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|title=Semi-Solid Platform
|image=[[File:SMB3SSPW.png]]<br>A ''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]''-styled Semisolid Platform from ''[[Super Mario Maker]]''
|image=[[File:SMM-SMB-Ground-Platform.png|100px]]<br>A ''[[Super Mario Bros.]]''-styled '''Semi-Solid Platform''' from ''[[Super Mario Maker]]''.
|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]])
|description=A platform in which the top is solid, but the bottom is a background.
|latest_appearance=''[[Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition]]'' ([[List of games by date#2024|2024]])
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario Bros. 2]]'' ([[List of Mario games by date#1988|1988]])
|variants=[[White Block (platform)]]
|latest_appearance=''[[Super Mario Maker]]'' ([[List of Mario games by date#2015|2015]])
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'''Semisolid Platforms'''<ref>{{cite|author=SwitchForce|date=May 28, 2019|url=youtu.be/f4e2tKkTUlQ|title=ALL Items + Enemies In Super Mario Maker 2!|publisher=YouTube|accessdate=June 26, 2019}}</ref> (formatted as '''Semi-solid Platforms''' in ''[[Super Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DS]]'')<ref>{{cite|quote=And finally, we come to {{color|blue|Semi-solid Platforms}}.|author=[[Mary O.]]|title=Lesson 4 of [[Yamamura]]'s Lessons, ''[[Super Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DS]]''}}</ref> are [[platform]]s that players and enemies can [[jump]] onto from underneath and pass through from the sides, as they can only be interacted with from above. They are common in side-scrolling games and sequences, first appearing in ''[[Super Mario Bros. 2]]'', and have numerous visual variations that match each game and type of level that features them. The term "Semisolid Platform" originates from the ''[[Super Mario Maker]]'' games and refers to a specific element in those games, but many other distinct types of terrain, such as [[Mushroom Platform]]s, [[Cloud Lift]]s and [[bridge]]s are functionally semisolid platforms as well.
'''Semi-Solid Platforms''' are platforms found throughout the [[Super Mario (series)|''Super Mario'' series]] that the player can jump through from the bottom. They have a different design in each installment, first appearing in ''[[Super Mario Bros. 2]]''. Another kind of Semi-Solid Platform is the [[Mushroom Platform]].
 
==History==
==History==
===''Super Mario'' series===
===''Super Mario'' series===
====''Super Mario Bros. 2''====
====''Super Mario Bros. 2''====
[[File:Smb2 Semi-Solid.png|thumb|A Semi-Solid Platform from ''Super Mario Bros. 2''.]]
In ''[[Super Mario Bros. 2]]'', Semisolid Platforms first appeared in [[World 1-1 (Super Mario Bros. 2)|World 1-1]]. Four types appear: grassy (in [[World 1 (Super Mario Bros. 2)|Worlds 1]], [[World 3 (Super Mario Bros. 2)|3]], and [[World 5 (Super Mario Bros. 2)|5]]), sandy (in [[World 2 (Super Mario Bros. 2)|Worlds 2]] and [[World 6 (Super Mario Bros. 2)|6]]), snowy (in [[World 4 (Super Mario Bros. 2)|World 4]]), and tree-styled (in [[World 7 (Super Mario Bros. 2)|World 7]]).
In ''[[Super Mario Bros. 2]]'', Semi-Solid Platforms first appeared in [[World 1-1 (Super Mario Bros. 2)|World 1-1]]. There are four types that make an appearance.


====''Super Mario Bros. 3''====
====''Super Mario Bros. 3''====
[[File:SMB3SSPW.png|frame|left]]
Semisolid Platforms in ''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]'' appear as plain-colored blocks with bolts in the corners, grassy hills, grassy plateaus (in [[World 3-7 (Super Mario Bros. 3)|World 3-7]] only), snowy hills (in [[Ice Land|World 6]]), or [[crate]]s (in [[airship]] levels). They first appeared in [[World 1-1 (Super Mario Bros. 3)|World 1-1]].
Semi-Solid Platforms in ''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]'' have appeared as plain-colored blocks with bolts in the corners. They first appeared in [[World 1-1 (Super Mario Bros. 3)|World 1-1]].
 
