Countdown Platform

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Not to be confused with Count-Lift or Dropdown Countdown 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 them. Because of this, the counter does not go down when the player has a Yoshi stand on them; it decreases only when the Yoshi steps off or jumps off them. If the weight on the scale is removed when the counter is at one, the platform 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. 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.

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

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  • Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island

    Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island

  • Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island

    Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island

  • Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island

    Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island

  • Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island

    Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island

  • Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island

    Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island

  • Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island

    Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island

  • Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island

    Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island

  • Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island

    Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island

  • Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island

    Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island

Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese カウントゆか[?]
Kaunto Yuka 		Count Floor
すうじのついたブロック[?]
Sūji no Tsuita Burokku 		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
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Blocks
Carryable blocks Crate • Crazed Crate • Glow Block • Grab Block • Ice Block • Mushroom Block • Propeller Block • Stone • White Block
Color Blocks Bomb Block (Mario vs. Donkey Kong 2: March of the Minis) • Fire Block • Magnetic Block • Pink Block
Destructible blocks Block (Super Mario 64) • Blue block (Wario Land 4) • Blue block (Wario: Master of Disguise) • Bob-omb Block • Bonfire Block • Breakable block • Brick Block • Brick wall • Brown block • Candy Block • Crate • Crystal Block • Domino block • Doughnut block • Enemy Block • Fiery block • Flame block • Fury Block • Ice Wall • Itodama Block • Jewel block • Mega Block • Metal Block • Pinball digital counter • Red block (Wario: Master of Disguise) • Rock Block • Rotating Block • Snow sculpture • Snowman Block • Soft rock • Soft sand • Stone Block • Watermelon block • Yellow Block
Dice Blocks 0-1 Dice Block • 1-10 Dice Block • 1-2-3 Dice Block • 1-2-3 Slow Dice Block • 4-5-6 Dice Block • Bowser Dice Block • Brawny Dice Block • Bronze Dice Block • Custom Dice Block • Cutie Dice Block • Cursed Dice Block • Double Dice • Flutter Dice Block • Friendly Dice Block • Gold Dice Block • Greedy Dice Block • Halfway Dice Block • Jumpy Dice Block • Minus Block • Plus Block • Reverse Dice Block • Risky Dice Block • Silver Dice Block • Slow Block • Slow Dice Block • Speed Block • Speedy Dice Block • Star Block • Super Bowser Dice Block • Super Dice Block • Triple 7 Dice Block • Triple Dice • Warp Dice Block • Wondrous Dice Block
