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|title=Key Door
|image=[[File:SMM-NSMBU-Locked-Door.png]]<br>A ''[[New Super Mario Bros. U]]''-styled Key Door from ''[[Super Mario Maker]]''
|image=[[File:SMM-SMB-Locked-Door.png|50px]]<br>A ''[[Super Mario Bros.]]''-styled '''Key Door''' from ''[[Super Mario Maker]]''.
|first_appearance=''[[Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic]]'' ([[List of games by date#1987|1987]], overall)<br>''[[Super Mario Bros. 2]]'' ([[List of games by date#1988|1988]], ''Super Mario'' franchise)
|description=A door with a keyhole.
|latest_appearance=''[[Super Mario Bros. Wonder]]'' ([[List of games by date#2023|2023]])
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario Bros. 2]]'' ([[List of games by date#1988|1988]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Minecraft|Minecraft: Nintendo Switch Edition]]'' ([[List of games by date#2017|2017]])
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'''Key Doors''' (also known as '''Locked Doors''') are doors the player cannot enter unless they have collected a [[key]]. Locked doors usually have the appearance of a regular [[Warp Door]] with a keyhole.
'''Key Doors''', also known as '''Locked Doors''' (or '''locked doors'''), are doors in [[Super Mario (franchise)|''Super Mario'']] platformers that the player cannot enter unless they have collected a [[key]]. Key Doors usually have the appearance of a regular [[Warp Door]] with a keyhole.


==History==
==History==
===''Super Mario'' series===
===''Super Mario'' series===
====''Super Mario Bros. 2''====
====''Super Mario Bros. 2''====
[[File:SMB2-KeyDoors.png|left]]
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Key Doors make their debut in ''[[Super Mario Bros. 2]]''. They can only be opened by [[Key]]s. If the player picks up a key for a Key Door, a [[Phanto]] will chase the player.
|[[File:SMB2 Key Door.png]] [[File:SMAS SMB2 Key Door.png]] [[File:SMA Key Door.png]]
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Key Doors make their debut in ''[[Super Mario Bros. 2]]'', first appearing in [[World 1-2 (Super Mario Bros. 2)|World 1-2]]. They can be opened only by keys. If the player picks up a key for a Key Door, a [[Phanto]] will chase the player.
 
In the original ''Super Mario Bros. 2'', once a Key Door is unlocked, it disappears. In the game's remakes, only the keyhole disappears by transforming them into normal swing-open Warp Doors.
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====''Super Mario 64'' / ''Super Mario 64 DS''====
====''Super Mario 64'' / ''Super Mario 64 DS''====
[[File:SM64 BRoD4.png|thumb|Key Door in ''Super Mario 64'' (shown in the context of a glitch).]]
[[File:SM64 Key Door.png|thumb|150px|A Key Door in ''Super Mario 64'']]
Keys in ''[[Super Mario 64]]'' are used to open Key Doors that lead to new courses, and in the [[Super Mario 64 DS|DS remake]], Key Doors that hold [[Mario]], [[Luigi]], [[Wario]] and a secret [[Power Star]].
Keys in ''[[Super Mario 64]]'' are used to open Key Doors that lead to new courses and, in the [[Super Mario 64 DS|DS remake]], Key Doors that hold [[Mario]], [[Luigi]], [[Wario]], and a secret [[Power Star]].


