Editing Item Box

{{item-infobox
|name=Item Box
|image=[[File:ItemBoxMK8.png|200px]]<br>The '''Item Box''' in its ''Mario Kart 8'' appearance.
|description=An iridescent-colored box that resembles a [[? Block]].
|effect = Gives a random item when driven through
|first_appearance=''[[Mario Kart 64]]'' ([[List of games by date#1996|1996]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Mario Kart 8 Deluxe]]'' ([[List of games by date#2017|2017]])
}}
'''Item Boxes''' are boxes found in the [[Mario Kart (series)|''Mario Kart'' series]]. Item Boxes look like [[? Block]]s but are transparent and often multi-colored, and in more recent games they have a iridescent checker board pattern. When a character passes through them, they will get a random item. These blocks also appear in ''[[Mario Tennis (Nintendo 64)|Mario Tennis]]'' and ''[[Mario Power Tennis]]''. They have appeared in all the ''Mario Kart'' games, except ''[[Super Mario Kart]]'' where they used [[? Panel]]s instead. [[Fake Item Box]]es appear as a [[Power-Up]] from the real item boxes, and can be used in a similar way to [[Banana Peel]]s but has a bigger impact by making racers flip over instead of spinning out. As seen in [[Toad's Factory]] in ''[[Mario Kart Wii]]'', Item Boxes can be made out of [[Brick Block]]s.

==History==
===''Mario Kart'' series===
====''Super Mario Kart''====
[[File:Questionpanel.PNG|frame|left|A '''? Panel''' from ''[[Super Mario Kart]]''.]]
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'''? Panels''', also known as '''Question Panels''', are the terrestrial based version of the [[? Block]]. While ? Blocks hover in mid-air, ? Panels lay flat against the ground. These objects first appear in ''[[Super Mario Kart]]''. ? Panels litter the racetracks of the game. When a racer drives over a panel, he or she receives an item. Although normally yellow with a black question mark, ? Panels turn red after driven over, signifying they are deactivated. Red panels remain deactivated through the rest of the race (unless every ? Panel in the course is deactivated, in which case every panel turns yellow and once again offer items). ? Panels are replaced by [[Item Box]]es in ''[[Mario Kart 64]]'' and the rest of the ''[[Mario Kart (series)|Mario Kart]]'' series.
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====''Mario Kart 64''====
[[File:MK64 Item Box.PNG|thumb|right|150px|The octahedron shape of an item box in ''Mario Kart 64''.]]
''[[Mario Kart 64]]'' is the first game to utilize Item Boxes, replacing [[? Panel]]s from ''[[Super Mario Kart]]''. Instead of being flat, square, and yellow like ? Panels, they have an [[wikipedia:octahedron|octahedron shape]] with a ? in the center, and are multicolored. Colliding with an Item Box will provide the character with a random item; the item received is determined based on the place of the character - the farther back they are, the more powerful items they will get. Unlike ? Panels, Item Boxes respawn almost immediately after being used.

Throughout the game, there are two item boxes with the unusual characteristic of providing nothing but [[Spiny Shell (Mario Kart)|Spiny Shell]]s; they are marked with a sideways "?" and appear hanging from the [[Luigi Raceway]] balloon and atop a large rock on [[Koopa Troopa Beach]].
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====''Mario Kart: Super Circuit''====
[[File:MKSC Mario Circuit 1 Item Box.png|240px|thumb|left|An item box in ''Mario Kart: Super Circuit'' in an isolated location of [[Mario Circuit 1]].]]
[[File:ItemBox MKSC.png|thumb|right]]
Item Boxes take on a different appearance in ''[[Mario Kart: Super Circuit]]''. Here, they look like cubes that change color instead of their previous octahedron shape. Most are found in groups of 3 but some boxes are isolated in uncommon locations in the track. Other than appearance and location changes, no functional changes have been made.
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====''Mario Kart: Double Dash!!''====
[[File:MKDD Double Item Box.png|thumb|right|100px|The Double Item Box, which first appeared in ''Mario Kart Double Dash!!'']]

In ''[[Mario Kart: Double Dash!!]]'', Item Boxes make a reappearance, along with a new variety named Double Item Boxes. Unlike regular Item Boxes, Double Item Boxes grant both the driver and the thrower items. Item Boxes in ''Mario Kart Double Dash!!'' take on a different appearance from their previous appearances: they are still shaped like cubes, but they have a checkerboard texture, similar to a race flag.

