Stone Elevator
| Stone Elevator | |
|---|---|
 A Stone Elevator in the Nintendo Switch remake of The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening | |
| First appearance | The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening (1993) |
| Latest appearance | Game & Watch: The Legend of Zelda (2021) |
| Variant of | Thwomp |
A Stone Elevator[1] is a type of Thwomp that appears in The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening and The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Adventures. Stone Elevators are rectangular platforms that show a face and drop by applying weight onto them, and they do not hurt Link upon touching them. They are mainly found in the side-scrolling dungeons in these games, and often part of puzzles to clear. In Link's Awakening, a Stone Elevator appears only near the end of Bottle Grotto, where Link must carry a jar onto one to push it down. A larger Stone Elevator also makes an appearance in Four Swords Adventures, particularly in The Mountain Path. It slightly resembles the one in Link's Awakening, but it has a light gray body and a slightly different facial expression resembling a Thwomp from the Super Mario franchise. It is also much larger via sprite distortion, requiring the four Links to stand on it together to move it.
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The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening
The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening DX
The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Adventures
Names in other languages[edit]
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese | オシン[2] Oshin |
From「しんぼう」(shinbō, perseverance); similar to「ドシン」(Doshin, "Mega Thwomp") | The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening |
| オシンリフト[3] Oshin Rifuto |
Oshin Lift | The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Adventures | |
| Italian | Roccia Ascensore[4] | Rock Elevator |
References[edit]
- ^ 1993. The Legend of Zelda – Link's Awakening Player's Guide. Nintendo of America (American English). Page 101.
- ^ 「任天堂公式ガイドブック ゼルダの伝説 夢をみる島」 (Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook – Zelda no Densetsu: Yume o Miru Shima). Shogakukan (Japanese). Page 107.
- ^ 「任天堂公式ガイドブック ゼルダの伝説 ４つの剣＋」 (Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook – Zelda no Densetsu: 4-tsu no Tsurugi+). Shogakukan (Japanese). Page 78.
- ^ Enciclopedia di Hyrule. Page 207.
External links[edit]
| Thwomps | ||
|---|---|---|
| Characters | Dossunmengyo • Gattai monster • Head Thwomp • Mr. Thwomp • Mrs. Thwomp • Sphinx Zō • Super Dossun • Thwomp Bros. • Thwomp Elevator • Waruiwa-gumi (leader) | |
| Species | Grindels | Grindel • Spindel |
| Pouncers | Omodon • Pouncer | |
| Miscellaneous | Big Thwomp • Bone Thwomp • Karamenbo • Kongā • Mega Thwomp • Security Thwomp • Shoomp • Sniffle Thwomp • Star Thwomp • Stone Elevator • Tail Thwomp • Thwimp • Thwomp • Thwomp Platform | |
| Relatives | Grrrols | Grrrol • Mega Grrrol |
| Ka-thunks | Ka-thunk • King Ka-thunk | |
| Konks | Konk • Wonder Konk | |
| Spiny Tromps | Spiky Tromp • Spiny Tromp | |
| Thwacks | Thwack • Thwack Totem • Wonder Thwack | |
| Wallops | Wallop • Walleye | |
| Whomps | Big Whomp • Whimp • Whomp • Whomp King | |
| Other | Bomp • Flomp • Grumblump • Rhomp • Stairface Ogre • Stone-Eye • Tox Box • Tsubushi • Walking Block | |