====''Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3''====
====''Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3''====
[[File:SMA4 Key Door.png|frame|left]]
While Key Doors do not appear in ''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]'', one can be found in the [[Game Boy Advance]] remake ''[[Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3]]'', in the [[World-e]]-exclusive level [[Doors o' Plenty]].
While Key Doors do not appear in ''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]'', one can be found in the [[Game Boy Advance]] remake ''[[Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3]]'', in the [[World-e]]-exclusive level [[Doors o' Plenty]].
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====''Super Mario Galaxy''====
====''Super Mario Galaxy''====
Key Doors appear in the [[Ghostly Galaxy]] in ''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]'', where they automatically open as soon as Mario or Luigi obtains a key. In the case of the galaxy's mission "Matter Splatter Mansion", multiple Key Doors can be unlocked at once with one key.
[[File:SMG Key Door.png|thumb|left|100px]]
Key Doors appear in the [[Ghostly Galaxy]] in ''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]'', where they automatically open as soon as Mario or Luigi obtains a key. In the case of the mission [[Matter Splatter Mansion]], multiple Key Doors can be unlocked at once with one key.
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====''Super Mario Maker'' / ''Super Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DS''====
====''Super Mario Maker'' series====
Key Doors were introduced in ''[[Super Mario Maker]]'' in the version 1.40 update, and available at the start in ''[[Super Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DS]]''. They can be produced by shaking a [[P Door]] (which in turn is created by shaking a [[Warp Door]]).
Key Doors were introduced in ''[[Super Mario Maker]]'' in the version 1.40 update, and available at the start in ''[[Super Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DS]]''. They can be produced by shaking a [[Warp Door]] again after being shaken into a [[P Warp Door]]. They also appear in ''[[Super Mario Maker 2]]'', with the same function as in the previous game. As of version 3.0.0 of ''Super Mario Maker 2'', [[Cursed Key]]s can also be used to unlock Key Doors.


====''Super Mario Run''====
====''Super Mario Run''====
[[File:SMRlockeddoor.png|10px|right|frame]] Key Doors appear in ''[[Super Mario Run]]'' in the level [[Boohind Lock and Key]], where they can only be opened with keys. The keys are often found in either [[Block]]s or [[Boo]]s and, once entered, cannot be entered again. Key Doors resemble Ghost House doors from ''[[New Super Mario Bros. U]]'', but with a keyhole in the center.
[[File:SMRlockeddoor.png|10px|right|frame]]  
Key Doors appear in ''[[Super Mario Run]]'' in the level [[Boohind Lock and Key]], where they can be opened only with keys. Once entered, Key Doors cannot be entered again. Key Doors resemble [[Ghost House]] doors from ''[[New Super Mario Bros. U]]'' but with keyholes in the center.
 
====''Super Mario Bros. Wonder''====
Key Doors return in ''[[Super Mario Bros. Wonder]]'', where only two appear in [[Color-Switch Dungeon]]: one requiring a red heart-shaped key, then another later on requiring a blue spade-shaped key, each indicated by the shape of the doorframe and the emblem on the door. They behave the same as in the ''Super Mario Maker'' games.
 
===''Yoshi's Story''===
[[File:Story Door locked.png|frame|left]]
In ''[[Yoshi's Story]]'', locked doors are found in the [[Lift Castle]], [[Ghost Castle]], and [[Magma Castle]].


===''Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker''===
===''Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker''===
Key Doors appear again in ''[[Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker]]'', behaving like in previous ''Mario'' games.
Key Doors appear again in ''[[Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker]]'', behaving like in previous ''[[Super Mario (franchise)|Super Mario]]'' games.
 
===''Minecraft''===
In the Super Mario Mash-up in ''[[Minecraft]]'', there is a painting of Key Doors from ''Super Mario 64''.


==Gallery==
==Gallery==
===''Super Mario Maker'' / ''Super Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DS''===
<gallery>
<gallery>
SMM-SMB-Locked-Door.png|''Super Mario Bros.'' style (locked)
SMG Asset Model Key Door.png|''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]''
SMM-SMB-Unlocked-Door.png|''Super Mario Bros.'' style (unlocked)
SMM-SMB-Locked-Door.png|''[[Super Mario Maker]]'' (''[[Super Mario Bros.]]'' style) (locked)
SMM-SMB3-KeyDoors.png|''Super Mario Bros. 3'' style
SMM-SMB-Unlocked-Door.png|''Super Mario Maker'' (''Super Mario Bros.'' style) (unlocked)
SMM-SMW-KeyDoors.png|''Super Mario World'' style
SMM-SMB3-Locked-Door.png|''Super Mario Maker'' (''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]'' style) (locked)
SMM-NSMB-KeyDoors.png|''New Super Mario Bros. U'' style
SMM-SMB3-Unlocked-Door.png|''Super Mario Maker'' (''Super Mario Bros. 3'' style) (unlocked)
SMM-SMW-Locked-Door.png|''Super Mario Maker'' (''[[Super Mario World]]'' style) (locked)
SMM-SMW-Unlocked-Door.png|''Super Mario Maker'' (''Super Mario World'' style) (unlocked)
SMM-NSMBU-Locked-Door.png|''Super Mario Maker'' (''[[New Super Mario Bros. U]]'' style) (locked)
SMM-NSMBU-Unlocked-Door.png|''Super Mario Maker'' (''New Super Mario Bros. U'' style) (unlocked)
SMM2-SM3DW-Locked-Door.png|''[[Super Mario Maker 2]]'' (''[[Super Mario 3D World]]'' style) (locked)
SMM2-SM3DW-Unlocked-Door.png|''Super Mario Maker 2'' (''Super Mario 3D World'' style) (unlocked)
</gallery>
</gallery>


