Editing Waterfall

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|image=[[File:SMG2 Screenshot Waterfall.png|200x200px]]<br>Screenshot from ''[[Super Mario Galaxy 2]]''
|first_appearance=''[[Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic]]'' ([[List of games by date#1987|1987]], overall)<br>''[[Super Mario Bros. 2]]'' ([[List of games by date#1988|1988]], [[Super Mario (franchise)|''Super Mario'' franchise]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Donkey Kong Country Returns HD]]'' ([[List of games by date#2025|2025]])
|related=[[Downpour Cloud]]
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'''Waterfalls'''<ref>{{cite|author=Sather, Pam, Howard Phillips, and Dan Owsen, editors|date=1990|title=''Super Mario Bros. 3 Strategy Guide''|location=Redmond|publisher=Tokuma Shoten and Nintendo of America|page=37}}</ref><ref name=smg>In-game name for "[[Wall Jumping up Waterfalls]]."</ref> are recurring elements of underwater, beach, and forest-themed areas in the ''[[Super Mario (franchise)|Super Mario]]'' franchise. While often ambiet background elements that cannot be interacted with, they sometimes are ascendable platforms like in ''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]'' or ''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]''. In some games like ''[[Super Mario Sunshine]]'' and ''[[Super Mario Odyssey]]'', the rapids from waterfalls pull the player character towards [[pit]]s as they try to [[swim]].
==History==
===''Super Mario'' series===
====''Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic'' / ''Super Mario Bros. 2''====
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In ''[[Super Mario Bros. 2]]'' and its unlocalized origin ''[[Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic]]'', waterfalls primarily appear as background scenery. However, they often carry logs that gradually appear at the top before descending down, and these logs can be used as platforms; desert stages have a similar system with certain patches of [[quicksand]] with bones traveling down them. Additionally, [[Trouter]]s often appear jumping from waterfalls. In ''Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic'', waterfalls have a two-frame animation; in ''Super Mario Bros. 2'', they have a seven-frame animation (with an eighth frame not appearing due to a programming error); and in all remakes of ''Super Mario Bros. 2'', they have an eight-frame animation.

====''Super Mario Bros. 3''====
In ''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]'', waterfalls appear mainly as downward [[current]]s: they can be swam in like normal [[water]], but constantly push down on [[Mario]] or [[Luigi]] as they swim, which is signified by a spray effect over their heads.

====''Super Mario 64''====
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In ''[[Super Mario 64]]'', waterfalls appear in a few places, notably outside of [[Peach's Castle|Mushroom Castle]], in the [[Behind the Waterfall|Cavern of the Metal Cap]], and on [[Tall, Tall Mountain]]. They once again mainly act as downward currents, though [[Breathtaking View from the Bridge|one mission]] has Mario go through one to a cave on the other side.

====''Super Mario Sunshine''====
In ''[[Super Mario Sunshine]]'', a waterfall appears as a central feature of [[Noki Bay]], and the area's [[Uncork the Waterfall|first mission]] involves restoring it after it is plugged by a giant [[cork]]. Its water cuts through the layer of [[Poison (obstacle)|pollution]] on the bay's surface and can push Mario into the old Noki city in the abyss beneath the bay.

====''Super Mario Galaxy''====
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In ''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]'', waterfalls make an important appearance in [[Wall Jumping up Waterfalls|the secret mission]] of the [[Beach Bowl Galaxy]], where [[Ice Mario (Super Mario Galaxy)|Ice Mario]] must use his freezing touch to [[Wall Jump]] up them as though they were solid walls.

====''Super Mario Galaxy 2''====
A pair of waterfalls are the basis of the "[[Twin Falls Hideaway]]" mission in the [[Cosmic Cove Galaxy]] in ''[[Super Mario Galaxy 2]]''. In this galaxy, a pair of waterfalls extending from overhanging platforms pool into the sea. Pressing the [[Ground-Pound Switch]] on a nearby causes the sea to [[ice|freeze]] over, allowing [[Mario]] (or [[Luigi]]) to [[Wall Jump|Wall Jump]] up between them and reach the [[Crystal (Super Mario Galaxy)|crystalized]] [[Power Star]]. This mission invokes the abilities of Ice Mario in the previous game, but without the power-up returning. Enormous waterfalls also surround and give part of the name to the [[Hightail Falls Galaxy]], though these cannot be interacted with.

===''Virtual Boy Wario Land''===
[[File:VBWL Shot - Waterfall Climber.png|thumb|left]]
In ''[[Virtual Boy Wario Land]]'', waterfalls can be swam in. However, they are inhabited by [[Waterfall Climber|tadpole-like enemies]] that emerge occasionally.

===''Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!''====
In ''[[Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!]]'', a few levels take place beside a waterfall. [[Squirt (boss)|Squirt]] hides in the waterfall and can only be attacked when he shows his eyes from it. [[Ellie]] can also suck up water from the falls and launch it from her trunk.

===''Super Smash Bros. Melee''===
In ''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]'', the waterfalls from ''Super Mario Bros. 2'' appear with their logs in [[Mushroom Kingdom II]], acting the same as in that game. Additionally, [[Kongo Falls|Kongo Jungle]] has a similar waterfall in its background, though the logs that travel down it are purely for scenery. However, on rare occasions, a [[Klaptrap]] travelling over the falls will end up in the [[Barrel Cannon]] below. Both courses appear again in later games in the series.

