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A vector graphic of two arrows, one red and one blue, pointing away from one another, with a purple and white circle in the middle. It has been suggested that this article be split into floor (platform), floor (ground). (discuss)
This article is about the flat surfaces that first appeared in Mario Bros. For other uses, see Floor (disambiguation).
Floor
Artwork of floor with a red fireball from the Famicom version of Mario Bros. It emulates the sprite work of the game.
Artwork from the Famicom version of Mario Bros. for the Famicom 40th Anniversary
First appearance Mario Bros. (1983)
Latest appearance WarioWare: Move It! (2023)
Variants

Floors[1][2] are horizontal surfaces in the Mario Bros. arcade game and its various ports. They have subsequently appeared in contexts alluding to Mario Bros. in the franchise, as well as independent platforms in the mainline Super Mario series. Player characters can jump into blue floors (also called platforms)[3] from below to bend or dislodge individual segments, stunning or defeating any enemy standing on top, while the red floor (also called the ground)[3] is composed of bricks and serves as stable footing above the water. The gameplay mechanic of floors has subsequently become incorporated into other games in the franchise and has become a staple of their platformers, most notably through ? Blocks and Brick Blocks.

History[edit]

Mario Bros.[edit]

Mario Bros.
Screenshot of Mario Bros.

Floors appear as the main platforms used in Mario Bros. While they function as normal platforms when the player stands on them, the player can also bump blue floors from below to stun enemies and collect coins on the place where the platform was bumped. Their appearance changes depending on the phase, and there are also slippery and invisible versions. On the edges of the upper and bottom floors are pipes where enemies and coins enter and exit the phase, respectively.

Floors reprise their roles in the various in-game ports of Mario Bros., including the battle mode in Super Mario Bros. 3, the Battle Game in Super Mario All-Stars, the remake in the Super Mario Advance games and Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga, and the game Luigi Bros. in Super Mario 3D World and its Nintendo Switch port.

Super Mario series[edit]

Super Mario Bros. 3 / Super Mario All-Stars[edit]

In the Mario Bros.–inspired Battle Mode of Super Mario Bros. 3, floors[4] return as footholds. The blue floors make up the broad platforms that the player must hit from below to defeat the enemies on top. Unlike the original arcade game or its Famicom conversion, blue floors are segmented and interacted with similarly to normal blocks found in the courses: striking a segment nudges it upward, but not the segments it is continuous with. The direction the enemy flips still depends on Mario or Luigi's position relative to the enemy rather than either to the block. Red floors are now colored orange in the NES version and green in the SNES and GBA versions, although different red brick floors appear in the final level.

New Super Mario Bros.[edit]

World 8-6 (New Super Mario Bros.) in the game New Super Mario Bros.
Floors in World 8-6 of New Super Mario Bros.

Orange floors appear in New Super Mario Bros., behaving the same as blue floors their debut game. They appear in World 2-2 and World 8-6.

New Super Mario Bros. U / New Super Luigi U / New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe[edit]

Red and white platforms[5] appear in New Super Mario Bros. U, New Super Luigi U, and their enhanced port. They act similarly to the previous orange floors. Red and white platforms appear in Screwtop Tower, Shifting-Floor Cave, and World Coin-2 in New Super Mario Bros. U and in Sumo Bro's Spinning Tower in New Super Luigi U.

The platforms in the Boss Sumo Bro's battle area can be used to stun it as it falls on its back, leaving its stomach vulnerable, and to ground-pound it to cause damage to the large Sumo Brother,

Super Smash Bros. series[edit]

Floors appear in the Super Smash Bros. series in the Mario Bros. stage introduced in Super Smash Bros. Brawl and returning in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. They function the same as in the original arcade game. Bumping the blue floor while an opponent is on top bumps them into the air with no damage taken.

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Naming[edit]

Internal names[edit]

Game File Name Meaning

New Super Mario Bros. U content/Common/actor/mario_brothers_yuka.szs mario_brothers_yuka Mario Brothers Floor

Names in other languages[edit]