Item blocks ! Block • ? Block • 3-Up Moon Block • 4-Bros. Random Block • 99 Block • Adult Shine Block • Assist Block • Attack Piece Block • Bead jar • Bonus ? Block • Bonus block • Bros. Block • Camera Block • Cap Block • Chance Cube • Chance wheel • Coin Block • Coin Box • Egg Block • Flying ? Block • Gold Block • Hidden Block • Hidden Block (Mario Party series) • Hidden Character Block • L Block • M Block • Mega ? Block • Nozzle box • P Block (Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam) • Rally Block • Random Block • Recovery block • Red Coin Block • Roulette Block • Roulette Coin Block • Shell block • Shine Block • Sliding block • Small Shine Block • Spiked ? Block • Square cloud • Super Block • Time Block • Warp Block (Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time)
Platform/floor blocks Arrow Block (Wario World) • Assembly Block • Atchi Muite Block • Backflip Block • Bike Pads • Blinking Block • Block (Pyoro) • Bomb Block (Wario Land: Shake It!) • Boost Block • Cascading Stone • Cloud Block • Countdown Platform • Dash Block • Donut Block • Drop Block • Dropdown Countdown Lift • Dropping lift • Electricity Block • Expansion Block • Face block (platform) • Flip block • Fūsen Block • Ground • Hourglass Block • Ice Block • Ice Snake Block • Invisible/flashing block • Lift Block • Light-Up-Lift • Long Jump Block • Marimba Block • Marshmallow Block • Moving block • Music Block • Nebaneba Block • Note Block • Pause Block • Power Meter Block • Push-Block • Rotating Block • Sand block • Skull Platform • Slow Block • Snake Block • Spike Block • Spin Block (Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga) • Spin Block (New Super Mario Bros.) • Spring-Up • Squishy block • Starting blocks • Stretch Block • Super Note Block • Surprise Ball • Tile • Track Block • Trampoline Block • Triangular Block • Vanishing Block • Vanishing platform
Switch Blocks ! Switch • ? Switch • 3-2-1 Block • Arrow block • Blue Coin Block • Cap Switch • Certainty Switch • Character Switch • Control Block • Face Block (switch) • Gray P Switch • Kamek Block • Laser Block • Light-Switch • Luigi Block • ON/OFF Switch • P Panel • P Switch • Pole Block • Simu-Block • Star Switch • Switch (Wario Land II) • Switch Block (Super Mario 3D World) • Tatami Block • Timer switch
Toggleable blocks ! Block • Color Block • Dotted-Line Block • Flip-Flop Block • Kaeru Block • P Block • Red Block • Shake block • Switch Block (Mario & Wario) • Timer Block • Uncertain Block
Power-ups Cannon Box • Coin Box • Command Block • Copy Block • Gold Block • Light Box • Propeller Box • Unfurl Block • Vacuum Block
Living blocks Blitty • Blockhopper • Blokkablok • Brock (Brickle · Britchard · Britta · Broque Madame · Broque Monsieur) • Broggy • Dark Block • Fake Block • Ghost Block • Hot-Hot Rock • Message Block • Partrick • Pile Driver Micro-Goomba
Miscellaneous 2D block • Anywhere POW • Arrow Cloud • Aurora Block • Block Buster • Bowser Jr. Block • Checkpoint block • CLEAR • Coin counter • Empty Block • Hard Block • Magnet Block • Mystery Box • POW Block • Race Block • Red POW Block • Save Block • Shop Block • Spike Trap • Star Block • Super Guide Block • Super Warp Block • Unbreakable block • Warp Block • Warp Box • Yoshi Block
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Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island / Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3
Characters Yoshis • Baby Mario • Baby Luigi • Baby Bowser • Kamek • Stork • Poochy • Huffin Puffin • Liquid lift • Melon Bug • Muddy Buddy • Support Ghost
Worlds Welcome To Yoshi's Island • World 1 • World 2 • World 3 • World 4 • World 5 • World 6
Items Regular items Blue watermelon • Coin • Green Shell • Green watermelon • Key • Red coin • Red Shell • Red watermelon • Special Flower • Star • Super Star • Yoshi's egg (Flashing Egg · Giant Egg · Red Egg · Yellow Egg)
