White box

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White box
Screenshot of a white box from Super Mario Sunshine.
Screenshot from Super Mario Sunshine
First appearance Super Mario Sunshine (2002)
Latest appearance Super Mario 3D All-Stars (2020)

White boxes[1] are large lifts from Super Mario Sunshine. They resemble translucent cubes with white rims and colorful corner pieces, like a toy block. White boxes only appear in the secret courses of Bianco Hills and Casino Delfino, in which the move and rotate along set paths. While white boxes can be stood on by Mario, in some contexts they function as obstacles that can push him off of other platforms and down bottomless pits.

White boxes have inconsistent sizes, and some have faster, more complex movements than others. Some necessitate Mario keep moving while on top or else risk being tossed off their side.

Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning
Japanese キューブリフト[2]
Kyūburifuto
Cube Lift

References[edit]

  1. ^ Averill, Alan and Jennifer Villarreal. Super Mario Sunshine Player's Guide. Redmond, Nintendo of America, 2002, pp. 39, 42.
  2. ^ Sakai, Kazuya (Ambit), kikai, Akinori Sao, Junko Fukuda, Kunio Takayama, and Ko Nakahara (Shogakukan), editors.『スーパーマリオブラザーズ百科: 任天堂公式ガイドブック』[Japanese source]. Tokyo, Shogakukan, 2015, p. 105.