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"Green Pipe" redirects here. For a movable object from theMario vs. Donkey Kong series called a "Green Pipe" in the instruction booklet ofMario vs. Donkey Kong: Mini-Land Mayhem!, seeMovable Pipe. For the pipe-like objects that commonly appear inSuper Mario Bros. 2, seeJar.

Warp Pipe
Artwork fromSuper Mario Party Jamboree
First appearance	Mario Bros. (1983)
Latest appearance	Mario & Luigi: Brothership (2024)
Effect	Transports players to other areas
Variants ! Pipe 8-bit pipe Clear Pipe Drain pipe Golden Pipe Inchworm Pipe Jet Pipe Max Fastosity Dasherator Moon Pipe Movable Pipe Mysterious pipe Pipe Cannon Return Pipe Rotating Cannon pipe Rotate Pipe Shrinker Pipe Small pipe Spin Pipe Star Pipe Super Slurp Pipe Time Dokan Tiny pipe Water Valve World Warp Pipe

“Ah, a pipe. Definitely a pipe. And that means we're going in, right?”

—Kersti,Paper Mario: Sticker Star

AWarp Pipe (orwarp pipe), also known as simply aPipe (orpipe), is a common mode of transportation in theSuper Mario franchise. Generally speaking, a Warp Pipe is a pipe that does not always appear to be connected to a second pipe physically, although traveling through it transports the traveler to the other end. In many cases, Warp Pipes can be used to cross great distances (and evenworlds) instantly, while some pipes cannot even transport anything. The size of Warp Pipes can vary greatly. While some are too narrow for a human to enter, others are large enough for akart orBowser's Airship to travel through. They are typically green, but they have appeared in many other colors less frequently.

Concept and creation[edit]

Super Mario Bros. concept art. A Warp Pipe can be seen on the middle left.

During the development ofMario Bros., pipes were created byShigeru Miyamoto as a way to avoid enemies piling up at the bottom of the screen, as he believed having it wrap vertically would be confusing to players. According to Miyamoto, he initially came up with the idea while walking home from his office in Kyoto, when he spotted plastic drainage pipes coming out of a concrete wall on the side of a building.^[1][2] According to the UKNintendo Magazine, pipes were inspired byShigeru Miyamoto's desire to explore a building with a manhole covered pipe in Kyoto.^[3] Pipes are also inspired by their appearances in older manga where they are found on vacant lots. Although usually gray, green was selected due to color limitations during the development ofMario Bros., as it looked "nice when you used two different tones."^[1]

History[edit]

Mario Bros.[edit]

Warp Pipes first appear in the arcade gameMario Bros., where enemies emerge from them to attackMario andLuigi. Either player character can hide from enemies by standing behind the bottom ones, but this does not protect fromfireballs oricicles.

Super Mario series[edit]

LINE sticker of Mario entering a Warp Pipe

Warp Pipes appear in nearly every game of theSuper Mario series sinceSuper Mario Bros., althoughYume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic andSuper Mario Bros. 2 use the functionally similarjars instead. Some can be entered by pressing, or and a jump button (for upside-down pipes); some Warp Pipes are found protruding from walls, and can be entered simply by having Mario walk into them, or swim if underwater. Some even lead to underground levels and bonus rooms.Piranha Plants can also be found in many pipes.

InSuper Mario World, some Warp Pipes act asmini-cannons, shooting Mario or Luigi high into the air. This feature is retained inNew Super Mario Bros.. If Mario or Luigi uses theMega Mushroom, they can kick a pipe, breaking it off if it is vertical (or pushing it in if it is horizontal), orGround Pound it to make a vertical pipe lower to ground level. However, if Mega Mario or Luigi destroys a pipe, they cannot go down it anymore, though it fills up the meter at the top of the screen by a significant amount, resulting in some1-Up Mushrooms.Small pipes are introduced inSuper Mario Bros. 3 at half the size of a regular Warp Pipe. They could not be entered untilNew Super Mario Bros., though, as they require Mario or Luigi to use aMini Mushroom to gettiny so they can enter. Inside these small pipes,Star Coins can usually be found. Warp Pipes often come in many different colors, namely green, red, yellow, and blue. InNew Super Mario Bros. and its sequels, red pipes usually lead tosecret exits.

Super Mario 64 /Super Mario 64 DS[edit]

A Warp Pipe in Bowser in the Sky, inSuper Mario 64

Warp Pipes appear inSuper Mario 64 andits remake, but with a considerably reduced role compared to earlier 2D platformers. Mario arrives at theMushroom Castle using a Warp Pipe in the introduction,^[4] followed by Luigi andWario in the remake.^[5] A Warp Pipe takes the player character to the arena whereBowser is fought in bothBowser in the Dark World^[6] andBowser in the Sky,^[7] though an identically functioning funnel-likewarp is used atBowser in the Fire Sea. Identical looking objects calledShrinker Pipes appear onTiny-Huge Island.

Super Mario Sunshine[edit]

Green Warp Pipes are typically found inDelfino Plaza inSuper Mario Sunshine, leading to other areas, including theRed Coin Field and theSuper Slide. A nearby island has a green Warp Pipe blocked by anOrange Juice Generator, and getting rid of it opens access to theLily Pad Ride.^[8] Another green Warp Pipe is found inEpisode 4 ofSirena Beach behind a flipping tile wall.

Red Warp Pipes appear only in Delfino Plaza, being used to transport Mario to Sirena Beach andPianta Village, respectively. The Warp Pipe to Sirena Beach is blocked by a largepineapple until a Yoshi eats the pineapple.^[9] The Warp Pipe toPianta Village is atop theShine Gate.^[10] Red Warp Pipes have multicolored interiors, rather than black, and are typically shorter.

New Super Mario Bros.[edit]

Artwork of a Warp Pipe fromNew Super Mario Bros.

Warp Pipes appear in green, red, and yellow varieties inNew Super Mario Bros., working as they do before.Mega Mario destroys pipes instantly.^[11] In theWario's Warehouse articles for the game,Wario gets stuck in a pipe for three whole days after a shopping trip withWaluigi.^[12]

Super Mario Galaxy[edit]

Warp Pipes appear in orange and green varieties inSuper Mario Galaxy. They are found in mostgalaxies. Many Warp Pipes transport Mario from the outside to the inside of a planet, while some lead to hidden areas. Certain Warp Pipes require the player to collect aKey or defeat every enemy on the planet before they can become usable. Additionally, when Mario exits an area, the Warp Pipe appears from the ground to return him before returning into the ground.

New Super Mario Bros. Wii[edit]

Pipes inNew Super Mario Bros. Wii

Warp Pipes return toNew Super Mario Bros. Wii, functioning like they did in previous games. This time, there are four different colors: green, yellow, blue, and red. The colors of the pipes only serve decorative purpose. Some Pipes will spawnGoombas orBob-ombs. While normally stationary, Pipes occasionally move up and down, and some Pipes hang from ceilings or face horizontally.Pipe Cannons also appear.

Super Mario Galaxy 2[edit]

ASuper Piranha Plant coming out of a giant pipe in theSupermassive Galaxy inSuper Mario Galaxy 2

Warp Pipes inSuper Mario Galaxy 2 serve basically the same purpose as they did in the predecessor. Some Warp Pipes tend to appear far more frequently on the ceiling of the inside sections of many planets andgalaxies, mainly in theRightside Down Galaxy and theUpside Dizzy Galaxy.

