Character Switch

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Character Switch
Artwork from Super Mario 3D World
First appearance	Super Mario 3D World (2013)
Latest appearance	Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury (2021)

Mario about to land on a Character Switch with his emblem on it in Really Rolling Hills

A Character Switch^[1] is an object in Super Mario 3D World and Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury. Each of these P Switches has a character emblem on it for Mario, Luigi, Princess Peach, Toad, or Rosalina; only the character whose emblem is shown can press the switch. When the switch is pressed, in most cases a stamp appears, but the switches can also reveal a Green Star or a line of coins.

A description of each of the Character Switches and the levels they appear in are as follows:

Mario switch: Depicts a red "M" emblem; appears in Really Rolling Hills and Blast Block Skyway.
Luigi switch: Depicts a green "L" emblem; appears in A Beam in the Dark.
Princess Peach switch: Depicts an emblem of Peach's Crown; appears in Pretty Plaza Panic.
Toad switch: Depicts an emblem of Toad's head; appears in Backstreet Bustle and Sprawling Savanna Rabbit Run.
Rosalina switch: Depicts a Grand Star emblem; appears in Rolling Ride Run.

NamingEdit

Internal namesEdit

Game	File	Name	Meaning
Super Mario 3D World	`content/ObjectData/TrampleSwitchChara.szs`	TrampleSwitchChara	Chara Trample Switch

Names in other languagesEdit

Language	Name	Meaning	Ref.
Japanese	キャラクタースイッチ Kyarakutā Suitchi	Character Switch	^[2]
German	Charakter-Schalter	Character Switch	^[?]
Italian	Interruttore personaggio	Character Switch	^[?]
Russian	Переключатель персонажей Pereklyuchatel' personazhey	Characters' Switch	^[?]

NotesEdit

The only Character Switches that yield something other than stamps are the Toad switch in Sprawling Savanna Rabbit Run (which gives out a Green Star) and the Mario switch in Blast Block Skyway (which activates a line of coins).
The Character Switches' stamps are always of the respective character's Small form.
Luigi's switch is the only one not found in a level with an alliterative title.

ReferencesEdit

^ Musa, Alexander, and Geson Hatchett (November 22, 2013). Super Mario 3D World PRIMA Official Game Guide. Prima Games (American English). ISBN 978-0-804-16249-4. Page 20.
^ Sakai, Kazuya (Ambit) et al. (October 19, 2015). Super Mario Bros. Hyakka: Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook, Super Mario 3D World section. Shogakukan (Japanese). ISBN 978-4-09-106569-8. Page 232.

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