Editing Scale Lift

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{{about|the scale-like platforms|lifts in general|[[Lift]]}}
{{item infobox
|image=[[File:ScaleLiftNSMBW.png|200x200px]]<br>Model from ''[[New Super Mario Bros. Wii]]''
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario Bros.]]'' ([[List of games by date#1985|1985]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Game & Watch: Super Mario Bros.]]'' ([[List of games by date#2020|2020]])
|effect=Standing on one platform causes it to lower and the other to rise
|variant_of=[[Lift]]
|comparable=[[Piston Lift]]
}}
'''Scale Lifts''', also called '''Balance Lifts''',<ref>{{cite|author=Tochikubo, Hiroo|title=''[[How to win at Super Mario Bros.]]''|publisher=Tokuma Shoten|date=1987|isbn=4-19-720003-XC|page=47}}</ref> '''Balance Beams''',<ref>''Mario vs. Donkey Kong 2: March of the Minis'' help (no. 21)</ref> and '''Scale Platforms''',<ref>{{cite|author=Stratton, Steve|title=''New Super Mario Bros. U'' PRIMA Official Game Guide|page=107|publisher=Prima Games|language=en-us|date=November 18, 2012|isbn=978-0-307-89690-2}}</ref> are [[platform]]s present in the [[Super Mario (series)|''Super Mario'']] series. When a player lands on one platform, the parallel one rises. If the player lingers too long on one platform, the scale breaks apart.
==History==
===''Super Mario'' series===
====''Super Mario Bros.'' / ''Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels''====
[[File:SMB World 4-3 Screenshot.png|thumb|left|180px|[[Fire Mario]] on a Balance Lift in World 4-3 in ''Super Mario Bros.'']]
Balance Lifts make their first appearance in ''[[Super Mario Bros.]]'', where they are the main gimmick of [[World 3-3 (Super Mario Bros.)|World 3-3]], [[World 4-3 (Super Mario Bros.)|World 4-3]] and [[World 6-3 (Super Mario Bros.)|World 6-3]]. The player is given 1,000 points if they break the lifts. They return in ''[[Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels]]'', where they are more prevalent, being found in eight of the thirteen worlds. This time, they are made of mushrooms instead of metal. However, in the ''[[Super Mario All-Stars]]'' remake, both games feature them in their metallic form.

====''Super Mario Sunshine''====
Scale Lifts (localized as '''scales'''<ref name=guide>{{cite|author=Averill, Alan, and Jennifer Villarreal|title=''Super Mario Sunshine'' Player's Guide|page=87|location=Redmond|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=en-us|date=2002|isbn=1-930206-23-2}}</ref>) are built into the cliffside of [[Noki Bay]]. In this game, a scale is a pulley system with a platform attached to it. Filling the attached jug with water causes the platform to rise. The jug is cracked and slowly leaks water, causing the platform to lower.

====''Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3''====
''Super Mario Bros.''-styled Balance Lifts appear in ''[[Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3]]'', in the [[World-e]] level [[Caped Escape]].

====''New Super Mario Bros.''====
Balance Lifts reappear in ''[[New Super Mario Bros.]]'' in [[World 1-5 (New Super Mario Bros.)|World 1-5]] and [[World 3-2 (New Super Mario Bros.)|World 3-2]]. They behave the same way as the Lifts do in ''Super Mario Bros.''

====''New Super Mario Bros. Wii''====
Balance Lifts reappear in ''[[New Super Mario Bros. Wii]]'', where they are the main gimmick of [[World 6-4 (New Super Mario Bros. Wii)|World 6-4]]. Unlike the lifts in ''Super Mario Bros.'', enemies and other items affect the scales with the player.

====''New Super Mario Bros. 2''====
Balance Lifts reappear in ''[[New Super Mario Bros. 2]]'', in [[World 4-4 (New Super Mario Bros. 2)|World 4-4]] and {{world-link|star|5|World Star-5 (New Super Mario Bros. 2)}}. Unlike the lifts in ''New Super Mario Bros. Wii'', these lifts reappear after breaking.

====''New Super Mario Bros. U'' / ''New Super Luigi U'' / ''New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe''====
[[File:NSLU Weighty Waddlewings Screenshot.png|thumb|180px|Luigi landing on a Scale Lift in Weighty Waddlewings]]
Scale Lifts appear in ''[[New Super Mario Bros. U]]'', ''[[New Super Luigi U]]'', and [[New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe|their remake]]. They are common objects in [[Above the Cheep Cheep Seas]] and [[Scaling the Mountainside]] in the former, and also appear in [[Weighty Waddlewings]] in the latter. They work as they did in ''New Super Mario Bros. 2''.

===''Mario vs. Donkey Kong 2: March of the Minis''===
[[File:MvDK2 Balance Beam.png|frame|left]]
Scale Lifts appear in ''[[Mario vs. Donkey Kong 2: March of the Minis]]'', where they are known as '''Balance Beams'''. They only appear in [[Room 6-4]] and [[Room 6-7]] of [[Toadstool Castle]].  If a [[Mini Mario (toy)|Mini Mario]] steps onto one of the Balance Beam's platforms, it lowers while the other platform rises. Two Mini Marios can remain on a platform at once. If both platforms have the same number of Mini Marios on them, they both move to a middle height. A Mini Mario remains on a Balance Beam's platform until it is swiped with the {{button|ds|Stylus}} [[stylus]] to change its direction. Unlike their appearances in other games, Balance Beams do not break. Balance Beams cannot be used in the [[Construction Zone]], as they do not appear in the Toadstool Castle construction kit.

