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What is your favorite Super Mario Power-up?
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ShadowElliot
Banned
Galaxy's Ice Flower.
You can skate on water with that awesome theme playing!
You can skate on water with that awesome theme playing!
Mango The Magician
Banned
The Ice Flower in Super Mario Galaxy. I also like the Double Cherry and the Super Bell, I'd love to see how those could be used in a more adventure focused game.
Agent Matt
Member
Wing Cap from 64 is my favorite.
Those hammers do a fkton of damage, Bowser should just fire all his goons and clone hammer brothers.
RMS Gigantic
Member
If you had asked me a year and a half ago, I might have answered Wing Cap or its Super Mario Galaxy equivalent (obtained via the red star), but ever since I played with the Double Cherry, it immediately topped my list of favorite power up. There's just so much potential for organized chaos with that thing!
Dusk Soldier
Member
Silver_DNA
Member
As much as I loved the Bunny Ears in Mario Land 2 I really really love the Cloud Suit from Galaxy 2.
ShironRedshift
Member
Metal Mario + 3D Ice Mario. Bounce off lava and freeze any water you touch.
Alternatively, just going full Metal + Flying Mario from Galaxy. Metal's invulnerability + the maneuverability of flying would be pretty awesome.
For 2D stuff though, would probably have to go Hammer Bros. suit + Cape. Rain death from above!
K
kittens
Unconfirmed Member
freakzilla3000
Junior Member
I must say the new cat power up in Super Mario 3D World is an OUTSTANDING addition.
MrCunningham
Member
I used to play Mario with my neighbour back in the day. The tanooki suit was awesome just for being able to fly. I didn't care if it made no sense why he grew a tail and could suddenly fly, as a Sega owner it blew my mind. Sonic couldn't do that.
This, Kuribo's Shoe and the cape from Super Mario World.
Freezie KO
Banned
The cape is broken. Worst power-up.
Best is Cloud Mario from Galaxy 2. It's well-balanced for the given challenges and objectives, yet you can still make crazy new platforming paths if you get creative.
Best is Cloud Mario from Galaxy 2. It's well-balanced for the given challenges and objectives, yet you can still make crazy new platforming paths if you get creative.
Space Suit Mario + Fire Flower = Space Flame Thrower Suit Mario. He could shoot a thick solid line of flames out like a flamethrower, no bouncing balls.
Elfforkusu
Member
Cape.
Cape > Raccoon
This.
ShironRedshift
Member
Yeah, same here. You need the cannons to get any amount of speed, and even then you start to slow down. Plus, the fact that all you really do with it is glide and just slowly fall back down to the ground, just makes it feel so limiting and disappointing. Tanooki, Cape, and Flying Mario are all definitely better, IMO.
Yeah, overall, I definitely have to say that it's definitely a great addition. However, I do have to say that I absolutely HATE the pounce-attack though. You accidentally trigger that in the wrong part of a level, and you'll go flying off into the middle of nowhere. That killed be more times that I care to admit in 3D World. >.<
Super Mario Galaxy - Boo Mushroom: Having Mario & Luigi to become a Boo was a delight, even though it was the rarest power-up in the game. From flying and turning intangible to pass through objects, it was an incredible feeling at the time.
Super Mario Galaxy 2 - Rock Mushroom/Cloud Flower: It was a lot of fun to roll around as an unstoppable boulder, crushing crystals and enemies alike. For the Cloud Flower, gaining the ability to create temporary platforms, along with improving Mario's fall speed & increasing his long jumps, had made this the most practical power-up in a long while.
Overall, I love being Rock Mario the most, as you can't beat rolling around as an indestructible boulder that can crush most enemies.
Super Mario Galaxy 2 - Rock Mushroom/Cloud Flower: It was a lot of fun to roll around as an unstoppable boulder, crushing crystals and enemies alike. For the Cloud Flower, gaining the ability to create temporary platforms, along with improving Mario's fall speed & increasing his long jumps, had made this the most practical power-up in a long while.
Overall, I love being Rock Mario the most, as you can't beat rolling around as an indestructible boulder that can crush most enemies.
I love shell!! I remember my brother and I used to play the multiplayer for that game all the time and I'd always try to get the shell power in it because it was a lot of fun to use.Classic Mario : Cape
Skilled flying
New Mario : Shell
Awesome to try to "bit trip run" a level with the shell
3D mario : Cloud
The things an advanced player could do with this beauty
Yaphett Kotto
Member
Fire Flower because of the color scheme. I wish they can do more flower power ups that deal with more interesting elements.
Wing Cap for the endless days of shooting out of the canon in Super Mario 64; Boomerang Flower for its awesome offensive capabilities, radical helmet and usage in the top-down levels of 3D World; and Double Cherry for the fun and wildness of it, especially when used with other power-ups.
The Tanooki Suit is an icon, though, so you have to give that credit.
The Tanooki Suit is an icon, though, so you have to give that credit.
Gipsy Danger
Member
I really enjoyed the Cat Suit in SM3DW. Other than that I'm a big fan of the cape.
OminousShadow
Member
The cape from SMW will always be my favorite. It's so gloriously over-powered.
Fire Flower is also one of my favorites too, although I don't actually ever call it that. I just refer to it as "speaker" instead because I always thought the old fire flower sprites kinda looked a bit like speakers and the name just stuck.
Fire Flower is also one of my favorites too, although I don't actually ever call it that. I just refer to it as "speaker" instead because I always thought the old fire flower sprites kinda looked a bit like speakers and the name just stuck.
I always liked the frog suit, even if it wasn't the most useful.
Those are eyes aren't they? Always thought it was the ears but now I realize I've been wrong for all these years. Frogs don't even have ears.
sixteen-bit
Member
wario had cooler power ups imo
KillerDark
Member
Mango The Magician
Banned
Rock Mario + Double Cherry would be the coolest combination.
Also, it's been 18 years and I still don't know how the Wing Cap in SM64 works, once you lose your altitude there's no way to get it back so any level that involves collecting red coins in the sky is damn near impossible.
Also, it's been 18 years and I still don't know how the Wing Cap in SM64 works, once you lose your altitude there's no way to get it back so any level that involves collecting red coins in the sky is damn near impossible.
Alcoholikaust
Member
I realize its new, but I absolutely love the cat suit.
I'd actually love to see this return in some form in a mainline Mario game.Getting this is still godly,