''Double Dash!!'' is the first game where Item Boxes can move independently around the track - some in [[Mushroom Bridge]] or [[Mushroom City]] will follow the track like the other cars, while some in [[Peach Beach]] or [[Sherbet Land (Mario Kart)|Sherbet Land]] will move back and forth along a piece of track. Moving Item Boxes may or may not respawn where they left off.

In split-screen mode except for Battle Course stages, Item Boxes are brighter checkerboard texture than the normal checkerboard texture. In the mini-game Bob-omb Blast, Item Boxes and Double Item Boxes only grant players the [[Bob-omb]] item, and have their "?" replaced with a Bob-omb to show this.

Any Double Item Boxes are replaced with single Item Boxes when a ''Mario Kart: Double Dash!!'' course appears in a later game.

====''Mario Kart Arcade GP''====
[[File:ToadItemBoxes.png|thumb|left|The hexagonal item boxes from ''Mario Arcade GP 2''.]]
Item Boxes in ''[[Mario Kart Arcade GP]]'' and [[Mario Kart Arcade GP 2|its sequel]] serve the same function, except instead of their current cube structure, they take form as rainbow hexagons. They are usually found in hordes in most places, like what all other Item Boxes can be found.
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====''Mario Kart DS''====
[[File:ItemBoxMKDS.png|thumb|An Item Box as it appears in ''Mario Kart DS''.]]
In ''[[Mario Kart DS]]'', the boxes have a similar appearance to the boxes in ''Mario Kart Double Dash!!'', being slightly more square with white borders and including transparent areas, and serve the exact same function. Like in the previous games, they still grant the player an item depending on the player's place.

In the [[Mario Kart DS#Mission Mode|Mission Mode]] of ''[[Mario Kart DS]]'', the player's task occasionally is to destroy a certain amount of Item Boxes (which often contain [[Super Mushroom|Mushrooms]] to give the driver a boost). 

In [[DK Pass]], there is an item box sitting on top of a large hill that acts rather unusually. It will give the player, no matter what place they are in, a [[Star]], [[Super Mushrooms#Mario Kart series|Triple Mushrooms]], a single [[Super Mushroom|Mushroom]], or (rarely) a [[Red Shell]]. It is sometimes referred to as a "Super Item Box". This is the only location of such in the entire game, but it also appears in missions where the player must beat someone else (like [[Yoshi]], a [[Chain Chomp]] or a red car).

In multiplayer battle mode, defeated players have an unlimited supply of item boxes (though there is a delay time for each use) and can deploy them similar to a banana. These help other players get items. The ghost item boxes disappear after a while.
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====''Mario Kart Wii''====
[[File:Item Box Artwork - Mario Kart Wii.png|thumb|left|100px|An item box as seen in ''Mario Kart Wii'']]
In ''[[Mario Kart Wii]]'', the item boxes lose their checkerboard textures and gain rainbow dot textures. They act in a similar manner as in the previous games and nothing has been changed relating to function when an item is received. However, they do reappear at a slower rate than its precedents. It is seen that Item Boxes are created out of normal [[Brick Block]]s in [[Toad's Factory]].

The concept of a "super" item box returns only in the battle mode stage, [[Chain Chomp Wheel]]. There, some item boxes float in the center of a large ring, bearing in shape of a star. If players can aim correctly and touch the item boxes, they mostly receive a [[Star]] or the occasional [[Super Mushroom|Mushroom]].

In multiplayer modes, Item Boxes have spinning question marks inside them as opposed to being static in single-player mode.
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====''Mario Kart 7''====
Item Boxes return in ''[[Mario Kart 7]]'' with the same design and purpose as ''Mario Kart Wii'', with a rainbow-colored texture slightly less biased against the red area. Unlike in ''Mario Kart DS'', they do not appear on the bottom screen's map.

While the "super Item Box" of DK Pass remains intact, the Spiny Shell-only Item Boxes from Luigi Raceway and Koopa Troopa Beach have been replaced with a regular Item Box and a single [[Coin]] respectively.

====''Mario Kart 8'' / ''Mario Kart 8 Deluxe''====
Item Boxes reappear in ''[[Mario Kart 8]]'', holding the same function as in previous encounters. The appearance remains about the same from ''Mario Kart 7'', except it is a crystalline grey instead of a rainbow color and the ? is a little bit bigger. One difference between the games is that players can no longer hold two items at once (like in ''Super Mario Kart''), and items will appear in the drivers' hands (like in ''Mario Kart: Double Dash!!''), or in the case of the triple items and the [[Crazy Eight]], automatically activate by themselves.
Unlike previous games, it now has a new sound effect, for both the Item Box itself and the item roulette.