===''Super Smash Bros.'' series===
Scale Lifts also appear as stage elements in the [[Super Smash Bros. (series)|''Super Smash Bros.'' series]]; they react to fighters' weights and drop or rise at appropriate speeds, making them a useful tool for comparing fighter weights. They also reappear after breaking. One appears in the [[Mushroom Kingdom (Super Smash Bros.)|Mushroom Kingdom]] stage of ''[[Super Smash Bros.]]'' and another appears in the [[Mushroom Kingdom (Super Smash Bros. Melee)|Mushroom Kingdom]] stage of ''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]''. Another appears in ''[[Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS]]'', as part of the [[Golden Plains]] stage, though it is only available if the stage has scrolled to the right side. Scale Lifts reappear in ''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]'' in Golden Plains and the original Mushroom Kingdom stage, where they act the same as they did in previous games.

==Gallery==
<gallery>
SMB Scale Lift sprite.png|Sprite from ''Super Mario Bros.''
TLL Sprite Scale Lift.png|Sprite from ''Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels''
SMS Screenshot Scale Lift.png|Screenshot from ''Super Mario Sunshine''
NSMB Asset Sprite Scale Lift.png|Sprite from ''New Super Mario Bros.''
NSMB2 Asset Sprite Scale Lift.png|Sprite from ''New Super Mario Bros. 2''
NSMBU 3-3 Coin 3.jpg|Screenshot from ''New Super Mario Bros. U''
</gallery>

==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jap=てんびんリフト
|JapR=Tenbin Rifuto
|JapM=Scale Lift
|JapC=<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=『[[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=21, 29, 119, 150, 200, 216|isbn=978-4-09-106569-8}}</ref>
|Jap2=水掛瓶リフト
|Jap2R=Mizukake Bin Rifuto
|Jap2M=Water Jug Lift
|Jap2N=variant from ''Super Mario Sunshine''
|Jap2C=<ref>{{cite|author=----|title="Super Mario Sunshine" 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]]』|language=ja|location=Tokyo|publisher=[[Shogakukan]]|date=2015|page=105}}</ref>
|Kor=저울리프트
|KorR=Jeoul Ripeuteu
|KorM=Balance Lift
|Rus=Лифт-качели
|RusR=Lift-kacheli
|RusM=Swing/seesaw lift
|Chi=天秤
|ChiR=Tiānchèng
|ChiM=Scales
|Fre=Balancier
|FreM=Pendulum
|FreC=<ref>{{cite|author=Chaîne New Super Mario Bros. U|url=youtu.be/sy8k0lOE980|title=New Super Mario Bros. U - Mont Sorbet-4 - Troisième pièce étoile (Wii U) video description|publisher=YouTube|accessdate=September 8, 2024}}</ref>
|Ita=Saliscendi
|ItaM=Lift
|ItaC=<ref>''[[New Super Mario Bros. U]]'', [[Scaling the Mountainside|Saliscendi e cannoni]].</ref><ref>''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]'' tips, [[Golden Plains]] section: "Saliscendi"</ref>
|ItaN=''New Super Mario Bros. U'' (in-game), ''Super Smash Bros. Ultimate''
|Ita2=Piattaforma a bilancia
|Ita2M=Scale Lift
|Ita2C=<ref>{{cite|date=November 15, 2018|title=''[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia]]''|publisher=Magazzini Salani|language=it|isbn=889367436X|page=21}}</ref>
|Ita2N=''Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia'' (''Super Mario Bros.'' section)
|Ita3=Piattaforma bilancia
|Ita3M=Scale Lift
|Ita3C=<ref>{{cite|date=November 15, 2018|title=''[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia]]''|publisher=Magazzini Salani|language=it|isbn=889367436X|page=29, 119, 151, 200}}</ref>
|Ita3N=''Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia'' (''Super Mario Bros. The Lost Levels'', ''New Super Mario Bros.'', ''New Super Mario Bros. Wii'', ''New Super Mario Bros. 2'' sections)
|Ita4=Ascensore bilancia
|Ita4M=Scale Lift
|Ita4C=<ref>{{cite|date=November 15, 2018|title=''[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia]]''|publisher=Magazzini Salani|language=it|isbn=889367436X|page=216}}</ref>
|Ita4N=''Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia'' (''New Super Mario Bros. U'' section)
|Por=Ascensor em Escada<ref>{{cite|author=Canal New Super Mario Bros. U|url=youtu.be/TQ0DnKBn2xk|title=New Super Mario Bros. U - Planalto Sorvete-4 - Terceira Moeda-Estrela (Wii U)|publisher=YouTube|accessdate=September 8, 2024}}</ref>
|PorM=Stair Lift
}}

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