LanguageNameMeaningNote(s)Ref.
Japaneseマリオブラザーズ床
Mario Burazāzu Yuka		Mario Brothers Floor[6]
フロア
Furoa		FloorMario Bros.[7]
床ゆか
Yuka		Mario Bros., Super Mario Bros. 3, Super Mario All-Stars[8][9][10][11]
ブロック
Burokku		Block; referring to an individual segmentSuper Mario Bros. 3[12]
ItalianBloccoBlock[13][14]
PavimentoFloorMario Bros. (ATARI 2600), Super Mario Advance series[15][16]
Piattaforma rossa e biancaRed and white platformNew Super Mario Bros. U[17]
PiattaformaPlatformNES Classic Edition[18][19]
Pavimento Mario Bros.Mario Bros. floorSuper Mario Bros. Encyclopedia[20]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "1 hit flips it over!! Only when touching floor!!" – 1983. Mario Bros. Fighterfly in-game demonstration. Nintendo (English).
  2. ^ 1983. Mario Bros. back flyer. Nintendo of America Inc. (English).
  3. ^ a b Rocha, Garitt, and Nick von Esmarch (November 11, 2016). Playing With Power: Nintendo NES Classics. Prima Games (American English). ISBN 9780744017779. Page 53.
  4. ^ 1990. Super Mario Bros. 3 Instruction Booklet (PDF). Redmond: Nintendo of America. Page 28.
  5. ^ Screwtop It Up video description in New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe.
  6. ^ Sakai, Kazuya (Ambit) et al. (October 19, 2015). Super Mario Bros. Hyakka: Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook, Super Mario Sunshine section. Shogakukan (Japanese). ISBN 978-4-09-106569-8. Page 119 and 217.
  7. ^ 1983. 『マリオブラザーズ』back flyer. Nintendo Co., Ltd. (Japanese).
  8. ^ 1983. 『マリオブラザーズ 遊び方』(cabinet instruction card). Nintendo Co., Ltd. (Japanese). No furigana.
  9. ^ 1983. 『マリオブラザーズ 取扱説明書』(Family Computer) (PDF). Kyoto: Nintendo Co., Ltd. (Japanese). Page 7 and 8. No furigana.
  10. ^ Nintendo Co., Ltd. (1988). 『スーパーマリオブラザーズ3 取扱説明書』 (PDF). Tokyo: Nintendo Co., Ltd. (Japanese). Page 27.
  11. ^ Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten. Shogakukan (Japanese). Page 178.
  12. ^ November 20, 1994. 「パーフェクト版 マリオキャラクター大事典」(Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten). Shogakukan (Japanese). ISBN 4-09-259067-9. Page 149.
  13. ^ «Se salti sopra al tuo avversario o colpisci da sotto il blocco su cui si trova, questo farà cadere un'eventuale carta in suo possesso.» – 2010. Super Mario All-Stars - Edizione 25° anniversario manuale di istruzioni. Nintendo of Europe (Italian). Page 20.
  14. ^ «Colpisci i blocchi sotto le tartarughe e i granchi per capovolgerli!» – description for Mario Bros. (3 Nov. 2023). WarioWare: Move It! by Intelligent Systems. Nintendo (Italian).
  15. ^ «Per sbarazzarsi di una bestiolina sul pavimento, colpite il pavimento direttamente sotto la bestiolina per buttarla a zampe all'aria» – 1988. Mario Bros. (ATARI 2600) multilanguage booklet. Nintendo (Italian). Page 5.
  16. ^ «Per capovolgere i nemici colpisci il pavimento sotto di loro. Quando sono capovolti, calciali fuori dallo schermo per eliminarli.» – 2001. Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2 instruction booklet. Nintendo of Europe (Italian). Page 118.
  17. ^ New Super Mario Bros. U - Sfide: Su con le viti (Wii U)
  18. ^ «Ribalta i nemici colpendo dal basso la piattaforma sulla qual si trovano, poi tira loro un calcio per eliminarli.» – Mario Bros. e-manual. Nintendo of Europe (Italian). Tab 3.
  19. ^ «I nemici escono dai tubi nella parte superiore dello schermo e li puoi eliminare colpendo la piattaforma sotto di loro e dando poi loro un calcio.» – Super Mario Bros. 3 e-manual. Nintendo of Europe (Italian). Tab 7.
  20. ^ November 15, 2018. Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia. Magazzini Salani (Italian). ISBN 889367436X. Page 119 and 217.
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Platforms