== Names in other languages ==
==Additional names==
===Internal names===
{{internal names
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|name2=暗闇部屋の扉A (''Kurayami Heya no Tobira A'')
|meaning2=Darkness Room Door A
|game3=''[[Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker]]''
|file3=<tt>content/ObjectData/DoorKey.szs</tt>
|name3=DoorKey
|meaning3=Door Key
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===Names in other languages===
{{foreign names
{{foreign names
|Fra=Porte verrouillée
|Jap=カギドア
|FraM=Locked Door
|JapR=Kagi Doa
|JapM=Key Door
|ChiS=上锁门
|ChiSR=Shàngsuǒ Mén
|ChiSM=Locked Door
|ChiT=上鎖門
|ChiTR=Shàngsuǒ Mén
|ChiTM=Locked Door
|Dut=Gesloten deur<ref>{{cite| author = Nintendo Nederland | date = March 9, 2016 | url = www.youtube.com/watch?v=xV4Hwg2Y_JA | title = Super Mario Maker - Gesloten deuren! Spijkerzuilen! Roze munten! (Wii U) | publisher = YouTube | accessdate = May 19, 2019}}</ref>
|DutM=Closed door
|Fre=Porte verrouillée
|FreM=Locked Door
|Ger=Schlüsseltür
|GerM=Key door
|Ita=Porta chiusa<ref>{{cite| title = ''Super Mario Bros. 2'' Italian manual | page = 17 }}</ref><ref>{{cite| title = ''[[Super Mario All-Stars]]'' Italian manual | page = 20 }}</ref>
|ItaM=Locked/Closed door
|Ita2=Porta con serratura<ref>{{cite| title = ''[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia]]'' | page = 70 }}</ref>
|Ita2M=Door with keyhole
|Ita3=Porta chiusa a chiave
|Ita3M=Locked door
|PorE=Porta fechada à chave<ref>{{cite| author = Nintendo Portugal | date = March 9, 2016 | url = www.youtube.com/watch?v=GGuRmZol4sA | title = Super Mario Maker - Portas fechadas à chave! Postes com espinhos! Moedas rosa! (Wii U) | publisher = YouTube | accessdate = January 11, 2021 }}</ref>
|PorEM=Locked door
|Rus=Запертая дверь
|RusR=Zapertaya dver'
|RusM=Closed door
|SpaA=Puerta cerrada con llave
|SpaAM=
}}
}}


==Trivia==
==See also==
*In the original ''Super Mario Bros. 2'', once a Key Door is unlocked, it disappears. In the remakes, only the keyhole disappears by transforming them into normal swing-open Warp Doors.
*[[Cage]]
*In the Super Mario Mash-Up Pack in ''[[Minecraft]]'', there is a painting of Key Doors from ''Super Mario 64''.
*[[Warp Box (With Key)]]
 
==References==
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Latest revision as of 18:10, March 26, 2024

Key Door
A locked door in Super Mario Maker in the New Super Mario Bros. U style
A New Super Mario Bros. U-styled Key Door from Super Mario Maker
First appearance Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic (1987, overall)
Super Mario Bros. 2 (1988, Super Mario franchise)
Latest appearance Super Mario Bros. Wonder (2023)

Key Doors, also known as Locked Doors (or locked doors), are doors in Super Mario platformers that the player cannot enter unless they have collected a key. Key Doors usually have the appearance of a regular Warp Door with a keyhole.

History[edit]

Super Mario series[edit]

Super Mario Bros. 2[edit]

SMB2 Key Door.png SMAS SMB2 Key Door.png Key Door

Key Doors make their debut in Super Mario Bros. 2, first appearing in World 1-2. They can be opened only by keys. If the player picks up a key for a Key Door, a Phanto will chase the player.

