What is your favorite Mario power up and why do you like it?

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Why? Well, why not? You can be a cock, which only exemplifies the general multiplayer nature of New Super Mario Bros. Wii. I'd imagine you'd also throw eggs, which is not a very cockish thing to do.

Though if you're talking power-ups that are in the existing game, then nothing beats the Penguin Suit.

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Not only it's dumb and adorable, it lets you toboggan and swim freely underwater. It also makes a cute noise when you collect a Penguin Suit. It's essentially a much better Frog Suit. The Frog Suit looks and acts stupid anyway.
 
Probably the Fire Flower.

I feel so OP with for some reason.
 
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I really like the Propeller Suit's design. It's like you have helicopter on your head, and I really enjoy being a helicopter.
 
The Cape is really good, considering it has:

Flight
Invincibility during Flight
An attack that can kill most enemies in one hit
Slow Falling (even while riding Yoshi)

It's hard to say that this item isn't OP.
 
The flying is really unwieldy. The Racoon is so much easier to use, on the other hand. Still, the cape and Blue Yoshi broke Super Mario World, so I'd argue that Mario games didn't get any easier.
 
Princess Mario said:
The flying is really unwieldy. The Racoon is so much easier to use,
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Once you get used to it, the flying feels like second nature, though that might just be me having played the game too much.
Also, unlike the Tanooki leaf you can fly infinitely.
 
I feel like Super Mario World's levels weren't designed for flying. At all. Aside from a few segments that have lots of open space and coins, I feel the cape flying and Blue Yoshi flying, clipping through the upper parts of the level offscreen is really poorly designed. Hence why I don't do it often, because there's no fun in doing that for all the levels in the game.

Probably one of the reasons I like the Propeller Suit and Flying Squirrel suit more is that the flying feels, well, more balanced rather than game breaking.
 
Princess Mario said:
Though if you're talking power-ups that are in the existing game, then nothing beats the Penguin Suit.

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Not only it's dumb and adorable, it lets you toboggan and swim freely underwater. It also makes a cute noise when you collect a Penguin Suit. It's essentially a much better Frog Suit. The Frog Suit looks and acts stupid anyway.
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It also walks and runs on ice without slipping.
 
I second the cape just for extra utility it provides in comparison to other flight-based power-ups and also the coolness factor, the dive bomb maneuver is super satisfying to do since it essentially fu