White platforms, called '''[[White Block (platform)|White Block]]s''', have the special property of allowing Mario to fall into the background, behind most objects, by [[crouch]]ing on them for an extended time. If, as is possible in [[World 1-3 (Super Mario Bros. 3)|World 1-3]], the [[goal (Super Mario Bros. 3)|goal]] area is reached in this state, Mario is transported to a special [[Toad House|Toad's House]] to receive a [[Recorder|Magic Whistle]].


====''Super Mario World''====
====''Super Mario World''====
Slanted Semi-Solid Platforms have appeared in ''[[Super Mario World]]'' along with regular Semi-Solid Platforms. Slanted Semi-Solid Platforms can be [[Slope Slide|slid]] on, just like slopes.
Slanted Semisolid Platforms appear in ''[[Super Mario World]]'' along with regular Semisolid Platforms and can be [[Slope Slide|slid]] on, similar to slopes. They first appear in [[Yoshi's Island 1]].
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====''New Super Mario Bros.'' series====
====''New Super Mario Bros.'' subseries====
[[File:NSMB2.W1-1.png|thumb|Semi-Solid Platforms, based on those from ''Super Mario Bros. 3'', in ''New Super Mario Bros. 2''.]]
[[File:NSMB2 W1-1.png|thumb|left|Semisolid Platforms, based on those from ''Super Mario Bros. 3'', in ''New Super Mario Bros. 2''.]]
Semi-Solid Platforms appeared in ''[[New Super Mario Bros.]]'', ''[[New Super Mario Bros. Wii]]'', ''[[New Super Mario Bros. 2]]'', and ''[[New Super Mario Bros. U]]''. While they have new, varying designs throughout the series, certain Semi-Solid Platforms in ''New Super Mario Bros. 2'' are based off their design from ''Super Mario Bros. 3''.
[[File:Freezing-Rain Tower.jpg|thumb|250px|Semisolid Platforms in ''[[New Super Mario Bros. U]]''.]]
Semisolid Platforms appear in ''[[New Super Mario Bros.]]'', ''[[New Super Mario Bros. Wii]]'', ''[[New Super Mario Bros. 2]]'', ''[[New Super Mario Bros. U]]'', and ''[[New Super Luigi U]]''. While they have new, varying designs throughout the series, the most common design in all games is that consisted of small blocks placed next to each other, resembling ''[[Super Mario Maker]]''{{'}}s bridge object. Others resemble big rocks with grass on top. Certain Semisolid Platforms in ''New Super Mario Bros. 2'' are based off their design from ''Super Mario Bros. 3''. Other bridge-like ones resemble the ones in the ''[[Yoshi's Island (series)|Yoshi's Island]]'' series, but alternate between large and small segments. In ''New Super Mario Bros. U'' and ''New Super Luigi U'', some Semisolid Platforms move up and down.
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===''Super Mario Maker''===
====''Super Mario Galaxy''====
Semi-Solid Platforms appear as tools in ''[[Super Mario Maker]]''. In Create mode, they can be shaken into three different designs. In the ''Super Mario Bros.'' style, Semi-Solid Platforms take their default design from the otherwise solid, tree-like platforms from that game.
[[File:SMG Dark Hopper Planet C.png|thumb|[[Spring Mario]] near several Semisolid Platforms in ''Super Mario Galaxy''.]]
Semisolid Platforms appear in ''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]'', but only in the vertical portion of the [[Matter Splatter Galaxy]]. Here they resemble bright pink grates.
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===''Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS'' / ''Wii U''===
====''Super Mario Maker'' / ''Super Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DS''====
[[File:SSB4 Golden Plains 3.jpg|thumb|left|Semi-Solid Platforms in the Golden Plains stage in ''Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS''.]]
Semi-solid Platforms appear as placeable course parts in ''[[Super Mario Maker]]'' and ''[[Super Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DS]]''. They have three designs in each combination of level theme and game style, which can be cycled through by shaking them. In the ''Super Mario Bros.'' style, Semi-solid Platforms take their default design from the otherwise solid, tree-like platforms from that game.  Additionally, [[Lift]]s, [[Lava Lift]]s, [[Mushroom Platform]]s, [[Donut Block]]s, Bridges, and [[Cloud Block]]s can be jumped through similar to Semi-solid Platforms.
Semi-Solid Platforms appear in the [[Golden Plains]] stage in ''[[Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS]]'', where they use the design of the solid, tree-like platforms from ''New Super Mario Bros. 2''.
 
