Warp Door
- "Door" redirects here. For other kinds of doors in theSuper Mario franchise, seeCategory:Doors.
- This article is about the doors appearing in many games of theSuper Mario series. For the warp door fromWario: Master of Disguise, seeWarp door (Wario: Master of Disguise).
Warp Door | |||
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![]() Artwork of a Warp Door fromSuper Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DS (New Super Mario Bros. U style) | |||
First appearance | Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels (1986) | ||
Latest appearance | Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition (2024) | ||
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Warp Doors (or simplydoors)[1] are objects appearing in several installments of theSuper Mario series that takeMario,Luigi, or another character to another part of the level. Most of them are unlocked, while some, known asKey Doors, require akey to be opened. Some games featureP Warp Doors, which are blue doors that only appear while aP Switch is active.
History[edit]
Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels[edit]
InSuper Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels (and to a much lesser extent,All Night Nippon: Super Mario Bros.), Warp Doors only appear inWorld 8-4 andWorld D-4, afterBowser (fake Bowser in theFamily Computer Disk System version of World D-4) is defeated. Both lead toPrincess Peach. DespiteVS. Super Mario Bros. having the same ending asThe Lost Levels andAll Night Nippon, there is no door leading to Peach after Bowser is defeated, much like in the first game. The door does not appear in any of the SNES remakes, instead being replaced with Peach locked inside a cage suspended over a pit of lava.
Super Mario Bros. 2[edit]
InSuper Mario Bros. 2, Warp Doors are the main means of transporting between areas. The game consists of three different types of Warp Doors: red swing-open ones, doorless entryways, and special doors with keyholes that require the player to search for the Key inPhantos' lairs to open those doors. They also serve ascheckpoints as, on dying, the player would resume from the last door they passed through. In both theSuper Mario All-Stars andSuper Mario Advance versions, a pair of dark yellow double doors (similar toSuper Mario World's) replaced doorless entryways while in the overworld areas, and a giant iron bar door with a Bob-omb emblem appears as the cave entrance inWorld 6-3.
Super Mario Bros. 3 /Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3[edit]
Doorless entryways are also used in theNintendo Entertainment System version ofSuper Mario Bros. 3. In both theSuper Mario All-Stars andSuper Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3 versions, they are replaced with wooden doors.P Warp Doors make their first appearance in this game, only being visible and usable when aP Switch is active. Big Warp Doors also appear in both ofBowser's boss arenas, which open after he is defeated, and both lead to Princess Toadstool. Another variant known asMagic Doors appear inWorld 4-6; when entered, Mario can transition between giant and normal-sized versions of the stage.
Super Mario World /Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2[edit]
Wooden Warp Doors, namedYellow Doors[2]:12 orYellow Exit Doors,[2]:13 are used mainly inGhost Houses,fortresses, andcastles inSuper Mario World andits reissue to transportMario orLuigi to another room. Big red ones debut in this game, serving as boss rooms' entry points.
New Super Mario Bros. series[edit]
In theNew Super Mario Bros. series, Warp Doors have appeared in many Ghost Houses, Castles andTowers, as well as at the end of each Castle and Tower throughout the series leading to the boss. The regular Warp Doors now has the control pad and an up arrow on them. Starting withNew Super Mario Bros. Wii, tower boss doors are red, and castle boss doors are blue. Some doors in Ghost Houses are fake; if the player tries to open one, it disappears and fourBoos run away, leaving acoin behind.
Super Mario 3D series[edit]
Warp Doors also appear inSuper Mario 3D Land,Super Mario 3D World andSuper Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury, inToad Houses and in some stages.
Super Mario Maker subseries[edit]
InSuper Mario Maker andSuper Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DS, Warp Doors can be used as course elements. They transport the player to a different part of the area. Up to 8 pairs of doors (4 pairs per area) can be placed in the level. As of the 1.20 update, players can knock multiple times on doors in the Course Maker to revealWeird Mario. The 1.30 update introduces a variation: TheP Warp Door, which cannot be activated until pressing aP Switch. Another variation introduced on the 1.40 update is theKey Door; they can only be opened with akey, another feature introduced in this update.
Warp Doors reappear as course elements inSuper Mario Maker 2 under the Gizmos section and can be used in all game styles, including theSuper Mario 3D World style. Like the previous game, players can knock multiple times on doors in the Course Maker to reveal Weird Mario.
Super Mario Run[edit]
Warp Doors appear in some courses inSuper Mario Run, using their Ghost House appearance fromNew Super Mario Bros. U. They mainly appear in Ghost House courses, where they help the player advance from one room to another. A Warp Door also appears inCutting Edge Spire where it takes the player outside the Tower and to the end of the course. The player enters Warp Doors by being on the ground while within their space, rather than through any separate input. The player cannot enter any Warp Door that they exited from. In interior areas of a Ghost House, such doors are red instead of green.
