Behind the Waterfall: Difference between revisions

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The '''Cavern of the Metal Cap''' (called the '''Metal Cap Switch Course''' in the message that appears upon the player entering) or '''Metal Cap Cavern'''<ref>M. Arakawa. ''Super Mario 64'' Player's Guide. Page 59.</ref> is a cave in ''[[Super Mario 64]]'' that contains the [[Cap Switch|Metal Cap Switch]]. The entrance is located in the [[Hazy Maze Cave]], behind a set of double doors in the Underground Lake area. It is the only [[level]] to be entered inside another level in the N64 version, and one of the only two levels to be entered inside another level in the DS version, the other being [[Big Boo Battle]] in [[Big Boo's Haunt]]. In order to reach it, the player must traverse to the underwater cavern in the Hazy Maze Cave. The player then has to get on top of [[Dorrie]]'s head and then steer him over to the small patch of ground outside the double doors. Upon entering the double doors, the player will have to go through a short hallway, at the end of which is another pool of liquid metal, much like the one that is used to enter the Hazy Maze Cave in the first place. [[Jump]]ing into it will transport the player to the Cavern of the Metal Cap.  

In ''[[Super Mario 64 DS]]'', the area was retitled '''Behind the Waterfall''', and the [[Metal Cap]] Switch was removed. However, a second [[Power Star]] was added, which can be reached only by [[Mario]] using a [[Power Flower (Super Mario 64 DS)|Power Flower]]. Signs, however, continue to refer to the area as the '''Metal Cave''' or '''Metal Cavern''', which is a holdover from the original version.

The cave is decorated with large glittering crystals and has a stream of water running through the middle. In the original game, upon entering the cave, Mario is automatically turned into [[Metal Mario]] and is therefore invulnerable to the stream's current. The water is moving very fast and can sweep Mario out the cave's one-way exit (which will lead him to the waterfall outside the [[Peach's Castle|Mushroom Castle]]) if he is not careful. Directly before the exit through the waterfall is a [[! Block]] containing a [[1-Up Mushroom]] as well, which can be obtained only if Mario gets a Metal Cap. The only enemies that appear are [[Snufit]]s, and a [[Goomba]] in the DS version. The DS version also has a [[Bob-omb Buddy]]. If the player presses the ! Switch, all of the green ! Blocks in the game will activate, granting access to the Metal Cap in later courses.

===8 Red Coins===

There are eight [[Red Coin]]s to be collected here, and several of them are just below a huge waterfall leading into the stream. The only way to reach them is by becoming Metal Mario (Metal [[Wario]] in the remake). Once every Red Coin is collected, the Power Star will appear at the [[Star Marker]] underwater near the waterfall at the back end of the cavern, surrounded by a circle of [[Coin|Yellow Coin]]s.

By using Mario, the player must hit the [[? Block]] by the waterfall to obtain a Power Flower. By [[Balloon Mario|floating]] upwards from that spot, they can find a Power Star above a triangular set of coins.

SM64-Metal Cap Entrance.png|The entrance to Behind the Waterfall in the [[Hazy Maze Cave]] in the N64 version

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|Ita=Caverna di Metallo<br>Dietro la cascata

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|Fra=Derrière la cascade

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