Editing Cloud Lift

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{{item infobox
|image=[[File:SMM2 Cloud Lift SM3DW icon.png|75px|]]<br>The Cloud Lift icon in ''[[Super Mario Maker 2]]''
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]'' ([[List of games by date#1988|1988]])
|latest_appearance=''[[The Super Mario Bros. Movie]]'' (2023)
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'''Cloud Lifts''', also simply called '''clouds''',<ref>''Nintendo Magazine System'' (AU) Issue #5, page 56.</ref><ref>Alan Averill and Jennifer Villarreal. ''Super Mario Sunshine: The Official Nintendo Player's Guide''. Redmond: Nintendo of America, 2002. p. 107. ISBN: 1-930206-23-2.</ref><ref>Nintendo. ''[https://www.nintendo.com/consumer/gameslist/manuals/Wii_Super_Mario_Galaxy.pdf Super Mario Galaxy Instruction Booklet]''. Redmond: Nintendo of America, 2007.</ref><ref>Catherine Browne. ''Super Mario Galaxy 2: PRIMA Official Game Guide''. Roseville: Random House Inc, 2010. p. 119. ISBN: 978-0-30746-907-6.</ref> are a type of [[Semisolid Platform]] that first appears in ''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]''. They are movable [[platform]]s in most games, except in ''[[Yoshi's Story]]'' and ''[[Super Mario Bros. Wonder]]'', where they are stationary.
==History==
===''Super Mario'' series===
====''Super Mario Bros. 3''====
[[File:SMB3 Cloud Lift.png|frame|left]]
In ''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]'', Cloud Lifts only appear in [[World 6-2 (Super Mario Bros. 3)|World 6-2]]. There, they move to the left and are the main mode of transportation in that [[level]].
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====''Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins''====
In ''[[Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins]]'', several clouds appear in the final [[level]] of the [[Tree Zone]], [[Final Boss: The Big Bird]]. These [[lift]]s have blinking eyes and simply move back and forth.

====''New Super Mario Bros. Wii''====
While Cloud Lifts do not appear in ''[[New Super Mario Bros. Wii]]'', [[Bouncy Cloud]]s that act as a substitute are introduced.

====''New Super Mario Bros. U'' / ''New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe''====
In ''[[New Super Mario Bros. U]]'', Cloud Lifts are long platforms that move to the right when initially landed on. Several of them appear in [[Land of Flying Blocks]].

====''New Super Luigi U''====
In ''[[New Super Luigi U]]'', only one Cloud Lift appears in the level [[Bowser Jr. Showdown]]. It works the same as it does in ''New Super Mario Bros. U''. [[Luigi]] and/or the others start the level jumping on top of it. It has an [[Arrow Sign]] on top of it, and it cannot be destroyed by the [[Mecha Hand]].

====''Super Mario 3D World'' / ''Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury''====
In ''[[Super Mario 3D World]]'' and ''[[Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury]]'', they are usually still, though some move horizontally or vertically. Some Cloud Lifts are invisible and can be seen only by [[Ground Pound|ground-pound]]ing near them or shaking the [[Wii U#Wii U GamePad|Wii U GamePad]].

====''Super Mario Maker 2''====
Cloud Lifts reappear in ''[[Super Mario Maker 2]]'', where they can be used exclusively in the ''Super Mario 3D World'' game style. They replace Lifts and [[Flimsy Lift]]s from the other game styles. Like Lifts and Flimsy Lifts, their length can be changed. They can move vertically or horizontally in all four cardinal directions.

===''Yoshi's Story''===
In ''[[Yoshi's Story]]'', Cloud Lifts are stationary platforms that come in large, medium, and small sizes. They are common floating objects in outdoor levels.

===''The Super Mario Bros. Movie''===
Cloud Lifts reappear in the [[Training Course (The Super Mario Bros. Movie)|Training Course]] in ''[[The Super Mario Bros. Movie]]''.
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===''Super Mario Bros. Wonder''===
In ''[[Super Mario Bros. Wonder]]'', Cloud Lifts have a smiling face design and are stationary, acting as wider versions of [[Cloud Block]]s. The large cloud used by the [[Lakitu trio]] looks like a big version of it.

==Gallery==
<gallery>
SML2 Sprite Cloud Lift.png|''[[Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins]]''
SMS Screenshot Cloud.png|''[[Super Mario Sunshine]]''
SMG Asset Model Cloud.png|''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]''
SMG Asset Model Gray Cloud.png|''Super Mario Galaxy''
SMG2 Screenshot Cloud.png|''[[Super Mario Galaxy 2]]''
SM3DW Cloud Lift.png|''[[Super Mario 3D World]]''
CloudBlockSMBW.png|''[[Super Mario Bros. Wonder]]''
SNW Promotional Image.jpg|Promotional image for [[Super Nintendo World]]
SNW Donkey Kong Country Play Wild.jpg|Super Nintendo World
SNW DKC Play Wild Artwork 1.jpg|Super Nintendo World
</gallery>

==Names in other languages==
{{Foreign names
|Jap=雲リフト
|JapR=Kumo Rifuto
|JapM=Cloud Lift
|Chi=云台 (Simplified)<br>雲台 (Traditional)
|ChiR=Yún Tái 
|ChiM=Cloud Platform
|Ger=Wolkenfloß
|GerM=Cloud Raft
|Ita=Piattaforma Nuvole mobile<ref>''[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia]]'', pag. 41</ref><br>Zattera di nuvole
|ItaM=Moving Cloud Platform<br>Cloud raft/Raft of clouds
|Fre=Plateforme nuage
|FreM=Cloud platform
}}

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