Special Items 10-Point Star • 20-Point Star • Anytime Egg • Anywhere POW • Magnifying Glass • Super Blue Watermelon • Super Green Watermelon • Super Red Watermelon • Winged Cloud Maker
Objects ! Block • Arrow block • Arrow Cloud • Balloon (Mini Battle) • Balloon (platform) • Beanstalk • Breakable block • Bubble • Bucket • Chomp Rock • Coin Block • Countdown Platform • Cracked block • Current • Donut Lift • Dotted-Line Block • Egg Block • Egg Plant • Expansion Block • Falling stone block • Flatbed Ferry • Flipper • Goal Ring • Ice Block • Icicle • Makeshift surfboard • Message Block • Middle Ring • Morph bubble • Moving block • Paddle wheel • Pinwheel • Post • Pot • POW Block • Red-and-yellow bridge • Red balloon • Rolling rock • Ski Lift • Snowball • Soft rock • Spinning Log • Spinning wheel • Spotted platform • Spring ball • Squishy block • Switch • Teeter-totter • Tulip • Tumbler • Warp Pipe • Winged Cloud • Yoshi Block
Bosses Burt the Bashful • Salvo the Slime • Bigger Boo • Roger the Potted Ghost • Froggy • Naval Piranha • Marching Milde • Hookbill the Koopa • Sluggy the Unshaven • Raphael the Raven • Tap-Tap the Red Nose • Baby Bowser • Big Baby Bowser
Enemy classes Edibilis Boringus • Harrassimentia Phlyoverus • Projectilia Ritebakatchia • Ucantia Defeatus • Dudim Phreykunoutonthis • Mostosti Vomitonus
Enemies Aqua Lakitu • Bandit • Baron von Zeppelin • Barney Bubble • Beach Koopa • Big Boo • Blow Hard • Boo Balloon • Boo Blah • Boo • Boo Guy • Boo Man Bluff • Bouncing Bullet Bill • Bowling Goonie • Bubble Dayzee • Bullet Bill • Bumpty • Burt • Cactus Jack • Caged Ghost • Chain Chomp • Clawdaddy • Cloud Drop • Coin Bandit • Crazee Dayzee • Dancing Spear Guy • Dangling Ghost • Dizzy Dandy • Dr. Freezegood • Eggo-Dil • Fang • Fat Guy • Fishing Lakitu • Flamer Guy • Flightless Goonie • Flightless Skeleton Goonie • Flopsy Fish • Fly Guy • Flying Wiggler • Frog Pirate • Fuzzy • Gargantua Blargg • Georgette Jelly • Goomba • Goonie • Green Glove • Green Toady • Grim Leecher • Grinder • Grunt • Gusty • Harry Hedgehog • Hefty Goonie • Hootie the Blue Fish • Hot Lips • Incoming Chomp • Itsunomanika Heihō • Jean de Fillet • Kaboomba • Kamek • Kamek's Toadies • Koopa Troopa • Lakitu • Lantern Ghost • Lava Bubble • Lava Drop • Little Mouser • Little Skull Mouser • Loch Nestor • Lunge Fish • Mace Guy • Mace Penguin • Milde • Missile Billa • Mock Up • Mufti Guy • Needle • Nep-Enut • Nipper Plant • Nipper Spore • Para-Koopa • Piro Dangle • Piscatory Pete • Pokey • Preying Mantas • Puchipuchi L • Raven • Raven (chick) • Red Blargg • Relay Heihō • Sanbo Flower • Shark Chomp • Shy-Guy • Shy-Guy on Stilts • Skeleton Goonie • Slime • Slime Drop • Slugger • Sluggy • Snifit • Solo Toady • Spear Guy • Spiked Fun Guy • Spooky • Spray Fish • Stretch • Tap-Tap • Tap-Tap the Golden • Thunder Lakitu • Train Bandit • Wall Lakitu • Whirly Fly Guy • Wild Piranha • Wild Ptooie Piranha • Woozy Guy • Zeus Guy
Obstacles Ball 'N' Chain • Ball and chain • Cannonball • Fire-Bar • Lava • Spike • Spiked ball • Spiked weight • Thorn • Turtle Cannon
Mini Battles Gather Coins • Popping Balloons • Throwing Balloons • Watermelon Seed Spitting Contest
Bonus Challenges Flip Cards • Scratch and Match • Drawing Lots • Match Cards • Roulette • Slot Machine
Miscellaneous Countdown Timer • Yoshi's Island
Further info Gallery (SNES · GBA) • Glitches • Mario Bros.a • Media • Pre-release and unused content • Staff (SNES · GBA) • Super Mario: Yossy Island Original Sound Version
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Yoshi's Island DS
Characters Yoshis • Star children (Baby Mario · Baby Luigi · Baby Peach · Baby DK · Baby Wario · Baby Bowser · Baby Yoshi) • Kamek • Kamek's Toadies • Kangaroo • Stork