In the ''Super Mario Bros. 3'' style, if Mario crouches on the white platforms for long enough, he will hop slightly, referencing the special property of the white platforms from that game, though not letting Mario drop behind the platform.
 
====''Super Mario Run''====
Semisolid platforms appear commonly in ''[[Super Mario Run]]'', with their designs pulled from ''Super Mario Maker''. Their appearance is based on the theme of the level. Enemies located on a semisolid platform can be defeated by having the playable character perform a front flip as they jump through the platform onto the enemy.


[[File:Mushroom Kingdom U.png|thumb|Semi-Solid Platforms in the Mushroom Kingdom U stage in ''Super Smash Bros. for Wii U''.]]
====''Super Mario Maker 2''====
Semi-Solid Platforms also appear in the stage [[Mushroom Kingdom U]] where they, like the stage itself, use their design from ''New Super Mario Bros. U''. Like all soft platforms in the [[Super Smash Bros. (series)|''Super Smash Bros.'' series]], the player can fall through the Semi-Solid Platform by tapping {{button|paddown}}.
[[File:SMM2 Semisolid Platform NSMBU icon.png|thumb|left|A Semisolid Platform from ''Super Mario Maker 2'']]
Semisolid Platforms return in ''[[Super Mario Maker 2]]'', using their designs from the first game in the original four styles and getting new designs for the newly added themes. In the ''[[Super Mario 3D World]]'' style, Semisolid Platforms only have one design per level theme: they take the form of horizontal, ladder-like platforms on top of walls in the ground, [[Ghost House]], and desert themes, and [[Chain-Link]]s in every other theme. [[Cat Mario]] can also climb the Semisolid Platforms' walls, but unlike normal walls, he can stay on them indefinitely.
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====''Super Mario Bros. Wonder''====
[[File:Walking Platform.jpg|thumb|left|A walking platform in [[Muncher Fields]] in ''Super Mario Bros. Wonder'']]
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Semisolid Platforms return in ''[[Super Mario Bros. Wonder]]'', along with sloped platforms from ''Super Mario World''. During certain [[Wonder Effect]]s, Semisolid Platforms [[Totchī|come to life]] and sprout eyes and legs. One variant follows the player wherever they go, and the other only moves when the player stands on specific areas of one.
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===''Wario Land'' series===
Semisolid platforms are present throughout the [[Wario Land (series)|''Wario Land'' series]], functioning identically as in the other platform games, though they always have a bridge-like appearance. Many enemies that are found on semisolid platforms can be immobilized briefly by bumping into them from beneath. If [[Zombie Wario]] lands on a semisolid platform, he will disintegrate and pass through it, falling through any other semisolid platforms located below until he reaches solid ground. In ''[[Wario Land 2]]'', there are certain platforms that only enemies and objects can stand upon, but not [[Wario]]; for enemies, these function as semisolid platforms, in that Wario can throw them on top of one from beneath.
===''Yoshi's Island'' series===
[[File:SMW2 SprayFish.PNG|thumb|left|Several white Semisolid Platforms near a [[Spray Fish]] in ''[[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]'']]
[[File:Don't Fear the Spear.png|thumb|Brown Semisolid Platforms in ''[[Yoshi's New Island]]'']]
Semisolid Platforms appear many times in the [[Yoshi's Island (series)|''Yoshi's Island'' series]], starting with ''[[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]''. Here, they typically resemble straight bridges, and can also form slopes.
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===''Super Smash Bros.'' series===
{{main-wiki|SmashWiki|Platform#Semisoft platforms}}
[[File:SSB4 Golden Plains 3.jpg|thumb|left|Semisolid Platforms in the Golden Plains stage in ''Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS'']]
[[File:Mushroom Kingdom U.png|thumb|Semisolid Platforms in the Mushroom Kingdom U stage in ''Super Smash Bros. for Wii U'']]
Platforms very similar in function to Semisolid Platforms known as '''pass-through platforms'''<ref>{{cite|author=[[Masahiro Sakurai|Sakurai, Masahiro]]|date=May 22, 2007|url=www.smashbros.com/wii/en_uk/stages/stage01.html|language=British English|title=Battlefield|publisher=Smash Bros. DOJO!!|accessdate=February 8, 2024}}</ref> appear in many stages throughout the [[Super Smash Bros. (series)|''Super Smash Bros.'' series]]. In addition to being able to be jumped through, the player can fall through pass-through platforms by quickly tilting down on the left analog stick or tapping {{button|paddown}}, depending on the control method.
Semisolid Platforms also appear in the [[Golden Plains]] stage in ''[[Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS]]'', where they use the design of the solid, tree-like platforms from ''New Super Mario Bros. 2''. They also appear in the stage [[Mushroom Kingdom U]] where they, like the stage itself, use their design from ''New Super Mario Bros. U''.
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===''Wario: Master of Disguise''===
In ''[[Wario: Master of Disguise]]'', [[Dragon Wario (Wario: Master of Disguise)|Dragon Wario]]'s weight causes him to fall through any semisolid platform he encounters, much like Zombie Wario in the ''Wario Land'' games.


