Gray P Switch

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Gray P Switch
A Gray P Switch in Super Mario WorldGray P Switch
Gray P Switches fromSuper Mario World (left) andSuper Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2 (right)
First appearanceSuper Mario World (1990)
Latest appearanceSuper Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2 (2001)
EffectTemporarily turns onscreen enemies intoGray Coins
Variant ofP Switch

Gray P Switches[1] (orGray P-Switches)[2] are objects inSuper Mario World andits reissue. They appear identical to normalSwitch Blocks except that they are gray with pink rims as opposed to blue with orange rims. When pressed, they turn some types of enemies intoGray Coins.

As revealed by hacking, Gray P Switches also possess the ability to transformMunchers into ordinarycoins for the duration of their effect, similar to regular Switch Blocks inSuper Mario Bros. 3. However, as Gray P Switches never appear in the samelevels as Munchers inSuper Mario World, this functionality cannot be seen in-game.

Due toa glitch, Gray P Switches act like normal P Switches after being taken through apipe, though they retain their gray coloration.

Coincidentally, Switch Blocks inFamily Computer andNintendo Entertainment System releases ofSuper Mario Bros. 3 appear in a gray palette in thefortress levels. Gray P Switches themselves wentunused in theGame Boy Advance version, however, and would have functioned like how they originally did.[3]

Names in other languages

LanguageNameMeaningNotes
Japaneseスイッチブロック (銀色)[4]
Suitchi Burokku (gin-iro)		Switch Block (silver-colored)
GermanSilberner P-Block[5]Silver P-Block
ItalianInterruttore P d'argento[6]Silver P Switch
Spanish (NOA)P-Switch Gris[7]Gray P-Switch

References

  1. ^August 1991. NintendoMario Mania Player's Guide.Nintendo of America (American English). Page 153 and 161.
  2. ^September 1991.Nintendo Power Volume 28.Nintendo of America (American English). Page 23.
  3. ^TCRF.Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3/Unused Objects#Silver P-Switch.The Cutting Room Floor. Retrieved July 31, 2021.
  4. ^2015.Super Mario Bros. Hyakka: Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook,Super Mario World section.Shogakukan (Japanese). Page 60.
  5. ^Menold, Marcus, Claude M. Moyse, and Andreas G. Kämmerer, editors (1993).Der offizielle Nintendo Spieleberater "Super Mario World". Großostheim:Nintendo of Europe GmbH (German). Page 17.
  6. ^Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia. Page 60.
  7. ^Club Nintendo (Chile) Año 1 No. 2. Page 11.
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