Editing Pole

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{{about|the recurring object|the [[capture|capturable]] object also appearing in Super Mario Odyssey|[[Pole (bollard)]]|the enemy from [[Wrecking Crew '98]]|[[Poles]]|the goal found at the end of many Mario levels|[[Goal Pole]]}}
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|image=[[File:SMG2 Pole.png|x150px]]<br>Screenshot from ''[[Super Mario Galaxy 2]]''
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario 64]]'' ([[List of games by date#1996|1996]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Super Mario Bros. Wonder]]'' ([[List of games by date#2023|2023]])
}}
'''Poles''' are objects appearing in several ''[[Super Mario (series)|Super Mario]]'' games. In nearly all games they appear in, the player can grab on to them and move up and down on them before [[jump]]ing off, though some poles leave the player incapable of performing a [[handstand]] on them.

==History==
===''Super Mario'' series===
====''Super Mario 64'' / ''Super Mario 64 DS''====
Poles first appear in ''[[Super Mario 64]]'' and [[Super Mario 64 DS|its remake]], where they appear in [[Dire, Dire Docks]], specifically during the mission [[Pole-Jumping for Red Coins]]. They are yellow-and-black objects attached to ceilings.

====''Super Mario Sunshine''====
Poles<ref name=guide>Alan Averill and Jennifer Villarreal. ''Super Mario Sunshine: The Official Nintendo Player's Guide''. Redmond: [[Nintendo of America]], 2002. p. 96. ISBN: 1-930206-23-2.</ref> return in ''[[Super Mario Sunshine]]'', appearing in the [[Delfino Airstrip]] and certain areas of [[Ricco Harbor]]. They behave as they did in ''Super Mario 64''.

====''New Super Mario Bros.''====
A single pole appears in ''[[New Super Mario Bros.]]'', specifically in {{world-link|3|castlen|World 3-Castle (New Super Mario Bros.)}} following the trio of [[Whomp]]s. It is striped yellow and white and behaves the same as in past installments.

====''Super Mario Galaxy''====
Poles also appear in ''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]'' as uncommon objects, most commonly appearing in [[Deep Dark Galaxy]]. They are more rectangular than in past games and thus allow the player to grab it only at four cardinal angles, but otherwise behave in the same way. There also exists another rare variety of pole that features a knob on its end, allowing the player to do a [[handstand]] on it.

====''New Super Mario Bros. Wii''====
Poles return in ''[[New Super Mario Bros. Wii]]'', behaving the same as in ''New Super Mario Bros.'', though they are now striped purple and white. They appear only in the second room of {{world-link|3|ghosthouse|World 3-Ghost House (New Super Mario Bros. Wii)}} and the [[World 8 (New Super Mario Bros. Wii)|World 8]] [[Enemy Course]] with five [[Lava Bubble]]s.

====''Super Mario Galaxy 2''====
Poles return in ''[[Super Mario Galaxy 2]]'', behaving exactly the same as in ''Super Mario Galaxy'', though only the plastic-textured aesthetic variety and the variety with the knob at the end appear. They mainly appear in the [[Honeybloom Galaxy]] and [[Melty Monster Galaxy]].

====''Super Mario 3D Land''====
Poles also appear in ''[[Super Mario 3D Land]]'', and they are present in a handful of [[level]]s, mainly [[World 8-2 (Super Mario 3D Land)|World 8-2]]. They again have the same traits as the plastic-textured variety in ''Super Mario Galaxy''.

====''New Super Mario Bros. 2''====
Poles return in ''[[New Super Mario Bros. 2]]'', having the same color scheme as in ''New Super Mario Bros.'' and otherwise behaving the same as in past installments. Only five appear in the second room of {{world-link|5|ghosthousen2|World 5-Ghost House (New Super Mario Bros. 2)}}.

====''New Super Mario Bros. U'' / ''New Super Luigi U'' / ''New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe''====
Poles return in ''[[New Super Mario Bros. U]]'' and ''[[New Super Luigi U]]'', having the same color scheme as in ''New Super Mario Bros. Wii'' and otherwise behaving the same as in past installments. They are much more common, appearing in the levels [[Haunted Shipwreck]], [[Which-Way Labyrinth]], [[Spinning Spirit House]], and {{world-link|coin|6|World Coin-6}} in the former and in the levels [[Haunted Cargo Hold]] and [[Porcupuffer Cavern]] in the latter.

====''Super Mario Odyssey''====
Poles return in ''[[Super Mario Odyssey]]'', featuring the same behavior as in ''Super Mario Galaxy'', though they now feature yellow and black stripes. They appear in [[New Donk City Hall Interior]], [[Shiveria Town]], and the [[Bullet Bill]] secret area in the [[Metro Kingdom]], and in the first section of the [[Darker Side]].

====''Super Mario Bros. Wonder''====
Poles return in ''[[Super Mario Bros. Wonder]]'', acting the same as in prior games and they are produced inside [[Pole Block]]s.

===Other appearances===
While poles themselves do not appear in ''[[Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury]]'', a similar [[Fling Pole|spring-loaded pole]] appears in various locations.

==Gallery==
<gallery>
MarioSlidingDown SM64.jpg|Artwork from ''[[Super Mario 64]]''
Mario64handstand.jpg|Artwork from ''Super Mario 64''
SM64 Asset Model Flagpole.png|Model from ''Super Mario 64''
SM64 Asset Model Pole.png|Model from ''Super Mario 64''
PoleJumpingForRedCoins.png|Screenshot from ''Super Mario 64''
SMS Asset Model Flagpole.png|Model from ''[[Super Mario Sunshine]]''
SMS Screenshot Pole.png|Screenshot from ''Super Mario Sunshine''
SMG Mario Pole Climbing Artwork.png|Artwork from ''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]''
SMG Asset Model Pole.png|Model from ''Super Mario Galaxy''
Disk Planets Top Side.png|Screenshot from ''Super Mario Galaxy''
SMG2 Screenshot Flagpole.png|Screenshot from ''[[Super Mario Galaxy 2]]''
SM3DL Screenshot Pole.jpg|Screenshot from ''[[Super Mario 3D Land]]''
NSMBU World Coin-6 Screenshot.png|Screenshot from ''[[New Super Mario Bros. U]]''
NSLU Porcupuffer Cavern Screenshot.jpg|Screenshot from ''[[New Super Luigi U]]''
SMO Metro Moon 48.png|Screenshot from ''[[Super Mario Odyssey]]''
SMO Snow Moon 14.png|Screenshot from ''Super Mario Odyssey''
</gallery>

==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jap=ポール<ref>Shogakukan. 2015. ''Super Mario Bros. Hyakka: Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook'', pages 92, 119, 137, 151, 171, 186, 201.</ref>
|JapR=Pōru
|JapM=Pole
|Jap2=のぼり棒<ref>Shogakukan. 2015. ''Super Mario Bros. Hyakka: Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook'', ''New Super Mario Bros. U'' section, page 216.</ref>
|Jap2R=Nobori Bō
|Jap2M=Climbable Pole
|SpaE=Poste
|SpaEM=Pole
|FreE=Perche
|FreEM=Pole
|Ita=Palo<ref>''[[Super Mario 64]]'' European manual, pag. 33</ref>
|Ita2=Sbarra<ref>''[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia]]'', pag. 92</ref>
|ItaM=Pole
|Ita2M=Bar
}}

==See also==
*[[Tree]]

==References==
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