Metal Box
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The Metal Box is an item from the Mario series that appears in Super Smash Bros. Melee and Super Smash Bros. Brawl. The Metal Box encases the character's bodies with metal for a short period of time.
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[edit] Item description
The Metal Box made its debut in Super Mario 64 for the Nintendo 64. The Metal Box is a cubed shaped green-colored box that has an exclaimation point in the center of the box. Mario could unlock the Metal Box by activating the secret switch that was located in the Hazy Mazy Cave course. When the box was broken, a metal Mario-styled hat dropped out of the box. When Mario put the hat on, his whole body would become encased in metal for a short period of time. Mario will be allowed to walk under water and become impervious to other enemies' attacks while encased in the metal. However, his movement will become slower.
[edit] In the Super Smash Bros. series
The Metal Box encases the character's body in metal. It has the following effects:
- It lasts about 12 seconds, however the time limit decreases as the user takes damage.
- User becomes heavier (about 3 times more), thus received knockback will be reduced.
- Slightly increases jumping height.
- Increases falling speed, making recoveries harder.
- Reduces speed.
- Attacks performed by a metal character deal slightly more knockback, although the damage dealt remains unchanged.
- Removes any character's voices (although, as sound effects are still retained, Mr. Game & Watch is unaffected by this).
The effect of the Metal Box is not quite as drastic as the various Metal fights in Classic Mode, which last the whole battle and does not wear off.
[edit] Super Smash Bros.
While the Metal Box does not appear in SSB, Metal Mario appears as a foe the player must battle in the 1-Player Game. Metal Mario here can take far over 300% damage before being sent flying.
[edit] Super Smash Bros. Melee
The Metal Box makes its debut in Melee. In this game, when a character breaks the Metal Box with a physical attack (or a direct attack such as a sword), their whole body will be encased with metal. The metal condition will last around twelve seconds and will then fade away. During this period they will be approximately 3 times heavier than normal. If a projectile destroys the Metal Box, then no one will receive the metal condition. Interestingly, Ness' dash attack destroys the box, but does not give him the metal status. His yoyos do, however. The character can fight Metal Mario and/or Metal Luigi in Adventure Mode. In addition, they also fight a random metal character in Classic Mode. The Metal Box also appears as a collectible trophy.
[edit] Super Smash Bros. Brawl
The Metal Box appears again in Brawl with its effect unaltered, although it will not react to projectiles. In addition, a "Metal" option exists in Special Brawl, which gives every player a permanent Metal Box. It also has an effect on the new ability to swim; while characters will not sink as Metal Mario did in Super Mario 64, they will submerge deeper when falling into the water, which is used to reach a secret area in the Subspace Emissary mode. In Classic mode the player must also fight a random metal character. Additionally, the Metal Box also appears as a collectible trophy.
[edit] Trophy description
A green box that transforms whoever attacks it into metal. In metal form, you're a lot heavier than normal, so middling and even strong attacks don't move you too much, and standard attacks won't even make you flinch. The time you spend in metal form decreases with the damage you take. In Super Mario 64, the weight of the metal form allowed you to walk underwater.
- Super Mario 64 (1996)
[edit] Trivia
- When characters with multiple double jumps (Kirby, Jigglypuff, Meta Knight, Pit, Dedede, Charizard) use a Metal Box, their midair jumps become utterly useless, and do little more than slow their descents.
- Interestingly, being Metal does not affect gliding whatsoever.
- Though the box itself turns a fighter into metal in the Smash universe, the Metal Box was not what turned Mario into metal in its debut; it was actually the metal cap it housed.
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| Normal | Barrel Cannon • Beam Sword • Bob-omb • Bunny Hood • Cloaking Device • Fan • Fire Flower • Flipper • Food • Freezie • Green Shell • Hammer • Hammer head • Headless Hammer • Heart Container • Home-run Bat • Lip's Stick • Maxim Tomato • Metal Box • Motion-Sensor Bomb • Mr. Saturn • Parasol • Poison Mushroom • Poké Ball • Ray Gun • Red Shell • Screw Attack • Star Rod • Starman • Super Mushroom • Super Scope • Warp Star |
| Containers | Barrel • Capsule • Crate • Egg • Party Ball |
| Items in Super Smash Bros. Brawl
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| Normal | Assist Trophy • Banana Peel • Beam Sword • Blast Box • Bob-omb • Bumper • Bunny Hood • Cracker Launcher • Deku Nut • Dragoon • Fan • Fire Flower • Food • Franklin Badge • Freezie • Golden Hammer • Gooey Bomb • Green Shell • Hammer • Headless Hammer • Heart Container • Home-run Bat • Hothead • Lightning Bolt • Lip's Stick • Maxim Tomato • Metal Box • Motion-Sensor Bomb • Mr. Saturn • Peach • Pitfall • Poison Mushroom • Poké Ball • Ray Gun • Screw Attack • Smart Bomb • Smash Ball • Smoke Ball • Soccer Ball • Spring • Star Rod • Starman • Super Mushroom • Super Scope • Superspicy Curry • Team Healer • Timer • Unira • Warp Star |
| Containers | Barrel • Capsule • Crate • Party Ball • Sandbag • Sliding Box |
| The Subspace Emissary | Key • Stock Ball • Trophy Stand |
| Collectibles | CD • Coins and Bills • Sticker • Trophy |
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| Characters | Mario (SSB · SSBM · SSBB) · Luigi (SSB · SSBM · SSBB) · Bowser (SSBM · SSBB) · Princess Peach (SSBM · SSBB) · Dr. Mario (SSBM) |
| Side characters | Bosses: Petey Piranha Assist Trophies: Hammer Bro · Lakitu · Waluigi |
| Stages | SSB: Peach's Castle · Mushroom Kingdom SSBM: Princess Peach's Castle · Rainbow Cruise · Mushroom Kingdom · Mushroom Kingdom II SSBB: Delfino Plaza · Luigi's Mansion · Mario Bros. · Mario Circuit · Mushroomy Kingdom · Melee Stages: Rainbow Cruise |
| Stage locations | Mushroom Kingdom · Isle Delfino · Subcon |
| Items | Bob-omb · Fire Flower · Green Shell · Starman SSB: Red Shell SSBM: Freezie · Metal Box · Poison Mushroom · Red Shell · Super Mushroom SSBB: Banana Peel · Freezie · Golden Hammer · Lightning Bolt · Metal Box · Poison Mushroom · Super Mushroom |