Worlds World 1 • World 2 • World 3 • World 4 • World 5
Items Character coin • Coin • Flower • Giant Egg • Key • Red coin • Star • Super Star • Yoshi's Egg
Objects Arrow block • Arrow wheel • Bucket • Countdown Platform • Donut platform • Egg Plant • Flimsy Lift • Goal roulette • Message Block • Middle Ring • Mine Cart • Morph bubble • Number Ball • Paddle wheel • Rough platform • Soft rock • Spring ball • Stilts • Stork Stop • Tulip • Winged Cloud
Bosses Big Burt Bros. • Gilbert the Gooey • Hector the Reflector • Big Bungee Piranha • Bessie Bass • Priscilla the Peckish • Six-Face Sal • Big Guy the Stilted • Moltz the Very Goonie • Baby Bowser • Bowser • Giant Bowser
Enemies and obstacles Bandit • Bill Blaster • Big Boo • Blargg • Blooper • Blow Hard • Boo • Boss Bass • Bouncy • Boo Guy • Bullet Bill • Bumpty • Bungee Piranha • Burt Brother • Cascading Stone • Cheep Cheep • Chomp • Cloud Drop • Crabble • Crazee Dayzee • Dancing Spear Guy • Debull • Dizzy Dandy • Drool Hard • Egg-enut • Eggo-Dil • Fang • Fat Guy • Fleeper • Flightless Goonie • Flightless Skeleton Goonie • Flopsy Fish • Fly Guy • Gargantua Blargg • Gargantua Blargg (tall) • Glide Guy • Gobblin • Gooey Goon • Goonie • Green Glove • Gusty • Hanging Blow Hard • Hot Lips • Incoming Chomp • Invisighoul • Item Balloon • Itsunomanika Heihō • Koopa Troopa • Lakitu • Lantern Ghost • Lunge Fish • Nep-Enut • Nipper Dandelion • Nipper Plant • Nipper Spore • Para-Koopa • Petal Guy • Piranha Plant • Pirate Guy • Podoboo • Pointey • Pokey • Polterpiranha • Potted Ghost • Rocket Guy • Sanbo Flower • Scorchit • Shark Chomp • Shy Guy • Shy Guy on Stilts • Shy Stack • Skeleton Goonie • Slugger • Snap Jaw • Spear Guy • Spiked weight • Spinning Spikes • Spray Fish • Super Big Tap-Tap • Tap-Tap • Thorn • Toober Guy • Ukiki • Unshelled Koopa • Wall Lakitu • Wild Ptooie Piranha • Windbag • Woozy Guy
Bonus Challenges Flip Cards • Scratch and Match • Match Cards • Roulette • Slot Machine
Minigames Tulip Shooter • Flutter Challenge • Bouncy Maze • Speed-Eater • Egg Toss
Miscellaneous Countdown Timer • Gallery • Pre-release and unused content • Staff • Yoshi's Egg Toss • Yoshi's Island
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Yoshi's New Island
Protagonists Playable characters Yoshis
Allies Baby Mario • Mr. Pipe • Poochy
Other Baby Luigi • Stork • Blarggwich • Blarggwich (sandwich) • Mario
Worlds World 1 • World 2 • World 3 • World 4 • World 5 • World 6
Items and objects ! Block • ! Switch • Arrow block • Arrow Cloud • Arrow wheel • Binoculars • Blue watermelon • Bucket • Checkpoint Ring • Chomp Rock • Coin • Conveyor Belt • Countdown Platform • Crate • Donut Block • Egg Block • Egg Medal • Egg Plant • Expansion Block • Flatbed Ferry • Flipper • Flutter Wings • Goal Ring • Hidden Coin • Item Balloon • Key • Leaf platform • Mega Eggdozer • Message Block • Metal Eggdozer • Paddle Platform • Post • Red coin • Red watermelon • Red Yoshi Star • Rough platform • Seesaw • Smiley Flower • Snowball • Spring Ball • Star • Tatami Block • Tulip • Warp Pipe • Watermelon • Whirly Gate • Winged Cloud • Wobble Rock • Yoshi egg (Flashing Egg · Red Egg · Yellow Egg) • Yoshi Star
Bosses Mid-boss Kamek
World bosses Big Beanie • Count Fang • King Clawdaddy • Furious Fred de Fillet • Punkey the Pokey Prince • Baby Bowser • Mega Baby Bowser • Bowser • Mega Bowser
