Editing Seesaw

{{about|the recurring object throughout the Mario franchise|the object from Wario: Master of Disguise|[[Seesaw (Wario: Master of Disguise)]]}}

|latest_appearance=''[[Mario & Luigi: Brothership]]'' ([[List of games by date#2024|2024]])

Seesaws,<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> also referred to as '''teeter-totters''',<ref name=SMW2/><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> 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]]. A smaller wooden seesaw also called a [[teeter-totter]] also appears in the game.

In ''[[Yoshi's New Island]]'', seesaws appear in [[Seesaw Scramble]] and [[Gargantua Blargg Attacks!]] Teeter-totters also appear in the former level.

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]].

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]]''. 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 small teeter-totters in the ''[[Yoshi's Island (series)|Yoshi's Island]]'' series, though it does not collapse if the player character stands on one of its ends for too long. This seesaw is above a dry riverbed patrolled by [[Bob-omb]]s.

Wider seesaws appear in [[Bowser in the Dark World]], [[Bowser in the Fire 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 or [[lava]]. Some of the ones in Bowser in the Fire Sea and Bowser in the Sky are unconventionally shaped and oblong. Most of these seesaws appear to made of stone, except for the one in The Secret Under the Moat, which appears wooden.

In ''[[Super Mario Odyssey]]'', Seesaws first in [[Metro Kingdom|New Donk City]] after Mario and [[Cappy]] complete [[A Traditional Festival!]] A [[Scarecrow (object)|scarecrow]] occurs in the northwest corner of the city. Striking it causes three black and white seesaws to appear fastened to the side of a skyscraper for a brief period of time. They behave as they do in previous games, shifting under Mario's weight. Hopping between the seesaws brings Mario to the [[Metro Kingdom Timer Challenge 1]] [[Power Moon]]. If he is standing on one when the time limit runs out, he falls down a pit. The black and white design of these seesaws matches those of the other temporary platforms that appear during Timer Challenges in New Donk City.

 

Seesaws subsequently appear in an otherworldly [[sub-area]] in the [[Mushroom Kingdom (Super Mario Odyssey)|Mushroom Kingdom]]. These ones are orange with yellow centers, and they are the one of the view available platforms in this location. [[Fruit (Yoshi food)|Fruit]] appear above them, and eating them all as [[Yoshi]] awards Mario with the [[List of Power Moons in the Mushroom Kingdom|Yoshi's Feast in the Sea of Clouds]] Power Moon.

Seesaws appear as a course element in ''[[Super Mario Maker 2]]''. They are colored orange in the ''[[Super Mario World]]'' style, and red in all other styles. In the ''[[Super Mario Bros.]]'', ''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]'', and ''Super Mario World'' styles, they appear to be metallic, but in the ''[[New Super Mario Bros. U]]'' style, they are wooden. Like normal [[Lift]]s, their length can be changed, and they can be placed on [[track]]s. They work similarly to their appearance in ''Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3'' (with the ''Super Mario Bros. 3''-styled ones even resembling them), in that they tilt left or right depending on the player's or an enemy's position, but they can no longer do a full 360° rotation. Seesaws are absent from the ''[[Super Mario 3D World]]'' style, despite appearing in the source game.

 

SMM2 NSMBU Seesaw.png|''[[Super Mario Maker 2]]'' (''[[New Super Mario Bros. U]]'' style)

|Jpn=シーソー

|JpnR=Shīsō

|JpnM=Seesaw

|Jpn2=シーソーリフト<ref>{{cite|author=Sakai, Kazuya (Ambit), kikai, Akinori Sao, Junko Fukuda, Kunio Takayama, and Ko Nakahara (Shogakukan), editors|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]]』|language=ja|location=Tokyo|publisher=[[Shogakukan]]|date=2015|page=92, 118, 200}}</ref>

|Jpn2R=Shīsō Rifuto

|Jpn2M=Seesaw Lift

|Jpn=月のシーソー<ref>{{cite|author=----|title="Super Mario Galaxy 2." 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=170}}</ref>

|JpnR=Tsuki no Shīsō

|JpnM=Moon Seesaw

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