Metal Box: Difference between revisions

==Origin==

[[File:MetalBoxSM64.png|thumb|left|150px|A Metal Box, as it originally appeared in ''Super Mario 64''.]]

==Overview==

[[File:Metal Box Melee.png|thumb|200px|The Metal Box in ''Melee''.]]

The Metal Box transforms the player's fighter who breaks it into a [[Metal]] fighter. Metal fighters make different metallic sounds while walking, running, and landing, depending on their weight for the most part. All lightweight fighters except {{SSBM|Zelda}}, {{SSBM|Mr. Game & Watch}}, {{SSBM|Mewtwo}} and the {{SSBM|Ice Climbers}} make a faint "tinging" sound; all middleweight fighters make a standard "clanking" sound; and all heavyweight fighters except {{SSBM|Samus}}, {{SSBM|Yoshi}}, {{SSBM|Ganondorf}}, and {{SSBM|Link}} make a much more noticeable "crunching" sound. Most of the aforementioned exceptional characters make the standard middleweight sound in spite of their weight. Mewtwo doesn't make any sounds, even when landing, and Mr. Game & Watch's footsteps and landing sounds are always electronic beep noises.

In ''Melee'', if the Metal Box is broken by disjointed attacks like {{SSBM|Pikachu}}'s forward smash or any attack from a sword-wielding character, they will still transform them into a Metal fighter. Interestingly, [[Ness]]' dash attack is the only disjointed attack that doesn't turn him metal. Also, if the Metal Box is hit by a projectile, it will disappear. Also, fighters can battle Metal Mario and/or [[Metal Luigi]] in [[Adventure Mode]]. In addition, they also fight a random metal character in [[Classic Mode]].

In ''Smash 4'', the transformation duration can no longer be extended by picking up additional Metal Boxes. In the ''3DS'' version, the metal is translucent rather than opaque, but in the ''Wii U'' version, the metal texture is both opaque and reflective, with the current stage being reflected on the character's body.

The {{SSBU|Hero}}'s [[Metal Slash]] ability will [[Instant KO|instantly KO]] any metal characters that it hits, and his [[Kaclang]] ability is able to turn him metal, being the only special move to do so.

*Increases the fighter's [[gravity]] slightly (2.0× in ''Melee'' and ''Brawl''; 1.7× in ''Smash 4'' and ''Ultimate'').

*Decreases the fighter's [[walking]] speed slightly (0.7× in ''Melee'', ''Brawl'', and ''Smash 4''; 0.8× in ''Ultimate'').

*Mutes the character's voices (although, as sound effects are still retained, [[Duck Hunt]], [[Samus]], [[Mr. Game & Watch]], [[Villager]], [[Mii Fighter]]s (in ''SSB4''), [[Mega Man]], wireframe [[Little Mac]], [[Pac-Man]], [[Isabelle]], [[Dark Samus]], [[Piranha Plant]] and [[Steve]] are unaffected by this); however, getting knocked beyond the blast line of any stage will make the character scream as usual, except for in ''SSB4''.

*Characters make metal sound effects when hitting a surface upon taking a step; however, the sound more closely resembles that of a thin sheet of metal, suggesting that the character isn't turned into metal, just covered with it.

===In [[Smash Tour]]===

The Metal Box appears as a red trophy item in [[Smash Tour]]. When used, it allows the player's fighter to start a battle in metal form.

==Trophies==

===In ''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]''===

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===In ''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]''===

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===In ''[[Super Smash Bros. 4]]''===

The Metal Box trophy appears in both versions.

==Spirits==

| 1,044 || {{SpiritTableName|Octobot King|size=64}} || {{SpiritType|Neutral}} || ★★★ || 3 || 3277 || 9835 || 1381 || 4144 || 1654 || 4963 || Made of Metal || ''Splatoon'' Series

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==Gallery==

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Mario_Metal_Box_Melee.png|Mario under the effects of the Metal Box in ''Melee''.

Mario Metal Box Brawl.png|In ''Brawl''.

==Trivia==

*In ''Melee'' and ''Brawl'', the metal effect ignores transparency, meaning that parts that should be transparent become opaque while the effect is active. This is most visible with [[Olimar]] in ''Brawl''; his entire helmet becomes encased with metal. Other examples include [[Donkey Kong]]'s fur and [[Ivysaur]]'s leaves. In ''SSB4'' onwards, transparency is taken into account; Olimar's face becomes metal while his helmet remains untouched.

*In {{forwiiu}}, while the metal texture reflects the actual stage, it does not reflect it in real-time, instead reflecting a pre-rendered screenshot of the stage. For example, the metal texture will only show a reflection of the [[Boxing Ring]]'s ''Smash Bros.'' variant, as opposed to the default ''Punch-Out!!'' theme.

*In {{for3ds}}, metal characters retain their textures, while every other game ignores textures and only displays the bump maps of the character models. This is most noticeable with [[Kirby]], whose eyes disappear when he becomes metal in every game other than ''for 3DS'', or [[Mario]], whose hat insignia and eyes also disappear.