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| {{Distinguish|[[Spinner]], also referred to as Ball 'N' Chain or Ball and Chain}}
| | [[File:Esukatama.PNG|frame|right|Artwork of an '''Esukatama'''.]] |
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| | An '''Esukatama''' (エスカタマ<ref>Mario character guide, [http://imgur.com/a/UvABP#22 page 36]</ref><ref>Kazuki, Motoyama. ''KC Mario Vol. 18: Super Mario Land 2 Part 1''. [[Media:KC Mario Super Mario Land 2 Enemies.jpg|Pages 6-7]].</ref>) is a type of platform attached to a chain found exclusively in the [[Mario Zone]] of ''[[Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins]]''. When [[Mario]] jumps on an Esukatama, it moves along the length of the chain for a finite amount of time, eventually flashing and disappearing. Esukatamas have the tendency to move in the path of enemies, such as [[Bullet Bill]]s and [[Tatenoko]]s. |
| |image=[[File:SML2 Artwork Cog.png|165px]]<br>Artwork of a ball on chains
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| |first_appearance=''[[Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins]]'' ([[List of games by date#1992|1992]])
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| {{Multiframe|align=left|[[File:SML2 BallOnChains Stationary.png]][[File:SML2 BallOnChains.png]][[File:SML2 BallOnChains Flash.gif]]}}
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| '''Balls on chains''',<ref>{{cite|quote=You can avoid the ground spikes by riding balls on chains.|title=''Nintendo Power'', volume 43|page=48|date=December 1992}}</ref> also referred to as '''cogs''',<ref>{{cite|title=''Nintendo Magazine System'' (AU) Issue #5|page=56|date=August 1993}}</ref> are a type of [[platform]] found exclusively in the [[Beware: Jagged Spikes|third level]] of the [[Mario Zone]] of ''[[Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins]]'', in which they appear in a lighter color and a darker color. The light-colored balls on chains are stationary platforms, but the dark-colored variant moves along the length of the chain for a finite amount of time when [[Mario]] [[jump]]s on it, eventually flashing and disappearing. These balls on chains have the tendency to move in the path of enemies, such as [[Bullet Bill]]s and [[Tatenoko]]. | |
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| ==Profiles and statistics==
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| ===''[[Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten]]''===
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| |name=エスカタマ (JP) / Ball on chains (EN)
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| |shusshin=メカ族
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| |seikaku=親切
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| |tojo_gemu=ランド2
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| |desc='''<big>消える前に乗り継ごう</big></b><br>
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| タマの形をしたエスカレーターのメカ。だからついた名前が「エスカタマ」。マリオが乗 ると動き始めるが、一定の距離を動くと消えてしまう。消える前に飛び降りよう。<ref name=Daijiten>{{cite|author=Shogakukan|language=Japanese|date=1994|title=「パーフェクト版 マリオキャラクター大事典」 (''Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten'')|page=[https://i.imgur.com/rcviJlz.jpeg 47]}}</ref>
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| |origin=Mecha clan
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| |disposition=Kind
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| |game_appearances=Land 2
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| |eng_desc='''''<big>Let's get on board before they disappear.</big><br>
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| ''Escalator mechanism in the shape of a ball. That is why the name "Escatama" was given to it. When Mario gets on the escalator, it starts moving, but it disappears after a certain distance. Jump off before it disappears.''
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| ==Gallery==
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| Mario Zone Area 3.png|Mario, riding on a dark-colored ball on chains
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| </gallery>
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| ==Names in other languages==
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| |Jap=エスカタマ<ref>{{cite|language=Japanese|publisher=Shogakukan|title=「任天堂公式ガイドブック スーパーマリオランド２ ６つの金貨」 (''Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook – Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins'')|page=15}}</ref><ref name=Daijiten/>
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| |JapR=Esukatama
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| |JapM=Portmanteau of「エスカレーター」(''esukarētā'', "escalator") and「玉」(''tama'', "ball")
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| |Ita=Sfera ascensore<ref>{{cite|title=''[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia]]''|page=78|language=Italian}}</ref>
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| |ItaM=Lift sphere
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| ==References== | | ==References== |
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| [[Category:Platforms]] | | [[Category:Items]] |
| [[Category:Hazardous objects]]
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| [[Category:Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins]] | | [[Category:Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins]] |
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