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{{rewrite-expand|include info on ''[[Donkey Kong Country Returns]]'' / ''[[Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D]]'' (specifically [[Weighty Way]])}}
{{about|the scale-look platforms|lifts in general|[[Lift]]}}
{{about|the scale-like platforms|lifts in general|[[Lift]]}}
[[File:NSMBWiiU Multi Screen 04.jpg|thumb|Scales in [[Scaling the Mountainside]]]]
{{item infobox
'''Scales'''{{ref needed}}, also known as '''Lifts'''<ref>Hiroo Tochikubo, ''How to Win at Super Mario Bros.'', Tokuma Shoten, 1987, ISBN 4-19-720003-XC. Page 7.</ref>, are platforms 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.
|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==
==History==
===''Super Mario'' series===
===''Super Mario'' series===
====''Super Mario Bros.'' / ''Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels''====
====''Super Mario Bros.''====
[[File:SMB World 4-3 Screenshot.png|thumb|left|180px|[[Fire Mario]] on a Balance Lift in World 4-3 in ''Super Mario Bros.'']]
Scales make their first appearance in ''[[Super Mario Bros.]]'', where they are the main gimmick of [[World 3-3 (Super Mario Bros.)|World 3-3]].
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''====
====''Super Mario World''====
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.
While scales themselves do not make an appearance in ''[[Super Mario World]]'', similar platforms named '''Piston Lifts'''<ref>''Mario Mania'', pages 98 and 99.</ref> appear. As other scales, landing on one part of the scale causes the other to rise, though the Mushroom Scale does not break.


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


====''New Super Mario Bros.''====
====''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.''
Scales reappear in ''[[New Super Mario Bros.]]'' in [[World 1-5 (New Super Mario Bros.)|World 1-5]]. They behave the same way as the scales in ''Super Mario Bros.''


====''New Super Mario Bros. Wii''====
====''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.
Scales 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 scales in ''Super Mario Bros.'', enemies and other items affect the scales with the player.


====''New Super Mario Bros. 2''====
====''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.
Scales reappear in ''[[New Super Mario Bros. 2]]'', in [[World 4-4 (New Super Mario Bros. 2)|World 4-4]]. Unlike the scales in ''New Super Mario Bros. Wii'', these scales reappear after breaking.


====''New Super Mario Bros. U'' / ''New Super Luigi U'' / ''New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe''====
====''New Super Mario Bros. U''====
[[File:NSLU Weighty Waddlewings Screenshot.png|thumb|180px|Luigi landing on a Scale Lift in Weighty Waddlewings]]
Scales appear in ''[[New Super Mario Bros. U]]'', where they are the main gimmick of [[Scaling the Mountainside]]. They work as they did in ''New Super Mario Bros. 2''.
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===
===''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. 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.
Scales 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. They also reappear after breaking. One appears in both of the [[Mushroom Kingdom (stage)|Mushroom Kingdom stages]] of ''[[Super Smash Bros.]]'' and ''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]''. A scale also 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.
 
==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==
==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
{{foreign names
|Jap=てんびんリフト
|Jap=てんびんリフト<ref>Shogakukan. 2015. ''Sūpā Mario Burazāzu Hyakka: Nintendō Kōshiki Gaido Bukku'', ''New Super Mario Bros.'' section</ref>
|JapR=Tenbin Rifuto
|JapM=Balance (scales) lift
|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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