==Gallery==
==Gallery==
<center><gallery>
{{main-gallery}}
File:SMM-SMB-Ground-Platform.png|''Super Mario Maker''<br>(''Super Mario Bros.'', ground)
<gallery>
File:SMM-SMB-Ground-Platform-2.png|''Super Mario Maker''<br>(''Super Mario Bros.'', ground)
SMB2 Semisolid Platform Sprite.png|''[[Super Mario Bros. 2]]''
File:SMM-SMB-Ground-Platform-3.png|''Super Mario Maker''<br>(''Super Mario Bros.'', ground)
SMB3-SemiSolidPlatform.png|''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]''
File:SMM-SMB-Underground-Platform.png|''Super Mario Maker''<br>(''Super Mario Bros.'', underground)
SMM-SMB-Ground-Platform.png|''[[Super Mario Maker]]'' (''[[Super Mario Bros.]]'' style)
File:SMM-SMB-Underground-Platform-2.png|''Super Mario Maker''<br>(''Super Mario Bros.'', underground)
SMM SMW Overworld SSPlatform2.png|''Super Mario Maker'' (''[[Super Mario World]]'' style)
File:SMM-SMB-Underground-Platform-3.png|''Super Mario Maker''<br>(''Super Mario Bros.'', underground)
SMM NSMBU Overworld SSPlatform1.png|''Super Mario Maker'' (''[[New Super Mario Bros. U]]'' style)
File:SMM-SMB-Castle-Platform.png|''Super Mario Maker''<br>(''Super Mario Bros.'', [[castle]])
</gallery>
File:SMM-SMB-Castle-Platform-2.png|''Super Mario Maker''<br>(''Super Mario Bros.'', castle)
 
File:SMM-SMB-Castle-Platform-3.png|''Super Mario Maker''<br>(''Super Mario Bros.'', castle)
==Names in other languages==
File:SMM-SMB-Underwater-Platform.png|''Super Mario Maker''<br>(''Super Mario Bros.'', underwater)
{{foreign names
File:SMM-SMB-Underwater-Platform-2.png|''Super Mario Maker''<br>(''Super Mario Bros.'', underwater)
|Jpn=半当たり地形
File:SMM-SMB-Underwater-Platform-3.png|''Super Mario Maker''<br>(''Super Mario Bros.'', underwater)
|JpnR=Han-atari Chikei
File:SMM-SMB-Ghost-House-Platform.png|''Super Mario Maker''<br>(''Super Mario Bros.'', [[Ghost House]])
|JpnM=Semi-Collisional Terrain
File:SMM-SMB-Ghost-House-Platform-2.png|''Super Mario Maker''<br>(''Super Mario Bros.'', Ghost House)
|Spa=Plataforma Semisólida
File:SMM-SMB-Ghost-House-Platform-3.png|''Super Mario Maker''<br>(''Super Mario Bros.'', Ghost House)
|Chi=半碰撞地形
File:SMM-SMB-Airship-Platform.png|''Super Mario Maker''<br>(''Super Mario Bros.'', [[Airship]])
|ChiR=Bàn Pèngzhuàng Dìxíng
File:SMM-SMB-Airship-Platform-2.png|''Super Mario Maker''<br>(''Super Mario Bros.'', Airship)
|ChiM=Semi Collisional Terrain
File:SMM-SMB-Airship-Platform-3.png|''Super Mario Maker''<br>(''Super Mario Bros.'', Airship)
|FreE=Plateforme flottante
</gallery></center>
|FreEM=Floating platform
|Ita=Piattaforma fluttuante
|ItaM=Floating platform
}}
 
