Editing Bridge

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{{about|the recurring platform in the Super Mario series|the skeletal bridge from [[New Super Mario Bros. U]]|[[bridge (New Super Mario Bros. U)]]|the blocks also known as bridges|[[road]]}}

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|image=[[File:NSMBUDX Platform.png|250px]]<br>Artwork from ''[[New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe]]''
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario Bros.]]'' ([[List of games by date#1985|1985]]
|latest_appearance=''[[Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition]]'' ([[List of games by date#2024|2024]])
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'''Bridges''' are a kind of [[Semisolid Platform]] in the ''[[Super Mario (series)|Super Mario]]'' games. They first appear in ''[[Super Mario Bros.]]''

==History==
===''Super Mario Bros.'' / ''Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels''===
In ''Super Mario Bros.'' and ''[[Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels]]'', bridges appear in every boss battle. [[Mario]] or [[Luigi]] can defeat [[Bowser]] or his [[fake Bowser|impostors]] by touching the [[axe|ax]], which will sever the bridge and cause him to fall into [[lava]]. 

A different type of bridge appear in Worlds [[World 2-3 (Super Mario Bros.)|2-3]] and [[World 7-3 (Super Mario Bros.)|7-3]] of ''Super Mario Bros.'' and  Worlds [[World 1-3 (Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels)|1-3]], [[World 2-3 (Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels)|2-3]], [[World 6-3 (Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels)|6-3]], and [[World C-2|C-2]] of ''The Lost Levels''. [[Cheep Cheep]]s jump out of thin air underneath the bridges in these levels. While the same type of bridge appears in [[World 3-1 (Super Mario Bros.)|World 3-1]] of ''Super Mario Bros.'' and [[World 2-1 (Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels)|World 2-1]] of ''The Lost Levels'', Cheep Cheeps do not arise from under them, but are occupied by other enemies.

===''Super Mario Bros. 3''===
Bridges return in ''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]'', in which they first appear at the end of [[World 3-8 (Super Mario Bros. 3)|World 3-8]]. They are typically blue, but are gray in castle stages and the [[World 8-Hand Traps|Hand Traps]]. In the ''[[Super Mario All-Stars]]'' version, however, all bridges are made yellow instead.

===''Super Mario World''===
[[File:Butter Bridge 2.png|thumb|Bridges in Butter Bridge 2]]
Bridges reappear in ''[[Super Mario World]]'', where they come in two different varieties. Log bridges solely appear in the [[Twin Bridges]] area, specifically in [[Butter Bridge 1]], [[Butter Bridge 2]], and the [[Cheese Bridge Area]]. They are joined by yellow bridges that look closer to the bridges in the previous games, and these bridges appear predominantly in [[Coin Heaven]]s as well as [[5 Roy's Castle|#5 Roy's Castle]] and [[Front Door|Bowser's Castle]].

While the yellow bridges are completely solid as they have been in previous games, log bridges are semisolid instead; this would be adopted for all bridges in future games.

===''New Super Mario Bros.''===
Bridges appear again in ''[[New Super Mario Bros.]]'' They first appear in [[World 1-2 (New Super Mario Bros.)|World 1-2]], appearing only twice at the beginning of the level. They then appear in {{world-link|1|towern|World 1-Tower (New Super Mario Bros.)}}, appearing almost everywhere in the level. They also appear in [[World 1-4 (New Super Mario Bros.)|World 1-4]], [[World 2-1 (New Super Mario Bros.)|World 2-1]], and [[World 2-3 (New Super Mario Bros.)|World 2-3]], as well as the rest of the [[tower]] levels.

===''New Super Mario Bros. 2''===
Bridges appear again in ''[[New Super Mario Bros. 2]]''. They first appear in [[World 1-2 (New Super Mario Bros. 2)|World 1-2]], then appear occasionally afterwards. They always appear in the tower levels.

===''Super Mario Maker'' / ''Super Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DS'' / ''Super Mario Maker 2''===
Bridges return as a placeable part in ''[[Super Mario Maker]]'', ''[[Super Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DS]]'', and ''[[Super Mario Maker 2]]''. They are found in the terrain section in the Course Maker in all styles except for the ''[[Super Mario 3D World]]'' style. Bridges act like Semisolid Platforms, except that no other terrain object can overlap them. In the Course Maker, the player can extend or retract the bridge to a minimum of three tiles or a maximum of around twenty tiles. When placed, it is set to its shortest length by default. In the ''[[Super Mario World]]'' style in the Ground, Desert, Sky, Snow, and Forest themes, they look like log bridges. In any other theme of that style, they look like normal bridges. In the ''[[New Super Mario Bros. U]]'' style, bridges have many colors, but in the ''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]'' style, every bridge is the same.

==Gallery==
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New Super Mario Bros. World 1 - Fortress Screenshot.png|Bridges in {{world-link|1|towern|World 1-Tower (New Super Mario Bros.)}} of ''[[New Super Mario Bros.]]''
NSMBW 5-2 Screenshot.png|Bridges in [[World 5-2 (New Super Mario Bros. Wii)|World 5-2]] of ''[[New Super Mario Bros. Wii]]''
File:NSMB2.1-T.png|Bridges in {{world-link|1|towern2|World 1-Tower (New Super Mario Bros. 2)}} of ''[[New Super Mario Bros. 2]]''
Freezing-Rain Tower.jpg|Bridges in [[Freezing-Rain Tower]], from ''[[New Super Mario Bros. U]]''
NSMBUDX World 5-3 Screenshot.jpg|Bridges in [[Bramball Woods]], from ''[[New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe]]''
SMM2 Bridge SMB3 icon.png|The only bridge color for the ''Super Mario Bros. 3'' style in ''[[Super Mario Maker 2]]''
SMM2 Bridge NSMBU icon snow.png|One of the many bridge colors for the ''New Super Mario Bros. U'' style in ''Super Mario Maker 2'', in the daytime snow theme
</gallery>

==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jap=橋
|JapR=Hashi
|JapM=Bridge
|Ita=Ponte
|ItaM=Bridge
}}

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