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{{Distinguish|[[Spinner]], also referred to as Ball 'N' Chain or Ball and Chain}}
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|image=[[File:SML2 Artwork Cog.png|165px]]<br>Artwork of a cog
|image=[[File:SML2 Artwork Cog.png|165px]]<br>Artwork of a ball on chains
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins]]'' ([[List of games by date#1992|1992]])
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A '''cog''',<ref>{{cite|title=''Nintendo Magazine System'' (AU) Issue #5|page=56|date=August 1993}}</ref> also called a '''ball on chains''',<ref>{{cite|quote=You can avoid the ground spikes by riding balls on chains.|title=''Nintendo Power'', volume 43|page=48|date=December 1992}}</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]] [[jump]]s 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]].
{{Multiframe|align=left|[[File:SML2 BallOnChains Stationary.png]][[File:SML2 BallOnChains.png]][[File:SML2 BallOnChains Flash.gif]]}}
'''Balls on chains''',<ref>{{cite|quote=You can avoid the ground spikes by riding balls on chains.|title=''Nintendo Power'', volume 43|page=48|date=December 1992}}</ref> also referred to as '''cogs''',<ref>{{cite|title=''Nintendo Magazine System'' (AU) Issue #5|page=56|date=August 1993}}</ref> are a type of [[platform]] found exclusively in the [[Beware: Jagged Spikes|third level]] of the [[Mario Zone]] of ''[[Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins]]'', in which they appear in a lighter color and a darker color. The light-colored balls on chains are stationary platforms, but the dark-colored variant moves along the length of the chain for a finite amount of time when [[Mario]] [[jump]]s on it, eventually flashing and disappearing. These balls on chains have the tendency to move in the path of enemies, such as [[Bullet Bill]]s and [[Tatenoko]].


==Profiles and statistics==
==Profiles and statistics==
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===''[[Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten]]''===
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|name=エスカタマ (JP) / Cog (EN)
|name=エスカタマ (JP) / Ball on chains (EN)
|shusshin=メカ族
|shusshin=メカ族
|seikaku=親切
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==Gallery==
==Gallery==
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Marioland2cog.png|A screenshot of a cog
Mario Zone Area 3.png|Mario, riding on a dark-colored ball on chains
</gallery>
</gallery>


Latest revision as of 19:54, October 7, 2024

Not to be confused with Spinner, also referred to as Ball 'N' Chain or Ball and Chain.
Ball on chains
A ball on chains from Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins.
Artwork of a ball on chains
First appearance Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins (1992)
Ball on chains sprite (stationary)Ball on chains spriteBall on chains sprite (about to disappear)

Balls on chains,[1] also referred to as cogs,[2] are a type of platform found exclusively in the third level of the Mario Zone of Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins, in which they appear in a lighter color and a darker color. The light-colored balls on chains are stationary platforms, but the dark-colored variant moves along the length of the chain for a finite amount of time when Mario jumps on it, eventually flashing and disappearing. These balls on chains have the tendency to move in the path of enemies, such as Bullet Bills and Tatenoko.

Profiles and statistics[edit]

Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten[edit]

エスカタマ (JP) / Ball on chains (EN)
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Original text (Japanese) Translation
出身しゅっしん メカ族 Place of origin Mecha clan
性格せいかく 親切 Disposition Kind
登場とうじょうゲーム ランド2 Game appearances Land 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。[3]

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[edit]

  • Mario, riding on a dark-colored ball on chains

    Mario, riding on a dark-colored ball on chains

Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese エスカタマ[4][3]
Esukatama 		Portmanteau of「エスカレーター」(esukarētā, "escalator") and「玉」(tama, "ball")
Italian Sfera ascensore[5] Lift sphere

References[edit]

  1. ^ "You can avoid the ground spikes by riding balls on chains." – December 1992. Nintendo Power, volume 43. Page 48.
  2. ^ August 1993. Nintendo Magazine System (AU) Issue #5. Page 56.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ 「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). Shogakukan (Japanese). Page 15.
  5. ^ Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia. Page 78.
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Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins
Protagonist Mario • Heavy Zed • Hippo
Forms Small Mario • Super Mario • Fire Mario • Bunny Mario • Space Mario • Aqua Mario • Invincible Mario • Bomb Mario
Bosses Big Bird • Tatanga • Sewer rat • Witch • Three Little Pigs • Octopus • Wario
Items 1-Up Heart • 3-Up Heart • Carrot • Coin • Fire Flower • Golden Coin • Moneybag • Mushroom • Star
Objects ? Block • Ball on chains • Beach Ball • Bell • Bone Lift • Brick • Cloud • Empty Block • Fiery block • Gear • Goal • Invisible/flashing block • Skull Platform • Soap bubble • Tree sap
Enemies Ant • Aqua Goomba • Battle Beetle • Bear • Bee Fly • Beebee • Bero • Bigbee • Birdfish • Blurp • Bomubomu • Boo • Bopping Toady • Bullet Bill • Cheep-Cheep • Chikunto • Collector • Dokanto • Dondon • Fireball Boy • Floating Face • Ghost Goomba • Goomba • Goronto • Grubby • Honebon • Jack-in-the-Box • Karakara • Kiddokatto • Koopa Troopa • Kyororo • Kyotonbo • Kurokyura • Masked Ghoul • Minikyura • Moofish • No.48 • Noko Bombette • Para-Goomba • Pikku • Piranha Plant • Poro • Ragumo • Rerere • Screw • Shark • Skeleton Bee • Spikey • Spiny Cheep-Cheep • Star • Tamara • Tosenbo • Unera • Unibo • Venus Fire Trap
Obstacles Boulder • Cannonball • Crystal ball • Falling spike • Furizo • Karamenbo • Lance • Lava • Mechanical fist • Piranha Plant (statue) • Satellite • Spiked ball • Spiked ball (Pumpkin Zone) • Tatenoko • Turtle Cannon • Wakiri • Yashichi
Levels Overworld Mushroom Zone • Hippo • Scenic Course • Mario's castle • Casino
Tree Zone Invincibility! • In the Trees • The Exit • Honeybees • Final Boss: The Big Bird • Secret Course 1
Space Zone Moon stage • Star stage • Secret Course 2
Macro Zone The Ant Monsters • In the Syrup Sea • Fiery Mario–Special Agent • Final Boss: One Mighty Mouse! • Secret Course 3
Pumpkin Zone Bat Course • Pumpkin Zone Level 2 • Pumpkin Zone Level 3 • Witch's Mansion Course • Secret Course 4 • Secret Course 5
Mario Zone Fiery Blocks • Mario the Circus Star! • Beware: Jagged Spikes • Final Bosses: Three Mean Pigs!
Turtle Zone Cheep Cheep Course • Turtle Zone • Whale Course • Secret Course 6
Other Gallery • Glitches • Staff
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