Editing Checkpoint Ring

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|image=[[File:MiddleRing SMA3.png|250px]]<br>A [[Yoshi (species)|Red Yoshi]] next to a Checkpoint Ring in [[Touch Fuzzy, Get Dizzy]] in ''[[Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3]]''
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]'' ([[List of games by date#1995|1995]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Yoshi's New Island]]'' ([[List of games by date#2014|2014]])
}}
A '''Checkpoint Ring''',<ref>{{cite|author=Nintendo3DSuk|date=March 11, 2014|url=www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHms7CddrdM|title=''Yoshi's New Island'' - Launch Trailer (Nintendo 3DS)|publisher=YouTube|accessdate=June 24, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite|title=''Yoshi's New Island'' digital instruction manual|page=9 / 17 Playing the Game}}</ref> originally known as a '''Middle Ring'''<ref>{{cite|language=en-us|date=1995|publisher=Nintendo of America|title=''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island'' instruction booklet|page=12}}</ref><ref>{{cite|language=en-us|publisher=Nintendo of America|date=2006|title=''Yoshi's Island DS'' instruction booklet|page=15}}</ref> (also formatted as '''Middle-Ring''') and also known as a '''Save Ring''',<ref>''[[Prima Games|Playing With Super Power: Nintendo Super NES Classics eGuide]]'', ''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi’s Island'' Confidential Information Tab.</ref> is an object in ''[[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]'' (and [[Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3|its reissue]]), ''[[Yoshi's Island DS]]'', and ''[[Yoshi's New Island]]''. This ring of light appears partway through most stages and serves as a [[checkpoint]]. If a [[Yoshi (species)|Yoshi]] loses a life after passing through one, he can restart at the point of the Checkpoint Ring. Also, passing through a Checkpoint Ring increases the Yoshi's [[Countdown Timer]] by ten and turns all onscreen enemies into [[star (Yoshi's Island series)|star]]s. However, if the player returns to the map or gets a [[Game Over]], they have to start the course from the beginning. If a Yoshi loses a life after reaching a Checkpoint Ring in games of the [[Yoshi's Island (series)|''Yoshi's Island'' series]] up until ''Yoshi's Island DS'', the player keeps the star count (including the extra ten from reaching the ring) and [[Yoshi's Egg|eggs]] that they had when they touched it. However, in ''Yoshi's New Island'', the player's star and egg counts reset to ten and zero, respectively, if a Yoshi loses a life and restarts from a Checkpoint Ring.

Despite their original name, "Middle Ring," Checkpoint Rings are not always placed in the middle of a stage. Some can be found at the very beginning, or not until near the end. A few stages even have multiple Checkpoint Rings, and there are always a couple before boss fights.

==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jap={{hover|中間|ちゅうかん}}リング<ref>{{cite|title=''Super Mario: Yossy Island'' instruction booklet|page=11|language=ja|publisher=Nintendo|date=1995}}</ref>
|JapR=Chūkan Ringu
|JapM=Middle Ring
|Spa=Medio Anillo
|Spa2=Anillo intermedio
|SpaM=Middle Ring
|Spa2M=Intermediate ring
|Ita=Anello di Mezzo<ref>{{cite|title=''[[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]'' GIG's Italian manual|page=5}}</ref>
|ItaN=''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island''
|Ita2=Anello tappa
|ItaM=Middle Ring
|Ita2M=Checkpoint/Milestone ring
|Rus=Контрольное кольцо
|RusR=Kontrol'noe kol'tso
|RusM=Checkpoint Ring
|ChiS=中途环
|ChiSR=Zhōngtú Huán
|ChiSM=Midway Ring
}}

==References==
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[[Category:Checkpoints]]
[[Category:Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island Objects]]
[[Category:Yoshi's Island DS Objects]]
[[Category:Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3]]
[[Category:Yoshi's New Island Objects]]