Warp Pipes also appear inWorld 3 andWorld 5 on theGrand World Map. WhenStarship Mario enters one, it gets transported to another part of the World Map that is otherwise inaccessible.

In theSupermassive Galaxy, several large Warp Pipes appear near the beginning of the level. Though they cannot be entered and therefore do not transportMario to any special areas, they do serve a purpose. One of the first two Warp Pipes that are encountered is home to aSuper Piranha Plant, which Mario must be careful to avoid. The third continually rises up and down, and acts as an elevator to the next area of the level. Later in the level, the player will fly through alarge Warp Pipe tunnel leading to the next area. Two more large Warp Pipes near the end of the level house two more Super Piranha Plants.

In theBattle Belt Galaxy, Warp Pipes play a major role in progressing through the level, as they transport the player to the inside of several planets, where they must defeat everyenemy to continue. The Warp Pipes in this galaxy are all covered, and the player must defeat all enemies on the surface of each planet before the planet's Warp Pipe can be accessed.

A Warp Pipe appears near the left ear of Starship Mario after the player collects a certain amount of Power Stars. It leads to a secret area where the player encounters twoLumalees who sellChance Cubes forCoins andStar Bits. Additionally, on Starship Mario, if Mario manages to get on top of the chimney near the helm, he goes down it as if it were a Warp Pipe. The chimney leads to the engine room of Starship Mario. Mario also comes out of a Warp Pipe on the way toPeach's Castle at the very beginning of the game. At this point in the game, several other Warp Pipes are encountered which do not warp the player to anywhere at all, and so act merely as platforms.

Super Mario 3D Land[edit]

Warp Pipes appear inSuper Mario 3D Land. As in the 2DSuper Mario games, vertical ones can be entered by pressing or while on one to make Mario (or Luigi) go down it; one sticking out of a wall may simply be walked into to enter. After the player has unlockedSpecial 1-8, Warp Pipes appear at the beginning of each world and provide access between the normal worlds and the special worlds. WhenSpecial 8-Crown is unlocked, it replaces the Warp Pipe connectingWorld 8 and Special 8, which cannot be used after this point.World Warp Pipes appear in twoWarp Zones inWorld 1-2 andWorld 4-2. These allow the player to warp to the next world and skip the following levels in the world they are in.

New Super Mario Bros. 2[edit]

Warp Pipes appear inNew Super Mario Bros. 2. Some of them housePiranha Plants, while others allowMario (orLuigi) to warp. If the player destroys a Piranha Plant in a Warp Pipe with aKoopa Shell affected by aGold Ring, numerous Coins come out. Mario (or Luigi) can go down pipes by pressing or sliding/.

New Super Mario Bros. U /New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe[edit]

Warp Pipes inNew Super Mario Bros. U work and appear like before. The player can go down or up pipes with or. Some Pipes face diagonally, and cannot be entered.Mini Mario can still entersmall pipes like before.

Super Mario 3D World /Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury[edit]

Super Mario 3D World is the first appearance of transparentClear Pipes andClear Pipe Cannons, which are similar to Warp Pipes, but have two ends that are always visibly connected. Likewise, coins, enemies, and characters can be seen travelling through them by the player.

While traditional green Warp Pipes return, they are less common as a result of Clear Pipes being introduced. However, golden Warp Pipes appear for the first time, and take characters to golden bonus rooms with many coins when entered. TheWorld Warp Pipes fromSuper Mario 3D Land also return and, as in that game, only appear inWorld 1-2 andWorld 4-2.

The Warp Pipe that appears from graffiti

APixel Luigi can be seen jumping out of certain Warp Pipes in Koopa Troopa Cave andReally Rolling Hills when theTime Limit is at 105.

In theBowser's Fury campaign ofSuper Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury,Bowser Jr. can use hismagic brush to paintgraffiti, including one image of a golden Warp Pipe, which causes an actual pipe to appear from the ground. When entered, it takes Mario to a coin-filled bonus room similar to the ones in the main campaign. The pipe can also be destroyed ifPlessie collides with it. If this is done, it will not reappear until the current save file is reloaded.

Super Mario Maker /Super Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DS[edit]

Warp Pipes are placeable objects inSuper Mario Maker andits port. An enemy or an item can spawn from a Warp Pipe if it is placed inside of it. Warp Pipes can expand upon levels; by dragging Mario inside a Warp Pipe, the player is able to create a side area separate from the main level. The Pipe's length and positioning can also be adjusted.

Super Mario Run[edit]

Pipes are key objects inSuper Mario Run, even as part of the user interface. Diagonal pipes never appear in this game.

Each of the game's modes is tied to a specific color of pipe: Green for World Tour, Red for Toad Rally, and Yellow for Remix 10. From theMushroom Kingdom menu, the player can use any of these pipes to transition to that mode. This is depicted as Mario going down the pipe. This is similarly depicted as the back button from those modes, using a pipe of the same color as the mode, but without Mario depicted as going through.

Pipes appear in multiple courses as platforms to stand on, jump over, walk under, or Wall Jump from. They can be green in most cases, red in desert courses, grey inGhost Houses. and yellow inCutting-Edge Spire. Piranha Plants can come from them, as usual. Pipes can bevaulted over if they are low enough.

In World Tour, the underground courses of this game,Wall-Kicking It Underground,Treasure-Hoarding Swoops,Danger High and Low, andChase the Snaking Coins use pipes in a number of ways aside from platforms. The player enters pipes during the course which happens automatically in this game when the player touches the entrance while grounded. Most of them are one way transitions to the next area, with the screen scrolling to the destination. Abubble can allow the player to float back through the transition. The last enterable pipe of each course cuts the screen to black to load a new area, then takes the player to an above ground section with theGoal Pole. A bubble cannot float back to the prior area.

Airship courses outside ofWorld Star, those beingAirship Cannons...Fire!,Firing the Airship's Burners, andThrowing It All Overboard, end on a green Pipe that takes the player to a room inside the ship for the boss battle againstBoom Boom. This also involves a loading screen, and drops the player into the the room from above. As before, bubbles do not float back to the prior area. World Star's two Airship courses are exceptions.Airship Plunder already is in the interior of an Airship but still ends in a pipe to take the player to a different room for a boss battle.Airship Armada ends on a normal Goal Pole.

Toad Rally uses pipes as transitions as well. Since it splices together different courses to create an infinitely long course, the enterable pipes of Airship courses do not appear. Enterable pipes in underground courses do appear, with the transition used to switch layouts. No pipe takes the player to an above ground section in this mode. During aCoin Rush, pipes often spit out coins to collect. TheToads the player gains in this mode go to the Mushroom Kingdom through a red pipe.

Remix 10 connects each Area with pipes. A pipe pops up from the ground when Mario reaches the end of an Area, which is marked with a yellow number for the Area it leads to. Mario enters this pipe, and exits at the start of the next area. Afterward, the pipe sinks back into the ground and vanishes. Randomly, a non standard animation may play instead of the normal one. These can have Mario exit cautiously or enter the pipe upside down, among other results One animation has the pipe reveal itself to be a pipe cannon, as it shoots Mario into the air and over to the next area.

