Editing Chain-Link

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[[File:Fence Grab NSMB2.png|thumb|250px|Artwork of [[Mario]] hitting a fence in ''New Super Mario Bros. 2'']]
A '''Chain-Link''', also known as a '''fence''', '''Chain Link Fence''',<ref>{{cite|title=''Nintendo Power'' Volume 28|page=17|date=September 1991|language=en|publisher=Nintendo of America}}</ref> '''wire net''',<ref>{{cite|url=m1.nintendo.net/docvc/NUS/USA/NSME/NSME_E.pdf|format=PDF|title=''Super Mario 64'' instruction booklet|page=13 and 19|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=en|date=1996}}</ref> '''cage''', or '''metal screen''',<ref>{{cite|title=''Super Mario Sunshine'' instruction booklet|page=26|language=en|publisher=Nintendo of America|date=2002}}</ref> is an object that player characters can climb along the surface of and [[punch]] it to defeat enemies on the other side. In some games, there are [[flip Panel (Chain-Link)|panel]]s that can be used to flip the character to the other side. Similar climbable meshes of vines and other interlocking materials appear in ''[[Wario Land 3]]''.
==History==
===''Super Mario'' series===
====''Super Mario World''====
[[File:SMW Art - Mario Fence Punch.png|thumb|left|Art of [[Mario]] punching a [[Climbing Koopa]] off a fence from ''Super Mario World'', its first appearance]]
In ''Super Mario World'', [[Mario]] or [[Luigi]] can [[jump]] on, climb on, and jump off fences in some [[castle]] levels to go around traps such as [[lava]]. The brothers can also flip to the other side by punching a [[Flip Panel (Chain-Link)|Revolving Door]]. [[Climbing Koopa]]s are commonly found to be climbing on fences, and they are capable of climbing around both sides of a fence. The brothers may punch the climbing Koopas that are on the other side to defeat them.

====''Super Mario 64'' / ''Super Mario 64 DS''====
[[File:Get the star!.png|thumb|Mario climbing a wire net in the [[Hazy Maze Cave]] in ''Super Mario 64'']]
In ''[[Super Mario 64]]'' and ''[[Super Mario 64 DS]]'', wire nets have different designs depending on the location and have multiple purposes depending on the contexts. Some of them, found primarily in the [[Hazy Maze Cave]], in [[Bowser in the Fire Sea]], and on [[Tiny-Huge Island]], can be climbed, but only horizontally instead of vertically, with the player character hanging on to them from below. Certain other ceilings that do not appear to be wire nets can also be hung on to from below, such as the bridge ahead of the starting point on the [[Bob-omb Battlefield]], both bridges in the [[Castle Grounds]], the ceiling in front of the [[Peach’s Castle|Mushroom Castle]]'s main entrance, and the starting cloud platform in [[Over the Rainbows]], though the latter cannot be accessed in any way without cheating.<ref>{{cite|author=UncommentatedPannen|title=All Hangable Ceilings|date=December 5, 2017|url=youtu.be/Kx7LczO4sS4?si=HyjUlonDb3UIEvd0|accessdate=April 13, 2024}}</ref>

Other wire nets are instead used as walls that only [[Vanish Mario]] can get through, which is used more commonly. Sometimes, this is needed to collect a [[Power Star]], while other times (particularly in the remake), it is simply a shortcut (such as in [[Express Elevator--Hurry Up!]]). Certain brick walls in [[Wet-Dry World]]'s downtown work the same way. Sometimes, vertical or block-shaped ones are not found near a [[Vanish Cap]] (or [[Power Flower (Super Mario 64 DS)|Power Flower]] in the remake) and, as such, are simply used as walls or platforms. This type appears heavily in the Hazy Maze Cave; [[Dire, Dire Docks]]; and [[Tick Tock Clock]].

====''Super Mario Sunshine''====
In ''[[Super Mario Sunshine]]'', metal screens (also referred to as '''chain-links''')<ref>{{cite|author=Averill, Alan, and Jennifer Villarreal|title=''Super Mario Sunshine: The Official Nintendo Player's Guide''|location=Redmond|publisher=Nintendo of America|date=2002|page=46|isbn=1-930206-23-2}}</ref> can be climbed in both horizontal and vertical orientations. Many of the metal screens take the form of boxes that enclose enemies and [[coin]]s, although some are traditionally flat. Metal screens appear in [[Ricco Harbor]], [[Pinna Park]], and [[Pianta Village]] and can be used to knock off enemies from the other side. The game also introduces [[Moving Fence]]s.

====''New Super Mario Bros.''====
Fences appear again in ''[[New Super Mario Bros.]]'' in {{world-link|3|towern|World 3-Tower (New Super Mario Bros.)}} and {{world-link|4|towern|World 4-Tower (New Super Mario Bros.)}}, being the principal feature of both levels.

