Cape (Reminiscence)

Photo: Mario using his cape in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U.
Mario produces his Cape from hammerspace as part of his Side Special in Super Smash Bros. Reminiscence. This magical yellow sheet, while seemingly harmless, has the ability to briefly reverse the momentum of an enemy, flip opponents who are shielding and reflect projectiles back at enemies. It deals no knockback upon contact with an enemy but deals 10% damage if it is a direct hit. New to Reminiscence is the different function of this move while Mario is airborne as he can now use it as a short recovery and further extend it into a combo move. 
==Customization Options==
==Origins==
 Photo: Mario using the Cape in Super Mario World to glide over enemies.
The cape was first introduced alongside the Cape Feather in the SNES game Super Mario World as an unconventional transportation method for Mario. Not only could the Cape be used as a form of transportation for Mario as opposed to the ground-based Yoshi, it could also be used to attack enemies by either spinning into them or, with enough speed, create a tremor which would damage all enemies currently present on-screen. Comparing the two versions of the move [the one from SMW and the one seen in Smash] reveals several key differences; notably, Mario was unable to reflect projectiles and attack by simply swinging it in the original game. The stall-and-fall nature of the move noticeable in Brawl may be in reference to the gliding achievable by using this item, a feature which has since been added as of Reminiscence.
On a slightly unrelated note, the Cape also appears in Mario Superstar Baseball as part of the Mario Heroes team logo and in both Super Mario Kart and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe as an item which gives players access to a spin jump able to steal other players' balloons or find shortcuts around the map.
==Trivia==
*Cape is one of few moves in Reminiscence which produces no visible damage on enemies.
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