Remix 10 uses pipes to conclude each course. For underground courses, sections that are underground start with the player dropping out of a Warp Pipe. The pipes that were transitions in the other modes serve as the goal of the course in this mode. This also means the pipe takes on some of the properties of theGoal Pole, in that entering one collects all gravity affected coins and convertsSuper Mushrooms andSuper Stars that are not inside bubbles into five coins. Most courses in Remix 10 end in Goal Poles, and they transition into the next course by having the player go through a pipe of the color matching the course's location. Castle courses use grey pipes.VS Boom Boom starts with the player dropping in from a pipe, as per the boss battles with Boom Boom from other modes. Other pipes still appear, and while the player isinvincible those pipes spit out coins in the same way they do during a Coin Rush.

Pipes are alsobuildings that can be purchased from the Shop, then placed as in the Mushroom Kingdom in the Kingdom Builder mode. They can be in all five of the Toad colors in the game: Red, Blue, Green, Yellow, and Purple. They also come in one of three variations. All of them are ranked 2★.

• [Color] Pipe A: A short pipe of that color, which fits in a 1×1 area. Toads sometimes run around it, or talk to each other while standing on top.
• [Color] Pipe B: A tall pipe of that color, which fits in a 1×1 area. Toads sometimes run around it, or one can balance as they walk across the opening.
• [Color] Pipe C: A branching pipe, consisting of a vertical pipe from the ground and a horizontal pipe sticking out to the left. They fit in a 1×2 area. Toads sometimes balance on the vertical pipe's opening, peek out from the horizontal pipe, or nap on the side of the vertical pipe.

The descriptions for [Color] Pipe B indicate that enemies and obstacles could be inside pipes, with Blue Pipe B namingSwoop, Green Pipe B naming Piranha Plant, Red Pipe B namingFire Bar, Purple Pipe B namingBuzzy Beetle, and Yellow Pipe B namingPokey.

ThePiranha Plant Statue has a pipe that the Piranha Plant comes out of.

There are also four special pipes that can be placed in the Kingdom Builder. Each of them has a star design matching thecolor coins ofSuper Mario Run, and a white base. They take up a 1x1 area. By tapping on these pipes, the player can access a Special Course. The Pink Coin Pipe can only be obtained after collecting everyPink Coin, and allows the player to play Chase the Snaking Coins. The Purple Coin Pipe can only be obtained after collecting everyPurple Coin, and allows the player to playPiranha Plant Field. The Black Coin Pipe can only be obtained after collecting everyBlack Coin, and allows the player to playMake the Cut!. The Gold Star Pipe has a unique star shaped opening, and can only be obtained after collecting every★Black Coin. It allows the player to playRed Block Run. As special buildings, only one of each can ever be obtained.

Super Mario Odyssey[edit]

Five Warp Pipes inSuper Mario Odyssey

Besides regular Warp Pipes, blocky8-bit pipes also appear inSuper Mario Odyssey, and they can be found connected to walls with animated murals in the design ofSuper Mario Bros. If Mario enters one of these pipes, he will be transported into the mural itself in hisSuper Mario Bros. appearance (though while retaining his modern color scheme or his current outfit), where the player controls him in a side-scrolling sequence similar to that in the original game. The regular pipes have a more metallic design than most games.Moon Pipes also debut in this game, being spawned by breakingMoon Rocks; these pipes always send Mario to new sub-levels. The player can also enter theOdyssey through the largest exhaust pipe as if it were a Warp Pipe.

Unlike in prior games, Mario will enter Warp Pipes quicker if heground-pounds,rolls,dives, orlong-jumps into one, rather than finishing the move and entering it normally; the sound effect that plays when he enters one will also be sped up.

Super Mario Maker 2[edit]

A red Warp Pipe inSuper Mario Maker 2

Warp Pipes reappear as placeable objects inSuper Mario Maker 2. Red, yellow, and blue Warp Pipes also appear, and release their contents from fastest to slowest in that order. The speed of green Warp Pipes are between the blue and yellow types. Clear Pipes also appear in theSuper Mario 3D World style.

Super Mario Bros. Wonder[edit]

An Inchworm Pipe inSuper Mario Bros. Wonder

Besides regular Warp Pipes, living pipes that move up and down and like inchworms, namedInchworm Pipes, appear during certainWonder Effects inSuper Mario Bros. Wonder. There is also a teal Warp Pipe that can be pushed and occasionally connected to form a whole pipe. Some Warp Pipes can take the player characters into the background or foreground of the level.

Super Mario cartoons[edit]

Warp Pipes appear in all three of theSuper Mario television shows (The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!,The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3, andSuper Mario World), where they function the same way as in the games the shows were based on. Warp Pipes are also present in thereal world and can be used to travel between it and theMushroom Kingdom. Throughout the cartoons, Warp Pipes are referred to with different names; in theThe Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3 episode "Reign Storm,"Princess Toadstool calls one a "drain pipe," while in theSuper Mario World episode "Fire Sale," Mario refers to one as a "warp tube."

Nintendo Comics System[edit]

TheNintendo Comics System story "A Mouser in the Houser" reveals that humanoid mice constructed the Transport Tube system before their king,Mouser, was corrupted by the Koopa King. They still have extensive maps of it.

Super Mario Adventures[edit]

InSuper Mario Adventures, Warp Pipes appear as the mode of transport between the Mushroom Kingdom and the lands surroundingYoshi Village. On their first trip through the Warp Pipe that Bowser has traveled through,Princess Toadstool and her followers end up at a different location from where Mario and Luigi emerge. The narration states that Mario and Luigi "hooked up with the wrong connection somewhere," implying that not all Warp Pipes lead solely to one other location.

Yoshi franchise[edit]

Warp Pipes play a similar role in theYoshi franchise, but Warp Pipes that spawn enemies are more frequent than they are in theSuper Mario series. This may be because of enemies being a more important part ofYoshi level design, aseating enemies is the only way to access a number of projectile attacks likeYoshi Eggs and fire breath.

InYoshi's New Island, a Warp Pipe character namedMr. Pipe gives Yoshi items if he repeatedly fails a level.

InYoshi's Woolly World andPoochy & Yoshi's Woolly World, Warp Pipes join many other elements of the game in being woven out of yarn. Frames of Warp Pipes can also be encountered. They cannot be used untilYoshi hits them with ayarn ball, knitting the Warp Pipe around the frame. To use a Warp Pipe, Yoshi turns back into individual strands of yarn, which all pass through with a spiral animation before reforming on the other side. Using a Warp Pipe in multiplayer mode teleports the other Yoshi there instantly.Egg Plants can appear in Warp Pipes. Warp Pipes are among the objectsPoochy can indicate to Yoshi, as can thePoochy Pups inPoochy & Yoshi's Woolly World.

Mario Kart series[edit]

Pipe Plaza inMario Kart DS

In theMario Kart series, Warp Pipes (usually referred to as simply "pipes") appear as simple obstacles on the courses, especially on theMario Circuits. They act as walls, in that racers who drive into them slow down significantly or even come to a stop; however, the pipes can be taken out by several means, such as hitting them with a powerful item (e.g. aSpiny Shell) or driving into them while powered-up by aSuper Star,Bullet Bill, or other condition-changing item.Piranha Plants can also be in pipes in courses likeGCN Yoshi Circuit. On some occasions, mostly inMario Kart: Double Dash!!, the player can enter a pipe and get warped to another area, which is mainly for the purpose of collectingItem Boxes. This also happens inMario Kart DS, but only inPipe Plaza, since it is a battle course that originated inMario Kart: Double Dash!!.

