Wall (Wrecking Crew series)
Walls for demolition[1] or Mashable Walls,[2] also referred to as walls for short, appear in the Super Mario franchise as destructible objects. Walls in this form first appear in VS. Wrecking Crew.
History[edit]
VS. Wrecking Crew / Wrecking Crew[edit]
Walls appear in VS. Wrecking Crew and Wrecking Crew as objects that are required to be destroyed in order to complete the phase. Mario, Luigi, and Foreman Spike are able to break them, as well as dynamite and, exclusively in Wrecking Crew, a single swing from the Golden Hammer. Walls also appear in the bonus stages, where the player has to find the coin hidden behind one of them. If it is behind the first wall to be smashed, 10,000 points will be added to the points in the countdown timer. In 59 stages of Wrecking Crew, destroying specific walls in a certain order will reveal letters of the name of the player's character.
Walls for demolition include:
- A “Hit once” wall[3] that breaks in one hit
- A “Hit twice” wall[3] made of bricks that breaks in two hits
- A “Hit 3 times” wall[3] made of darker bricks that breaks in three hits
- A ladder wall[3] that breaks in one hit, which can also be climbed. Unlike VS. Wrecking Crew, ladder walls in Wrecking Crew can stack above each other. Breaking the ladder wall at the bottom causes all of the ladder walls above it to break.
Breaking walls grants 100 points, except for ladder walls which grant more points the taller the ladder stack is. This also applies to walls broken with dynamite.
WarioWare series[edit]
Ladder walls appear in WarioWare series as objects in various Wrecking Crew-themed microgames. In the Wrecking Crew microgame in WarioWare: Twisted!, the player has to destroy them with bombs to defeat Eggplant Men. Ladder walls in Wreck. Crew of WarioWare: D.I.Y. Showcase are used by Gotchawrenches. Single-hit walls appear in the Wrecking Crew microgame in WarioWare Gold where the player has to find the coins hidden behind them, similar to the bonus stages.
NES Remix[edit]
Walls appear in NES Remix as objects having to be destroyed in various Wrecking Crew challenges.
Super Smash Bros. series[edit]
Walls for demolition appear in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate as breakable objects on the Wrecking Crew stage. Walls for demolition can only be destroyed by dynamites, and if there are not enough walls to support the platform above, the platform falls.
Gallery[edit]
"Hit once" wall
"Hit twice" wall
"Hit 3 times" wall
Ladder wall
Names in other languages[edit]
Walls for demolition[edit]
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese | 壊れる壁[4] Kowareru kabe |
Destructible walls | |
| たたき壊す壁[5] Tatakikowasu kabe |
Walls to tear down | ||
| 壊せる壁[6] (Virtual Console) Kowaseru kabe |
Destructible walls | ||
| 壊せるもの[7] (Virtual Console) Kowaseru mono |
Destructible things | ||
| Italian | Muro[?] | Wall | |
| Russian | Стены[8] Steny |
Walls |
“Hit once” wall[edit]
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese | Ikkai kabe |
Once wall | |
Kabe |
Wall |
“Hit twice” wall[edit]
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese | ２回壁[9] Nikai kabe |
Twice wall | |
| レンガ[10] Renga |
Brick |
“Hit 3 times” wall[edit]
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese | ３回壁[9] Sankai kabe |
Thrice wall | |
Iro no koi renga |
Dark-colored brick |
Ladder wall[edit]
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese | ハシゴ Hashigo kabe |
Ladder wall | |
Kowase hashigo |
Breakable ladder |
References[edit]
- ^ 1985. Wrecking Crew NES instruction booklet (PDF). Nintendo of America (American English). Page 6.
- ^ meowmurai (May 1, 2020). Arcade Archives: VS. Wrecking Crew Manual Character 1 (1:30). Retrieved August 2, 2024.
- ^ a b c d Wrecking Crew NES instruction booklet. Page 16.
- ^ VS. Wrecking Crew instruction card
- ^ 1985. レッキングクルー (Rekkingu Kurū) instruction booklet (JPG). Nintendo (Japanese). Page 5.
- ^ 2011. レッキングクルー (Rekkingu Kurū) Virtual Console manual (PDF). Nintendo (Japanese). Page 11.
- ^ 2016. Wrecking Crew '98 Virtual Console manual (PDF). Nintendo (Japanese). Page 10.
- ^ Wrecking Crew | NES | Игры | Nintendo. Nintendo of Russia (Russian). Archived July 27, 2014, 02:46:46 UTC from the original via Wayback Machine. Retrieved August 2, 2024.
- ^ a b c d 1985. レッキングクルー (Rekkingu Kurū) instruction booklet. Nintendo (Japanese). Page 18.
- ^ a b c d 1998. Wrecking Crew '98 manual. Nintendo (Japanese). Page 14.
| VS. Wrecking Crew / Wrecking Crew | |
|---|---|
| Characters | Mario • Luigi |
| Items and objects | Coin • Door • Druma • Dynamite • Floor • Golden Hammera • Ladder (Ladder wall) • Lettera • Pillara • Wall |
| Enemies | Eggplant Mana • Fireball • Foreman Spikea • Gotchawrench |
| Phases | VS. Wrecking Crew • Wrecking Crewa |
