All In The Tanooki Suit That He Wears

[Kawaii Ryûkishi]

I like the boot.

You don't <a href="http://www.seanbaby.com/nes/toughest.htm">understand</a>.

[fire_of_avalon]

Look, if it's between me putting on boxing gloves and boxing generalized minorities or riding around in a wind up boot, I know where my money's gonna go.

[KentaRawr!]

Actually, yes. The boot is much better. Too bad it wasn't a very common power-up. o.o

[Kawaii Ryûkishi]

On top of being able to stomp on spinies and run around on those unkillable plants, it also retained any existing power-ups you had going into it. So you could rule the town hopping around in your little shoe and simultaneously throw fireballs or hammers just to add insult to your enemies' injury.

[Evastio]

Personally I found Caped Mario a lot more cooler looking and useful than Tanooki Mario. Excluding the Cape I admit that Tanooki Mario is the most useful.

[Dignified Pauper]

Yeah, if he weren't a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanuki">tanuki</a>.

this is smut and deserves banning number 2!


on topic: I think hammer head brother mario totally rocks over tanooki suit.

[KentaRawr!]

on topic: I think hammer head brother mario totally rocks over tanooki suit.

Let's all force the Pauper to hail Boot(ed) Mario.

I never liked Hammer Mario. Couldn't use him correctly. Of course, I've used an axe in Castlevania since then, so maybe... hmm... >_> So I say this:

Boot Mario > Tanuki Mario > Hammer Mario > Frog Mario > Me Mario

[Giga Guess]

Yes, the real winner.

Amen, my friend. Amen. But Tanooki is pretty sweet too, and easier to get.

[Jojee]

Moonlight Mario Raccoon! <33

Is that raccoon suit the one that made him be able to fly the whole level?^_^ I don't remember what it did. I loved the flying suit!

[Kawaii Ryûkishi]

The Super Leaf and Tanooki Suit allow him to fly in the first place, plus bat things with his tail and use it to slow his descent while falling. The Tanooki Suit also has the aforementioned added benefits. It's the P-Wing that lets him fly indefinitely for an entire level.

Fun Fact: In the old Mario comic published by Valiant, "Tanooki" is explained as being the name of the tailor who originated the suit, since they probably didn't want to explain to little American kids what tanuki actually were.

[DeathKnight]

Let's all hail the greatest suit ever!

That's not the greatest suit ever.

[Del Murder]

That was a P-Wing, which turned Mario into a raccoon (not pictured) and let him fly for the whole level or until he got hit. I don't know what P stood for.

I think it was possible to be a Tanooki P-Wing if you used the P first and Tanooki second. Why I think I know this or why anyone would want to do it I cannot tell you.

EDIT: Kishi beat me. Do you know what the P stood for?

[Kawaii Ryûkishi]

Probably "Power" or something. The Mario games aren't particularly creative in naming their power-ups.

[rubah]

I just used my game genie for Skywalker.

I never could figure out how to get the boot to work so it always got wasted.

[Kawaii Ryûkishi]

<ul type="1"><li>Jump into the shoe.
<li>Hop around like the tiny god you are.
<li>Lament that this power-up only appears in World 5-3.</ul>I'd like to see how you managed to mess that up.