Editing Wire

{{about|taut, swingable objects|the elastic wired cables from [[Super Mario Sunshine]]|[[rope]]|the obstacles that [[Boo Mario]] can pass through|[[Bars (Boo Mario)]]}}
{{item infobox
|image=[[File:MvDK NS Mario Swing.png|x200px]]<br>Artwork from ''Mario vs. Donkey Kong'' (Nintendo Switch)
|first_appearance=''[[Donkey Kong (Game Boy)|Donkey Kong]]'' ([[Game Boy]]) ([[List of games by date#1994|1994]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Mario vs. Donkey Kong (Nintendo Switch)|Mario vs. Donkey Kong]]'' ([[Nintendo Switch]]) ([[List of games by date#2024|2024]])
}}
In several games of the [[Super Mario (franchise)|''Super Mario'' franchise]], the player character can swing from '''wires'''<ref name="MvDK manual EU">{{cite|date=2004|title=''Mario vs. Donkey Kong'' European instruction booklet|url=www.nintendo.com/eu/media/downloads/games_8/emanuals/game_boy_advance_8/Manual_GameBoyAdvance_MarioVsDonkeyKong_EN_DE_FR_ES_IT.pdf|format=PDF|location=Großostheim|publisher=[[Nintendo|Nintendo of Europe]]|page=5, 7, 18, 38, 58, 98, 118|accessdate=March 27, 2025|website=nintendo.com}}</ref>{{ref page|5, 7, 18}} or '''bars'''.<ref name=3DS>{{cite|date=2011|quote=You can use bars to jump higher.|title=''Mario vs. Donkey Kong'' in-game eGuide for the [[nwiki:Nintendo 3DS Ambassador Program|Nintendo 3DS]] rerelease|publisher=[[Nintendo|Nintendo, Co. Ltd]]|page=12}}</ref><ref name="WLSI manual">{{cite|date=2008|title=''Wario Land: Shake It!: Instruction Booklet''|url=csassets.nintendo.com/noaext/image/private/t_KA_PDF/Wii_Wario_Shake?_a=DATC1RAAZAA0|format=PDF|location=Redmond|publisher=[[Nintendo|Nintendo of America]]|page=4, 18, 30|accessdate=March 24, 2024|website=nintendo.com}}</ref>{{ref page|4}}<ref>{{cite|author=Walsh, Doug, and Joe Epstein|date=2017|title=''Super Mario Odyssey: PRIMA Official Game Guide''|location=Roseville|publisher=[[Prima Games]]|page=99, 102, 105, 107, 145}}</ref> The character automatically grabs on to one on contact. Depending on the game, flicking the control stick or pressing the action button causes the character to start swinging. Letting go at the apex propels the character high into the air, allowing them to access heights that they otherwise would not be able to reach. Wires are comparable to horizontally strung [[rope]]s and [[trapeze]]s.

Though inconsistent, the term "wire" is generally applied to taut power cables that span across opposite walls or towers. The ones discontinuous with opposing walls are typically referred to as "bars" and are more recurring in the ''Super Mario'' franchise. They resemble {{wp|horizontal bar}}s.
==History==
===''Donkey Kong'' (Game Boy)===
In the [[Game Boy]] version of ''[[Donkey Kong (Game Boy)|Donkey Kong]]'', '''ropes''',<ref>{{cite|date=1994|quote=Jump onto a rope .While Mario hangs from it, press ▲ on the +Control Pad. Mario will then beginning spinning. Press the A Button again and due to the centrifugal force, he can jump higher and further. [''{{wp|sic}}'']|title=''Donkey Kong: Instruction Booklet''|location=Redmond|publisher=Nintendo of America|page=11}}</ref> also called '''horizontal bars''',<ref>{{cite|author=Moyse, Claude M., Andreas G. Kämmerer, Marcus Menold, and Jeff Running, editors|date=1994|quote=Mario must gracefully swing from the horizontal bar to make it to the next platform.|title=''The Super Game Boy Player's Guide''|location=Redmond|publisher=Nintendo of America|page=36}}</ref> are attached to transmission towers. [[Mario]] can grab on and move across ropes and can also do the [[Wire Spin]] to do either a small jump or a large jump to get to areas he could not reach. Ropes are either diagonal or horizontal, which can help make Mario ascend heights or traverse gaps. Enemies called [[Wire Trap]]s sometimes appear along ropes.

