Editing Cliff

{{About|the recurring platform that juts out of background mountainsides.|the world in Donkey Kong Country Returns|[[Cliff (Donkey Kong Country Returns)]]}}
{{item infobox
|image=[[File:NSMBW Asset Sprite Ledge.png|200x200px]]<br>Sprite from ''New Super Mario Bros. Wii''
|first_appearance=''[[New Super Mario Bros.]]'' ([[List of games by date#2006|2006]])
|latest_appearance=''[[New Super Mario Bros. Wii]]'' ([[List of games by date#2009|2009]])
|variants=[[Yellow ledge]]
|related=[[Rocky wall]]
}}
'''Cliffs''',<ref name=booklet>{{cite|author=Nintendo|date=2006|title=''New Super Mario Bros. Instruction Booklet''|url=csassets.nintendo.com/noaext/image/private/t_KA_PDF/DS_New_Super_Mario_Bros?_a=DATC1RAAZAA0|format=PDF|location=Redmond|publisher=[[Nintendo|Nintendo of America]]|page=20}}</ref> also referred to as '''edges'''<ref name=booklet/> or '''ledges''',<ref>{{cite|author=Knight, Michael|title=''Nintendo DS Pocket Guide''|date=2010|publisher=[[Prima Games]]|location=Roseville|isbn=978-0-307-46760-7|page=7}}</ref><ref>{{cite|author=Bueno, Fernando|title=''New Super Mario Bros. Wii: PRIMA Official Game Guide''|page=110, 112, 113, 123|date=2009|location=Roseville|publisher=[[Prima Games]]|isbn=978-0-307-46592-4}}</ref> function as narrow platforming strips in the mountainous levels of ''[[New Super Mario Bros.]]'' and ''[[New Super Mario Bros. Wii]]''. The player character's movement is restricted while they are on cliffs. While on top of them, the player character can only sidestep and [[jump]] in low arches. No other moves are available. The player character can also cling to the bottom of cliffs and shimmy back and forth. Flicking upward on the control stick brings them on top of the cliff, and vice versa.

The movement options on cliffs are similar to the ones in ''[[Super Mario 64 DS]]'', from which the original ''New Super Mario Bros.'' heavily derives. In ''[[New Super Mario Bros. U]]'', [[rocky wall]]s inherit the function of cliffs at their tops and are recognized as the same object in the game's section in the ''[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia]]''.<ref>{{cite|author=Sakai, Kazuya (Ambit), kikai, Akinori Sao, Junko Fukuda, Kunio Takayama, and Ko Nakahara (Shogakukan), editors|language=ja|publisher=[[Shogakukan]]|location=Tokyo|date=2015|title="New Super Mario Bros. U" in 『[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|スーパーマリオブラザーズ百科: 任天堂公式ガイドブック]]』|page=215|isbn=978-4-09-106569-8}}</ref> The way player characters cling to the horizontal [[pole]]s that emerge from [[Pole Block]]s in ''[[Super Mario Bros. Wonder]]'' is also similar to cliffs.

==History==
===''New Super Mario Bros.''===
[[File:6-4 NSMB.png|200px|thumb|left|[[Small Mario|Small Luigi]] on a cliff in World 6-4]]
Cliffs first appear in the mountainous [[World 6 (New Super Mario Bros.)|World 6]] and specifically appears in [[World 6-1 (New Super Mario Bros.)|World 6-1]] and [[World 6-4 (New Super Mario Bros.)|World 6-4]]. In World 6-1, the cliffs bridge distant ground in narrow corridors. [[Bill Blaster Turret]]s launch [[Bullet Bill]]s directly above the cliffs, necessitating the player character either hop or swing downward to avoid being hit. One of the level's [[Star Coin]]s is only collectible when the character is clinging down from a cliff. The cliffs in World 6-4 go through [[Fire Bar]]s of various lengths, which makes avoiding them challenging. Smaller strips of cliff and be jumped between to collect [[coin]]s and reach the [[Warp Pipe]]s needed to reach the level's final Star Coin and [[Goal Pole|pole]]. Cliffs subsequently appear in the volcanic level [[World 8-7 (New Super Mario Bros.)|World 8-7]], within a narrow corridor connecting two strips of land.

===''New Super Mario Bros. Wii''===
In ''New Super Mario Bros. Wii'', cliffs appear in the coastal level [[World 4-2 (New Super Mario Bros. Wii)|World 4-2]] and the mountainous [[World 6 (New Super Mario Bros. Wii)|World 6]], where they appear in [[World 6-1 (New Super Mario Bros. Wii)|Wordl 6-1]] and [[World 6-5 (New Super Mario Bros. Wii)|World 6-5]]. [[Rocky wall]]s feed directly into cliffs in some instances. In World 4-2, the cliffs occur in narrow corridors and overhang [[water]] with leaping [[Cheep Cheep]]s. Some of the cliffs feed into [[yellow ledge]]s, a variant that drops if clung to or stood on for too long like [[Donut Block]]s. In World 6-1, stretches of cliff extend underneath rock-dropping [[Stone Spike]]s and directly below traveling Bullet Bills. The center of the level, all of the collectible [[Red Coin]]s appear on top of cliffs. In World 6-5, strips of cliff overhang [[water tide|fluctuating tides]] and a leaping [[Porcupuffer]].

==Gallery==
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NSMBW World 6-1 Level Preview Icon.png|''[[New Super Mario Bros. Wii]]''
NSMBW W4-2 3rd Star Coin.jpg|''New Super Mario Bros. Wii''
NSMBW World 6-1 Screenshot.png|''New Super Mario Bros. Wii''
</gallery>

==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jap=崖
|JapR=Gake
|JapM={{wp|Cliff}}
|JapN=Shared with [[rocky wall]]s in ''New Super Mario Bros. U''
|JapC=<ref>{{cite|author=----|language=ja|publisher=[[Shogakukan]]|location=Tokyo|date=2015|title=『[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|スーパーマリオブラザーズ百科: 任天堂公式ガイドブック]]』|page=118, 149}}</ref>
|Ita=Precipizio
|ItaM=Cliff
|ItaN=''New Super Mario Bros.''; shared with [[rocky wall]] in ''New Super Mario Bros. U''
|ItaC=<ref>{{cite|date=November 15, 2018|title=''[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia]]''|publisher=Magazzini Salani|language=it|isbn=889367436X|page=118}}</ref>
|Ita2=Strapiombo
|Ita2M=Overhang
|Ita2C=<ref>{{cite|date=November 15, 2018|title=''[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia]]''|publisher=Magazzini Salani|language=it|isbn=889367436X|page=149}}</ref>
|Ita2N=''New Super Mario Bros. Wii''
}}

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