Mario Kart Tour[edit]

Cannon-like pipes are used to obtain various random items inMario Kart Tour. The player can pull down and release such a pipe to fire out drivers, karts, gliders, and balloons, as well as inventory items (coins,rubies, and tickets). Each pipe has a set pool of items it can draw from: generally, green pipes can give out items of all kinds, with gold pipes guaranteeing at least one High-End item of any kind; however, the All-Clear Pipe, unlocked by completing all courses and bonus challenges in a tour, only ever gives out a High-End driver, kart, or glider, and does not feature balloons or inventory items. Pipes appear as rewards from Tour Gifts, multiplayer races, and Premium Challenges, while also being purchasable from the Token Shop usingevent tokens. Prior to theBattle Tour, the Shop featured pipes that unlocked spotlight items, with 5 rubies needed to fire one such pipe once and 45 to fire the pipe ten times.

Within races, pipes appear as obstacles and ramps. In regular races (i.e. not in bonus challenges), those that act as obstacles grant bonus points when taken out. Pipes can also release various things, such asGoombas (as seen in3DS Toad Circuit R/T),Item Boxes (in someBreak Item Boxes bonus challenges),air currents, orunderwater currents. A course themed around Warp Pipes,Piranha Plant Pipeline, debuted in this game during the aptly namedPipe Tour.

Below is a list of courses inMario Kart Tour that feature pipes that can be taken out.

Donkey Kong (Game Boy)[edit]

A Warp Pipe is in the background in the ending of theGame Boy version ofGB, serving no interactive purpose.

Wario Land series[edit]

Warp Pipe inWario Land 3.

Warp Pipes are in four games of theWario Land series:Virtual Boy Wario Land,Wario Land 3,Wario Land 4, andWario Land: Shake It!. They work like they do in theSuper Mario series but never contain enemies.

A Warp Pipe is used to access theGolf minigame inWario Land 3. The slots in the file selection ofWario Land: Super Mario Land 3 resemble Warp Pipes. The pipes inWario Land 4 are purple and warp the player to apink area. A deeper variation of the usual sound effect is played inWario Land: Shake It! when Wario enters a Warp Pipe.

Mario Party series[edit]

Warp Pipes are alsoitems that appear throughout theMario Party series.

Mario Party[edit]

Warp Pipes appear in theLuigi's Engine Room board inMario Party. They are located at the ends of different paths on the board, and all connect to a single Warp Pipe at the far right side of the board, leading toBoo,Koopa, and theStart Space. A Warp Pipe is also used to access the main game mode inMushroom Village; once chosen,Toad appears to be falling through an endless tunnel until all the game settings have been set.

Mario Party 2[edit]

Warp Pipes appear in theBowser Land board inMario Party 2. Here, green pipes lie scattered around the edges of the board, and a few red pipes appear side-by-side in the center right of the board. When the player lands on aHappening Space near any of these pipes, the player will be overcome with an urge to jump into the pipe, and will be ejected from one of the green pipes, even if they jumped in a red pipe.

Mario Party 3[edit]

These colored pipes appeared in theMario Party 3 boardPipesqueak.

Warp Pipes appear in theWaluigi's Island Battle Royale Map inMario Party 3, fulfilling a similar role as in Luigi's Engine Room fromMario Party. Red pipes are located at the ends of different paths on the board, and when reached, they send the player to a green pipe near the Start Space. An orange, yellow, blue, and pink pipe each appear appear inPipesqueak Duel Map, where entering one warps the player out of another.

Mario Party 4[edit]

The Warp Pipe as an item inMario Party 4

The Warp Pipe is a usable item to transport around boards inMario Party 4. When a player uses the Warp Pipe, a spinner on the screen appears with the three other opponents' faces. When the player presses, it slows down and stops on the icon 225 degrees from when the input was registered.^[13] The item will then swap board placements with the player chosen. If a player does not press for a minute, the roulette will stop and always land on the opponent on the bottom side. It costs 10 coins to purchase from anItem Shop. Warp Pipes have a variation titledtiny pipes, which are obstacles that be entered only by characters in theirMini form.

Warp Pipes appear in the third section of the minigameDungeon Duos, where players have to jump through them until they find the correct pipe leading to another set of pipes and then the hot-air balloon.^[14]

Mario Party 5[edit]

The Warp Pipe appears incapsule form as theWarp Pipe Capsule inMario Party 5. When used for 10 coins, or if the player lands on a space containing it, it takes on the same effect as inMario Party 4, causing the player to switch places with an opponent decided by roulette.

In theminigamePop-Star Piranhas, five Pipes are lined up on stage with Piranha Plants dancing in them.

Mario Party 6[edit]

The Warp Pipe Orb as it appears inMario Party 6

TheWarp Pipe Orb returns inMario Party 6, having the same effect as before, except that it can no longer be thrown onto a space, and no longer costs the player Coins to use on themselves. It can be obtained fromOrb Spaces or bought fromOrb huts, usually for 10 coins or 5 during a flash sale.

There is a green, a red, and an inactive pipe on the top and bottom ofClockwork Castle each. The red pipes are unusable during the night. Player characters can either jump into a pipe to be transported out the identically colored pipe. The Warp Pipe colors can be affected by certain? Spaces.

Warp Pipes have a role in a fewminigames, includingLift Leapers, where each section is entered and exited;Ball Dozers, where each team's ball enters the top of the arena through a Warp Pipe; andMole-it!, where Monty Moles and Piranha Plants appear from several connected Warp Pipes colored blue or red, representing each competing team.

Mario Party 7[edit]

The Warp Pipe Orb has been repurposed inMario Party 7 to a Roadblock Orb, meaning it can be thrown on to a space. If an opponent passes on to the space, a Warp Pipe appears below to transport them back to the space they started their turn at, continuing their move from there. The Warp Pipe Orb can be found onPagoda Peak andNeon Heights. There is a unique type named theBowser Pipe that is sometimes used byKoopa Kid on theKoopa Kid Space, and it switches the position of the player with an opponent chosen by roulette.

Warp Pipes appear in a few minigames, most prominentlyWarp Pipe Dreams, where player characters have to jump through pipes until finally exiting from the center pipe. Warp Pipes are also inSnow Ride, as an obstacle in the center of the snowboard path, andHerbicidal Maniac, where players aim at several Warp Pipes to shoot Piranha Plants that pop out.

Mario Party 8[edit]

Warp Pipes housing Piranha Plants appear inDK's Treetop Temple andKing Boo's Haunted Hideaway inMario Party 8. When the player lands on a Green Space next to one of these pipes, the Piranha Plant inside will bite the player, taking away 10 Coins.

WhenKing Boo shuffles the Haunted Hideaway, every player emerges out of a black Warp Pipe at the start of the board. The same happens to any player who leaves the house in any other way (reaching King Boo with less than 10 coins, rejecting his Star, encountering a pitfall,Donkey Kong, orBowser, or after getting a Star from King Boo in Star Battle Arena, as King Boo simply turns his sanctum into a pitfall rather than shuffling the board), although only the player who reaches such conditions is sent out of the house, rather than every player. In the case of getting a star from King Boo or Donkey Kong, the player who got the Star exits through a Warp Pipe at the back of the sanctum. In the case of reaching King Boo with less than 10 coins, rejecting his Star, or encountering a pitfall or Bowser, this does not happen as the player falls through a pitfall instead, although they will still emerge out of the Warp Pipe at the start of the board.

