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|image=[[File:Pickaxe CTTT.png|170px]]<br>Artwork of a Super Pickax from ''[[Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker]]''
|image=[[File:Pickaxe CTTT.png|170px]]<br>Artwork of a Super Pickax from ''[[Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker]]''
|first_appearance=''[[Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker]]'' ([[List of games by date#2014|2014]])
|first_appearance=''[[Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker]]'' ([[List of games by date#2014|2014]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Mario Golf: Super Rush|Mario Golf: Super Rush]]'' (version 2.0.0) ([[List of games by date#2021|2021]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Mario Golf: Super Rush]]'' (version 2.0.0) ([[List of games by date#2021|2021]])
|effect=Lets [[Captain Toad]] destroy certain objects and enemies in his path.
|effect=Lets [[Captain Toad]] destroy certain objects and enemies in his path.
}}
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The '''Super Pickax'''<ref>[https://captaintoad.nintendo.com/items-treasure/ Official Site - Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker for Nintendo Switch/Nintendo 3DS]. Nintendo. Retrieved December 4, 2014.</ref> (spelled "pickaxe" in Europe) is an item appearing in the [[Wii U]] game ''[[Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker]]'', and its 2018 [[Nintendo Switch]] and [[Nintendo 3DS]] and its Nintendo Switch and Nintendo 3DS [[Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker (Nintendo Switch / Nintendo 3DS)|ports]]. It also makes an appearance in the 2021 Nintendo Switch game ''[[Mario Golf: Super Rush]]'' as Toadette's special shot in the version 2.0.0 update.<ref>[https://twitter.com/NintendoAmerica/status/1423267664068284422 https://twitter.com/NintendoAmerica/status/1423267664068284422]</ref>
The '''Super Pickax'''<ref>[https://captaintoad.nintendo.com/items-treasure/ Official Site - Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker for Nintendo Switch/Nintendo 3DS]. Nintendo. Retrieved December 4, 2014.</ref> (spelled '''Super Pickaxe''' in British English) is an item that appears in ''[[Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker]]'' and its [[Nintendo Switch]] and [[Nintendo 3DS]] [[Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker (Nintendo Switch / Nintendo 3DS)|ports]]. They can be plucked from the ground similar to [[Turnip]]s. If [[Captain Toad]] picks one up, he will swing it repeatedly in front of him, breaking certain objects in his way such as [[Brick Block]]s. After a certain amount of time, the pickax will disappear. The Super Pickax can also be used to defeat enemies, and it works in a similar way to a [[Super Star]].<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eSZGeJe8ET4 Nintendo Treehouse Live @ E3 - Captain Toad round 2 (new level)]. YouTube. Retrieved October 12, 2014.</ref>


Super Pickaxes can be plucked from the ground similar to [[Turnip]]s. If [[Captain Toad]] picks one up, he will swing it repeatedly in front of him, breaking certain objects in his way such as [[Brick Block]]s. After a certain amount of time, the pickax will disappear. The Super Pickax can also be used to defeat enemies, and it works in a similar way to a [[Super Star]].<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eSZGeJe8ET4 Nintendo Treehouse Live @ E3 - Captain Toad round 2 (new level)]. YouTube. Retrieved October 12, 2014.</ref>
The Super Pickax also makes an appearance in ''[[Mario Golf: Super Rush]]'' in Toadette's special shot, Super Pickax Stinger, in the version 2.0.0 update.<ref>@NintendoAmerica (August 5, 2021). [https://twitter.com/NintendoAmerica/status/1423267664068284422 ''"Fore! #MarioGolf: Super Rush scores a free update later today."''] ''Twitter''. Retrieved August 6, 2021.</ref>


==Profiles==
==Profiles==
===''Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker''===
===''Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker''===
*'''Instruction manual:''' ''"If you grab a pickax, Captain Toad will swing it for a limited time, defeating enemies and breaking certain kinds of blocks along the way."''
*'''Instruction manual:''' ''"If you grab a pickax, Captain Toad will swing it for a limited time, defeating enemies and breaking certain kinds of blocks along the way."''
==See also==
*[[Hammer]]


==Names in other languages==
==Names in other languages==
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==Trivia==
==Trivia==
*The swinging animation when Captain Toad picks up a Super Pickax is similar to that of the [[Hammer]] from ''[[Donkey Kong (game)|Donkey Kong]]''. The music that plays is also an arrangement of the Hammer theme.
*The swinging animation when Captain Toad picks up a Super Pickax is similar to that of the [[Hammer]] from ''[[Donkey Kong (game)|Donkey Kong]]''. The music that plays is also an arrangement of the Hammer theme.
==See also==
*[[Hammer]]


==References==
==References==

Revision as of 23:20, August 5, 2021

Not to be confused with Pickaxe.

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The Super Pickax[1] (spelled Super Pickaxe in British English) is an item that appears in Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker and its Nintendo Switch and Nintendo 3DS ports. They can be plucked from the ground similar to Turnips. If Captain Toad picks one up, he will swing it repeatedly in front of him, breaking certain objects in his way such as Brick Blocks. After a certain amount of time, the pickax will disappear. The Super Pickax can also be used to defeat enemies, and it works in a similar way to a Super Star.[2]

The Super Pickax also makes an appearance in Mario Golf: Super Rush in Toadette's special shot, Super Pickax Stinger, in the version 2.0.0 update.[3]

Profiles

Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker

  • Instruction manual: "If you grab a pickax, Captain Toad will swing it for a limited time, defeating enemies and breaking certain kinds of blocks along the way."

See also

Names in other languages

Language Name Meaning
Japanese スーパーツルハシ
Sūpā Tsuruhashi
Super Pickaxe

Dutch Superhouweel
Super Pickaxe
German Super-Spitzhacke
Super Pickaxe
Italian Super piccone
Super pickaxe
Spanish (NOE) Superpico
Superpickaxe

Trivia

  • The swinging animation when Captain Toad picks up a Super Pickax is similar to that of the Hammer from Donkey Kong. The music that plays is also an arrangement of the Hammer theme.

References

  1. ^ Official Site - Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker for Nintendo Switch/Nintendo 3DS. Nintendo. Retrieved December 4, 2014.
  2. ^ Nintendo Treehouse Live @ E3 - Captain Toad round 2 (new level). YouTube. Retrieved October 12, 2014.
  3. ^ @NintendoAmerica (August 5, 2021). "Fore! #MarioGolf: Super Rush scores a free update later today." Twitter. Retrieved August 6, 2021.