Editing Falling spike

|image=[[File:SML2 Artwork - Falling Spike.png|160px]]<br>Artwork from ''[[Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins]]''

|latest_appearance=''[[Mario vs. Donkey Kong (Nintendo Switch)|Mario vs. Donkey Kong]]'' ([[Nintendo Switch]]) ([[List of games by date#2024|2024]])

|variant_of=[[Spike Trap]]

'''Falling spikes'''<ref>{{cite|author=Stratton, Bryan|title=''Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2 Prima’s Official Strategy Guide''|page=50|date=February 26, 2002|quote='''FALLING SPIKES''' When you see yellow spikes along the ceiling, take a close look at them; some of them fall as you swim underneath. Falling spikes are a darker yellow, and they quiver before they fall.|publisher=[[Prima Games]]|isbn=0-7615-3913-1|language=en-us}}</ref><ref>{{cite|url=www.nintendo.co.jp/character/mario/archives/land2/?lang=en|title=English ''Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins'' entry on the official Mario Portal|publisher=nintendo.co.jp|accessdate=August 13, 2022|archive=archive.today/2022.08.13-135145/https://www.nintendo.co.jp/character/mario/archives/land2/?lang=en}}</ref> are obstacles introduced in ''[[Super Mario Land]]''. They are [[Spike Trap|spike]]s that fall from ceilings.

A spike appears as an obstacle in [[World 3-2 (Super Mario Land)|World 3-2]] in ''Super Mario Land''. It moves rather slowly and resembles a conjoined pair of stalactites; many such stalactites appear on the ceiling of this stage, without falling. Even after this one falls, the stalactites appear to remain on the ceiling because its sprite is layered on top of the stalactites. In [[Hard Mode|Expert Level]], there are six in that level. Some of them are not layered on top of any stalactites so they leave gaps after falling.

Falling spikes are obstacles in ''[[Super Mario World]]''. They are more common than before and appear only in [[castle]]s and [[fortress]]es. Falling spikes are typically grouped together with standard [[Spike Trap|spike]]s. They are slightly off-color compared to normal spikes. Unlike Icicles, falling spikes will remain on the ceiling until [[Mario]] or [[Luigi]] approach one, which will trigger it into falling, similar to a [[Thwomp]]. Once it falls, a falling spike will continue to fall through the floor until it disappears. If the player goes out of range and back again, the falling spike will return.

Falling spikes are obstacles in ''[[Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins]]''. They behave the same way as before. Falling spikes appear in the [[Pumpkin Zone]]'s [[Bat Course|first]] and [[Pumpkin Zone Level 2|second]] levels. They can be defeated by running into them while the player is [[Invincible Mario|invincible]].

Falling spikes are obstacles in ''[[Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3]]''. They act as they did in ''Super Mario World'', but look the same as normal spikes. Falling spikes are encountered in [[Bowser's Last Stand]] only.

 

Falling spikes are obstacles in ''[[Yoshi's Story]]''. They appear during the fight against [[Baby Bowser]] only, where they fall if hit by an [[Yoshi's Egg|egg]] or [[Bob-omb|Bob-bomb]], and can therefore damage Baby Bowser while he is riding one of the [[Ghost (Yoshi's Story)|ghost]]s. Falling spikes grow back shortly after falling.

Falling spikes are obstacles in ''[[Mario vs. Donkey Kong]]''. They fall when approached and then drill into the floor and regenerate on the ceiling a few seconds later. Mario and [[Mini Mario (toy)|Mini-Mario]] can use it as a platform. In the original, they are silent, whereas in the [[Mario vs. Donkey Kong (Nintendo Switch)|remake]], they produce a sound like the icicles.

FallingSpikeSML.png|Sprite from ''[[Super Mario Land]]''

FallingSpikes.png|Sprite from ''[[Super Mario World]]''

Falling Spike SML2 sprite.png|Sprite from ''[[Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins]]''

Story Falling spike.png|Sprite from ''[[Yoshi's Story]]''

MvsDK FallingSpike.png|Sprite from ''[[Mario vs. Donkey Kong]]''

MarioVsDKSwitch_FallingSpike.png|Screenshot in ''[[Mario vs. Donkey Kong (Nintendo Switch)|Mario vs. Donkey Kong]]'' ([[Nintendo Switch]])

 

===Names in other languages===

|Jap=落ちてくるトゲ<ref>{{cite|author=Sakai, Kazuya (Ambit), et al.|language=ja|publisher=[[Shogakukan]]|location=Tokyo|date=October 19, 2015|title=『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』 (''Super Mario Bros. Hyakka: Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook''), スーパーマリオランド (''Sūpā Mario Rando'') section|page=48|isbn=978-4-09-106569-8}}</ref><ref>{{cite|title=「任天堂公式ガイドブック　スーパーマリオワールド」 (''Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook – Super Mario World'')|language=ja|publisher=[[Shogakukan]]|page=93|isbn=4-09-104117-5|date=December 10, 1992|location=Tokyo}}</ref>

|Jap2=トゲ<ref>{{cite|title=『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』 (''Super Mario Bros. Hyakka: Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook''), スーパーマリオワールド (''Sūpā Mario Wārudo'') section|page=61}}</ref>

|Jap2R=Toge

|Jap3=トゲック<ref>{{cite|date=December 20, 1992|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=14|publisher=Shogakukan|language=ja|isbn=4-09-102413-0}}</ref>

|Jap4=スパイク<ref>[[Media:Mvsdk book i.jpg|''Mario vs. Donkey Kong'' Shogakukan book]]</ref>{{page needed}}

|JapM=Falling Spike

|Jap2M=[[Spike Trap#Names in other languages|Spike]]

|Jap3M=From「棘」(''toge'', thorn) and possibly「チクチク」(''chiku-chiku'', "bristling")

|Ita=Spuntoni cadenti<ref>{{cite|date=November 15, 2018|title=''[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia]]''|publisher=Magazzini Salani|language=it|isbn=889367436X|page=48}}</ref>

|ItaN=''Super Mario Land''

|Ita2=Spuntone cadente<ref>{{cite|title=''[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia]]''|publisher=Magazzini Salani|language=it|page=61}}</ref>

|ItaM=Falling spikes

|Ita2M=Falling spike