==References==
{{NIWA|SmashWiki=Platform#Semisoft_platforms}}
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Semisolid Platform
White Semisolid Platform
A Super Mario Bros. 3-styled Semisolid Platform from Super Mario Maker
First appearance Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic (1987, overall)
Super Mario Bros. 2 (1988, Super Mario franchise)
Latest appearance Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition (2024)
Variants

Semisolid Platforms[1] (formatted as Semi-solid Platforms in Super Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DS)[2] are platforms that players and enemies can jump onto from underneath and pass through from the sides, as they can only be interacted with from above. They are common in side-scrolling games and sequences, first appearing in Super Mario Bros. 2, and have numerous visual variations that match each game and type of level that features them. The term "Semisolid Platform" originates from the Super Mario Maker games and refers to a specific element in those games, but many other distinct types of terrain, such as Mushroom Platforms, Cloud Lifts and bridges are functionally semisolid platforms as well.

History

Super Mario series

Super Mario Bros. 2

In Super Mario Bros. 2, Semisolid Platforms first appeared in World 1-1. Four types appear: grassy (in Worlds 1, 3, and 5), sandy (in Worlds 2 and 6), snowy (in World 4), and tree-styled (in World 7).

Super Mario Bros. 3

Semisolid Platforms in Super Mario Bros. 3 appear as plain-colored blocks with bolts in the corners, grassy hills, grassy plateaus (in World 3-7 only), snowy hills (in World 6), or crates (in airship levels). They first appeared in World 1-1.

White platforms, called White Blocks, have the special property of allowing Mario to fall into the background, behind most objects, by crouching on them for an extended time. If, as is possible in World 1-3, the goal area is reached in this state, Mario is transported to a special Toad's House to receive a Magic Whistle.

Super Mario World

Slanted Semisolid Platforms appear in Super Mario World along with regular Semisolid Platforms and can be slid on, similar to slopes. They first appear in Yoshi's Island 1.

New Super Mario Bros. subseries

World 1-1
Semisolid Platforms, based on those from Super Mario Bros. 3, in New Super Mario Bros. 2.
Freezing-Rain Tower
Semisolid Platforms in New Super Mario Bros. U.

Semisolid Platforms appear in New Super Mario Bros., New Super Mario Bros. Wii, New Super Mario Bros. 2, New Super Mario Bros. U, and New Super Luigi U. While they have new, varying designs throughout the series, the most common design in all games is that consisted of small blocks placed next to each other, resembling Super Mario Maker's bridge object. Others resemble big rocks with grass on top. Certain Semisolid Platforms in New Super Mario Bros. 2 are based off their design from Super Mario Bros. 3. Other bridge-like ones resemble the ones in the Yoshi's Island series, but alternate between large and small segments. In New Super Mario Bros. U and New Super Luigi U, some Semisolid Platforms move up and down.

Super Mario Galaxy

Area 3 from Matter Splatter Galaxy.
Spring Mario near several Semisolid Platforms in Super Mario Galaxy.

Semisolid Platforms appear in Super Mario Galaxy, but only in the vertical portion of the Matter Splatter Galaxy. Here they resemble bright pink grates.

Super Mario Maker / Super Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DS

Semi-solid Platforms appear as placeable course parts in Super Mario Maker and Super Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DS. They have three designs in each combination of level theme and game style, which can be cycled through by shaking them. In the Super Mario Bros. style, Semi-solid Platforms take their default design from the otherwise solid, tree-like platforms from that game. Additionally, Lifts, Lava Lifts, Mushroom Platforms, Donut Blocks, Bridges, and Cloud Blocks can be jumped through similar to Semi-solid Platforms.

In the Super Mario Bros. 3 style, if Mario crouches on the white platforms for long enough, he will hop slightly, referencing the special property of the white platforms from that game, though not letting Mario drop behind the platform.

Super Mario Run

Semisolid platforms appear commonly in Super Mario Run, with their designs pulled from Super Mario Maker. Their appearance is based on the theme of the level. Enemies located on a semisolid platform can be defeated by having the playable character perform a front flip as they jump through the platform onto the enemy.

