Flimsy Lifts debut in Super Mario Bros. They are lifts that drop when the player stands on them, only to stop falling once the player gets off of them. Only seven appear in the entire game: one in the middle of World 3-3, four near the end of World 6-3, and two at the beginning of World 7-4.
Flimsy Lifts return in Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels, behaving exactly the same as in Super Mario Bros. This time, they first appear as early as World 1-2, and appear in every world thereafter, with the exception of Worlds 2 and 9.
Super Mario Bros. 3 / Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3[edit]
Flimsy Lifts return in Super Mario Bros. 3, appearing only in World 1-4. They behave mostly the same as the predecessors, except that they now move horizontally, and no longer stop moving when the player steps off of them.
In New Super Mario Bros., only two Flimsy Lifts appear in the entire game, specifically at the end of World 6-5. They behave the same as in Super Mario World and look the same as regular lifts.
Super Mario Maker / Super Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DS / Super Mario Maker 2[edit]
Flimsy Lifts appear as placeable course elements in Super Mario Maker, Super Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DS, and Super Mario Maker 2, behaving as they did in Super Mario World and New Super Mario Bros., though they are now given a bluish hue to properly differentiate them from regular Lifts. Placing wings on a Flimsy Lift makes it fall more slowly, and placing one on a track makes it act like a Rail Lift that remains stationary until the player lands on it.
In Yoshi's Island DS, a total of seven Flimsy Lifts appear in the final segment of the level Superhard Acrobatics. They behave the same as in Super Mario World.
* In version 1.20 or later • ** In version 1.30 or later • *** In version 1.40 or later • † Only in the Wii U version. • ‡ Only in the Nintendo 3DS version