The [[rope|wire ropes]] from ''[[Super Mario Sunshine]]'' share some traits and were potentially derived from these ropes, but they are more elastic and can by walked across like tightropes.

===''Mario vs. Donkey Kong''===
In ''[[Mario vs. Donkey Kong]]'' and the [[Mario vs. Donkey Kong (Nintendo Switch)|Nintendo Switch remake]], wires, alternatively called bars<ref name=3DS/> or '''{{wp|Jungle gym|monkey bars}}''',<ref>{{cite|quote=Last time, Mario hitched a ride on a [[Monchee|monkey]] tail, played around on some monkey bars, and, of course, faced off against the biggest monk—I mean, baddie in the jungle, [[Donkey Kong]]!|author=[[Jordan]], [[Play Nintendo]] channel|date=February 17, 2025|url=youtu.be/Sl-JxagOaZc?t=14|title=Let’s Play Mario vs. Donkey Kong Part 3 😲 Gameplay For Kids <nowiki>|</nowiki> ‪‪@playnintendo‬|timestamp=0:14|publisher=YouTube|accessdate=February 19, 2025}}</ref> function like in ''Donkey Kong''. They take the appearance of regular wires in [[Mario Toy Company]] and [[Twilight City]], but are instead ropes in worlds like [[Donkey Kong Jungle]].

===''Super Mario'' series===
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====''Super Mario Galaxy''====
In ''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]'', bars appear only on the walls of the [[Deep Dark Galaxy]]. They are silvery with light-orange ends in this game, and provide a limited range for the player character to [[jump]] off. If the character jumps onto a bar with maintained momentum, they will automatically be swung forward, enabling them to immediately be swung forward and reach the apex without needing to tilt the control stick. Bars are clustered together and evenly spaced apart, allowing the player to swing from one to another in rapid succession.

====''Super Mario Galaxy 2''====
In ''[[Super Mario Galaxy 2]]'', bars, referred to as "nails" in the [[Prima Games]] guidebook,<ref>{{cite|author=Browne, Catherine|date=2010|title=''Super Mario Galaxy 2: PRIMA Official Game Guide''|format=Premiere Edition|location=Roseville|publisher=Prima Games|page=220}}</ref> appear only in the [[Clockwork Ruins Galaxy]], where they function identically as in ''Super Mario Galaxy''. Bars are used in the [[mission]] "[[Time for Adventure]]" to reach the [[Power Star]]. Bars in the game look rusted, matching the aesthetic theming of the Clockwork Ruins Galaxy.

====''Super Mario Odyssey''====
[[File:SMO Screenshot Traffic Light.jpg|thumb|left|80px]]
Bars in ''[[Super Mario Odyssey]]'' are red objects with gray, reflective orbs at the end. They are embedded into the walls of subareas in the [[Metro Kingdom]] and [[Snow Kingdom]]. In the [[Wooded Kingdom]], there are [[List of Power Moons in the Wooded Kingdom|multiple Timer Challenges]] where bars briefly appear on the sides of terrain once [[Mario]] tosses [[Cappy]] at a [[Scarecrow (object)|Scarecrow]]. In the [[List of Power Moons in the Metro Kingdom#Hanging from a High-Rise|Hanging from a High-Rise]] subarea in the Metro Kingdom, bars are attached to a cross-shape apparatus that rotates every few seconds, after which they stop and shake before rotating again. [[Mario]] can grab on to these bars and [[jump]] from them. The [[Darker Side]] has a challenge involving poles.

On the streets of [[Metro Kingdom|New Donk City]], the overhanging portions of '''lamposts'''<ref>{{cite|author=kikai, Rachel Roberts, and Jenny Blenk, editors.|date=2017|title=''[[The Art of Super Mario Odyssey]]''|format=First English Edition|location=Milwaukie|publisher=[[Dark Horse Comics|Dark Horse Books]]|page=176}}</ref> function exactly like bars.

