Editing Tanooki Suit

{{item infobox
|image=[[File:Tanookisuit.png|70px]]
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]'' ([[List of games by date#1988|1988]])
|latest_appearance=''[[The Super Mario Bros. Movie]]'' (cameo) (2023)
|effect=Turns [[Mario]]/[[Luigi]] into [[Tanooki Mario]]/Tanooki Luigi.
}}
{{quote|Thank you, kind raccoon. Please tell me your name.|Kings|Super Mario Bros. 3}}
The '''Tanooki Suit''', or '''Tanooki Costume''',<ref>Hodgson, David S J. ''Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3'' Prima's Official Strategy Guide. Page 58.</ref> is a fairly uncommon item found in ''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]'' and its subsequent remakes in ''[[Super Mario All-Stars]]'' and ''[[Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3]]'' that transforms [[Mario]] into [[Tanooki Mario]]. It is based on ''{{wp|bake-danuki}}'', Japanese mythological creatures inspired by {{wp|Japanese raccoon dog}}s (''tanuki'') who can use leaves to shape-shift and cause chaos. The suit is an add-on to the [[Raccoon Mario|Raccoon form]] that allows Mario or [[Luigi]] to temporarily turn into a [[Statue Mario|statue]] and become immune to enemies and obstacles, in addition to [[fly]]ing and attacking enemies with tail swipes.

According to [[Shigeru Miyamoto]] in the ''Super Mario Bros. 3'' entry of the 25th Anniversary ''Super Mario History Booklet'', he was aware that most players outside Japan would be overall confused with the Tanooki Suit and the transformation, but he left it in because he was too excited to remove it.<ref>''Super Mario History Booklet''. Page 13.<br>'''Shigeru Miyamoto:''' "''The Tanooki Suit turns into [[Statue Mario|a statue]]! Even though I knew it wouldn't make sense to some non-Japanese players...I was so excited about it that I left it in.''"</ref>
==History==
===''Super Mario'' series===
====''Super Mario Bros. 3'' / ''Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3''====
[[File:Tanooki Map SMB3.png|frame|left]]
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|Tanooki Mario (top) and his statue ability (bottom)
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First found in [[World 4-5 (Super Mario Bros. 3)|World 4-5]], the suit transforms [[Mario]] or [[Luigi]] into [[Tanooki Mario|Tanooki Mario or Tanooki Luigi]], respectively. The suit grants the same abilities as the [[Super Leaf]], with the added ability of [[Statue Mario|turning into a statue]] when the player holds {{button|Paddown}} and presses {{button|nes|B}} at the same time. This briefly lets Mario hide from enemies and hazards, or stomp even more of them than he can normally if he transforms above them. Mario retains the [[P-Wing]]'s infinite flight if he grabs a Tanooki Suit while using one. Also, ''[[Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3]]'' adds new utilities to this form that are seen in several [[World-e]] levels: its Statue form can reveal [[Vanishing Block]]s (found in [[A Sky-High Adventure]]) and break [[Rock Block]]s (found in A Sky-High Adventure and [[Puzzling Pipe Maze]]).

If [[Mario]] or [[Luigi]] defeats a [[Koopalings|Koopaling]] while wearing a Tanooki Suit, the restored [[Kings|king]] will say, "Thank you, kind raccoon. Please tell me your name."

====Specifications====
While Tanooki Mario returns in ''[[Super Mario 3D Land]]'', the [[Raccoon Mario|Raccoon form]] and Tanooki Suit item do not. Instead, Super and [[Statue Leaf|Statue Leaves]] turn Mario into Tanooki Mario, though he cannot fly; the latter Leaf mimics the function of the Tanooki Suit, as it grants the Super Leaf's abilities and the Statue ability (via [[Ground Pound|ground-pounding]]), but it is available only in the Special Worlds' levels and within Deluxe [[StreetPass Gift]]s.

In ''[[Super Mario 3D World]]'', despite Tanooki Mario's return, the Statue form and Statue Leaf are absent. The [[Lucky Bell]] debuts in its place, acting as the Tanooki Suit/Statue Leaf compared to the also newly introduced [[Super Bell]], as it lets Mario become a [[Lucky Cat Mario|lucky cat statue]] in addition to the latter Bell's abilities.

