Swing
Swing | |
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Model from Super Mario 64 | |
First appearance | Super Mario 64 (1996) |
Latest appearance | Super Mario 3D All-Stars (2020) |
Swings are lifts in the Super Mario series that debuted in Super Mario 64. One resembles a flat, broad platform attached to an unmoving pivot point swinging back and forth. Unlike similar platforms like Single Swing Lifts or Paddle Platforms, swings move regardless of whether any player character has touched it, like a pendulum.
History
Super Mario 64 / Super Mario 64 DS
In Super Mario 64 and its Nintendo DS remake, two swings[1] appear in Rainbow Ride, towards the southwest. They are prominent fixtures in the mission "Swingin' in the Breeze", where Mario must use them, a seesaw, and Falling Blocks to reach the Power Star. The first swing moves over solid ground that catches Mario if he falls off. The second, higher swing needed to reach the Star is positioned away from solid ground, above the clouds.
New Super Mario Bros.
Large, broad swings make their only appearance in New Super Mario Bros. in World 4-Castle, moving back and forth over lava. They are the primary platforms needed to reach the boss Mega Goomba.
New Super Mario Bros. Wii
The swings in New Super Mario Bros. Wii have even broader platforms than prior appearances. They only appear in World 6-Castle, swingining above a sea of lava in a course that leads to Morton Koopa Jr. These swings sweep through the lava, necessitating that the player keep moving. The similar-looking Pendulum Platform debuts in this game and has a comparable function, but it is suspended by chains and is a proportionately narrower lift.
Gallery
Screenshot from Super Mario 64
Staff roll screenshot from New Super Mario Bros.
Preview image texture from New Super Mario Bros. Wii
Names in other languages
Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
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Japanese | ブランコリフト[2] Buranko Rifuto |
Swing Lift | |
Italian | Piattaforma mobile altalena[3] | Moving swing platform (Super Mario 64) | |
Piattaforma dondolo[4] | Rocking platform (New Super Mario Bros.) | ||
Piattaforma Altalena[5] | Swing Platform (New Super Mario Bros. Wii) |
References
- ^ Pelland, Scott and Dan Owsen (1996). The Super Mario 64 Player's Guide. Redmond: Nintendo of America. Page 122.
- ^ Sakai, Kazuya (Ambit), kikai, Akinori Sao, Junko Fukuda, Kunio Takayama, and Ko Nakahara (Shogakukan), editors.『スーパーマリオブラザーズ百科: 任天堂公式ガイドブック』[Japanese source]. Tokyo, Shogakukan, 2015, p. 92, 119, 151.
- ^ Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia, pag. 92
- ^ Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia, pag. 119
- ^ Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia, pag. 151.