Nope,it's OVER 9000.Sorry I couldn't resist it.

OK so any other thing to talk about? What did you think that golden Mario is?

most likely some kind of thing that has to do with all the goldish colors for the sake of a plot like bowser cursed this or bowser did that now alot stuff is gold mario grabed an item that was gold and turned gold himself

A new power up I guess.

That golden thing reminds me of the Vibe Powers from Super Princess Peach, in the sense that the enemies were affected by it as well. And depending on which power they had, they would act differently, such as the Angry enemies moving faster, or attacking aggressively.

This new golden thing might be the same kinda thing, it must have a special purpose.

Or maybe it has something to do with the Star power-up.

I'm guessing a more endurable Mario.

But they've done that already:


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It's not the first time they've rehashed something y'know

Yeah but to take an existing powerup and turn it into something else while still having the same purpose doesnt make any sense. If its a recreation of a stronger, slower, more resillient Mario, they should just stay with Metal.

We don't know it's going to be slower though. Sure if they were going to do a slow but strong take, they'd probably go with Metal, as they've done in the past, but we're only guessing as to what this new powerup actually does, so it's still up in the air.

*yawns*

It's staying metal, becuase I cannot see another reason for it to be otherwise

Well considering the amount of power-ups that grant flight I wouldn't count that theory out just yet.

There may be many powerups that grant flight, but they all work in different ways:

Super Leaf: Gain speed, jump, wag tail muliple times to gain height. Wag tail to fall slowly.

Cape: Gain speed, jump, hold jump to gain height, hold run & press back to glide. Hold jump while falling to float down.

Wing Cap: Triple jump to start flying/gliding.

Bee Suit: Hold Jump to gain height.

Red Star: Spin to start flying, spin while flying to stop and repostion.

I would count the propeller mushroom and the boo mushroom as well but im not entirely sure if they count.

That may be true, but they all follow one concept: they grant Mario the ability to fly.