Flipswitch Panel: Difference between revisions

|footer=Flipswitch Panels as they appear in ''Super Mario Galaxy'' and ''Super Mario 3D World'' respectively.

A '''Flipswitch Panel'''<ref>''Super Mario Galaxy'' English instruction booklet, page 18</ref><ref>''Super Mario Galaxy 2'' instruction booklet, page 20</ref>, also known as a '''Switch Panel''',<ref>Musa, Alexander, and Geson Hatchett. 2013. ''Super Mario 3D World'' [[Prima Games|Prima]] Official Game Guide, page 20.</ref> is a type of switch that appears in ''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]'' and ''[[Super Mario Galaxy 2]]''. They start off as blue panels with a question mark on them. The panel turns yellow with an exclamation mark when it is stepped on, but back to a blue question mark if it is stepped on again (the only exception is the Flipswitch Panels in the [[Gateway Galaxy]], which all have circles on them rather than a "?" or "!"). However, a Flipswitch Panel will not change if [[Mario]] or [[Luigi]] jumps and lands on it again before walking off it; Mario or Luigi must step onto another Flipswitch Panel or a regular platform in order to change the color of the Flipswitch Panel. When all of the Flipswitch Panels are stepped on in a specific area, they turn green and display a square on them. After this has happened, they will no longer change. After this, an event will occur within the immediate area. A galaxy called the [[Flipswitch Galaxy]] has a planet made completely out of Flipswitch Panels. Sometimes Mario or Luigi will be chased by [[Cosmic Clones]] on Flipswitch Panel planets.

[[File:SMG Gateway Flipswitches.png|thumb|left|200px|Some Flipswitch Panels in Gateway Galaxy of ''Super Mario Galaxy''.]]

[[File:SMG2 Cosmic Clone Chase.png|thumb|left|200px|Some Flipswitch Panels in the [[Sky Station Galaxy]] of ''Super Mario Galaxy 2''.]]

When Flipswitch Panels are stepped on, a tone is heard. The only exception is the panels in the [[Rolling Masterpiece Galaxy]] in ''Super Mario Galaxy 2'', where no distinct tone can be heard and instead produces a strange atonal sound when rolled on. The tones always remain in harmony with the background music and its chord structure, though they are detached.

Flipswitch Panels appear in ''[[Super Mario 3D World]]'' as they did in the ''Super Mario Galaxy'' series, except this time a Flipswitch Panel can be changed between yellow and blue even if the player jumps off and back on it without completely leaving the switch. When all Flipswitch Panels in a series are activated, they turn into green "!" Flipswitch Panels.<ref>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5UKysyDZEI</ref> Making the last Flipswitch Panel yellow gives the player 2000 points. Players can also change the color by tapping on the Flipswitch Panel with the Wii U GamePad.

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|When all of the Flipswitch Panels have been deactivated, the first [[Grand Star]] will be released.

|When the player activates the two Flipswitch Panels, a large number of [[Star Bit]]s will appear.

|The player must activate all of the Flipswitch Panels on these planets to make the [[Power Star]] appear.

|Located at various intervals separated by electric fences on the [[Dreadnought Galaxy#Mini Wanwan Path|Mini Wanwan path]].

|First set will deactivate the electric fence leading to the next set; the next set will deactivate all electric fences and make any remaining [[Mini Wanwan]] disappear.

|After all five Flipswitch Panels have been pressed, a small hatch on the top of the planetoid will open and reveal a [[Fire Flower]].

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|When the first set has been activated, it will reveal the next set, which will make a [[Launch Star]] appear when activated.

|When the Flipswitch Panels have been activated, the ruler bridge leading to the next planet will appear.  

|After all five are pressed, a [[Launch Star]] leading to the next planet will appear.

|Once every Flipswitch Panel has been activated, the [[Power Star]] will appear back on the starting platform.

|When every switch has been flipped, the [[Launch Star]] will appear on the starting platform.

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|Almost the whole level consists of multiple sets of Flipswitch Panels.

|When every switch of one set has been flipped, a path gets opened, often leading into another set of Flipswitch Panels.

|The final room has 3 Flipswitch Panels behind [[Thwomp]]s.

|Several rooms have sets of Flipswitch Panels.

|Almost the whole level consists of multiple sets of Flipswitch Panels (and [[Fizzlit]]s). There's also a set in a [[Mystery Box]].

|When every switch of one set has been flipped, a path gets opened, often leading into another set of Flipswitch Panels or a Green Star.

|A room has 3 Flipswitch Panels, which are on walls behind Thwomps and [[Rock Block]]s, similar to the room in 6-Mystery House.

|Jap=フリップパネル<ref>''Super Mario Galaxy'' Japanese instruction booklet, page 21</ref>

|JapR=furippupaneru

|JapM=[[Flip Panel]]

|SpaE=Panel alterno

|SpaEM=Alternate panel

|Ger=Umdrehboden

|GerM=Reverse Ground

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