Editing Falling spike

{{species infobox
|image=[[File:SML2 Artwork - Falling Spike.png|160px]]<br>Artwork of a falling spike from ''[[Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins]]''
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario Land]]'' ([[List of games by date#1989|1989]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Mario vs. Donkey Kong (Nintendo Switch)|Mario vs. Donkey Kong]]'' ([[Nintendo Switch]]) ([[List of games by date#2024|2024]])
|variant_of=[[Spike Trap]]
|comparable=[[Falling block]]<br>[[Icicle]]
}}
'''Falling spikes'''<ref>{{cite|author=Stratton, Bryan|title=''Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2 Prima’s Official Strategy Guide''|page=50|date=February 26, 2002|quote='''FALLING SPIKES''' When you see yellow spikes along the ceiling, take a close look at them; some of them fall as you swim underneath. Falling spikes are a darker yellow, and they quiver before they fall.|publisher=[[Prima Games]]|isbn=0-7615-3913-1|language=en-us}}</ref><ref>{{cite|url=www.nintendo.co.jp/character/mario/archives/land2/?lang=en|title=English ''Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins'' entry on the official Mario Portal|publisher=nintendo.co.jp|accessdate=August 13, 2022|archive=archive.today/2022.08.13-135145/https://www.nintendo.co.jp/character/mario/archives/land2/?lang=en}}</ref> are [[Spike Trap|spike]]s that fall from ceilings, and were introduced in ''[[Super Mario Land]]''.
==History==
===''Super Mario'' series===
====''Super Mario Land''====
In ''[[Super Mario Land]]'', a lone falling spike appears in the [[Easton Kingdom]], specifically [[World 3-2 (Super Mario Land)|World 3-2]]. In comparison to later examples, this one moves rather slowly, and resembles a conjoined pair of stalactites. Many such stalactites appear on the ceiling of this stage, without falling. Even after this one falls, the stalactites appear to remain on the ceiling because its sprite is layered on top of the stalactites. In [[Hard Mode]], there are six in that level. Some of them are not layered on top of any stalactites so they leave gaps after falling.

====''Super Mario World''====
In ''[[Super Mario World]]'', falling spikes are found only in [[castle]]s and [[fortress]]es, and are typically grouped together with standard [[Spike Trap|spike]]s. They are slightly off-color compared to normal spikes. Unlike Icicles, falling spikes will remain on the ceiling until [[Mario]] or [[Luigi]] approach one, which will trigger it into falling, similar to a [[Thwomp]]. Once it falls, a falling spike will continue to fall through the floor until it disappears. If the player goes out of range and back again, the falling spike will return.

====''Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins''====
Falling spikes also appear in ''[[Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins]]'' in the [[Pumpkin Zone]]'s [[Bat Course|first]] and [[Pumpkin Zone Level 2|second]] levels. It behaves the same as in earlier games.

====''Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3''====
Falling spikes also appear in ''[[Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3]]'', in the level [[Bowser's Last Stand]]. While they act as they did in ''Super Mario World'', they look the same as normal spikes.

===''Yoshi's Story''===
In ''[[Yoshi's Story]]'', falling spikes appear in the fight against [[Baby Bowser]], where they only fall if hit by an [[Yoshi's Egg|egg]] or [[Bob-omb|Bob-bomb]]. By doing so, they can be used to damage Baby Bowser while he is riding one of the [[Ghost (Yoshi's Story)|ghost]]s. After falling, they grow back shortly afterward.

===''Mario vs. Donkey Kong''===
In ''[[Mario vs. Donkey Kong]]'', falling spikes get stuck on the floor after they fall when approached and then drill into the floor and soon regenerate on the ceiling after a few seconds, acting like a faster version of the [[icicle]]s from the [[Game Boy]] ''[[Donkey Kong (Game Boy)|Donkey Kong]]''. Mario and [[Mini Mario (toy)|Mini-Mario]] can use it as a platform. In the original, they are silent, whereas in the [[Mario vs. Donkey Kong (Nintendo Switch)|remake]], they produce a sound like the icicles.
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==Gallery==
<gallery>
KCDeluxe-SMLFallingSpike.png|Artwork from the ''[[Super Mario (Kodansha manga)|Super Mario]]'' Kodansha manga
FallingSpikeSML.png|Sprite from ''[[Super Mario Land]]''
FallingSpikes.png|Sprite from ''[[Super Mario World]]''
Falling Spike SML2 sprite.png|Sprite from ''[[Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins]]''
Story Falling spike.png|Sprite from ''[[Yoshi's Story]]''
MvsDK FallingSpike.png|Sprite from ''[[Mario vs. Donkey Kong]]''
</gallery>

==Additional names==
===Internal names===
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|file1=<tt>Model/SpikeFalling.bfres.zs</tt>
|name1=SpikeFalling
|meaning1=Falling Spike
}}

===Names in other languages===
{{foreign names
|Jap=落ちてくるトゲ<ref>{{cite|publisher=[[Shogakukan]]|date=2015|title=''Super Mario Bros. Hyakka: Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook'', ''Super Mario Land'' section|language=ja|page=48}}</ref><ref>{{cite|title=「任天堂公式ガイドブック　スーパーマリオワールド」 (''Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook – Super Mario World'')|language=ja|publisher=[[Shogakukan]]|page=93}}</ref>
|JapR=Ochitekuru Toge''
|Jap2=トゲ<ref>{{cite|publisher=Shogakukan|date=2015|title=''Super Mario Bros. Hyakka: Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook'', ''Super Mario World'' section|page=61|language=ja}}</ref>
|Jap2R=Toge
|Jap3=トゲック<ref>{{cite|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=14|publisher=Shogakukan|language=ja}}</ref>
|Jap3R=Togekku
|Jap4=スパイク<ref>[[Media:Mvsdk book i.jpg|''Mario vs. Donkey Kong'' Shogakukan book]]</ref>{{page needed}}
|Jap4R=Supaiku
|JapM=Falling Spike
|Jap2M=[[Spike Trap#Names in other languages|Spike]]
|Jap3M=From「棘」(''toge'', thorn) and possibly「チクチク」(''chiku-chiku'', bristling)
|Jap4M=Spike
|Fre=Pique chutant
|FreM=Falling Spike
|Fre2=Aiguillon 
|Fre2M=Sting
|Ita=Spuntoni cadenti<ref>{{cite|title=''[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia]]''|page=48}}</ref>
|Ita2=Spuntone cadente<ref>{{cite|title=''[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia]]''|page=61}}</ref>
|ItaM=Falling spikes<br>Falling spike
|SpaE=Pincho<ref>{{cite|url=www.guiasnintendo.com/1_GAMEBOY_ADVANCE/mario_vs_dk/mario_vs_dk_sp/welcome.html|title=Official ''Mario vs. Donkey Kong'' website|publisher=Guías Nintendo|language=es-es}}</ref>
|SpaEM=Spike
}}

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