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|image=[[File:MidwayGate.png]]<br>A Midway Gate, along with how it looks when the tape is cut
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|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario World]]'' ([[List of games by date#1990|1990]])  
|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]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2]]'' ([[List of games by date#2001|2001]])
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'''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.
'''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|its sequel]], [[Checkpoint Flag]]s replace the Midway Gates in the ''Super Mario World'' style.
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==

Latest revision as of 20:44, August 8, 2024

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)