Editing Switchboard

{{item infobox
|image=[[File:Switchboard SM3DW Prima.jpg|200px]]<br>Artwork from ''Super Mario 3D World''
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario 3D Land]]'' ([[List of games by date#2011|2011]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury]]'' ([[List of games by date#2021|2021]])
}}
'''Switchboards'''<ref>{{cite|author=Musa, Alexander, and Geson Hatchett|title=''Super Mario 3D World'' PRIMA Official Game Guide|page=19|date=November 22, 2013|publisher=Prima Games|language=en-us|isbn=978-0-804-16249-4}}</ref><ref>''Super Mario 3D World'' US English text, in-game name level name of World 3-7 – Switchboard Falls</ref> are movable green [[platform]]s introduced in ''[[Super Mario 3D Land]]''. They are divided into two pads that display arrows pointing in opposite directions. Across the middle of a Switchboard is an axle with wheels, enabling it to move on [[track|rail]]s. If the player steps on one of its pads, the arrow on the side they stand on turns yellow and the Switchboard moves on rails in the indicated direction.

==History==
===''Super Mario'' series===
====''Super Mario 3D Land''====
Switchboards are objects in [[World 1-3 (Super Mario 3D Land)|World 1-3]], [[World 1-4 (Super Mario 3D Land)|World 1-4]], [[World 8-4 (Super Mario 3D Land)|World 8-4]], {{world link|8|bowser3d|World 8-Bowser: Part 1}}[[World 8-Bowser: Part 1|: Part 1]], [[Special 2-3]], [[Special 5-3]], [[Special 6-5]], {{world link|s8|bowser3d|Special 8-Bowser}}, and {{world link|s8|crown|Special 8-Crown}} of ''Super Mario 3D Land''. The rails under a Switchboard may have blunt ends, making the Switchboard come to a stop once it bumps into them. However, some rails do not have these ends, and the Switchboard will simply fall off the rails if led there. The Switchboard will safely land on other rails most of the time, but in some situations, it may fall into an [[pit|abyss]], bringing the character along with it and causing the player to lose a life. The Switchboard accelerates on inclined rails, making it more difficult to control.

====''Super Mario 3D World'' / ''Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury''====
[[File:SM3DW Switchboard Falls.png|thumb|Screenshot from ''Super Mario 3D World'']]
Switchboards are objects in the levels [[Switchboard Falls]] and [[Cosmic Cannon Cluster]] in ''[[Super Mario 3D World]]'' and ''[[Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury]]''. The border around the platforms is white instead of green. The character can use Switchboards to dodge [[Fuzzler]]s in the former [[level]] and [[Cannon]]s in the latter. If multiple characters stand on both sides of a Switchboard at once, it will slow to a stop and remain stationary unless it is on an inclined rail. Additionally, {{button|wiiu|GamePad}} on the [[Wii U]] or the {{button|switch|r}} button on the [[Nintendo Switch]] can be used to control Switchboards without direct interaction, as tapping one side with the cursor causes it to move in that direction. In the ''[[Bowser's Fury]]'' campaign, Switchboards are used to traverse [[Mount Magmeow]].

===''Super Smash Bros.'' series===
Switchboards are objects in the [[3D Land]] stage in ''[[Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS]]'' and ''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]''. They are found during the final portion. They can be destroyed by [[Skewer|Spike Pillar]]s, which serve as stage hazards in the [[stage]]. Switchboards lack any arrows on them, and in ''Super Smash Bros. Ultimate'', they depict red checker patterns.

===''Mario Party 10''===
A Switchboard is an object in the minigame [[Bullet Bill Bullies]] in ''[[Mario Party 10]]''. It can be used to move sideways while dodging [[Bullet Bill]]s from other players.

==Gallery==
<gallery>
SM3DL Asset Model Switchboard.png|Model from ''[[Super Mario 3D Land]]''
SM3DL World 1-4.png|thumb|200px|Screenshot from ''Super Mario 3D Land'' (World 1-4)
3DS SmashBros scrnS01 17 E3.png|Screenshot from ''Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS''
</gallery>

==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jpn=シーソートロッコ<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=October 19, 2015|title=『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』 (''Super Mario Bros. Hyakka: Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook'')|page=185, 232|isbn=978-4-09-106569-8}}</ref>
|JpnR=Shīsō Torokko
|JpnM=Seesaw Trolley
|Chi=跷跷板车<ref>{{cite|url=www.ique.com/3ds/arej/screenshot/index.html|title=超级马力欧 3D乐园：游戏画面|publisher=iQue|language=zh-hans|accessdate=February 12, 2020}}</ref>
|ChiR=Qiāoqiāobǎn Chē
|ChiM=Seesaw Car
|Ita=Piattaforma Vaievieni
|ItaN=''Super Mario 3D Land''
|Ita2=Carrello alternato
|Ita2N=''Super Mario 3D World''
|ItaM=Come-and-go Platform
|Ita2M=Alternated cart
|Kor=시소보드
|KorR=Siso-bodeu
|KorM=Seesaw Board
|Por=Plataforma Vaivém
|PorM=To-and-fro Platform
|Spa=Plataforma balancín
|SpaM=Seesaw platform
}}

==Trivia==
*A [[Work Elevator|similarly functioning type of platform with four arrows and directions that it can move in]] appears in the [[Hazy Maze Cave]] in ''[[Super Mario 64]]'' and ''[[Super Mario 64 DS]]''.
**Another similar platform appears in [[World 7-2 (New Super Mario Bros.)|World 7-2]] of ''[[New Super Mario Bros.]]'', which also exists in the code of ''[[New Super Mario Bros. Wii]]''.

==References==
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