Enemies Bandit • Bill Blaster • Blargg • Blooper • Blow Hard • Boo • Boo Blah • Boo Guy • Bouncing Bullet Bill • Bowling Goonie • Bubble Dayzee • Bullet Bill • Bumpty • Caged Ghost • Cheep Cheep • Chomp Shark • Clawdaddy • Cloud Drop • Coin Bandit • Crazee Dayzee • Dancing Spear Guy • Dangling Ghost • Deep Cheep • Dizzy Dandy • Door Heihō • Dr. Freezegood • Eggo-Dil • Fake Yoshi • Fang • Fire Wanwan Dosun • Fishin' Lakitu • Flightless Goonie • Flightless Skeleton Goonie • Flutter • Fly Guy • Gargantua Blargg • Goomba • Goonie • Grim Leecher • Grunt • Gusty • Harry Hedgehog • Hefty Goonie • Hootie the Blue Fish • Hot Lips • Itsunomanika Heihō • Jean de Fillet • Kaboomba • Kamek's Toadies • Koopa Paratroopa • Koopa Troopa • Lakitu • Lantern Ghost • Lava Drop • Little Mouser • Little Skull Mouser • Loch Nestor • Lunge Fish • Mace Guy • Mame-san • Mega Guy • Mega Kantera • Metal Guy • Milde • Nep-Enut • Nipper Plant • Nipper Spore • Petal Guy • Piranha Plant • Piro Dangle • Pokey • Pokey (heading) • Pokey (projectile) • Preying Mantas • Puchipuchi L • Pyro Guy • Raphael the Raven • Raven • Raven (chick) • Relay Heihō • Sanbo Flower • Shy Guy • Skeleton Goonie • Slime • Slime Drop • Solo Toady • Snifit • Spear Guy • Spiny Egg • Spray Fish • Stilt Guy • Tap-Tap • Tap-Tap the Golden • Tetu Kantera • Thunder Lakitu • Tree Heihō • Ukiki • Wall Lakitu • Whirly Fly Guy • Woozy Guy • Zeus Guy
Minigames Ground-Pound Pop • Tulip Toss • Flutter Fortune • Enemy Eat-Off • Eggy Pop • Flutter Finish
Other Countdown Timer • Media • Message Block hints • Pre-release and unused content • Quotes
Related Play Nintendo activities:
Are you an expert Yoshi-ologist? • Can’t-miss games • Yoshi's New Island Match-Up
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Yoshi's Woolly World / Poochy & Yoshi's Woolly World
Protagonists Playable characters Yoshis • Poochyb
Allies Bouncy • Fluffin' Puffin • Gold Lakitub • Poochy • Poochy Pupb
Locations Worlds World 1 • World 2 • World 3 • World 4 • World 5 • World 6 • Wonderful World of Wool (★-S)
Other amiibo Hut • Boss Tent • Craft Island • Poochy Hutb • Scrapbook Theater • Yoshi Hut • Yoshi Theaterb
Items and objects Accordion wall • Arrow wheel • Bead • Bead jar • Bow • Cannon bobbin • Checkpoint • Chomp Rock • Countdown Platform • Egg Plant • Fire watermelon • Flipper • Goal Ring • Heart • Ice watermelon • Invincibility Egg • Item Balloon • Key • Mobile • Paddle Platform • Pencil Patchb • Post • Power Badge • Present Box • Seesaw • Smiley Flower • Spring Ball • Stamp Patcha • Transformation Door • Warp Pipe • Watermelon • Winged Cloud • Wonder Wool • Yarn ball • Yarn Basket
Mini-bosses Big Montgomery • Knot-Wing the Koopa
Bosses Burt the Bashful • Bunson the Hot Dog • Miss Cluck the Insincere • Naval Piranha • Snifberg the Unfeeling • Kamek • Baby Bowser • Mega Baby Bowser
Enemies Bill Blaster • Bomb Guy • Boo Guy • Bull's-Eye Bill • Bullet Bill • Bullet Bill Patch • Bumpty • Burrbert • Burt • Cheep Cheep • Clawdaddy • Fang • Flightless Goonie • Flightless Skeleton Goonie • Flooff • Fluffy Phantom • Fly Guy • Fooly Flower • Frame Boo • Frame Chomp • Gargantua Blargg • Goonie • Gusty • Hook Guy • Hot Dog • Ice Snifit • Koopa Paratroopa • Koopa Troopa • Lakitu • Lava Drop • Li'l Smooch Spider • Little Mouser • Lunge Fish • Miss Cluck • Monty Mole • Monty Mole Patch • Nep-Enut • Nipper Plant • Nipper Spore • Nipper Spore Patch • Peeply • Pharaoh Guy • Piranha Plant • Pokey Pom • Ruffin' Tumble • Ruffin' Tumble Patch • Shell Patch • Shy Guy • Shy Guy Tower • Skeleton Goonie • Smooch Spider • Snag-Stitch • Snifit • Snoot • Snow Guy • Spray Fish • Stalking Piranha Plant • Stilt Guy • Tap-Tap • Wall Lakitu • Wik • Wild Ptooie Piranha • Woollet Bill • Woozy Guy
Miscellaneous Bonus Gamea • Poochy Dashb • Pre-release and unused content • Staff (3DS) • Stampsa • Yoshi designs • Yoshi's Woolly World: Adventure Guide (Super Cool Jake)
a Exclusive to Yoshi's Woolly World
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