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[[File:SML2 Artwork Cog.png|thumb|Artwork of a cog]]
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[[File:Marioland2cog.png|thumb|A screenshot of a cog]]
|image=[[File:SML2 Artwork Cog.png|165px]]<br>Artwork of a cog
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins]]'' ([[List of games by date#1992|1992]])
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A '''cog'''<ref>''Nintendo Magazine System'' (AU) Issue #5, page 56.</ref> is a type of platform attached to a chain found exclusively in the [[Mario Zone]] of ''[[Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins]]''. When [[Mario]] jumps on a cog, it moves along the length of the chain for a finite amount of time, eventually flashing and disappearing. Cogs have the tendency to move in the path of enemies, such as [[Bullet Bill]]s and [[Tatenoko]].
A '''cog'''<ref>''Nintendo Magazine System'' (AU) Issue #5, page 56.</ref> is a type of platform attached to a chain found exclusively in the [[Mario Zone]] of ''[[Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins]]''. When [[Mario]] jumps on a cog, it moves along the length of the chain for a finite amount of time, eventually flashing and disappearing. Cogs have the tendency to move in the path of enemies, such as [[Bullet Bill]]s and [[Tatenoko]].
==Profiles and statistics==
===''[[Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten]]''===
'''<big>エスカタマ</big><br>
'''<span class="explain"title="しゅぞく">種族</span>''' メカ族<br>
'''<span class="explain"title="せいかく">性格</span>''' 親切<br>
'''<span class="explain"title="とうじょう">登場</span>ゲーム''' ランド2<br>
'''<big>消える前に乗り継ごう</big></b><br>
タマの形をしたエスカレーターのメカ。だからついた名前が「エスカタマ」。マリオが乗 ると動き始めるが、一定の距離を動くと消えてしまう。消える前に飛び降りよう。<ref name=Daijiten>Shogakukan. 1994.「パーフェクト版 マリオキャラクター大事典」 (''Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten''), [https://i.imgur.com/rcviJlz.jpeg page 47].</ref>
'''''<big>Escatama</big>'''''<br>
''Tribe: Mecha clan''<br>
''Disposition: Kind''<br>
''Game appearances: Land 2''<br>
'''''<big>Let's get on board before they disappear.</big><br>
''Escalator mechanism in the shape of a ball. That is why the name "Escatama" was given to it. When Mario gets on the escalator, it starts moving, but it disappears after a certain distance. Jump off before it disappears.''
==Gallery==
<gallery>
Marioland2cog.png|A screenshot of a cog
</gallery>


==Names in other languages==
==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
{{foreign names
|Jap=エスカタマ<ref>「任天堂公式ガイドブック スーパーマリオランド2 6つの金貨」 (''Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook – Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins''), page 15.</ref>
|Jap=エスカタマ<ref>「任天堂公式ガイドブック スーパーマリオランド2 6つの金貨」 (''Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook – Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins''), page 15.</ref><ref name=Daijiten/>
|JapR=Esukatama
|JapR=Esukatama
|JapM=Portmanteau of「エスカレーター」("escalator") and「玉」(''tama'', ball)
|JapM=Portmanteau of「エスカレーター」("escalator") and「玉」(''tama'', ball)

Revision as of 08:34, May 22, 2022

Ball on chains
A ball on chains from Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins.
Artwork of a cog
First appearance Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins (1992)

A cog[1] is a type of platform attached to a chain found exclusively in the Mario Zone of Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins. When Mario jumps on a cog, it moves along the length of the chain for a finite amount of time, eventually flashing and disappearing. Cogs have the tendency to move in the path of enemies, such as Bullet Bills and Tatenoko.

Profiles and statistics

Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten

エスカタマ
種族 メカ族
性格 親切
登場ゲーム ランド2
消える前に乗り継ごう
タマの形をしたエスカレーターのメカ。だからついた名前が「エスカタマ」。マリオが乗 ると動き始めるが、一定の距離を動くと消えてしまう。消える前に飛び降りよう。[2]

Escatama
Tribe: Mecha clan
Disposition: Kind
Game appearances: Land 2
Let's get on board before they disappear.
Escalator mechanism in the shape of a ball. That is why the name "Escatama" was given to it. When Mario gets on the escalator, it starts moving, but it disappears after a certain distance. Jump off before it disappears.

Gallery

Names in other languages

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese エスカタマ[3][2]
Esukatama
Portmanteau of「エスカレーター」("escalator") and「玉」(tama, ball)
Italian Sfera ascensore[4] Lift sphere

References

  1. ^ Nintendo Magazine System (AU) Issue #5, page 56.
  2. ^ a b Shogakukan. 1994.「パーフェクト版 マリオキャラクター大事典」 (Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten), page 47.
  3. ^ 「任天堂公式ガイドブック スーパーマリオランド2 6つの金貨」 (Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook – Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins), page 15.
  4. ^ Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia; pag. 78