Solid platforms Accordion-like platform • Automated elevator • Ball on chains • Balloon Elevator • Beach Ball • Bike Pads • Boat (Delfino Plaza) • Bocci Ball • Bone • Bone bridge • Cactus • Cactus box • Clock hand • Cascading Stone • Clockwork Block • Cog • Conveyor Belt • Coral • Cosmic block • Crumble Block • Cymbals • Daikon • Dash Block • Drawbridge • Drum • Escalator • Falling Platform • Falling spike • Ferris wheel • Flip Panel • Flipswitch Panel • Floating corn • Floating couch • Floating crate • Fossilized dragon • Flower Road • Floor • Gear (Super Mario Odyssey) • Gelatin • Giant Swing • Goo • Grate • Green panel • Green platform • Ground • Hammer Pendulum • Hard Block • Heavy Zed • Hexagon • Hill • Ice • Icicle (Huge Icicle) • Invisible walkway • Iron Block • Island • Jelly • Kanaami road • Keyhole Pedestal • Large shell • Launch Fit • Leaf Platform • Lift Block • Lift platform • Light-Up-Lift • Log • Magnet Ground • Magnet Platform • Magnet Rod • Makeshift surfboard • Mienai Ashiba • Mirror • Moon platform • Movable cover • Moving Rail • Oseru Ashiba • Pan Platform • Picture block • Pokey Block • Propeller Pillar • Push-Block • Pyramid platform • Puzzle piece • Raft • Rainbow Cruiser • Red and blue blocks • Red balloon • Red-and-yellow bridge • Red-Blue Panel • Rhythm Floor • Rippling Floor • Rising pillar • Rising Stone Pillar • Rolling log • Rotating bar • Rotating bridge • Rotating building • Rotating disc • Rotating platform • Rotating platform (Super Mario Odyssey) • Rotating square • Rough platform • Sand tide • Seesaw Fit • Seesaw Log Bridge • Shifting wall • Shifty Platform • Shy Guy Block • Slingshroom • Snow bank • Snowball • Spinning block (Super Mario Odyssey) • Spinning disc • Spinning Log • Spinning saucepan • Spring Platform • Square • Squid Fit • Squishy block • Starshroom • Stove • Stump • Swaying platform • Swing • Swing (Super Mario Sunshine) • Swinging Scaffolding • Swirly Slab • Switchboard • Tapering platform • Teeter-totter • Teeter-totter moon • Tile • Tub • Tumbling barrel • Turning Floor • Ugoku Ashiba • Unbreakable block • Uneru ashiba • Vanishing platform • Venus Trap Platform • Volcano (World 2-B) • Wheel • Wobble Rock • Wobbly platform • Xylophone • Yellow square • Yoshi Platform • Zip Track
Semisolid Platforms 15-Piece Puzzle • Balloon • Bean Platform • Bridge • Bouncy Cloud • Chandelier (platform) • Cloud Block • Cliff • Countdown Platform • Downpour Cloud • Dropping lift • Elevator Platform • Floating island platform • Floor (Wrecking Crew series) • Flower • Girder • Hip Tree • Hot Air Balloon • Jump-over cloud • Manhole • Magic carpet • Mobile • One-Way Wall • Purple Conveyor • Red Girder • Rising note • Rocking Platform • Rocky wall • Rolled-up carpet • Sand Geyser • Seesaw • Shrinking platform • Soft sand • Spine Coaster • Spinning Platform • Spring platform • Totchī • White Block • Witch's Cauldron • Yellow ledge
Lifts Akatō Lift • Arrow lift (New Super Mario Bros. series) • Arrow Lift (Super Mario 64) • Arrow Lift (Yoshi series) • Bell-shaped contraption • Blarggwich (sandwich) • Bolt Lift • Bone lift • Bone Lift (Super Mario Land 2 - 6 Golden Coins) • Bone Lift (Super Mario Bros. Wonder) • Cloud Lift • Count-Lift • Cross Lift • Diagonal platform • Directional Lift • Disappearing platform • Donut Block • Dropdown Countdown Lift • Elevator block • Elevator lift • Eye Beamer • Flimsy Lift • Floating barrel • Floating platform • Flying Platform • Ghost-coaster • Hinged device • Hip Drop Move Lift • Ice platform • Lava Lift • Leaping lid • Limited Lift (Remote-Control) • Linking Lift • Liquid lift • Moving block • Multi-Vator • Paddle Platform • Pendulum Platform • Pinwheel • Platform wheel • Propeller Lift • Propeller Lift (Super Mario Land 2 - 6 Golden Coins) • Propeller Platform • Puffy Lift • Pump Lift • Remote-Control Platform • Remote-Controlled Lift • Raft (New Super Mario Bros. 2) • Rotary Lift • Rotating Panel • Scale Lift • Screwtop Lift • Segmented platform • Single Swing Lift • Ski Lift • Sky Move Lift • Slide Lift • Star Lift • Switch-Lift • Tilt Lift • Transparent Platform • Triple Swing Lift • White box • Wire Net Platform • Work Elevator • Zipline lift
