Editing Falling Platform

{{merge to|Crumble Block|discuss=Talk:sand block}}
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|image=[[File:SMO Screenshot Falling Platform.jpg|200x200px]]<br>Screenshot from ''Super Mario Odyssey''
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario 3D Land]]'' ([[List of games by date#2011|2011]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Super Mario Odyssey]]'' ([[List of games by date#2017|2017]])
|comparable=[[Crumble Block]]<br>[[Donut Block]]
}}

'''Falling Platforms''',<ref>''The Art of Super Mario Odyssey'', page 141.</ref> also referred to as '''crumbling platforms'''<ref>{{cite|author=Esmarch, Nick van|title=''Super Mario 3D Land PRIMA Official Game Guide''|format=Premiere Edition|location=Roseville|publisher=[[Prima Games]]|date=2011|page=67, 110, 121, 162, 203|isbn=978-0-307-89386-4}}</ref> or '''crumbling walkways''',<ref>Walsh, Doug, and Epstein, Joe. ''Super Mario Odyssey'' Prima Official Guide. Pages 99, 100, 108, 133, and 153.</ref> are platforms in ''[[Super Mario 3D Land]]'' and ''[[Super Mario Odyssey]]''. When stood on, they visibly fracture and slowly descend before abruptly disappearing. They rematerialize in their original positions after a few seconds. Though similar to [[Donut Block]]s, Falling Platforms begin to fall as soon as the player character steps on them without means of stopping it. Regardless of game, Falling Platforms seem to be made out of unstable material, be it cracked rocks or rusted metal.

==History==
===''Super Mario 3D Land''===
[[File:SM3DL S4-5 3rd Star Medal.jpg|thumb|left|[[Boomerang Mario|Boomerang Luigi]] walking along crumbling platforms in Special 4-5]]
Crumbling platforms debut in ''Super Mario 3D Land'', in which they are all made of craggy stone. Most are rectangular prisms and the same size as the Donut Blocks in the game. They first appear in the desert-themed [[World 5-2 (Super Mario 3D Land)|World 5-2]], where [[Mario]] (or [[Luigi]]) must walk along them to reach the top of the [[Goal Pole]]. They also appear in [[World 8-5 (Super Mario 3D Land)|World 8-5]] between stretches of [[Red-Blue Panel]]s suspended in a cavern, rendering stable footing rare. Large cube-shaped ones appear in the final battle with [[Bowser]] in {{world link|8|bowser3d|World 8-Bowser: Part 2}}[[World 8-Bowser: Part 2|: Part 2]], where they alternate with stable ground up an incline. Crumbling platforms are more recurring in the special worlds, where they appear in large numbers in [[Special 1-2]], [[Special 4-5]], and [[Special 8-1]]. In Special 4-5, crumbling platforms are the only platforms available for much of the level.

===''Super Mario Odyssey''===
In ''Super Mario Odyssey'', Falling Platforms, also referred to as '''crumbling metal panels''',<ref>Walsh, Doug, and Epstein, Joe. ''Super Mario Odyssey'' Prima Official Guide. Page 153.</ref> '''collapsing platforms''',<ref name=Prima>Walsh, Doug, and Epstein, Joe. ''Super Mario Odyssey'' Prima Official Guide. Page 304.</ref> and '''fragile platforms''',<ref name=Prima/> are made of metal. In the [[Wooded Kingdom]], cautionary yellow stripes are painted along their tops. Falling Platforms are needed to climb the Crumbling Tower to obtain two [[Power Moon]]s, one of which requires Mario to bring an [[Uproot]] on this tower through these platforms. Falling Platforms in this kingdom slowly sink down upon contact before breaking in the air. Falling Platforms later reappear in the [[Metro Kingdom]], where they appear inside [[New Donk City Hall]]. Here, they are of a broader shape and uniform orange color. They also break faster. These objects also appear in the Vanishing Road [[sub-area]]s of the aforementioned kingdom and the [[Dark Side]].

Vibrant [[vanishing platform]]s similar to Falling Platforms appear during a Timer Challenge in the [[Luncheon Kingdom]], and giant [[moon platform|ones made of moon rocks]] appear in the [[Underground Moon Caverns]].

==Gallery==
<gallery>
SM3DL Final Bowser Part 1 W8.png|''[[Super Mario 3D Land]]''
Collapsing platform.png|''[[Super Mario Odyssey]]''
SMO Wooded Moon 17.png|''Super Mario Odyssey''
SMO Metro Coins W.png|''Super Mario Odyssey''
SMO Metro Moon 81.png|''Super Mario Odyssey''
</gallery>

==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jpn=落下床
|JpnR=Rakka Yuka
|JpnM=Falling Floor
|JpnN=''Super Mario 3D Land''
|JpnC=<ref>{{cite|author=Sakai, Kazuya (Ambit), kikai, Akinori Sao, Junko Fukuda, Kunio Takayama, and Ko Nakahara (Shogakukan), editors|date=2015|title=『[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|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]]』|publisher=[[Shogakukan]]|location=Tokyo|language=Japanese|page=186}}</ref>
|Jpn2=落下する足場
|Jpn2R=Rakka Suru Ashiba
|Jpn2M=Falling Foothold
|Jpn2N=''Super Mario Odyssey''
|Jpn2C=<ref>{{cite|author=Sakai, Kazuya, and kikai, editors|date=2018|title=『[[The Art of Super Mario Odyssey|スーバーマリオ オデッセイ 公式設定資料集]]』|language=ja|location=Tokyo|publisher=ambit|isbn=978-4-19-864696-7|page=141}}</ref>
}}

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