Super Mario Maker 2

Semisolid Platform icon from Super Mario Maker 2 (New Super Mario Bros. U style)
A Semisolid Platform from Super Mario Maker 2

Semisolid Platforms return in Super Mario Maker 2, using their designs from the first game in the original four styles and getting new designs for the newly added themes. In the Super Mario 3D World style, Semisolid Platforms only have one design per level theme: they take the form of horizontal, ladder-like platforms on top of walls in the ground, Ghost House, and desert themes, and Chain-Links in every other theme. Cat Mario can also climb the Semisolid Platforms' walls, but unlike normal walls, he can stay on them indefinitely.

Super Mario Bros. Wonder

A walking platform in Super Mario Bros. Wonder.
A walking platform in Muncher Fields in Super Mario Bros. Wonder
Walking platforms from the Bowser Jr. fight in Deep Magma Bog Palace, silhouetted and fully visible
Walking platforms from the Bowser Jr. fight in Deep Magma Bog Palace, silhouetted and fully visible
Walking platforms from the Bowser Jr. fight in Deep Magma Bog Palace, silhouetted and fully visible

Semisolid Platforms return in Super Mario Bros. Wonder, along with sloped platforms from Super Mario World. During certain Wonder Effects, Semisolid Platforms come to life and sprout eyes and legs. One variant follows the player wherever they go, and the other only moves when the player stands on specific areas of one.

Wario Land series

Semisolid platforms are present throughout the Wario Land series, functioning identically as in the other platform games, though they always have a bridge-like appearance. Many enemies that are found on semisolid platforms can be immobilized briefly by bumping into them from beneath. If Zombie Wario lands on a semisolid platform, he will disintegrate and pass through it, falling through any other semisolid platforms located below until he reaches solid ground. In Wario Land 2, there are certain platforms that only enemies and objects can stand upon, but not Wario; for enemies, these function as semisolid platforms, in that Wario can throw them on top of one from beneath.

Yoshi's Island series

Spray Fish in Salvo The Slime's Castle
Several white Semisolid Platforms near a Spray Fish in Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island
The level Don't Fear the Spear from Yoshi's New Island
Brown Semisolid Platforms in Yoshi's New Island

Semisolid Platforms appear many times in the Yoshi's Island series, starting with Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island. Here, they typically resemble straight bridges, and can also form slopes.

Super Smash Bros. series

SmashWiki article: Platform § Semisoft platforms
Another section of Golden Plains
Semisolid Platforms in the Golden Plains stage in Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS
A stage from Super Smash Bros. for Wii U
Semisolid Platforms in the Mushroom Kingdom U stage in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U

Platforms very similar in function to Semisolid Platforms known as pass-through platforms[3] appear in many stages throughout the Super Smash Bros. series. In addition to being able to be jumped through, the player can fall through pass-through platforms by quickly tilting down on the left analog stick or tapping +Control Pad down, depending on the control method.

Semisolid Platforms also appear in the Golden Plains stage in Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS, where they use the design of the solid, tree-like platforms from New Super Mario Bros. 2. They also appear in the stage Mushroom Kingdom U where they, like the stage itself, use their design from New Super Mario Bros. U.

Wario: Master of Disguise

In Wario: Master of Disguise, Dragon Wario's weight causes him to fall through any semisolid platform he encounters, much like Zombie Wario in the Wario Land games.

Gallery

For this subject's image gallery, see Gallery:Semisolid Platform.

Names in other languages

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese 半当たり地形[?]
Han-atari Chikei
Semi-Collisional Terrain
Chinese 半碰撞地形[?]
Bàn Pèngzhuàng Dìxíng
Semi Collisional Terrain
French (NOE) Plateforme flottante[?] Floating platform
Italian Piattaforma fluttuante[?] Floating platform
Spanish Plataforma Semisólida[?] -

References

  1. ^ SwitchForce (May 28, 2019). ALL Items + Enemies In Super Mario Maker 2!. YouTube. Retrieved June 26, 2019.
  2. ^ "And finally, we come to Semi-solid Platforms." – Mary O.. Lesson 4 of Yamamura's Lessons, Super Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DS.
  3. ^ Sakurai, Masahiro (May 22, 2007). Battlefield. Smash Bros. DOJO!! (British English). Retrieved February 8, 2024.