In ''Super Mario 3D Land'', a picture of Princess Peach in a Tanooki Suit depicts her with a brown skirt. However, in her playable appearance in ''Super Mario 3D World'', her Suit's skirt is replaced by puffy shorts instead.

===''Nintendo Comics System''===
The Tanooki Suit is prominently featured in a ''[[Nintendo Comics System]]'' story titled "[[Tanooki Suits Me]]"; according to this story, the suit was one of many magical suits made by a tailor named [[List of implied characters#Tanooki|Tanooki]], who would sew his trademark tails on the back of each suit. The comic reveals that Mario turns into a statue by pressing a button on the front of the suit, and changes back by wishing to return to human form.

In a panel of the comic where the tailor sews a tail onto a Tanooki Suit, an object resembling a scrotum can be seen on the ground in-between him and the suit's pedestal.<ref>MorganCherney (July 15, 2022). [https://twitter.com/MorganCherney/status/1547768731870187521/photo/3 Time to right a wrong. I found the rare (even for scans) Super Mario comic from Valiant, "Tanooki Suits Me", only ever printed in ONE elusive book. Here it is for your enjoyment at last! Scans aren't @VGArtAndTidbits quality, but was the best I could do. Enjoy! (1/3)]. ''Twitter''. Retrieved February 23, 2023.</ref> Said object may be a theme-appropriate reference to mythological depictions of ''tanuki'', which {{wp|Bake-danuki#Ongoing popular tradition|highlight their scrotum as a primary trait}}; with its inclusion, the comic also suggests that the production of Tanooki Suits requires sacrificing actual ''tanuki'' (with the scrotum representing a by-product of the animal), a concept that [[Nintendo]] [[List of Mario-related controversies#Animal cruelty|would later deny]].

===Nintendo Monopoly===
In [[Nintendo Monopoly]], there is a [[Coin Block]]/[[Brick Block]] card that charges the player $50 for a new suit. The artwork depicts Mario wearing a Tanooki Suit.

===''Paper Mario'' series===
====''Super Paper Mario''====
In ''[[Super Paper Mario]]'', [[Francis]] wants a Tanooki Suit that is made out of real tanuki fur.

====''Paper Mario: Color Splash''====
While the Tanooki Suit does not appear in ''[[Paper Mario: Color Splash]]'', a [[Shy Guy]] mentions it by saying: "It looks like your upper lip found a Tanooki Suit!"

===''Minecraft''===
In the Super Mario Mash-up of ''[[Minecraft]]'', the Chain Armor is replaced by the Tanooki Suit.

===''Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle''===
The [[List of weapons in Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle#Teeth of Tanooki|Teeth of Tanooki]] weapon in ''[[Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle]]'' is modeled after the Tanooki Suit.

===''The Super Mario Bros. Movie''===
In ''[[The Super Mario Bros. Movie]]'', the Tanooki Suit's sprite from ''Super Mario All-Stars'' can be seen on a sign at the front of the antiques store in [[Toad Town]], being listed for three coins. Mario also transforms into Tanooki Mario in the film, though like in ''Super Mario 3D Land'' and ''Super Mario 3D World'', he does so using a Super Leaf instead of a Tanooki Suit.

==Profiles==
===''Super Mario Bros. 3''===
*'''Wii Virtual Console manual:''' ''Changes Mario into Tanooki Mario.''
*'''Nintendo 3DS Virtual Console manual:''' ''Turns Mario into Tanooki Mario.''

==Gallery==
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NintendoAmerica 2013-11-27.jpg|An image macro from [[Nintendo|Nintendo of America]]'s social media accounts in which the phrase "Tanooki Suits" is used as a metonym for Nintendo 3DS systems
</gallery>

==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jap=タヌキスーツ
|JapR=Tanuki Sūtsu
|JapM=Tanooki Suit
|Fre=Costume de Tanuki
|FreM=Tanuki Costume
|Ger=Waschbärenkostüm
|GerM=Raccoon Costume
|Ita=Abito Tanuki; Costume Tanuki
|ItaM=Tanooki Suit/Costume
|Spa=Traje de Mapache
|SpaM=Raccoon Suit
|Swe=Tvättbjörnsdräkt
|SweM=Raccoon Costume
}}

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