Cat Mario

**Cat Mario** is a form of Mario introduced in *Super Mario 3D World* which he can transform into by using a Super Bell. This suit is not limited to Mario, and can also be used by Luigi, Toad, Princess Peach, Rosalina, Toadette in *Super Mario Maker 2*, and Bowser. Mario's suit is yellow with some faint orange stripes in a few places, while Luigi's is green, Peach's is pink, and Toad's is blue, which match their colors (Luigi's suit, however, has rounded ears, a spotted body, and dark green ears and a tail tip, making him resemble either a leopard, a jaguar, or a cheetah). Rosalina's is black, and resembles a tuxedo cat, while Bowser uses a Super Bell to become Meowser, the final boss of the game.

## History

### *Super Mario 3D World / Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury*

Cat Mario makes its debut in the Wii U game *Super Mario 3D World*, gained upon collecting a Super Bell. In this form, Mario can briefly climb up or cling to both walls and the Goal Pole. Mario also has the ability to pounce on enemies from midair to slam into them, similar to a dive attack. He can also claw swipe enemies in front of him (which can spin Cat Wheels, similar to Tanooki Mario tail-whipping Tail Wheels in *Super Mario 3D Land*), as well as slide into them. Cat Mario runs at a crouching height, and he also breaks into a sprint significantly sooner than in any other form.

When Bowser becomes Meowser, he has white and orange fur with brown stripes, similarly to a tiger, a ringed tail, cat ears instead of horns, whiskers, and his nose is black. Also, his hair is colored red, white and brown, and his shell appears to become more blueish. Like Cat Goombas and Cat Bullet Bills, his form is similar to a transformation than an actual suit. However, in addition to this form's abilities, he can also tail whip, like Tanooki Mario, and he retains his fire breath.

Obtaining a Lucky Bell also lets Mario turn into Lucky Cat Mario, similar to Tanooki Mario's Statue form in *Super Mario 3D Land* (though the Lucky Cat form is invincible, rather than invulnerable and ignored, and gives bonus coins while falling); its appearance is similar to that of a Maneki-neko. Mario's Cat Suit gains a red bell collar to show he can use the ability. If Mario collects a Super Bell while in this form, he "downgrades" to normal Cat Mario, unlike collecting a Super Mushroom while Mario already has a power-up (similar to the Super Leaf and Tanooki Suit/Statue Leaf).

In the game's ending cutscene, the protagonists will always leave the Sprixie Kingdom and return to the Mushroom Kingdom in their Cat forms, even if they did not use them for the final battle against Meowser.

In *Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury*, scanning the Cat Mario amiibo gives an Invincibility Bell, which turns Mario into White Cat Mario; that form applies White Tanooki Mario's invincibility to this form.

In *Bowser's Fury*, Mario must use the Giga Bell to become Giga Cat Mario, a larger and more powerful version of this form, to fight Fury Bowser. Most of the enemies and bosses gain Cat forms, but these are only visual changes; the exception being Cat Bullet Bills, which retain their homing behavior from *Super Mario 3D World*. Additionally, Plessie gains a Cat appearance during the final battle, and stays that way afterwards. Upon collecting all 100 Cat Shines, Bowser Jr. and his Clown Car also gain Cat features, and Mario's Cat form changes to resemble his Giga Cat form.

## Other pages

Cat Peach

Cat Toad

Cat Rosalina

Cat Luigi