In the minigameWinner or Dinner, four orange Pipes appear in the corners of an oasis, where Piranha Plants will chuck players out of the oasis if they get too close.

Mario Party DS[edit]

The shops on the boards inMario Party DS are entered from a Warp Pipe. A specific type named theStar Pipe is an item that takes the user to the location of theStar.

Mario Party 9[edit]

Warp Pipes generally appear next toLucky andUnlucky Spaces inMario Party 9. The pipes next to a Lucky Space take the player to a six-space route withMini Star Spaces, and Unlucky Space pipes take the player to a path with onlyMini Ztar Spaces. Warp Pipes near a Lucky Space are colored blue, and the ones next to Unlucky Spaces are red, which match the colors of their respective spaces. Players willingly go down the Lucky Space pipe, while a Piranha Plant eats the player and takes them to the unlucky route.

TheUrn It minigame has a brick Warp Pipe from which a spinning urn comes out of every three turns.

Mario Party 10[edit]

Warp Pipes appear inamiibo Party inMario Party 10, warping players on aWarp Space to another. They are also one of the board-exclusive events of thePeach Board known as "Plant Pipes".

Super Mario Party[edit]

Warp Pipes appear inSuper Mario Party on the boardMegafruit Paradise as what the player can use to alternate between islands. The Star Pipe, now known as theGolden Pipe, also returns. A cup resembling a Warp Pipe appears in the background ofSizzling Stakes. Additionally,Shell Shocked Deluxe features Warp Pipes as unbreakable barriers.

Mario Party Superstars[edit]

InMario Party Superstars, Warp Pipes return in Mushroom Village (now called Village Square), where they serve the same role as before. Golden Pipes also reappear.

Super Mario Party Jamboree[edit]

Pipes return inSuper Mario Party Jamboree as items; when used, they transport the player to a random space.^[15] Pipes are also one of the items a player can start with if playing with Pro Rules.

Super Smash Bros. series[edit]

SmashWiki article:Warp Pipe

Mario jumping out of a Warp Pipe inSuper Smash Bros. Brawl.

Warp Pipes have served a multitude of purposes in theSuper Smash Bros. series.

Super Smash Bros.[edit]

Warp Pipes are used byMario andLuigi as theiron-screen appearance fromSuper Smash Bros. onward. They are also objects inMushroom Kingdom used for warping from one side to the other and occasionally to a pit in the center. Luigi'sBoard the Platforms stage features three Warp Pipes withplatforms traveling in and out.^[16]

Super Smash Bros. Melee[edit]

Warp Pipes function as checkpoints in thefirst stage ofAdventure Mode. They also appear in the background ofMushroom Kingdom, and the stageYoshi's Island has a single sloped diagonal Warp Pipe, supported by two mini pipes.

Super Smash Bros. Brawl[edit]

Warp Pipes are platforms in both theWorld 1-1 andWorld 1-2 versions ofMushroomy Kingdom inSuper Smash Bros. Brawl and maintain their role in the returning stage Yoshi's Island fromSuper Smash Bros. Melee. A Warp Pipe also appears in the background on one of the islands in theDelfino Plaza stage, just as it did inSuper Mario Sunshine; the others were removed. More appear in the background of Mario Circuit. TheMario Bros. also features pipes that releaseShellcreepers andSidesteppers.

Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS /Wii U[edit]

Warp Pipes function as platforms inGolden Plains and3D Land and the returning World 1-1 version of Mushroomy Kingdom inSuper Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS. Warp Pipes may increase and decrease in height in 3D Land, like inSuper Mario World, and a big one restarts the stage's loop at the end, appearing also in theΩ form.Paper Mario has a pipe in itsHither Thither Hill form, though functions unusually as aspring instead. Warp Pipes can be drawn ontoPictoChat 2 for a while can be used for transport, just like the ones in the original Mushroom Kingdom stage. The Warp Pipes of Yoshi's Island (Melee), Delfino Plaza, and Mario Circuit (Brawl) return inSuper Smash Bros. for Wii U, working as they did before. In both versions, Warp Pipes can sometimes appear as usable platforms in the stageSuper Mario Maker.

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate[edit]

Piranha Plant fights in a Warp Pipe for four out of its eightalternate costumes inSuper Smash Bros. Ultimate. Warp Pipes also appear around the world map ofAdventure Mode: World of Light, used to travel between areas. Warp Pipes retain their respective roles in the returning stages: Mushroom Kingdom, Yoshi's Island (Melee), Mushroomy Kingdom, Delfino Plaza, Figure-8 Circuit, Mario Bros., Golden Plains, 3D Land, Paper Mario and Super Mario Maker.

Paper Mario series[edit]

Paper Mario[edit]

Warp Pipes take Mario to different areas throughoutPaper Mario. A Warp Pipe hidden inToad Town takes Mario to thePlayroom, where he can play two minigames.

Blue Warp Pipes, which act as shortcuts to previous areas, can be found in theToad Town Tunnels. The pipes toGoomba Village,Koopa Village,Dry Dry Outpost are found just to the west of the entrance past aStone Block and are guarded by aBlooper. The pipe toBoo's Mansion is found in the west of the second sublevel, and Mario must fight three battles withDark Koopas to make the pipe appear. The pipe toLavalava Island is found by usingSushie to cross the water on the second sublevel and defeating a Blooper.

Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door[edit]

Warp Pipes retain their purpose inPaper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door andits remake, this time having a transition effect where the screen crinkles before fading in at the new location. The Warp Pipes inBoggly Woods seem to be made of wood, and usually have a hole in the side so thatPunies can use them more easily.

There are also blue shortcut pipes inRogueport Underground second sublevel, which to serve as shortcuts toPetalburg,The Great Tree,Keelhaul Key,Poshley Heights, with the remake addingGlitzville,Twilight Town, andFahr Outpost, while a pipe leading from this room toRogueport was also added. In the original game, the first two require the Super Hammer, and the last two require theUltra Hammer. In the remake, completing each chapter and taking that chapter'sCrystal Star toThe Thousand-Year Door allows theMagical Map to unlock each pipe. There are also differently colored pipes that lead toPetal Meadows,Boggly Woods, Twilight Town, and thePath to Fahr Outpost.

Super Paper Mario[edit]

A Warp Pipe fromThe Bitlands inSuper Paper Mario

Warp Pipes reappear inSuper Paper Mario. When a character is about to enter a Warp Pipe, they split into several small squares, which then go down the pipe and reassemble at the other end. A smaller variant calledMini Warp Pipes appear, and can only be entered if the character has shrunk withDottie. Pixelated Warp Pipes appear inThe Bitlands, but function the same. Blue Warp Pipes are built byWelderberg. There are three of them in the game: One leads to Flipside's B2F, one to Flopside's B2F, and one to Flopside from Flipside (and vice versa). Each is accessible on the second floor of both cities. TheReturn Pipe is anImportant Thing that allows the player to return toFlipside Tower from almost any dimension.