In the original Super Mario Bros. 2, once a Key Door is unlocked, it disappears. In the game's remakes, only the keyhole disappears by transforming them into normal swing-open Warp Doors.

Super Mario 64 / Super Mario 64 DS[edit]

A Key Door from Super Mario 64
A Key Door in Super Mario 64

Keys in Super Mario 64 are used to open Key Doors that lead to new courses and, in the DS remake, Key Doors that hold Mario, Luigi, Wario, and a secret Power Star.

Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3[edit]

Key Door

While Key Doors do not appear in Super Mario Bros. 3, one can be found in the Game Boy Advance remake Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3, in the World-e-exclusive level Doors o' Plenty.

Super Mario Galaxy[edit]

A Key Door in Ghostly Galaxy

Key Doors appear in the Ghostly Galaxy in Super Mario Galaxy, where they automatically open as soon as Mario or Luigi obtains a key. In the case of the mission Matter Splatter Mansion, multiple Key Doors can be unlocked at once with one key.

Super Mario Maker series[edit]

Key Doors were introduced in Super Mario Maker in the version 1.40 update, and available at the start in Super Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DS. They can be produced by shaking a Warp Door again after being shaken into a P Warp Door. They also appear in Super Mario Maker 2, with the same function as in the previous game. As of version 3.0.0 of Super Mario Maker 2, Cursed Keys can also be used to unlock Key Doors.

Super Mario Run[edit]

SMRlockeddoor.png

Key Doors appear in Super Mario Run in the level Boohind Lock and Key, where they can be opened only with keys. Once entered, Key Doors cannot be entered again. Key Doors resemble Ghost House doors from New Super Mario Bros. U but with keyholes in the center.

Super Mario Bros. Wonder[edit]

Key Doors return in Super Mario Bros. Wonder, where only two appear in Color-Switch Dungeon: one requiring a red heart-shaped key, then another later on requiring a blue spade-shaped key, each indicated by the shape of the doorframe and the emblem on the door. They behave the same as in the Super Mario Maker games.

Yoshi's Story[edit]

Sprite of a locked door set in Yoshi's Story

In Yoshi's Story, locked doors are found in the Lift Castle, Ghost Castle, and Magma Castle.

Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker[edit]

Key Doors appear again in Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker, behaving like in previous Super Mario games.

Minecraft[edit]

In the Super Mario Mash-up in Minecraft, there is a painting of Key Doors from Super Mario 64.

Gallery[edit]

Additional names[edit]

Internal names[edit]

Game File Name Meaning

Super Mario Galaxy ObjectData/DarknessRoomDoorA.arc DarknessRoomDoorA Darkness Room Door A
Super Mario Galaxy StageData/ObjNameTable.arc/ObjNameTable.tbl 暗闇部屋の扉A (Kurayami Heya no Tobira A) Darkness Room Door A
Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker content/ObjectData/DoorKey.szs DoorKey Door Key

Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning
Japanese カギドア
Kagi Doa
Key Door

Chinese (simplified) 上锁门
Shàngsuǒ Mén
Locked Door

Chinese (traditional) 上鎖門
Shàngsuǒ Mén
Locked Door

Dutch Gesloten deur[1]
Closed door
French Porte verrouillée
Locked Door
German Schlüsseltür
Key door
Italian Porta chiusa[2][3]
Porta con serratura[4]
Porta chiusa a chiave
Locked/Closed door
Door with keyhole
Locked door
Portuguese (NOE) Porta fechada à chave[5]
Locked door
Russian Запертая дверь
Zapertaya dver'
Closed door

Spanish (NOA) Puerta cerrada con llave
 

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Nintendo Nederland (March 9, 2016). Super Mario Maker - Gesloten deuren! Spijkerzuilen! Roze munten! (Wii U). YouTube. Retrieved May 19, 2019.
  2. ^ Super Mario Bros. 2 Italian manual. Page 17.
  3. ^ Super Mario All-Stars Italian manual. Page 20.
  4. ^ Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia. Page 70.
  5. ^ Nintendo Portugal (March 9, 2016). Super Mario Maker - Portas fechadas à chave! Postes com espinhos! Moedas rosa! (Wii U). YouTube. Retrieved January 11, 2021.