Editing Lance

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[[File:SML2 Skewers and Unibo.png|thumb|Lances in ''Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins'']]
'''Lances'''<ref>Dark Horse Books. ''Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia: The Official Guide to the First 30 Years''. Page 78.</ref> are blade obstacles that rest in one place, usually along the ceiling, thrusting up and down in a set rhythm. They usually are deployed in narrow places with not much room for evasion to ensure difficulty for the player to progress. Functionally, they are comparable to [[Skewer]]s, albeit much smaller than they usually are.
==History==
===''Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins''===
In ''[[Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins]]'', lances appear in [[Turtle Zone (level)|Turtle Zone]], looking like a simple long, thin knife. Fewer of them appear in [[Easy Mode]]. They can be defeated by running into them while the player is [[Invincible Mario|invincible]]. In the [[Whale Course]], they are colored white and appear to be organic, but function exactly the same.

===''Wario Land'' series===
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====''Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3''====
[[File:WLSML3 Course No 38.png|thumb|Jet Wario, approaching lances]]
In ''[[Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3]]'', lances appear in [[Syrup Castle]]. They appear as low-hanging, axe-like blades that constantly jiggle up and down, though their collision remains approximately block-sized. [[Tiny Wario|Small Wario]] can simply walk underneath them, but if larger, [[Wario]] will have to [[crouch]] and crawl underneath them. [[Jet Wario]] can also fly through them if launched on the floor.

====''Wario Land II''====
Lances are encountered in several levels of ''[[Wario Land II]]''. They are composed of a blade resembling the version of the lance from the previous game, but are attached to a metal pole with some wire wrapped around it, and produce an alarming sound when moving. While the edged part of the lance itself can hurt Wario and throw him backward, the pole is harmless and can be passed without taking damage. Some lances even have [[Conveyor Belt]]s underneath them.

==Gallery==
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WL2 O Blade.png|''[[Wario Land II]]'' ([[Game Boy Color]])
WL2 Blade.png|thumb|Wario evading lances in ''Wario Land II''
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==Names in other languages==
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|Jpn=ヤリ<ref>「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 83.</ref><ref>「任天堂公式ガイドブック　ワリオランド2 盗まれた財宝」 (''Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook – Wario Land 2: Nusumareta Zaihō''). Page 36.</ref>
|JpnR=Yari
|JpnM=Spear
|Ita=Lancia<ref>{{cite|date=November 15, 2018|title=''[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia]]''|publisher=Magazzini Salani|language=it|isbn=889367436X|page=78}}</ref>
|ItaM=Spear
}}

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[[Category:Hazardous objects]]
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