Cap Block: Difference between revisions

In ''[[Super Mario 64 DS]]'', the three colored ! Blocks are reduced to one red [[? Block]], which is simply referred to as such. Red blocks contain either [[Power Flower (Super Mario 64 DS)|Power Flower]]s, which give different abilities depending on which character obtains them, or [[Wing Cap|Wings]] in certain levels for Mario. If anyone other than [[Yoshi]] hits a red block without his cap, however, a [[Bob-omb]] will come out instead.

===''Super Smash Bros. series''===

The green block appears as an item in every installment of the ''[[Super Smash Bros. (series)|Super Smash Bros.]]'' series starting with ''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]'', under the name '''Metal Box'''. Much like in ''Super Mario 64'', this item causes characters to become coated in metal for a short period of time. Unlike in ''Super Mario 64'', they have to simply grab or directly hit the box to become metal, as opposed to [[jump]]ing under it and causing the Metal Cap to emerge from it. They become heavier and fall faster, making it harder to directly KO them by blasting them away, but making it harder for them get back on the stage. Getting hit causes the duration of the power-up to shorten. The [[Final Smash]] forms [[Giga Bowser]], [[Wario-Man]], [[Mega Evolution (Lucario)|Mega Lucario]], and [[Giga Mac]] are completely unaffected by Metal Boxes. Also, when a character becomes metal, their voice is removed.

From ''Super Smash Bros. Melee'' onward until ''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]'', each game of the ''Super Smash Bros.'' series has a [[Trophy (Super Smash Bros. series)|trophy]] of the Metal Box. In ''[[Super Smash Bros. for Wii U]]'', the trophy erroneously states the Metal Box appears in ''Super Mario 64 DS'', which replaced the colored caps with multiple characters, and their Power Flowers are all found in red blocks.

===''Minecraft''===

==Trophy information==

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!width=100px|Name!!width=100px|Image!!width=150px|Game!!|Description

!Metal Box

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|align=center|''Super Mario 64''<br>09/96

|''First spotted in Super Mario 64, the Metal Box holds the power to turn your character briefly into heavy metal. Your mass is exponentially greater while metallic, making it difficult for others to throw you. Be careful though: not only will you move a bit slower, but you'll also fall much more quickly than you ordinarily would.''

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!width=100px|Name!!width=100px|Image!!width=200px|Game!!|Description

!Metal Box

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|align=center|'''N64''' ''Super Mario 64''

|''A green box that transforms whoever attacks it into metal. In metal form, you're a lot heavier than normal, so middling and even strong attacks don't move you too much, and standard attacks won't even make you flinch. The time you spend in metal form decreases with the damage you take. In Super Mario 64, the weight of the metal form allowed you to walk underwater.''

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!Metal Box

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|[[File:SSB4TrophyMetalBox.png|100px]]

|align=center bgcolor=lightblue|'''N64''' ''Super Mario 64'' (09/1996)<br>'''DS''' ''Super Mario 64 DS'' (11/2004)

|''This green box will make you the ultimate defensive character, turning you into solid metal for a short time. You won't flinch from enemy attacks, even in midair, and it is much harder to launch you. On the other hand, you fall like a brick. Getting hit will reduce the duration of this item.''

|''Whack this box to turn into a metal you! You won't flinch when attacked - even in mid-air - and you'll be harder to launch. Now, the downsides: you'll move slower, fall faster, and recovering when you fall off a stage will be a nightmare. Also, it's only temporary, or lasts until you've taken a certain amount of damage.''

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|Jap={{hover|赤|あか}}いブロック<ref name=JP/>

|Jap={{hover|緑|みどり}}のブロック<ref name=JP>''Super Mario 64'' Japanese instruction booklet, page 19.</ref>

|Jap2={{hover|緑|みどり}}ブロック

|Fra=Boîte de Métal

|FraM=Metal Box

|Ita=Blocco verde<ref>''Super Mario 64'' Italian  instruction booklet, page 38.</ref> <small>(''Super Mario 64'')</small><br>Scatola !<ref>Latel (May 3, 2018). [https://youtu.be/6LnV3czmdSQ Year of Smash 25 <nowiki>[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]</nowiki>]. ''YouTube''. Retrieved September 13, 2020.</ref> <small>(''Super Smash Bros.'' series)</small>

|ItaM=Green Block<br>! Box

|Jap={{hover|青|あお}}いブロック<ref name=JP/>

*In some [[list of New Super Mario Bros. pre-release and unused content|pre-release version]]s of ''[[New Super Mario Bros.]]'', a blue block from ''[[Super Mario 64]]'' can be seen (as shown in the image to the right). Its 3D geometry is more apparent than any other block in the game. Moreover, the [[! Block|yellow block]] from the same game can also be viewed, this one being automatically switched to a green block if hit.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9r99rNi-6s&t=51s Video showing an early E3 prototype of ''New Super Mario Bros.'']</ref>