Paper Mario: Sticker Star[edit]

Warp Pipes also appear inPaper Mario: Sticker Star, functioning the same as in previous titles.One Warp Pipe is a scrap that Mario must use to progress inHither Thither Hill.

Paper Mario: Color Splash[edit]

Huey and Mario near a Warp Pipe inCobalt Base

Warp Pipes also retain their purpose inPaper Mario: Color Splash. Warp Pipes cannot be entered if they are not fully colored. Some Warp Pipes inDaffodil Peak contain enemies inside of them that must be fought in order to get through, including aSpiny and aKoopa Troopa. AtSacred Forest, a large Warp Pipe has theTurnip Thing stuck in it. Once it is pulled out by the yellowRescue Squad, the pipe is also removed from the ground. A small scrap of paper sticks out, and if Mario pulls it, it reveals a smaller Warp Pipe. Another small Warp Pipe appears later in the level, and must be enlarged with the Magnifying Glass Thing. Special varieties of the Warp pipe also appear, such as the pipes used to access theparallel world in the Violet Isles. These pipes have orate designs that glow and circle the floor beneath the pipe.Mustard Café's underground sections contain long spinning Warp Pipes. There is also a tall, orange Warp Pipe that is initially clogged with sand, acting as a path to the café.

Paper Mario: The Origami King[edit]

Six differently colored Warp Pipes in the Musée Champignon fromPaper Mario: The Origami King.

“There's a new pipe! We're going in, right? Isn't that your whole deal?”

—Olivia,Paper Mario: The Origami King

Warp Pipes appear inPaper Mario: The Origami King, only this time requiring theOlly Tape to be removed on the other side. One notable pipe is a white pipe in theMusée Champignon, leading to an underground room full of six shiny, numbered, color-coded warp pipes to six different areas, acting as a fast-travel system of sorts:

• #1: Red: Leads toOverlook Mountain.
• #2: Blue: Leads toShogun Studios.
• #3: Yellow: Leads to theScorching Sandpaper Desert.
• #4: Purple: Leads to theSea Tower.
• #5: Green: Leads toShangri-Spa.
• #6: Black: Leads toPeach's Castle/Origami Castle (labeled as "Volcano Peak").

There is also an orange pipe leading from centralToad Town to theSensor Lab over inPicnic Road, as well as some ordinary green ones that can let him traverse the town more quickly. Additionally, after Mario beats the game, a slightly crumpled green pipe will appear outside of the final boss room; it will warp Mario back outside the castle's front door.

Mario Golf series[edit]

Warp Pipes make an appearance inPeach's Castle Grounds inMario Golf: Toadstool Tour. When the player hits the ball into one, it will be transported to another of the same color, allowing them to skip part of the hole. Warp Pipes also appear inMario Golf: World Tour. In holes 1, 5, and 8 ofPeach Gardens, the pipes are fully seen when the entire hole is viewed, but are submerged when the hole is actually being played. When the ball enters a pipe, the pipe comes out of the ground and shoots the ball onto the green or near it. In the Royal Gardens, Warp Pipes take theMii to Mario World courses. They are also seen in the Castle Club basement, and they take the Mii to regional or world tournaments. They also appear inMario Golf: Super Rush in theBowser Highlands course where they act asrock. If a ball lands on it, the player's next stroke will be blocked.

Mario & Luigi series[edit]

Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga /Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions[edit]

A yellow pipe inOho Oasis

Inside the yellow pipe.

InMario & Luigi: Superstar Saga, nine green Warp Pipes (thirteen inthe remake) allow for faster travel to theBeanbean Kingdom. In order to warp to one of these pipes, Mario and Luigi have to have entered it before. Yellow Warp Pipes also appear, which can transport Mario and Luigi to underwater or underground areas. They are found aroundOho Ocean,Gwarhar Lagoon andTeehee Valley. Unlike green Warp Pipes, they do not automatically transport Mario and Luigi from one end to the other. If they enter it from the top, they immediately fall down. If they want to climb back up, and must be pressed and held at the same time, which makes them interlock arms and walk up the yellow pipe's sides. Around Oho Ocean and Gwarhar Lagoon, yellow pipes lead to the seabed, while in Teehee Valley, they lead to underground ruins. WhilePrincess Peach is being escorted through Teehee Valley, she is brought through these pipes and into one of the ruins if aGritty Goomba captures her. Finally, there are also a few small green Warp Pipes, which can warp either Mario or Luigi to a 2D bonus dungeon.

Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time[edit]

A pipe inMario & Luigi: Partners in Time.

During the events ofMario & Luigi: Partners in Time, special blue Warp Pipes require Mario, Luigi,Baby Mario, andBaby Luigi to stand on them in order to activate them. Also, when Mario and Luigi are separated from Baby Mario and Luigi, one of the brothers can jump up and hit aWarp Block, causing a miniature pipe to come and plant itself in the ground before growing to the size of a regular pipe allowing either pair of brothers to jump in and be reunited with the other pair. The pipe jumps out and returns into the block if both pairs are nearby.

Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story /Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey[edit]

Warp Pipes are among the contents inhaled by Bowser after eating theVacuum Shroom fromFawful in the opening ofMario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story andits remake. Warp Pipes are used by the Mario brothers as a link betweenBowser's body, where they are in thePipe Yard, and the Mushroom Kingdom. When the Pipe Yard is unlocked, there is a tall red pipe blocking the area until Bowser gets shocked. Bowser cannot jump into these. ASpecial Attack (Bros. Attack in the remake) calledSpin Pipe is used in this game as well.

There are a few pipes that transport the player into another area in the overworld without going into Bowser. There are a few in Bowser's Castle, taking the player into the basement of the castle, or through the shortcut.

Mario & Luigi: Dream Team[edit]

A Warp Pipe from the Warp Pipe Block

Warp Pipes connect distant areas inMario & Luigi: Dream Team. In the real world, standard green Warp Pipes appear, usually leading to cave areas. Like the previous installments, both Mario and Luigi must stand on a plate of Warp Pipe to enter it. Landing on a pipe causesBall Hop to end. Pipes placed horizontally do not have plates, and can just be walked into as a pair.

Special gold colored Warp Pipes appear scattered throughoutPi'illo Island, which are unlocked after escapingDreamy Mount Pajamaja.Prince Dreambert remembers hiding aWarp Pipe Block nearMount Pajamaja'sDreampoint. When Mario hits the block, these pipes pop out and land all over the island. The pipes act similarly to the ones inMario & Luigi: Superstar Saga, allowing the player to quickly return to areas. While the pipes in every previously accessed area are unlocked by default, later pipes have to be entered in order to add them to the possible destinations. As part of the tutorial, the player is required to leave Mount Pajamaja and return toPi'illo Castle with the pipes.

In theDream World, pipes can connect areas, and are entered with a corresponding directional input. Pipes are frequently used to allow the player to return to the start of a room, or to quickly return the player to theDream Portal after reaching the end of an area. Some pipes are stuck in the ground, and are only uprooted for general use after hitting switches, hitting! Blocks, or exiting from that pipe.Dreamy Driftwood Shore andDreamy Wakeport have pipes appear in differing colors to aid navigation. Some pipes are in the background, functioning largely identically to doors. Such pipes appear prominently in Dreamy Driftwood Shore, where pipes with a lip symbol on one end connect each portion of the area to Broque Madame's, a shop run by a dream version ofBroque Madame. Pipes can only be entered while grounded, sometimes prompting the use ofLuiginary Gravity to align Mario with pipes.

