Editing Swaying platform

{{item infobox
|image=[[File:NSMBW Asset Model Hanging Platform.png|200x200px]]<br>Screen-cropped model from ''[[New Super Mario Bros. Wii]]''
|first_appearance=''[[New Super Mario Bros.]]'' ([[List of games by date#2006|2006]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Mario Party: The Top 100]]'' ([[List of games by date#2017|2017]])
|comparable=[[Wobble Rock]]
}}
'''Swaying platforms''',<ref>{{cite|quote=Punch and kick your rivals off of the swaying platform and into the magma!|author=in-game description for Magma Mayhem from ''Mario Party: The Top 100''}}</ref> originally referred to as '''tilting platforms'''<ref>{{cite|quote=Keep your balance on the tilting platform while trying to knock any other players off. Be the last player on the platform to win!|author=in-game description for Magma Mayhem from ''Mario Party 9''}}</ref> or '''hanging platforms''',<ref>{{cite|author=Bueno, Fernando|date=2009|title=''New Super Mario Bros. Wii: PRIMA Official Game Guide''|location=Roseville|publisher=Prima Games|isbn=978-0-3074-6767-6|page=156}}</ref> are objects in the ''[[Super Mario (series)|Super Mario]]'' series and the ''[[Mario Party (series)|Mario Party]]'' series. They are broad, metal discs suspended from their centers by a chain. They tilt underneath the player character's weight as they move. Because swaying platforms are typically suspended above [[lava]], the way they tilt can make safe traversal difficult.

==History==
===''New Super Mario Bros.''===
[[File:NSMB Credits 066.png|thumb|200px|left|[[Small Mario]] [[Wall Kick|wall-kicking]] above a tilting platform in {{world|6|towern}}]]
Tilting platforms debuted in ''[[New Super Mario Bros.]]'', occurring only within the [[tower]] courses of [[World 6 (New Super Mario Bros.)|World 6]]. In {{world link|6|towern|World 6-Tower (New Super Mario Bros.)}}, [[Bowser Jr.]] is fought on a tilting platform suspended above a bed of [[Spike Trap|spike]]s. Both [[Mario]] (or [[Luigi]]) and Bowser Jr. shift the platform as they move, vaguely reminiscent of the island-like platform in [[1 Iggy's Castle|#1 Iggy's Castle]] from ''[[Super Mario World]]''. The tilting platform makes it difficult to strike Bowser Jr., who takes three hits to defeat. A tilting platform appears in the subsequent encounter with Bowser Jr. in {{world link|6|towern|World 6-Tower 2 (New Super Mario Bros.)}}[[World 6-Tower 2 (New Super Mario Bros.)| 2]], this time suspended above a pool of lava. Bowser Jr. tosses a green [[Koopa Shell]] during this battle that is difficult to avoid as the platform tilts.

In the underground-themed World 8-5, tilting platforms appear alongside [[Wobble Rock|crumbling ledge]]s above a pool of magma. The course's second [[Star Coin]] can be collected by tossing a Koopa Shell along one of the platforms.

===''New Super Mario Bros. Wii''===
In ''[[New Super Mario Bros. Wii]]'', tilting platforms occur in the lava-themed [[World 8-3 (New Super Mario Bros. Wii)|World 8-3]], above a rippling [[lava swell|swell of magma]]. The platforms shift downward slightly when the player character stands on them and they are among the only available footing in the course, especially in the first half before the [[Checkpoint Flag|midway point]]. Red [[Koopa Troopa]]s walk along some of these platforms, and tilting them can make a tossed shell take out multiple enemies at once. Because of the waves of the magma, the way the tilting platforms shift makes traversal precarious. One of the [[Star Coin]]s in World 8-3 floats beneath tilting platforms and it can only be collected by tilting them.

===''Mario Party'' series===
[[File:MP9 4-Player Magma Mayhem.png|thumb|200px|Mario [[kick]]ing [[Waluigi]] on the tilting platform in ''Mario Party 9'']]
A tilting platform is the only footing available in [[Magma Mayhem]], a Free-for-All [[minigame]] introduced in ''[[Mario Party 9]]''. It takes place in a magma-filled cavern similar to World 8-3 from ''New Super Mario Bros. Wii''. The player's goal is to knock their opponents off of the platform before time runs out, but they way it shifts under their weight makes it challenging. The last player standing wins. Magma Mayhem reappears in ''[[Mario Party: The Top 100]]'' with the tilting platform - this time referred to as a swaying platform - serving the same function.

The Japanese name for Magma Mayhem is 「ぐらぐらファイト」 (''Guragura Faito'', Unstable Fight), which is potentially an allusion to the swaying platform's own Japanese name.

==Gallery==
<gallery>
NSMB Asset Sprite Hanging Platform.png|Screen-cropped model from ''New Super Mario Bros.''
NSMB Credits 070.png|Screenshot of the staff roll from ''New Super Mario Bros.''
NSMBW W8-3 1st Star Coin.jpg|Screenshot from ''New Super Mario Bros. Wii''
Top100MagmaMayhem.png|Screenshot from ''Mario Party: The Top 100''
</gallery>

==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jpn=グラグラ床
|JpnR=Guragura Yuka
|JpnM=Unstable Floor
|JpnC=<ref>{{cite|author=Sakai, Kazuya (ambit), kikai, Akinori Sao, Junko Fukuda, Kunio Takayama, and Ko Nakahara (Shogakukan), editors|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]]』|location=Tokyo|publisher=Shogakukan|language=ja|isbn=978-4-09-106569-8|page=118, 150}}</ref>
|Ita=Piattaforma
|ItaM=Platform
|ItaN={{a|MP9}}
|ItaC=<ref>{{cite|quote=Resta sulla piattaforma mentre cerchi di far cadere chiunque altro! Vince chi resiste sulla piattaforma più a lungo!|Title=''Mario Party 9''|date=2012|language=it|publisher=Nintendo of Europe}}</ref>
|Ita2=Terreno traballante
|Ita2M=Wobbly terrain
|Ita2C=<ref>{{cite|date=November 15, 2018|title=''[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia]]''|publisher=Magazzini Salani|language=it|isbn=889367436X|page=118}}</ref>
|Ita2N={{a|NSMB}}
|Ita3=Pavimento dondolante
|Ita3M=Swinging floor
|Ita3C=<ref>{{cite|date=November 15, 2018|title=''[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia]]''|publisher=Magazzini Salani|language=it|isbn=889367436X|page=150}}</ref>
|Ita3N={{a|NSMBW}}
}}

==References==
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