====''New Super Mario Bros. Wii''====
[[File:NSMBW World 2-T Screenshot.png|thumb|Mario climbing a fence in ''New Super Mario Bros. Wii'']]
Fences reappear in ''[[New Super Mario Bros. Wii]]'' as obstacles in [[Tower]]s and [[Castle]]s, similar to ''Super Mario World''. Certain areas are inaccessible unless the player switch to the other side of the fence, via the flip panel. There is also a special type of fence which can be rotated 90 degrees left or right by the first player who climbs the fence by tilting the [[Wii#Wii Remote|Wii Remote]] left or right. There are also giant, circular ones that constantly spin. Also, a yellow fence is used in the [[Power-up Panels]] minigame.

====''New Super Mario Bros. 2''====
Fences also appear in ''[[New Super Mario Bros. 2]]'', along with other special types of fences introduced in the game. In {{world-link|5|towern2|World 5-Tower (New Super Mario Bros. 2)}}, there are large fences made up of smaller fences that move upwards along with the rising lava and, at certain points, rotate. They are required to progress through most of the level. In [[World 5-Castle (New Super Mario Bros. 2)|World 5-Castle]], Moving Fences move along a [[track]], and can be changed to move above or below the wire by pressing {{button|3ds|B}}/{{button|3ds|X}}. The flip panels are absent.

====''New Super Mario Bros. U''====
Fences appear in ''[[New Super Mario Bros. U]]'' with the same design as in ''Super Mario World'', with red borders instead of gray. Unlike in other games, however, with the absence of Flip Panels and Climbing Koopas, the player can no longer punch on the fences.

====''Super Mario 3D World'' / ''Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury''====
[[File:SM3DW Chain Link.jpg|thumb|left|A Chain-Link in ''Super Mario 3D World'']]
Chain-Links (parsed '''Chain Links''' in the [[Prima Games|Prima]] guide<ref>{{cite|author=Musa, Alexander, and Geson Hatchett|title=''Super Mario 3D World'' PRIMA Official Game Guide|page=20|publisher=Prima Games|date=November 22, 2013|language=en-us|isbn=978-0-804-16249-4}}</ref> and '''Chainlinks''' in the PAL release) appear in ''[[Super Mario 3D World]]'' and ''[[Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury]]'' in several stages as either stationary walls or platforms or moving along tracks as obstacles. In this game, they cannot be climbed on unless the character assumes the [[Cat Mario|Cat]] form, but can otherwise simply be used to [[Wall Jump|wall jump]].

====''Super Mario Maker 2''====
Chain-Links with platforms on top of them appear in ''[[Super Mario Maker 2]]'' in several themes (except ground, ghost house, and desert) in the ''Super Mario 3D World'' style as the style's [[Semisolid Platform]]s, all of which Cat Mario can climb up, regardless of theme. Unlike in ''Super Mario 3D World'', they can be climbed indefinitely without falling off.

===''Super Mario World'' television series===
A small fence makes a brief appearance as an obstacle in [[Bowser's Castle|Neon Castle]] in the ''[[Super Mario World (television series)|Super Mario World]]'' episode "[[Mama Luigi]]". Mario, Luigi and [[Yoshi]] are able to easily pass this fence by simply using its revolving gate.

===''Paper Mario''===
[[File:ShyGuysToyBox.png|thumb|Wire nets in ''Paper Mario'']]
Wire nets make a brief appearance in ''[[Paper Mario]]'', where they are found in a [[Conveyor Belt]]–filled segment of [[Shy Guy's Toy Box]] and have a similar function to their appearance in ''Super Mario 64''. To get past them, Mario needs to use [[Lady Bow]]'s [[Outta Sight]] ability while on a Conveyor Belt.

===''Wario World''===
Chain-link fences appear in ''Wario World'', found in [[Mirror Mansion]] and [[Pecan Sands]]. Unlike in some other games, chain-link fences are always found affixed to solid walls, with only one side accessible to [[Wario]]. Wario can climb on them much like the game's [[ladder]]s, though they have more horizontal layouts. The only actions Wario can take while climbing are movement and jumping off of the fence.

===''Mario Party'' series===
[[File:MP9 2-Player Cage Match.png|thumb|left|200px|A large fence in the ''Mario Party 9'' minigame Cage Match]]
Fences appear in a few minigames of the [[Mario Party (series)|''Mario Party'' series]]. In ''[[Mario Party 9]]'', a large fence appears in the [[Bowser Jr.]] minigame [[Cage Match (minigame)|Cage Match]], where it is used the same way as in ''New Super Mario Bros. Wii''. In ''[[Mario Party: Island Tour]]'', fences appear as floor during one segment of [[Gyro for the Gold]]. In ''[[Super Mario Party]]'', a climbable fence appears prominently in [[Drop Shot]].