===''Wario Land: Shake It!''===
In ''[[Wario Land: Shake It!]]'', bars appear suspended in the air. When clinging to a bar, [[Wario]] performs a [[Wire Spin|Bar Spin]] if the player shakes the {{button|wii|Wiimote}}. Pressing {{button|wii|2}} while spinning allows the player to move him to a subsequent bar. Bars are significant components in the boss battle against [[Chortlebot]].

==Gallery==
<gallery>
Mario Spin.jpg|''[[Donkey Kong (Game Boy)|Donkey Kong]]'' ([[Game Boy]])
DKGB Mario.png|''Donkey Kong'' (Game Boy)
DonkeyKong-Stage3-5 (GB).png|''Donkey Kong'' (Game Boy)
DonkeyKong-Stage6-6.png|''Donkey Kong'' (Game Boy)
MVDK 1-3 1.png|''[[Mario vs. Donkey Kong]]''
Boo Box.png|''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]''
WLS4.png|''[[Wario Land: Shake It!]]''
SavannahValley.png|''Wario Land: Shake It!''
SMG2 Spike Wall.png|''[[Super Mario Galaxy 2]]''
SMO Wooded Moon 37.png|''[[Super Mario Odyssey]]''
SMO Metro Moon 46.png|''Super Mario Odyssey''
SMO Snow Moon 27.png|''Super Mario Odyssey''
MarioVsDKSwitch1-3_2.jpg|''[[Mario vs. Donkey Kong (Nintendo Switch)|Mario vs. Donkey Kong]]'' ([[Nintendo Switch]])
</gallery>

==Names in other languages==
{{Foreign names
|Jpn=ワイヤー
|JpnR=Waiyā
|JpnM=Wire
|JpnC=<ref>{{file link|Mvsdk book i.jpg|''Mario vs. Donkey Kong'' Shogakukan book}}</ref><ref>{{cite|url=www.nintendo.co.jp/data/software/manual/man_PAGJ_00.pdf|title=''Mario vs. Donkey Kong'' instruction booklet|format=PDF|page=4|date=2004|language=ja|publisher=Nintendo|website=nintendo.co.jp}}</ref>
|Jpn2=鉄棒
|Jpn2R=Tetsubō
|Jpn2M=Horizontal Bar
|Jpn2C=<ref>{{cite|date=2004|title="Action & Puzzle." ''Mario vs. Donkey Kong''|url=www.nintendo.co.jp/n08/bm5j/action/index.html|language=ja|accessdate=22 Feb. 2024}}</ref><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|page=136, 170}}</ref>
|Jpn3=ロープ
|Jpn3R=Rōpu
|Jpn3M=[[Rope]]
|Jpn3C=<ref>{{cite|title=''Donkey Kong'' (Game Boy) instruction booklet|page=9|language=ja|date=1994|publisher=Nintendo}}</ref>
|Jpn3N=''Donkey Kong''
|Fre=Câble
|FreM=Cable
|FreC=<ref name="MvDK manual EU"/>{{ref page|58}}
|Fre2=Barre
|Fre2M=Bar
|Fre2C=<ref name="WLSI manual"/>{{ref page|18}}
|Ger=Stange
|GerM=Bar
|GerC=<ref name="MvDK manual EU"/>{{ref page|38}}
|Ita=Parallela
|ItaM=Parallel bar
|ItaC=<ref name="MvDK manual EU"/>{{ref page|118}}
|Spa=Cable
|SpaM=Cable
|SpaC=<ref>{{cite|url=www.guiasnintendo.com/1_GAMEBOY_ADVANCE/mario_vs_dk/mario_vs_dk_sp/objetos.html|title=Official ''Mario vs. Donkey Kong'' guide|publisher=Guías Nintendo|language=es-es|accessdate=November 28, 2018|archive=web.archive.org/web/20080915105124/http://www.guiasnintendo.com/1_GAMEBOY_ADVANCE/mario_vs_dk/mario_vs_dk_sp/objetos.html}}</ref>
|Spa2=Barra
|Spa2M=Bar
|Spa2C=<ref name="MvDK manual EU"/>{{ref page|98}}<ref name="WLSI manual"/>{{ref page|30}}
}}

==See also==
*[[Horizontal Bar]], a [[Gymnastics]] [[Event]] from ''[[Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games (Nintendo 3DS)|Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games]]''

==References==
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[[Category:Donkey Kong (Game Boy) objects]]
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