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{{Quote|Countdown Platforms can only be stepped on so many times. Watch that number!|Message Block|Yoshi's New Island}}
{{Quote|Countdown Platforms can only be stepped on so many times. Watch that number!|Message Block|Yoshi's New Island}}
'''Countdown Platforms''' are [[Semisolid Platform]]s that appear in ''[[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]'' (and [[Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3|its reissue]]), ''[[Yoshi's Island DS]]'', ''[[Yoshi's New Island]]'', and ''[[Yoshi's Woolly World]]''. They appear as balances with a number labeled on each, with the number shown decreasing by one every time something moves on them. When the number decreases to where zero would be, the entire platform instead vanishes in a puff of smoke. Countdown Platforms typically range from a highest display of four to a lowest of one, but in ''Yoshi's Woolly World'', some go as high as nine. These platforms do not count down if the player has a [[Yoshi (species)|Yoshi]] still on them; they decrease only if a Yoshi steps off or [[jump]]s off them. In most games, Countdown Platforms can be activated only by a Yoshi; every other object passes through them. However, in ''Yoshi's Woolly World'', [[shell]]s can also trigger these platforms.
'''Countdown Platforms''' are floating [[Semisolid Platform|semisolid platform]]s that appear in ''[[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]'' (and [[Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3|its reissue]]), ''[[Yoshi's Island DS]]'', ''[[Yoshi's New Island]]'', and ''[[Yoshi's Woolly World]]''. They resemble scales with a number labeled on each, this number decreasing by one every time something moves off of them. Because of this, the counter will not go down when the player has a [[Yoshi (species)|Yoshi]] stand on them; it will decrease only when the Yoshi steps off or [[jump]]s off of them. If the weight on the scale is removed when the counter is at one, the platform will vanish in a puff of smoke. Countdown Platforms typically range from a highest display of four to a lowest of one, but in ''Yoshi's Woolly World'', some go as high as nine. In most games, Countdown Platforms can be activated only by a Yoshi, and every other object passes through them. However, in ''Yoshi's Woolly World'', [[Koopa Shell|shell]]s can also trigger these platforms.
 
[[Countdown Lift]]s from ''[[Super Mario Bros. Wonder]]'' function very similarly to Countdown Platforms, both being semisolid platforms which count down how many times the player can step on them. However, the counter on a Countdown Lift will decrease when stepped ''on'', rather than when when stepped off.
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Revision as of 04:38, January 25, 2024

This article is about the platform first seen in Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island. For the platform from Super Mario World also known as a Countdown Platform, see Count-Lift.
Countdown Platform
Sprite of a Countdown Platform in Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island
First appearance Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island (1995)
Latest appearance Poochy & Yoshi's Woolly World (2017)
“Countdown Platforms can only be stepped on so many times. Watch that number!”
Message Block, Yoshi's New Island

Countdown Platforms are floating semisolid platforms that appear in Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island (and its reissue), Yoshi's Island DS, Yoshi's New Island, and Yoshi's Woolly World. They resemble scales with a number labeled on each, this number decreasing by one every time something moves off of them. Because of this, the counter will not go down when the player has a Yoshi stand on them; it will decrease only when the Yoshi steps off or jumps off of them. If the weight on the scale is removed when the counter is at one, the platform will vanish in a puff of smoke. Countdown Platforms typically range from a highest display of four to a lowest of one, but in Yoshi's Woolly World, some go as high as nine. In most games, Countdown Platforms can be activated only by a Yoshi, and every other object passes through them. However, in Yoshi's Woolly World, shells can also trigger these platforms.

Countdown Lifts from Super Mario Bros. Wonder function very similarly to Countdown Platforms, both being semisolid platforms which count down how many times the player can step on them. However, the counter on a Countdown Lift will decrease when stepped on, rather than when when stepped off.

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Names in other languages

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese カウントゆか
Kaunto Yuka
すうじのついたブロック
Sūji no Tsuita Burokku
[?]
Count Floor

Numbered Block (Yoshi's New Island Message Block)
Dutch Platformen geven[?] ?
French Plateforme compte à rebours[?] Countdown platform
German Zähler-Plattform[?] Counter platform
Italian Piattaforma a conteggio[?] Count platform
Portuguese Plataforma com contador[?] Platform with counter
Russian Платформ со счетчиком[?]
Platform so schetchikom
?
Spanish Plataforma concordant[?] Counter platform