===''Mario Kart'' series===
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Platforms made of Chain-Links, known as Kanaami Roads, appear in some courses in the ''[[Mario Kart (series)|Mario Kart]]'' series, mostly in ''[[Mario Kart Tour]]''.
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==Gallery==
<gallery>
SMW Sprite Chain-Link.png|''[[Super Mario World]]''
SM64 Vanish Metal Mario.png|[[Vanish Mario|Vanish]] [[Metal Mario]] standing by wire nets in [[Dire, Dire Docks]] in ''[[Super Mario 64]]''
SMW_Fence.png|''[[Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2]]''
SMS RiccoHarbor BlueCoin 9.png|A metal screen in [[Ricco Harbor]] in ''[[Super Mario Sunshine]]''
RunawayFerrisWheel.png|Metal screens in ''Super Mario Sunshine''
SM64DS Wet-Dry World Star 4.png|Mario beside a cage of wire nets in [[Wet-Dry World]] in ''[[Super Mario 64 DS]]''
SM64DS Luigi in the Cage.png|Vanish [[Luigi]] in a cage of wire nets in [[Tick Tock Clock]] in ''Super Mario 64 DS''
3-Tower NSMB.png|Fences in ''New Super Mario Bros.''
Chain Link Fence MP8.png|''[[Mario Party 8]]''
NSMBW Asset Sprite Chain-Link.png|''[[New Super Mario Bros. Wii]]''
ChainLinkNSMBW.png|''New Super Mario Bros. Wii''
NSMBW World 2-T Screenshot.png|''New Super Mario Bros. Wii''
NSMBW World 5-C Screenshot.png|''New Super Mario Bros. Wii''
NSMB2 World 5-Tower.PNG|''[[New Super Mario Bros. 2]]''
SM3DW World3-2.png|''[[Super Mario 3D World]]''
</gallery>

==See also==
*[[Flip Panel (Chain-Link)|Flip Panel]]
*[[Grate]]

==Additional names==
===Internal names===
{{internal names
|game1=''[[Super Mario Sunshine]]''
|file1=<tt>bamboofence_rail</tt><ref>''Super Mario Sunshine'' internal filename (<tt>ObjectData/bamboofence_rail.dae</tt>)</ref>
|name1=bamboo fence rail
|meaning1=bamboo fence
}}

===Names in other languages===
{{foreign names
|Jap={{ruby|金網|かなあみ}}<ref>{{cite|url=www.nintendo.co.jp/clvs/manuals/ja/pdf/CLV-P-VAAAJ.pdf|format=PDF|title=スーパーマリオワールド (''Sūpā Mario Wārudo'') instruction booklet|publisher=Nintendo|date=1990}}</ref>{{page needed}}<ref>{{cite|url=m1.nintendo.net/docvc/NUS/JPN/NSMJ/NSMJ_J.pdf|format=PDF|title=スーパーマリオ{{ruby|６４|六十四（ろくじゅうよん）}} (''Sūpā Mario Rokujūyon'')|page=13 and 19|publisher=Nintendo|language=ja|date=1996}}</ref><ref>{{cite|title=スーパーマリオサンシャイン (''Sūpā Mario Sanshain'') instruction booklet|page=26|date=2002|language=ja|publisher=Nintendo}}</ref>
|JapR=Kanaami
|JapM=Wire Netting
|Jap2=フェンス<ref>{{cite|language=ja|publisher=[[Shogakukan]]|date=October 19, 2015|title=[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|''Super Mario Bros. Hyakka: Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook'']], ''Super Mario Sunshine'' section|page=105|isbn=978-4-09-106569-8}}</ref>
|Jap2R=Fensu
|Jap2M=Fence
|ChiS=铁网
|ChiSR=Tiěwǎng
|ChiSM=Iron Mesh
|ChiT=鋼絲網<ref>{{cite|url=www.nintendo.com.hk/nsmb2/CTR_ABE_ME_CHT_HP.pdf|format=PDF|language=zh-hant|title=Online Chinese manual for ''New Super Mario Bros. 2''|accessdate=March 1, 2020|publisher=Nintendo HK}}</ref>
|ChiTR=Gāngsīwǎng
|ChiTM=Steel Wire Mesh
|Fre=Grillage
|FreM=Fence
|Ger=Zaun
|GerM=Fence
|Ita=Rete<ref>{{cite|title=''Super Mario World'' Italian manual|page=13}}</ref>
|ItaM=Net
|Ita2=Filo elettrico<ref>{{cite|title=''Super Mario 64'' European manual|page=33}}</ref>
|Ita2M=Electrical wire
|Ita3=Recinzione<ref>{{cite|title=''New Super Mario Bros.'' European manual|page=92}}</ref><ref>''New Super Mario Bros. 2'' Italian quick guide</ref>
|Ita3M=Fence
|Ita4=Rete metallica<ref>{{cite|title=''New Super Mario Bros. Wii'' Italian manual|page=20}}</ref>
|Ita4M=Wire net
|Ita5=Grata<ref>{{cite|date=November 15, 2018|title=''[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia]]''|publisher=Magazzini Salani|language=it|isbn=889367436X|page=91}}</ref>
|Ita5M=Grate
|Kor=철망
|KorR=Cheolmang
|KorM=Wire Netting
|PorE=Cerca Móvel<ref>{{cite|author=Canal New Super Mario Bros. U|language=pt-pt|date=January 11th, 2013|url=youtu.be/ed1ZhqITBBM|title=New Super Mario Bros. U - Mar de Menta-CASTELO - Terceira Moeda-Estrela (Wii U) video description|publisher=YouTube|accessdate=June 24, 2024}}</ref>
|PorEM=Mobile Fence
|Rus=Сетка
|RusR=Setka
|RusM=Fence
|Spa=Valla
|SpaM=Fence
}}

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