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Metal Cap

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Metal Cap
The Metal Mario Cap icon.
The "Metal Mario Cap" as it appears in Super Mario Odyssey
First appearance Super Mario 64 (1996)
Latest appearance Super Mario 3D All-Stars (2020)
Effect Turns Mario into Metal Mario
Variant of Mario Cap
Comparable
Metal Mushroom Orb
Metal Racket
“Hidden inside the green block is the amazing Metal Cap. Wearing it, you won't catch fire or be hurt by enemy attacks. You don't even have to breathe while wearing it. The only problem: You can't swim in it.”
—Sign in the Hazy Maze Cave, Super Mario 64

The Metal Cap is an accessory that makes its debut in Super Mario 64. It is a metallic variant of Mario's Cap.

History

Super Mario series

Super Mario 64

Artwork of Metal Mario from Super Mario 64.
Mario wearing the Metal Cap

In Super Mario 64, the Metal Cap is usually found in green blocks, which become solid upon the player pressing the Metal Cap Switch in the Cavern of the Metal Cap. The Metal Cap turns Mario into Metal Mario, making him invulnerable and extremely heavy. Because of this, he cannot swim and instead sinks directly to the bottom of the pool of water. While underwater, Metal Mario is unable to use most of his abilities beyond walking and a standard jump. Metal Mario does not have to breathe and is therefore unaffected by strange clouds and cannot drown. The effect lasts for 20 seconds. Besides the location where they are found, Metal Caps also appear in Whomp's Fortress, Bowser in the Dark World, Jolly Roger Bay, Hazy Maze Cave, Dire, Dire Docks, and Wet-Dry World.

If Mario gets another power when the Metal Cap is in effect, they will combine. This is possible in Dire, Dire Docks, where a green block is located directly beside a blue block, and in Wet-Dry World, where the player can drain the water in the downtown area and collect the Metal Cap, then jump down and collect the Vanish Cap. Collecting both gives Mario the powers of both his Vanish form and Metal form. An unused texture in the game shows a metallic version of the wings from the Wing Cap, suggesting that it would have been possible to combine the Wing Cap with the Metal Cap as well.[1]

In Super Mario 64 DS, the Metal Cap itself does not appear. Instead, Wario becomes Metal Wario when he grabs a Power Flower but still retains the same properties as Metal Mario, and the music associated with the Metal Cap is retained.

Super Mario Odyssey

In Super Mario Odyssey, the Metal Cap (referred to as the Metal Mario Cap) appears as a cap that can be purchased from Crazy Cap stores, having a physical appearance similar to that of Super Mario 64. The cap becomes available after the player has collected 560 Power Moons, and it costs 1,000 coins. Aside from the ability to use the cap in conjunction with either the Mario 64 Outfit or the Metal Mario Outfit to enter a specific area in the Mushroom Kingdom, the cap is aesthetic and serves no other gameplay advantages.

Profiles

Super Mario Odyssey

  • Metal Mario Cap description:
    • English:
      A metal cap that seems somehow familiar...

Super Mario 3D All-Stars

  • Website description:
    • English:
      Metal Mario can ram into foes to defeat them, and his heavy body will sink in the water.

Gallery

  • Model from Super Mario 64
    Model from Super Mario 64
  • Mario grabs the Metal Cap in the Super Mario manga.
    Mario grabs the Metal Cap in the Super Mario manga.
  • The "Super Mario Power Up" series of keychains from Nintendo TOKYO
    The "Super Mario Power Up" series of keychains from Nintendo TOKYO

Multimedia

Icon of an audio speaker. Metal Mario - Metal Cap theme
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The theme "Metal Mario" is a heavy metal arrangement of "Invincibility BGM". In Super Mario 64 DS, this theme receives two arrangements for when the player character is in Mega form and when Yoshi has Fire Power.

Names in other languages

Metal Cap

LanguageNameMeaningNote(s)Ref.
Japaneseメタルぼうし
Metaru Bōshi
Metal Cap[2]
メタルのぼうし
Metaru no Bōshi
[3]
Chinese (Simplified)金属帽
Jīnshǔ Mào (Mandarin)
Gāmsuhk Móu (Cantonese)
Metal Cap[4]
FrenchCasquette-métalMetal cap[5]
Casquette métalliqueMetallic capSuper Mario 64 instruction booklet[6]
Casquette métalMetal capSuper Mario 3D All-Stars[7]
GermanTitanenkappeTitanium Cap[8]
ItalianMetal cap-[9]
Cappello di MetalloMetal CapSuper Mario 64 instruction booklet[10]
PortugueseMetal Cap-[11]
SpanishGorra metálicaMetallic cap[11]
Gorra de metalMetal capSuper Mario 64 instruction booklet[12]

Metal Mario Cap

LanguageNameMeaningNote(s)Ref.
Japaneseメタルマリオ帽ぼう
Metaru Mario Bō
Metal Mario Cap[?]
Chinese (Simplified)金属马力欧帽
Jīnshǔ Mǎlì'ōu Mào (Mandarin)
Gāmsuhk Máhlihk'āu Móu (Cantonese)
Metal Mario Cap[?]
Chinese (Traditional)金屬瑪利歐帽
Jīnshǔ Mǎlì'ōu Mào (Mandarin)
Gāmsuhk Máhleih'āu Móu (Cantonese)
[?]
SpanishGorra de Mario de MetalMetal Mario Cap[?]

See also

  • Metal Mushroom Orb
  • Metal Racket
  • Metal Box

References

  1. ^ Super Mario 64 (Nintendo 64)/Unused Textures. The Cutting Room Floor (English). Retrieved January 16, 2025.
  2. ^ 1996. スーパーマリオ64六十四(ろくじゅうよん) instruction booklet. Nintendo (Japanese). Page 19.
  3. ^ 【N64】スーパーマリオ64【エンディングまで】
  4. ^ 2003. 神游马力欧 instruction booklet. iQue (Simplified Chinese). Page 19.
  5. ^ MARIO 64 - LES 120 ÉTOILES #1
  6. ^ 1997. Super Mario 64 mode d'emploi (PDF). Großostheim: Nintendo of Europe GmbH (French). Page 58.
  7. ^ Super Mario™ 3D All-Stars pour la console Nintendo Switch™ – Super Mario 64. Nintendo (French). Archived January 16, 2021, 20:20:58 UTC from the original via Wayback Machine. Retrieved January 16, 2025.
  8. ^ Super Mario 64. Nintendo Entertainment Analysis & Development (German). Retrieved November 1, 2025.
  9. ^ «Raccogli un metal cap per trasformarti in Mario metallo.» – Wing Mario. Guida illustrata ai potenziamenti di Super Mario. Nintendo Today! (Italian). Retrieved 28 Aug. 2025.
  10. ^ 1997. Super Mario 64 Libretto di Istruzioni. Großostheim: Nintendo of Europe GmbH (Italian). Page 38. (Archived 14 Aug. 2021 via Mario's Castle by Alessandro "Stormkyleis" Imbesi.)
  11. ^ a b Nintendo Today!
  12. ^ 1997. Super Mario 64 Manual de Instrucciones. Großostheim: Nintendo of Europe GmbH (European Spanish). Page 56.
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