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'''Seesaws''' are [[lift]]s in the [[Super Mario (franchise)|''Super Mario'' franchise]]. They are usually airborne and they tilt left or right, depending on where the player character is standing. In some games, enemies and rolling obstacles also tilt seesaws. They are often suspended above [[Pit|bottomless pits]].

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'''Teeter-totters''',<ref name=SMW2>{{cite|author=Miller, Kent and Terry Munson|date=1995|title=''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island'' Player's Guide|page=28|language=en-us|publisher=[[Nintendo Power]]}}.</ref><ref>{{cite|publisher=Nintendo of America|author=Williams, Drew|title=''Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3'' Player's Guide|date=2002|language=en-us|isbn=1-930206-25-9|page=28}}</ref> also referred to as seesaws,<ref name=SMW2/> first appear in ''[[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]'', where one is first found in the hidden [[! Switch]] area in [[The Cave Of Chomp Rock]]. In this bonus area, a [[Yoshi (species)|Yoshi]] must tilt the seesaw to collect the [[coin]]s; if he falls off, he can no longer reach them and is forced to leave the area. A seesaw also appears in [[Burt The Bashful's Fort]] and in [[King Bowser's Castle (Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island)|King Bowser's Castle]].

 

 

Varyingly sized seesaws,<ref>{{cite|author=Leung, Jason, Terry Munson, and Scott Pelland|title=''Yoshi's Story Player's Guide''|location=Redmond|publisher=[[Nintendo|Nintendo of America]]|page=64, 73}}</ref> also referred to as '''tilting platforms''',<ref>{{cite|author=----|title=''Yoshi's Story Player's Guide''|location=Redmond|publisher=[[Nintendo|Nintendo of America]]|page=64, 69, 73}}</ref> appear in [[Poochy & Nippy]] and [[Frustration]] in ''[[Yoshi's Story]]''. They are made of wood and suspended above bottomless pits. Standing on one end of a seesaw tilts it and allows the [[Yoshi (species)|Yoshi]] to reach higher areas. In addition to appearing throughout the stage, seesaws occur during the boss battle with [[Cloudjin]] in Poochy & Nippy, who tosses [[Spike Ball|spiked balls]]. They cause the platform the shift and throws the Yoshi off-balance. [[Egg Block]]s appear above them too. The [[Yoshi's Egg|eggs]] roll down tilted seesaws when expelled.

In part of Frustration, a [[Lakitu]] tosses spiked balls above the seesaws, like Cloudjin. They cause the platform the shift and throws the Yoshi off-balance. In the last portion, a [[melon]] is located near the bottom of stage and requires standing on the left corner of a long seesaw to reach.

In ''[[Yoshi's New Island]]'', both types of seesaws appear in the level [[Seesaw Scramble]], with the larger variant also appearing in [[Gargantua Blargg Attacks!]]

 

In ''[[Yoshi's Woolly World]]'' and [[Poochy & Yoshi's Woolly World|its port]], seesaws appear in the levels [[Big Montgomery's Fort]] and [[Lava Scarves and Red-Hot Blarggs]]. They behave the same as in the ''New Super Mario Bros.'' games.

Seesaws<ref>{{cite|author=Pelland, Scott and Dan Owsen|title=''Super Mario 64'' Player's Guide|date=1996|publisher=[[Nintendo Power]]|language=en-us|page=118, 122}}</ref> appear throughout ''[[Super Mario 64]]'' and [[Super Mario 64 DS|its remake]]. Their designs and shape vary depending on the course, often matching the local topography. A thin, wooden seesaw is located near the Chain Chomp on the [[Bob-omb Battlefield]]. It is suspended by a thin stone like the teeter-totters in the ''[[Yoshi's Island (series)|Yoshi's Island]]'' series, above a dry riverbed patrolled by [[Bob-omb]]s.

Wider stone seesaws appear in the final section of [[Bowser in the Dark World]], [[Big Boo's Haunt]], [[Bowser in the Lava Sea]], [[The Secret Under the Moat]], [[Rainbow Ride]], and [[Bowser in the Sky]]. These ones are fastened to pivots in the center and are suspended above bottomless pits. Some of the ones in Bowser in the Lava Sea and Bowser in the Sky are unconventionally shaped and oblong. A trapdoor-like seesaw in the library of Big Boo's Haunt drops the player character into the basement if they stand on it for too long. This seesaw also exists in the center of the third room of [[Big Boo Battle]] exclusively in the DS version.

In the [[Boo Moon Galaxy]] of ''[[Super Mario Galaxy 2]]'', a crescent-shaped seesaw called the '''teeter-totter moon'''<ref>{{cite|author=Browne, Catherine|title=''Super Mario Galaxy 2: PRIMA Official Game Guide''|location=Roseville|publisher=Random House Inc|date=May 23, 2010|page=194|isbn=978-0-30746-907-6}}</ref> appears suspended in the sky. It shifts back and forth based on where Mario is standing on it. During [[Silver Stars Pop-Up]], [[Star Chip]]s appear above the teeter-totter moon that need to be collected to form a [[Launch Star]]. The moon otherwise appears in the game's credits, surrounded by [[Luma]]s.

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