===''Paper Mario'' series===
====''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door''====
In ''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]'', a few waterfalls appear throughout [[Pirate's Grotto]]. Mario can ride down them if he is in [[Boat Mode]].

====''Paper Mario: Sticker Star''====
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In ''[[Paper Mario: Sticker Star]]'', [[Warm Fuzzy Plains]] has a waterfall that leads into a stream with a bridge across it. [[Water's Edge Way]] takes place beside a large waterfall.

[[Long Fall Falls]] ends with Mario's raft falling over the edge of a giant waterfall. The following level, [[Chomp Ruins]], has waterfalls visible in the background. [[Bomp]]s come in and out of the waterfalls and can push Mario off a bridge.

====''Paper Mario: Color Splash''====
Different waterfalls appear throughout ''[[Paper Mario: Color Splash]]''. There is one that powers the waterwheel in [[Port Prisma]], and when Mario repaints it, he gets washed down the canal.

[[Indigo Underground]] contains a few waterfalls. One of the [[Rescue Squad]] Toads is behind one and needs to be freed with [[Cutout]].

At [[Plum Park]], there is a waterfall of [[poison (obstacle)|poison]]. It is purified once the [[Teapot (Paper Mario: Color Splash)|Teapot]] is collected.

On [[Lighthouse Island]], a waterfall has treasure behind it. Mario can stop it by pulling a [[vine]]. He must visit the site of the waterfall multiple times between the regular and [[parallel world]]s.

The hot springs in [[Redpepper Crater]] have waterfalls in them. Going behind one takes Mario to a secret spring with Bowser's minions and a [[Mini Paint Star]].

====''Paper Mario: The Origami King''====
In ''[[Paper Mario: The Origami King]]'', [[Eddy River]] ends with a giant waterfall, featuring coins for Mario to collect by jumping.

==Gallery==
<gallery>
SMB3 Sprite Waterfall.png|''Super Mario Bros. 3'' (giant)
SMB3 Waterfall giant.gif|''Super Mario Bros. 3'' (giant)
SMB3 Waterfall cave green.png|''Super Mario Bros. 3'' (cave)
SMB3 Waterfall cave green.gif|''Super Mario Bros. 3'' (cave)
SMB3 Waterfall cloud.png|''Super Mario Bros. 3'' (cloud)
SMB3 Waterfall cloud.gif|''Super Mario Bros. 3'' (cloud)
SMB3 Unused Waterfall sewer.png|''Super Mario Bros. 3'' (sewer - unused)
SMB3 Unused Waterfall sewer.gif|''Super Mario Bros. 3'' (sewer - unused)
SMB3 Spray 1.gif|''Super Mario Bros. 3'' (spray effect 1){{class|graybg}}
SMB3 Spray 2 normal.gif|''Super Mario Bros. 3'' (spray effect 2){{class|graybg}}
SMB3 Spray 2 Statue.gif|''Super Mario Bros. 3'' (spray effect 2 - [[Statue Mario]]){{class|graybg}}
SMB3 Spray 2 Hammer.gif|''Super Mario Bros. 3'' (spray effect 2 - [[Hammer Mario]]){{class|graybg}}
SMB3 Spray 3.gif|''Super Mario Bros. 3'' (spray effect 3){{class|graybg}}
SMB3 Spray 4 normal.gif|''Super Mario Bros. 3'' (spray effect 4){{class|graybg}}
SMB3 Spray 4 Statue.gif|''Super Mario Bros. 3'' (spray effect 4 - Statue Mario){{class|graybg}}
SMB3 Spray 4 Hammer.gif|''Super Mario Bros. 3'' (spray effect 4 - Hammer Mario){{class|graybg}}
SM64 Tall, Tall Mountain.png|Screenshot from ''[[Super Mario 64]]''
</gallery>

==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jpn={{ruby|滝|たき}}
|JpnR=Taki
|JpnM=Waterfall
|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. 3" 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]]』|location=Tokyo|publisher=[[Shogakukan]]|language=ja|isbn=978-4-09-106569-8|page=41}} Kanji.</ref><ref name=smo>[[List of Power Moon names in other languages by kingdom (A–K)#Cascade Kingdom|List of Power Moon names in other languages by kingdom (A–K) § Cascade Kingdom]]</ref>
|Chi=瀑布<ref name=smg/><ref name=smo/>
|ChiR=Pùbù
|ChiM=Waterfall
|Dut=waterval<ref name=smo/>
|DutM=waterfall
|Fre=cascade<ref name=smo/>
|FreM=waterfall
|Ger=Wasserfall<ref name=smo/>
|GerM=Waterfall
|Ita=cascate<ref name=smo/>
|ItaM=waterfall
|Kor=폭포<ref name=smo/>
|KorR=Pokpo
|KorM=Waterfall
|Rus=водопаде<ref name=smo/>
|RusR=vodopade
|RusM=waterfall
|Spa=catarata<ref name=smo/>
|SpaM=waterfall
}}

==References==
{{wikipedia|waterfall|waterfalls}}
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