Editing Rolling log

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'''Rolling logs'''<ref>M. Arakawa. ''Super Mario 64'' Player's Guide. Pages 66 and 102.</ref><ref>Loe, Casey. ''New Super Mario Bros.'' Player's Guide. Page 80.</ref><ref>Bueno, Fernando. ''New Super Mario Bros. Wii'' PRIMA Official Game Guide. Page 99.</ref><ref>Stratton, Steve. ''New Super Mario Bros. U'' PRIMA Official Game Guide. Page 124.</ref> (also parsed as '''Rolling Logs''')<ref>(June 10, 1998). [https://web.archive.org/web/19980610064708/http://www.nintendo.com/n64/super_mario64/7-4.html Course 7 - Star 4: Red-Hot Log Rolling]. ''Nintendo: Super Mario 64 Strategy'' (Internet Archive: Wayback Machine). Retrieved March 15, 2022.</ref> are a type of wooden [[platform]] originating from ''[[Super Mario 64]]''.

 

[[File:SM64 Rolling log.png|thumb|left|Mario running on a rolling log in ''Super Mario 64'']]

In ''Super Mario 64'' and ''[[Super Mario 64 DS]]'', rolling logs are cylindrical wooden platforms that, when stood on, roll over. The player must [[dash|run]] along them or [[jump]] carefully to avoid falling off until they reach their destination on a set path. When the rolling logs are not stood on, they begin to roll back to their original positions. One appears in [[Lethal Lava Land]] and is the focus of the mission [[Red-Hot Log Rolling]], and another is on [[Tall, Tall Mountain]].

Rolling logs return in ''[[New Super Mario Bros.]]'' In this game, they are stationary platforms whose purpose is to eventually drop the player off them if stood on long enough. They appear only in the underground sections of [[World 6-3 (New Super Mario Bros.)|World 6-3]].

Rolling logs reappear in ''[[New Super Mario Bros. Wii]]'', behaving the same as in ''New Super Mario Bros.'', though they are colored slightly differently and now produce creaking noises when stood on. They appear only in [[World 5-3 (New Super Mario Bros. Wii)|World 5-3]].

Rolling logs appear yet again in ''[[New Super Mario Bros. U]]'' and [[New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe|its remake]]. Their behavior is largely unchanged from their past 2D appearances, and they appear only in the level [[Bridge over Poisoned Waters]], though they reprise their role in the challenge [[Poison-Swamp Scramble]]. Rolling logs are among the few objects that do not return in ''[[New Super Luigi U]]''.

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|Jap=まるた / 丸太<ref>Shogakukan. 2015. ''Super Mario Bros. Hyakka: Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook'', pages 92, 119, 151, 217.</ref>

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|Ita=Tronco<ref>''[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia]]'', pagg. 92, 119, 151, 217</ref>