Editing Flimsy Lift

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|image=[[File:SMM-NSMBU-Flimsy Lift.png|100px]]<br>Sprite of a Flimsy Lift in the ''[[New Super Mario Bros. U]]'' style of ''[[Super Mario Maker]]''
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario Bros.]]'' ([[List of games by date#1985|1985]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Super Mario Maker 2]]'' ([[List of games by date#2019|2019]])
|variant_of=[[Lift]]
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'''Flimsy Lifts''' are a type of [[lift]] most commonly appearing in the 2D installments of the [[Super Mario (series)|''Super Mario'' series]]. They fall once the player steps on them.

==History==
===''Super Mario'' series===
====''Super Mario Bros.'' / ''Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels''====
Flimsy Lifts debut in ''[[Super Mario Bros.]]'' and return in its sequel, ''[[Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels]]'', functioning exactly the same. They are lifts that drop when the player stands on them, only to stop falling once the player gets off of them. Only seven Flimsy Lifts appear in ''Super Mario Bros.'': one in the middle of [[World 3-3 (Super Mario Bros.)|World 3-3]], four near the end of [[World 6-3 (Super Mario Bros.)|World 6-3]], and two at the beginning of [[World 7-4 (Super Mario Bros.)|World 7-4]]. In ''Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels'', Flimsy Lifts first appear as early as [[World 1-2 (Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels)|World 1-2]], and appear in every world except [[World 2 (Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels)|World 2]] and [[World 9 (Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels)|World 9]].

====''Super Mario Bros. 3'' / ''Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3''====
Flimsy Lifts return in ''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]'', appearing only in [[World 1-4 (Super Mario Bros. 3)|World 1-4]]. They behave mostly the same as the predecessors, except that they now move horizontally, and no longer stop moving when the player steps off of them.

Flimsy Lifts behaving like their ''Super Mario Bros.'' counterparts also appear in ''[[Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3]]''{{'}}s [[World-e]] level [[Caped Escape]].

====''Super Mario World'' / ''Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2''====
Flimsy Lifts return in ''[[Super Mario World]]'', behaving as they did in ''Super Mario Bros. 3'', though they now initially remain stationary. They mainly appear in secret areas of [[Donut Secret 2]] and [[Chocolate Secret]] as well as throughout [[Star World 5]], though two also appear in [[Butter Bridge 1]], one appears in [[Chocolate Island 4]], and three appear in [[Way Cool]].

====''Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins''====
Flimsy Lifts return in ''[[Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins]]'', behaving as they did in ''Super Mario World''. They appear in the [[Tree Zone]] and [[Macro Zone]] and look the same as regular lifts.

====''New Super Mario Bros.''====
In ''[[New Super Mario Bros.]]'', only two Flimsy Lifts appear in the entire game, specifically at the end of [[World 6-5 (New Super Mario Bros.)|World 6-5]]. They behave the same as in ''Super Mario World'' and look the same as regular lifts.

====''Super Mario Maker'' / ''Super Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DS'' / ''Super Mario Maker 2''====
Flimsy Lifts appear as placeable course elements in ''[[Super Mario Maker]]'', ''[[Super Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DS]]'', and ''[[Super Mario Maker 2]]'', behaving as they did in ''Super Mario World'' and ''New Super Mario Bros.'', though they are now given a bluish hue to properly differentiate them from regular Lifts. Placing [[wings]] on a Flimsy Lift makes it fall more slowly, and placing one on a track makes it act like a Rail Lift that remains stationary until the player lands on it.

===''Yoshi's Island DS''===
In ''[[Yoshi's Island DS]]'', a total of seven Flimsy Lifts appear in the final segment of the level [[Superhard Acrobatics!]], functioning identically as in ''Super Mario World''.

===Other appearances===
While Flimsy Lifts do not appear in ''[[New Super Mario Bros. Wii]]'', ''[[New Super Mario Bros. 2]]'', ''[[New Super Mario Bros. U]]'', or ''[[New Super Luigi U]]'', they nonetheless appear in the games' files, [[List of New Super Mario Bros. Wii pre-release and unused content|implying that they]] [[List of New Super Mario Bros. 2 pre-release and unused content|were meant to appear]] [[List of New Super Mario Bros. U pre-release and unused content|in each game]].

==Gallery==
<gallery>
SMWPlatform.png|''[[Super Mario World]]''
SMM-SMB-MovingPlatform-2.png|''[[Super Mario Maker]]'' (''[[Super Mario Bros.]]'' style)
SMM-SMB3-Flimsy Lift.png|''Super Mario Maker'' (''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]'' style)
SMM-SMW-Flimsy Lift.png|''Super Mario Maker'' (''Super Mario World'' style)
SMM-NSMBU-Flimsy Lift.png|''Super Mario Maker'' (''[[New Super Mario Bros. U]]'' style)
</gallery>

==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jap=落ちるリフト
|JapR=Ochiru Rifuto
|JapM=Falling Lift
|Chi=掉落台
|ChiR=Diàoluò Tái 
|ChiM=Falling Lift
|Ita=Piattaforma instabile
|ItaM=Unstable platform
|Fre=Plateforme fragile
|FreM=Fragile platform
}}

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