In [[Animal Crossing]], there are Item Boxes after the glider segment that are held up by balloons, which can be obtained by either gliding through the Item Box or by breaking the balloon. The Item Boxes in Animal Crossing and [[Hyrule Circuit]] have different sound effects, as do the Item Boxes in [[Urchin Underpass]].

''[[Mario Kart 8 Deluxe]]'' features the return of Double Item Boxes.<ref>https://youtu.be/rYGhNu5D688?t=131</ref> Players can once again get another item from an Item Box while holding onto one. However, unlike in ''Double Dash!!'', the second item is merely held in reserve while the first item is in play.

===''Super Smash Bros.'' series===
An Item Box appears in ''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]'', as a [[Sticker (Super Smash Bros. Brawl)|Sticker]]. It increases ice attack power by eight. The artwork shown in the sticker is from the ''Mario Kart: Double Dash!!'' version of the Item Box.

===''Mario Tennis'' series===
[[File:MPT ItemBattle.JPG|thumb|right|Item Battle mode in ''Mario Power Tennis''.]]
Item boxes are only used in the two games, ''Mario Tennis'' for the N64 and ''[[Mario Power Tennis]]'' and the former can only utilize item boxes in a certain stage. They both have similar functions to each other and to the ''Mario Kart'' series as they will both give the player an item when hit, which is in this case, hit by the tennis ball. They both give similar items as seen in the ''Mario Kart'' series; even as far as having the same sound effects of ''Mario Kart Double Dash!!'' in ''Mario Power Tennis''.

===''Mario & Sonic'' series===
====''Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games''====
In [[Dream Race]] and [[Dream Platform]] of the Wii game of ''[[Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games]]'', there are item boxes. They give the player an item, like all Item Boxes do.

====''Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games''====
In the most-to-all [[Dream Event]]s in ''[[Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games]]'', item boxes are used. They, like in the series they debut in, give the player an item if the player happens to run into the item box. However, the Item Roulette cannot be stopped too early, unlike the past ''Mario Kart'' series of games and the item does not depend on the current ranking of players.

===''Mario Party: Star Rush''===
[[File:Bowser's Shocking Slipup.jpg|thumb|left|Item Boxes in [[Bowser's Shocking Slipup]].]]
Item Boxes make an appearance in the minigame, [[Bowser's Shocking Slipup]] in ''[[Mario Party: Star Rush]]''. Here, depending on the timing hit, they can deliver [[Lightning Bolt]]s to [[Bowser]] or cause [[Banana Peel]]s to spawn, which can stun players. Double Item Boxes appear and give out twice the number of items. During the second phase of the battle, Item Boxes spin faster.
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==''Super Smash Brothers Brawl'' Sticker Information==
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| [[File:Item Box Sticker.png]]
| ''Mario Kart Double Dash!!''
| [Freezing] - Attack +8 
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==Gallery==
===Artwork===
<gallery>
ItemBox MKSC.png|''[[Mario Kart: Super Circuit]]''
MKDD ItemBox.png|''[[Mario Kart: Double Dash!!]]'' and ''[[Mario Kart DS]]''
MKDD Double Item Box.png|Double Item Box, ''[[Mario Kart: Double Dash!!]]''
Item Box Artwork - Mario Kart Wii.png|''[[Mario Kart Wii]]''
Itembox MK7.png|''[[Mario Kart 7]]''
ItemBoxMK8.png|''[[Mario Kart 8]]''
</gallery>

===Sprites and Models===
<gallery>
MK64 Item Box.PNG|''[[Mario Kart 64]]''.
Mksc item box.png|''[[Mario Kart: Super Circuit]]''
ItemBoxMKDS.png|''[[Mario Kart DS]]''
ToadItemBoxes.png|''[[Mario Kart Arcade GP 2]]'' and ''[[Mario Kart Arcade GP DX]]''
</gallery>

==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jap=アイテムボックス
|JapR=Aitemu Bokkusu
|JapM=Item Box
|Dut=Voorwerpdoos
|DutM=Item box
|Ita=Cubo oggetto<br>Blocco "?" (''Mario Kart: Double Dash!!'' 's site)<br>Scatola (''Mario Kart DS'' 's site)<br>Scatola oggetto (''Mario Kart Wii'' 's and ''Mario Kart 7'' 's site)
|ItaM=Item cube<br>"?" Block<br>Box<br>Item box
|Swe=Objektlåda
|SweM=Item box
|Por=Caixa de itens
|PorM=Item box
|Fra=Boîte à objets
|FraM=Item box
|Spa=Caja de objetos
|SpaM=Item box}}

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