Most connections to areas in the game are depicted as white on the map screen. However, some connections are displayed with the color of the pipe they use.

All Warp Pipes are hard surfaces, so if Luigi swings hisHammer at Mario while standing on one,Mini-Mario is performed.

Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam[edit]

A papercraft Warp Pipe appears inMario & Luigi: Paper Jam, allowing Mario, Luigi andPaper Mario to access several locations and Toad Villages in the Mushroom Kingdom, like in the first installment. Standard green pipes retain their functionality in the game, usually leading to other areas like theunderground section ofDoop Doop Dunes where thePokeyduo is fought, or as a shortcut to other places like the Warp Pipe leading to theMount Brrr Toad Village. As the player progresses in the game, the Warp Pipe in theLakitu Info Center allows the trio to access theArcade. However, if the trio is in a mission, the pipes are blocked with an iron plate on top.

Mario & Luigi: Brothership[edit]

Three Warp Pipe types inMario & Luigi: Brothership

The Warp Pipes ofMario & Luigi: Brothership work like they do before, but this time require the player to press while standing on top of one to enter. AfterRumbla Island is connected, a blue Warp Pipe will appear atShipshape Island, which the player can use to access other blue Warp Pipes of previously connected islands in the event they need to revisit them. Standard green Warp Pipes also appear whenever the player hitsWarp Blocks, which allows them to easily backtrack from large distances within an island. AfterReclusa awakens, several of these pipes get blocked by flowers and cannot be used.

Green Warp Pipes also appear in large quantities inInphant Islet, where they are needed to traverse a maze leading to various rewards. A network of Warp Pipes is seen in a quartet of islets inGulchrock Sea, where a hidden one is required to accessWayaway Island and get entry intoBowser's Castle.

TheReturn Pipe fromSuper Paper Mario also returns, now sporting a golden color and is given to the bros. byWillma after defeatingGorumbla. It acts as a means of quick travel to Shipshape and to other islands.

Mario Pinball Land[edit]

A blue pipe is an item inMario Pinball Land, and it can be placed between theflippers, preventing Mario from losing a life, though it disappears after some time. It can be obtained by buying it inToad's tent, hitting a? Block, or receiving it from a roulette after the player gets aquestion mark. A pipe also appears temporarily and/or shoots out aYoshi Egg when the latter is used.

Mario vs. Donkey Kong series[edit]

Pipes in theMario vs. Donkey Kong series are used by theMini toys to reach different areas within a level. They generally only have two ends, with the exception ofRotate Pipes which may have up to four. Once a Mini enters a pipe, the player must wait for the character to traverse its entire length; the position of a Mini in that pipe is shown by an icon of that Mini moving correspondingly towards the other end of the pipe. Throughout the series, the sound produced by a pipe when entered or exited is recycled fromSuper Mario 64. Green Warp Pipes with physically interjoined end are first encountered inMario vs. Donkey Kong 2: March of the Minis, which is also the debut of Rotate Pipes, which can be rotated around 90° at a time. Subsequent games, starting withMario vs. Donkey Kong: Mini-Land Mayhem!, largely portray interjoined pipes as blue while introducing different types of pipes among the usual ones.Split Pipes^[17][18] are pairs of pipes that are separated between two areas, allowing for a shorter travel time. Corresponding Split Pipes are color-coded yellow, pink, purple, red, cyan, or gray.Movable Pipes are green and work in the same manner as Split Pipes, but can be removed and placed in specific spots within a stage using the touchscreen. InMario and Donkey Kong: Minis on the Move, pipes work on a similar basis to Split Pipes; if multiple paths diverge from a pipe, the player is given the option to choose a path once the Minis emerge from said pipe.

A pipe briefly appears in the background of the scene inMario vs. Donkey Kong whereDonkey Kong steals theMini-Marios in theMario Toy Factory, where it is used to connect a conveyor belt used to move the toys.

Pipes inMario vs. Donkey Kong 2: March of the Minis are very common inPipe Works. InMario vs. Donkey Kong: Mini-Land Mayhem!, although pipes can be found inCoaster Hills early on, they are given a focus inWarped Mansion, which debuts Movable Pipes. InMario vs. Donkey Kong: Tipping Stars, the first interjoined pipe encountered is inRolling Hills, but the Split Pipes do not appear untilJumpy Jungle, and Movable Pipes untilCrumbling Cavern.

TheWorkshop Store ofMario vs. Donkey Kong: Tipping Stars features multiple design patterns for interjoined pipes that can be unlocked with stars and used in the level builder. The store presentsPolka-Dotted Pipes,Pink Pipes,Green Pipes andGold Pipes. Despite the different aesthetics, they work identically to the blue pipes found in the main campaign.

Captain Rainbow[edit]

A Warp Pipe inCaptain Rainbow.

InCaptain Rainbow, Warp Pipes are usable objects in the green, yellow, and pink varieties, and entering one produces its original sound effect fromSuper Mario Bros..

Mario & Sonic series[edit]

Warp Pipes appear in a variety of events in theMario & Sonic. They are featured in both theindividual andteam versions of Dream Ski Cross in theWii version ofMario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games, with players being able to ski through them to access the next section of the course, though some Warp Pipes havePiranha Plants in them; the same title also includes Warp Pipes amongst the props in the first segment of the Mario World route inDream Figure Skating.^[19] InMario & Sonic at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games, Warp Pipes appear inGroove Pipe Snowboard, where they transport characters to the next section of the course, and inMario's Figure Skating Spectacular, where one is used to travel toBowser's Castle segment. In theNintendo 3DS version ofMario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, Warp Pipes appear inGolf Plus, where hitting the ball into one transports it to another part of the course,^[20] and hitting the ball into a red pipe earns the player a hole in one. However, Warp Pipes are also basic obstacles that block the ball and can contain Piranha Plants. Warp Pipes are also obstacles inBMX Plus, with some also containing a Piranha Plant.

Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker[edit]

Warp Pipes reappear inCaptain Toad: Treasure Tracker and itsports, including in a purple color. They function likeClear Pipes, except the contents inside are visible only in silhouette form, and objects and enemies likespike balls orFuzzies cannot appear within them.

Mario Tennis Aces[edit]

A Warp Pipe appears out of the ground as part of Luigi'sSpecial Shot inMario Tennis Aces.^[21]

Mario Strikers: Battle League[edit]

InMario Strikers: Battle League, green and blue Warp Pipes appear in the Strikers Club customization options forMushroom Hill. Here, they can be used as a fence post or a goal.

The Super Mario Bros. Movie[edit]

Warp Pipes play a major role inThe Super Mario Bros. Movie. They are first seen when Mario and Luigi accidentally discover amysterious pipe while trying to fix a leak underground. However, the two are both sucked in, sending them both through a current that connects between pipes in theWarp Zone, where the two are both accidentally separated, resulting in Mario ending up arriving in theMushroom Kingdom after emerging from the other end, landing in an area full ofMushroom Platforms, while Luigi instead ends up in theDark Lands and is captured.

Later, whileToad is escorting Mario through the Mushroom Kingdom, a gag scene takes place where Mario enters and exits a variety of different Warp Pipes, most of them leading to another pipe on the same screen.