In the coursesGhost Door Deception, there are multiple fake doors and a real door in each room. The player can tell which door is fake by the fact that it shakes periodically. InBoohind Lock and Key, there is one Key Door in every room. Since the coursesFishing Boo Taunts You andDark and Stormy take place entirely in the exterior of a Ghost House, they start at a cosmetic Warp Door.
In Remix 10, Warp Doors serve as the goal of courses in Ghost House interiors as well as in Cutting Edge Spire. This also means the Warp Door 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 insidebubbles into five coins.
Super Mario Odyssey[edit]
Warp Doors appear again inSuper Mario Odyssey. One type of Warp Door is colored red with a golden top hat in the middle of it that can only be opened by throwingCappy at it. Another type is one that is colored blue that can only be opened by throwing Cappy onto aScarecrow, thereby forcing Mario to traverse whatever is behind the Warp Door without the aid of Cappy. The third type of Warp Doors are pink-colored ones with locks on them that can only be opened by wearing a specific outfit and talking to the nearby NPC, who will allow Mario access to whatever is inside. The final type of Warp Doors are pink doors without locks, and they can lead Mario to different areas, such as a shop, theSlots minigame, or another area in the same kingdom.
Super Mario Bros. Wonder[edit]
Warp Doors appear once again inSuper Mario Bros. Wonder, acting how they did in previous games. Additionally, an enemy called aNoknok is introduced in this game. This enemy disguises as a normal Warp Door, but when the player comes near, it opens up, revealing large teeth and legs. It then chases the player until they jump on it, stunning it and allowing the player to go in the door, either gaining a coin or warping.
Gallery[edit]
Super Mario Bros. 3 (background layer, plains)
Super Mario World (leading to a boss battle in aCastle orFortress)
Super Mario World (entrance to aGhost House)
Super Mario World (leading to theReznor battle inChocolate Fortress)
Super Mario All-Stars (Super Mario Bros. 3)
Front of a Warp Door fromNew Super Mario Bros.
New Super Mario Bros. 2 (Toad House)
New Super Mario Bros. U (Ghost House)
New Super Mario Bros. U (Peach's Castle)
Super Mario Maker 2 (Super Mario 3D World style icon)
2016 nengajō forNintendo DREAM by developers ofSuper Mario Maker
Names in other languages[edit]
Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
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Japanese | ドア[?] Doa | Door | |
Chinese (simplified) | 门[?] Mén | Door | |
Chinese (traditional) | 門[?] Mén | Door | |
Dutch | Warpdeur[3] | Warp Door | |
French | Télé-porte[4] | Pun ontéléporter ("to teleport") andporte ("door") | |
Porte[5] | Door | Yoshi's Story | |
German | Warp-Tür[?] | Warp Door | |
Italian | Porta teletrasporto[?] | Warp Door | |
Portuguese (NOA) | Porta[?] | Door | |
Portuguese (NOE) | Porta de Teletransporte[6] | Teleport Door | |
Russian | Дверь-телепорт[?] Dver'-teleport | Teleport Door | |
Spanish | Puerta[?] | Door | |
Spanish (NOA) | Puerta de teletransporte[?] | Teleporting door |
References[edit]
- ^2006.New Super Mario Bros. manual.Nintendo of America (English). Page 20.
- ^ab1992. NintendoSuper NES Player's Guide.Nintendo of America (English). Page 12 and 13.
- ^„Schud vervolgens een Warpdeur... en je krijgt een gesloten deur.” ("Then shake a Warp Door... and you get a Key Door.") – Nintendo Nederland (March 9, 2016).Super Mario Maker - Gesloten deuren! Spijkerzuilen! Roze munten! (Wii U) (0:38).YouTube (Dutch). Retrieved May 19, 2019.
- ^« En agitant une Télé-porte... elle devient une Télé-porte P. » – Nintendo France (December 17, 2015).Super Mario Maker - Nouvelles fonctionnalités ! (Wii U) (00:38).YouTube (French). Retrieved January 4, 2017.
- ^Yoshi Story instruction booklet, French segment (PDF).Nintendo of Europe. Page 60. Retrieved March 27, 2025 from nintendo.com.
- ^«Se agitares uma Porta de Teletransporte... esta transforma-se numa Porta de Teletransporte P.» – Nintendo Portugal (December 17, 2015).Super Mario Maker - Novas funcionalidades! (Wii U) (0:38).YouTube (European Portuguese). Retrieved January 11, 2021.
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