Mask Gate

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Mask Gate
Mario entering a Mask Gate in World 1-1 in Super Mario Advance
Screenshot fromSuper Mario Advance
First appearanceYume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic (1987, overall)
Super Mario Bros. 2 (1988,Super Mario franchise)
Latest appearanceNintendo World Championships: NES Edition (2024)
Notable

Mask Gates[1][2][3] (ormask gates),[4] also known asmasks[5] andBirdfaces,[6] are eagle-head gates that appear at the end of everylevel inSuper Mario Bros. 2, itsreissues inSuper Mario All-Stars andSuper Mario Advance, and its original version,Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic.

History[edit]

Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic /Super Mario Bros. 2[edit]

The end of the level mask.

Mask Gates first appear inYume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic, where they resemble akabuki theater mask instead of a bird head. They are reminiscent toPhanto or the smaller masks that were replaced byMushroom Blocks. Its design was altered to that of a bird's in its overseas localization,Super Mario Bros. 2.

In both games, Mask Gates are attached to the wall at the end of a level. A Mask Gate allows the player to move on to the next level, or to theworld's boss if the current level is the last level of the world. To open a Mask Gate, the player must pick up aCrystal Ball, which is either placed out in the open or guarded byBirdo.

Aliving Mask Gate that acts as a boss appears inWart's Castle, more specificallyWorld 7-2.

The Super Mario Bros. Super Show![edit]

Mask Gate
A Mask Gate inThe Super Mario Bros. Super Show!

What appears to be a Mask Gate appears in the episode "Too Hot to Handle" ofThe Super Mario Bros. Super Show! AlthoughKing Koopa leaps into the Mask Gate at the climax of the episode to make his getaway, it appears to be inanimate and metallic.

Nintendo Comics System[edit]

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Mask Gates make several appearances in theNintendo Comics System'sSuper Mario Bros. comics, functioning much likeWarp Pipes.

Super Mario-kun[edit]

A Mask Gate appears in stage 2 of volume 8 inSuper Mario-kun. WhenMario andYoshi sit on some blocks inside the pyramid, a group ofShy Guys underneath them raises the blocks and tosses the two heroes inside a Mask Gate, leading them into Tryclyde's lair.

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Names in other languages[edit]

LanguageNameMeaningNotes
Japaneseマスクゲート[7]
Masuku Gēto		Mask Gate
仮面かめん[8]
Kamen		MaskYume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic
ゲート[9]
Gēto		Gate
Chinese(Simplified)老鹰嘴通道[10]
Lǎoyīng Zuǐ Tōngdào		Eagle Beak Passageway
FrenchPorte[11][12]Door
GermanMaskentor[13]Mask Gate
Falkentor[?]Falcon Gate
ItalianTesta di falco[14]Falcon's head
Maschera[15]MaskSuper Mario Bros. 2
Portale[16]Portal/GateNES Remix 2
Testa di Falco[17][18]Falcon's HeadSuper Mario Bros. Encyclopedia
Korean얼굴 모양의 게이트[19]
Eolgul moyang-ui geiteu		Face-shaped gate
PortugueseBoca da ave[20]Bird's mouth
Spanish(Latin American)Boca del ave[21]Bird's mouth
Spanish(European)Puerta con forma de pico de ave[22]Bird beak-shaped door

References[edit]

  1. ^1989.Super Mario Bros. 2 Inside Out, Part I.Nintendo of America (American English). Page 8 and 34.
  2. ^1989.Super Mario Bros. 2 Inside Out, Part II.Nintendo of America (American English). Page 32.
  3. ^Spring 1991.NES Game Atlas.Nintendo of America (American English). Page 27.
  4. ^Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition Egg Toss description
  5. ^"At the end of each area, there is a mask that becomes a gate to the next area." – 1988.Super Mario Bros. 2 instruction booklet.Nintendo of America (English). Page 22.
  6. ^Spring 2001.Nintendo Power Advance Volume 1.Nintendo of America (English). Page 39.
  7. ^Sakai, Kazuya (Ambit), kikai, Akinori Sao, Junko Fukuda, Kunio Takayama, and Ko Nakahara (Shogakukan), editors. (October 19, 2015). 『スーパーマリオブラザーズ百科: 任天堂公式ガイドブック』. Tokyo:Shogakukan (Japanese). ISBN978-4-09-106569-8. Page 70.
  8. ^1987.Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic instruction booklet.Nintendo (Japanese). Page 28.
  9. ^1994.Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten (Japanese). Page225.
  10. ^SMG114514 (February 27, 2017).小神游GBA官方游戏宣传视频.Bilibili (Simplified Chinese). Retrieved June 5, 2024.
  11. ^«Bats le boss et entre par la porte.» – Egg Toss challenge,Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition (Canadian French).
  12. ^«Éliminez le boss et franchissez la porte.» – Egg Toss challenge,Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition (European French).
  13. ^«Besiege den Boss und betritt das Maskentor.» – Egg Toss challenge,Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition.
  14. ^«Sconfiggi il boss ed entra nella Testa di falco.» – 18 July 2024.Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition.Nintendo,indieszero (Italian).
  15. ^1989.Super Mario Bros. 2 Libretto di Istruzioni. Oleggio Castello:Nintendo (Italian). Page 22. (Archived 27 Jan. 2024 via Mario's Castle by Alessandro "Stormkyleis" Imbesi.)
  16. ^«Sconfiggi Strutzi e oltrepassa il portale!» –Super Mario Bros. 2, level 10-1 (25 Apr. 2014).NES Remix 2.Nintendo,indieszero (Italian).
  17. ^Sakai, Kazuya (ambit), kikai, Akinori Sao, Junko Fukuda, Kunio Takayama, Ko Nakahara (Shogakukan), and Marco Figini, editors (2018). "Super Mario Bros. 2" inSuper Mario Bros. Enciclopedia. Translated by Marco Amerighi. Milan:Magazzini Salani (Italian). ISBN889367436X. Page 70.
  18. ^Sakai, Kazuya (ambit), kikai, Akinori Sao, Junko Fukuda, Kunio Takayama, Ko Nakahara (Shogakukan), and Marco Figini, editors (2025). "Super Mario Bros. 2" inSuper Mario Bros. Enciclopedia (2nd ed.). Translated by Alessandro Apreda. Milan:Magazzini Salani (Italian). ISBN979-1259575760. Page 70.
  19. ^«최대한 빨리 보스를 쓰러뜨리고 얼굴 모양의 게이트에 들어가라» – Egg Toss challenge,Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition.
  20. ^«Derrote o chefão e entre na boca da ave.» – Egg Toss challenge,Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition.
  21. ^«Derrota a Birdo y entra por la boca del ave.» – Egg Toss challenge,Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition.
  22. ^«Vence a Birdo y entra por la puerta con forma de pico de ave.» – Egg Toss challenge,Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition.
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