Other appearances[edit]

A Warp Pipe inLego City Undercover

The Warp Pipes leading from Tokyo to Rio

The Warp Pipe at the Rio 2016 Olympics closing ceremony

Warp Pipes are part of Hammer Slam Bowser's moveset in Nintendo releases ofSkylanders: SuperChargers.

Warp Pipes containing Piranha Plants in them appear as furniture items in theAnimal Crossing series. InAnimal Crossing: New Horizons in particular, Warp Pipes are empty, but if two are placed on the island, the player can interact with one to warp to the other. Warp Pipes with Piranha Plants emerging out of them appear in the animated mushroom mural wallpaper in the aforementioned game.

In the Super Mario Mash-Up Pack inMinecraft,Cauldrons are replaced by Warp Pipes, which also appear in the premade world, where they are used similarly to the games.

In thePikmin short "Occupational Hazards," a RedPikmin exits a green pipe that contained coins. The Red Pikmin also has dust on his face that makes him resemble Mario.

In theWii U andNintendo Switch versions ofLego City Undercover, a Warp Pipe can be built in the Downtown area and when the player jumps on top of it and presses, a new area will be unlocked. When entering and exiting the Warp Pipe the sound effect that is used whenMario uses a Warp Pipe is played.^[22]

In theYoshi's Island Zone DLC level of the Wii U version ofSonic Lost World, blue Warp Pipes can be entered by the player to accesssub-areas.

Outside of video games, a Warp Pipe appears as a utility inNintendo Monopoly, taking the place of the Water Works. It costs $150. There is also an "Advance to Go"? Block card that mentions jumping into a pipe. In the 2010 version of the game, theBrick Block "Advance to Go" card also refers to a pipe.

InMonopoly Gamer, four Warp Pipe spaces appear on the board. Landing on one lets the player advance to the next Warp Pipe space on the board, collecting any coins on the spaces in between the two Warp Pipe spaces and any coins on the Warp Pipe space on which they land, if this causes the player to pass the GO! space, they collect two additional Coins from the Bank and initiate a Boss Fight.

A Warp Pipe appeared in theRio 2016 Olympics handover ceremony in real life. Fearing he would not be on time for the Olympics' closing ceremony on the opposite side of the planet, Prime Minister of JapanShinzo Abe disguised himself as Mario and jumped into a Warp Pipe (whichDoraemon had conveniently pulled out of his pocket) amidst commuting businesspeople on theShibuya crossing. Abe then came out of a Warp Pipe in the center of theMaracanã Stadium. It was then used as a stage prop for the dance act that followed.^[23]

InUNOSuper Mario, the Reverse card features an image of Mario entering a Warp Pipe.

A large Warp Pipe is featured as the main entrance for theSuper Nintendo World theme park area and as a tunnel in the Yoshi's Adventure attraction, with patterns of light appearing along the interior as guests travel through. The tunnel in Yoshi's Adventure features a view into space withStarship Mario.

Profiles[edit]

Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3[edit]

• Instruction booklet description:
  • English (British):
    When you come across pipes underfoot, press Down on the Control Pad to enter them. If you happen to find an overhead pipe, press Up on the Control Pad and the A Button to enter it.

Super Mario 3D Land[edit]

• Website description:
  • English (British):
    As ever, diving down these green pipes will lead you to rooms full of coins!

Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS /Wii U[edit]

Trophy Pipe (3DS) / Pipes (Wii U) (American English) / Pipes (British English)

3DS: Wii U:

Category: Series Related

()Appears in: ArcadeMario Bros. (1983) NESSuper Mario Bros. 3 (02/1990)

()Trophy Box: 6: Mario Bros.

How to unlock: () Random () Clear theThe Original Heavyweights event, and unlockFalco.

Sometimes Piranha Plants live in them... That's right! I'm talking about those iconic green pipes. World 7 of Super Mario Bros. 3 was actually called Pipe Land. Jump over pipes! Run along pipes! Enter and exit pipes! ...I'm saying there are a lot of pipes.(American English)

Jump on top, and then...bloop bloop bloop! Down the pipe! Sometimes, though, they have Piranha Plants inside, so be careful! By the way, did you know that World 7 in Super Mario Bros. 3 is called Pipe Land? It's full of pipes! You sleep in pipes,dream of pipes... Pipes-pipes-pipes-pipes-pipes!(British English)

Yoshi's Story[edit]

• Website description:
  • French:
    S'ils rappellent étrangement l'univers de Mario, les tuyaux dans Yoshi's Story sont beaucoup plus rares. Quelques-uns vous permettront cependant d'accéder à des salles secrètes.^[24]
    (Translation:While strangely reminiscent of the world of Mario, Pipes in Yoshi's Story are much more rarer. Somes will allow you to gain access to secret rooms.)

Mario Party series[edit]

Mario Party 9[edit]

Warp Pipe Pipe
	A constellation based on magical plumbing that causes those who enter it to be transported to fantastic places.

Mario Party: The Top 100[edit]

Pipe:

Swap positions with one of your rivals. The tables turn fast, don't they?

Super Mario Party Jamboree[edit]

Move to another space. There's no telling where you'll go.

Paper Mario: The Origami King[edit]

Collectible Treasure No. 27:Ah, the classic pipe. Where will it take us? Sometimes we know, and sometimes we don't. Such is life.

Animal Crossing: New Horizons[edit]

• Play Nintendo description:
  • English (American):
    You can place Warp Pipes on your island to travel between locations. If you have more than two Warp Pipes, the warp location will be chosen at random. The Warp Pipe needs to have enough landing space around it to be able to work properly. You can even warp to Warp Pipes placed inside your in-game home!^[25]

Gallery[edit]

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  Super Mario Bros. Wonder

Names in other languages[edit]

Warp Pipe Orb[edit]

¹ - Replaces an instance of "warp tube" in one of Mario's lines from the original English version.

• English: "Mystery solved! There's awarp tube under this grate."
• Romanian: "Mister rezolvat! E untub încolăcit sub grătarul acesta."
  

Notes[edit]

• AllKoopalings exceptLarry have used Warp Pipes during battles.
• Pipes are oftenreferenced in other media, ranging from characters simply sliding down pipes to entering pipes that actively warp them to different areas. An example of the latter is found inThe Simpsons Game, which features a level based on other video games; in multiple parts of this level, the player has to jump into a Warp Pipe to advance further into the level.
• In the 2DSuper Mario games prior toSuper Mario Bros. Wonder (barSuper Mario Land andSuper Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins), the Warp Pipe's enter/exit sound effect was also Mario/Luigi's damage sound effect up untilNew Super Mario Bros., which reused theFamily Computer sound effect for pipes. FromNew Super Mario Bros. Wii toNew Super Mario Bros. U, theSuper Mario World pipe sound effect is now Mario/Luigi's damage sound effect, while the pipes retain their Family Computer pipe sound effect.
• Though they do not appear inPrincess Peach: Showtime!, they are joked about in the levelNinjutsu: The Art of Rapids, where a nearbyTheet is very amazed by howNinja Peach rose up from a village well in a manner similar to a Warp Pipe.
• When emulatingMario & Luigi: Superstar Saga and attempting to go up the Yellow Warp Pipes from the sea floor, the control input required to move up does not properly register.

References[edit]

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