Midway Gate: Difference between revisions

From the Super Mario Wiki, the Mario encyclopedia
Jump to navigationJump to search
m (Text replacement - "(\| *)Jap([RMCN\d]* *=)" to "$1Jpn$2")
 
(48 intermediate revisions by 25 users not shown)
Line 1: Line 1:
[[Image:MidwayGate.png|thumb|right|A '''Midway Gate''' from ''Super Mario World'' and how it looks when the bar is cut.]]
{{item infobox
'''Midway Gates''' are checkpoints near the middle of any [[Levels|level]] in ''[[Super Mario World]]''. They appear as two blue-white-striped posts, linked by a white bar, thus looking like smaller versions of the [[Giant Gate]]s in the same game. When [[Mario]] or [[Luigi]] pass through, the bar will disappear. This has basically two effects: First, the Gate serves as a save point. If the player loses a life in a level of which he had cut the Midway Gate bar before, he will restart just at the midway point. Second, if Mario or Luigi cuts the bar when being in their [[Small Mario|small form]], they will turn into [[Super Mario]] and Super Luigi, respectively. When restarting at the Midway Gate, the bar will be missing, though.
|image=[[File:MidwayGate.png]]
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario World]]'' ([[List of games by date#1990|1990]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2]]'' ([[List of games by date#2001|2001]])
}}
'''Midway Gates'''<ref>{{cite|title=''Super Mario World'' instruction booklet|date=1991|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=en-us|page=8}}</ref> are [[checkpoint]]s in ''[[Super Mario World]]'' and [[Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2|its reissue]]. They appear as two blue-and-white striped posts, linked by a piece of white '''tape''', thus looking like smaller versions of the [[Giant Gate]]s in the same game. Midway Gates appear near the middle of many [[Level|courses]], excluding auto-scrolling, underwater, [[Star World]], and [[Special Zone]] courses. In the reissue, Midway Gates also appear in underwater courses. When [[Mario]] or [[Luigi]] passes through a Midway Gate, the tape disappears, and he is respawned at the Midway Gate if the player loses a life in the course. If Mario or Luigi cuts the tape when in his [[Small Mario|Small form]], he turns into [[Super Mario (form)|Super Mario]] or Super Luigi, respectively. When the player restarts at the Midway Gate, the tape is missing.
 
In ''[[Super Mario Maker]]'' and ''[[Super Mario Maker 2]]'', [[Checkpoint Flag]]s replace the Midway Gates in the ''Super Mario World'' style.


==Names in other languages==
==Names in other languages==
{{Foreignname
{{foreign names
|Jap=<span class="explain" title="ちゅうかん">中間</span>ゲート
|Jpn={{hover|中間|ちゅうかん}}ゲート<ref>''Super Mario World'' Japanese instruction booklet (fold-out)</ref>
|JapR=Chūkan Gēto
|JpnR=Chūkan Gēto
|JapM=Midway Gate
|JpnM=Middle Gate
|Fre=Portail à mi-chemin
|FreM=Midway Gate
|Fre2=Portail de mi-niveau
|Fre2M=Mid-level gate
|Ger=Rücksetzpunkt
|GerM=Reset Point
|Ita=Traguardo intermedio
|ItaM=Intermediate goal
|Por=Portão Intermediário
|Por=Portão Intermediário
|PorM=Intermediate Gate
|PorM=Intermediate Gate
|Spa=Puerta Intermedia
}}
}}
==References==
<references/>
{{Checkpoints}}
{{SMW}}
{{SMW}}
[[Category:Objects]]
[[Category:Checkpoints]]
[[Category:Super Mario World]]
[[Category:Super Mario World objects]]
[[Category:Dinosaur Land]]
[[Category:Amiibo tap: Nintendo's Greatest Bits]]
[[it:Traguardo intermedio]]

Latest revision as of 12:14, January 7, 2025

Midway Gate
A normal Midway Gate and a passed one from Super Mario World.
First appearance Super Mario World (1990)
Latest appearance Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2 (2001)

Midway Gates[1] are checkpoints in Super Mario World and its reissue. They appear as two blue-and-white striped posts, linked by a piece of white tape, thus looking like smaller versions of the Giant Gates in the same game. Midway Gates appear near the middle of many courses, excluding auto-scrolling, underwater, Star World, and Special Zone courses. In the reissue, Midway Gates also appear in underwater courses. When Mario or Luigi passes through a Midway Gate, the tape disappears, and he is respawned at the Midway Gate if the player loses a life in the course. If Mario or Luigi cuts the tape when in his Small form, he turns into Super Mario or Super Luigi, respectively. When the player restarts at the Midway Gate, the tape is missing.

In Super Mario Maker and Super Mario Maker 2, Checkpoint Flags replace the Midway Gates in the Super Mario World style.

Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese 中間ゲート[2]
Chūkan Gēto
Middle Gate
French Portail à mi-chemin[?] Midway Gate
Portail de mi-niveau[?] Mid-level gate
German Rücksetzpunkt[?] Reset Point
Italian Traguardo intermedio[?] Intermediate goal
Portuguese Portão Intermediário[?] Intermediate Gate
Spanish Puerta Intermedia[?] -

References[edit]

  1. ^ 1991. Super Mario World instruction booklet. Nintendo of America (American English). Page 8.
  2. ^ Super Mario World Japanese instruction booklet (fold-out)