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{{Distinguish|[[Spinner]], also referred to as Ball 'N' Chain or Ball and Chain}}
{{species infobox
{{species infobox
|image=[[File:SML2 Artwork Cog.png|165px]]<br>Artwork of a ball on chains
|image=[[File:SML2 Artwork Cog.png|165px]]<br>Artwork of a cog
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins]]'' ([[List of games by date#1992|1992]])
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins]]'' ([[List of games by date#1992|1992]])
|latest_appearance=}}
|latest_appearance=}}
{{Multiframe|align=left|[[File:SML2 BallOnChains Stationary.png]][[File:SML2 BallOnChains.png]][[File:SML2 BallOnChains Flash.gif]]}}
A '''cog'''<ref>''Nintendo Magazine System'' (AU) Issue #5, page 56.</ref> is a type of platform attached to a chain found exclusively in the [[Mario Zone]] of ''[[Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins]]''. When [[Mario]] jumps on a cog, it moves along the length of the chain for a finite amount of time, eventually flashing and disappearing. Cogs have the tendency to move in the path of enemies, such as [[Bullet Bill]]s and [[Tatenoko]].
'''Balls on chains''',<ref>{{cite|quote=You can avoid the ground spikes by riding balls on chains.|title=''Nintendo Power'', volume 43|page=48|date=December 1992}}</ref> also referred to as '''cogs''',<ref>{{cite|title=''Nintendo Magazine System'' (AU) Issue #5|page=56|date=August 1993}}</ref> are a type of [[platform]] found exclusively in the [[Beware: Jagged Spikes|third level]] of the [[Mario Zone]] of ''[[Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins]]'', in which they appear in a lighter color and a darker color. The light-colored balls on chains are stationary platforms, but the dark-colored variant moves along the length of the chain for a finite amount of time when [[Mario]] [[jump]]s on it, eventually flashing and disappearing. These balls on chains have the tendency to move in the path of enemies, such as [[Bullet Bill]]s and [[Tatenoko]].


==Profiles and statistics==
==Profiles and statistics==
===''[[Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten]]''===
===''[[Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten]]''===
{{PEGMCE profile
'''<big>エスカタマ</big><br>
|name=エスカタマ (JP) / Ball on chains (EN)
'''{{hover|種族|しゅぞく}}''' メカ族<br>
|shusshin=メカ族
'''{{hover|性格|せいかく}}''' 親切<br>
|seikaku=親切
'''{{hover|登場|とうじょう}}ゲーム''' ランド2<br>
|tojo_gemu=ランド2
'''<big>消える前に乗り継ごう</big></b><br>
|desc='''<big>消える前に乗り継ごう</big></b><br>
タマの形をしたエスカレーターのメカ。だからついた名前が「エスカタマ」。マリオが乗 ると動き始めるが、一定の距離を動くと消えてしまう。消える前に飛び降りよう。<ref name=Daijiten>Shogakukan. 1994.「パーフェクト版 マリオキャラクター大事典」 (''Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten''), [https://i.imgur.com/rcviJlz.jpeg page 47].</ref>
タマの形をしたエスカレーターのメカ。だからついた名前が「エスカタマ」。マリオが乗 ると動き始めるが、一定の距離を動くと消えてしまう。消える前に飛び降りよう。<ref name=Daijiten>{{cite|author=Shogakukan|language=Japanese|date=1994|title=「パーフェクト版 マリオキャラクター大事典」 (''Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten'')|page=[https://i.imgur.com/rcviJlz.jpeg 47]}}</ref>
 
|origin=Mecha clan
'''''<big>Escatama</big>'''''<br>
|disposition=Kind
''Tribe: Mecha clan''<br>
|game_appearances=Land 2
''Disposition: Kind''<br>
|eng_desc='''''<big>Let's get on board before they disappear.</big><br>
''Game appearances: Land 2''<br>
'''''<big>Let's get on board before they disappear.</big><br>
''Escalator mechanism in the shape of a ball. That is why the name "Escatama" was given to it. When Mario gets on the escalator, it starts moving, but it disappears after a certain distance. Jump off before it disappears.''
''Escalator mechanism in the shape of a ball. That is why the name "Escatama" was given to it. When Mario gets on the escalator, it starts moving, but it disappears after a certain distance. Jump off before it disappears.''
}}


==Gallery==
==Gallery==
<gallery>
<gallery>
Mario Zone Area 3.png|Mario, riding on a dark-colored ball on chains
Marioland2cog.png|A screenshot of a cog
</gallery>
</gallery>


==Names in other languages==
==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
{{foreign names
|Jap=エスカタマ<ref>{{cite|language=Japanese|publisher=Shogakukan|title=「任天堂公式ガイドブック スーパーマリオランド2 6つの金貨」 (''Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook – Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins'')|page=15}}</ref><ref name=Daijiten/>
|Jap=エスカタマ<ref>「任天堂公式ガイドブック スーパーマリオランド2 6つの金貨」 (''Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook – Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins''), page 15.</ref><ref name=Daijiten/>
|JapR=Esukatama
|JapR=Esukatama
|JapM=Portmanteau of「エスカレーター」(''esukarētā'', "escalator") and「玉」(''tama'', "ball")
|JapM=Portmanteau of「エスカレーター」(''esukarētā'', escalator) and「玉」(''tama'', ball)
|Ita=Sfera ascensore<ref>{{cite|title=''[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia]]''|page=78|language=Italian}}</ref>
|Ita=Sfera ascensore<ref>''[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia]]''; pag. 78</ref>
|ItaM=Lift sphere
|ItaM=Lift sphere
}}
}}

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