galaxy games, as they launch the player to another part of the level. Some of these pipes require the player to manually press 
to launch themselves out of the cannon.
All of the worlds, with the exception of the special worlds, are connected through Clear Pipes. Once a Sprixie Princess is saved from the castle at the end of a world, she will construct a Clear Pipe leading to the next world.
Clear Pipes reappear in Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker and its 3DS and Switch ports, acting the same as in Super Mario 3D World. Their cannon variety also reappears.
In Super Mario Maker 2, Clear Pipes appear as course elements for the Super Mario 3D World style. Like in the original game, Mario can shoot fireballs into them, and enemies such as Goombas and Koopa Troopas can travel through them as well. However, entering vertical ones requires using 
, unlike in the original game; also, colliding with enemies within Clear Pipes is harmless. If both ends of a Clear Pipe are blocked while the player is inside, the player will be trapped and lose a life.
In Bowser's Fury, Clear Pipes are the main gimmick of Pipe Path Tower. In this area, Mario has to travel through different Clear Pipe paths to reach the top to collect a Cat Shine. Blue Coins and Cat Shine Shards can also be found inside Clear Pipes.
In Mario Strikers: Battle League, Clear Pipes are a type of goal post as part of stadium customization.[1]
The idea of Clear Pipes was thought of by the director of Super Mario 3D World, Koichi Hayashida, who wondered what Mario did in Warp Pipes.[2]
Profiles
Super Mario 3D World
- North American website bio: "Travel through these to find secret areas and move quickly through a course."
Super Mario Maker 2
- North American website bio: "These Clear Pipes can be placed in any shape you like. Be careful, though! Enemies will make use of them as well."
Gallery
Super Mario 3D World
Super Mario 3D World
Super Mario 3D World
Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker
Super Mario Maker 2
Illustration containing concept artwork of key art for Super Mario Maker 2
Clear Pipe goal posts in Mario Strikers: Battle League
Names in other languages
| Language | Name | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | とうめい土管 Tōmei Dokan |
Transparent Pipe |
| Chinese | 透明水管[4] Tòumíng shuǐguǎn |
Transparent Pipe |
| Dutch | Glazen buis[3] |
glass pipe |
| German | Glasrohr / Glasröhre |
Glass Pipe |
| Italian | Tubo Trasparente |
Transparent Tube |
| Korean | 투명토관 Tumyeong Togwan |
Transparent Pipe |
| Portuguese | cano transparente |
transparent pipe |
| Russian | Стеклянная труба Steklyannaya truba |
Glass pipe |
| Spanish | tubería transparente |
transparent pipe |
References
- ^ https://twitter.com/NintendoEurope/status/1531198919568510976
- ^ Wii U Developer Direct - Super Mario 3D World @E3 2013. YouTube. Retrieved November 26, 2014.
- ^ Nintendo Nederland. (May 15, 2019). Super Mario Maker 2 Direct - 16 mei 2019. Youtube. Retrieved May 16, 2019.
- ^ Nintendo HK. (May 17, 2019). 《Super Mario Maker 2 (超級瑪利歐創作家 2)》Direct 2019.5.16. YouTube. Retrieved May 21, 2019.
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