Mushroom Platforms Moving Mushroom • Mushroom Trampoline • ON/OFF Trampoline • Piston Lift • Screwtop Shroom • Seesaw Shroom (blue) • Sinking and Rising Mushrooms • Stretch Shroom • Tilting mushroom
Trampolines Blue Spring • Bouncy Cloud • High Spring • Jump-over cloud • Long Spring • Shikaku Trampoline • Super Spring • Triangoline
Living platforms Ancient Dragon • Balloon Bully • Bloopad • Bomp • Darkmess Manta • Dolphin • Dorrie • Dragon • Fairy Board • Flomp • Futamogu • Ganchan • Ghost Rider • Ghost Stream • Giant sunflower • Goonie • Hippo (Donkey Kong Country Barrel Maze) • Jumbo Ray • Konk (Wonder Konk) • Liftoglobin • Mega Mole • Mega Wiggler • Neuron • Para-Beetle (Heavy Para-Beetle) • Pokey Block • Robot turtle • Sand Bird • Seagull • Shoomp (Big Shoomp) • Shy Guy Block • Snake (Wario Land 3 • Yoshi's Story) • Stumper • Togēba • Turtle (Wario Land series) • Whale • Whomp • Worm (Super Mario Galaxy)
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Mario Bros.
Characters Mario • Luigi
Items and objects ? Blockb • ? Kinokoc • Cardb • Coin • Eggd • Fish Skeletond • Floor • Garbage cand • Heartd • Koopa Shelld • Ladderb • POW Block • Starmand • Super Mushroomc • Wafera
Enemies and obstacles Booc • Bowserd • Fighter Fly • Fireball • Ice • Icicle • Koopac • Shellcreeper • Sidestepper • Slipice • Spinybcd
Music and sound effects "Coin" • "Game Start" • "Ocean Loader 2"e • "Title BGM" • "Bros. Battle"bcd
Alternate versions Battle Game • Donkey Kong/Donkey Kong Junior/Mario Bros • Luigi Bros. • Mario Bros. (Classic Serie) • Mario Bros. (Game Boy Advance) • Mario Bros. (Super Mario Bros. 3) • Mario Bros. Returns • Mario Bros. Special • Punch Ball Mario Bros.
Other Gallery • Game Sound Museum: Mario Bros. / Super Mario USA • Mario Bros. (board game) • Multimedia • Nintendo Music (soundtrack) • "Something's Gumming Up the Plumbing"a • Staff • Submissions
a Atari ports
e Commodore 64 PAL port
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Super Mario Bros. 3 / Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3
Protagonists Mario • Luigi • Princess Toadstool • Toads • Kings
Bosses Boom Boom • Big Booa • Fake Bowsera • Koopalings (Larry Koopa · Morton Koopa Jr. · Wendy O. Koopa · Iggy Koopa · Roy Koopa · Lemmy Koopa · Ludwig von Koopa) • Bowser
Items 1-Up Mushroom • 3-Up Moona • Advance Coina • Anchor • Blue Coin • Boomeranga • Cape Feathera • Card • Coin • e-Coina • Fire Flower (Fireball) • Frog Suit • Goomba's Shoe • Hammer (inventory) • Hammer Suit (Hammer (projectile)) • Lakitu's Cloud • Magic ball • Magic Wand • Magic Whistle • Music Box • P-Wing • Poison Mushrooma • Starman • Super Leaf • Super Mushroom • Tanooki Suit • Vegetablea
Objects Main game ? Block • Beanstalk • Big Block • Bolt Lift • Brick Block • Brick floor • Bridge • Bridge (map) • Buzzy Beetle Shell • Canoe • Cloud Block • Cloud Lift • Coin Block • Coral • Directional Lift • Donut Lift • Drawbridge • Elevator block • Empty Block • Flimsy Lift • Floor • Frozen Coin • Giant Shell • Goal • Green Shell • Gun barrel • Hidden Block • Ice • Ice Block • Island • Jump Block • Lift • Locked Door • Magic Door • Magic Note Block • Magical ball • Mega ? Block • Mushroom Coina • P Warp Door • Pyramid • Quicksand • Red Shell • Rock • Rotary Lift • Semisolid Platform • Spiny Shell • Switch Block • Track • Treasure box • Warp Door • Warp Pipe • Waterfall • White Block • White Block (platform) • Wood Block
World-ea !-Switch • Axe • Balance Lift • Bubble • Control Coin • Dotted-Line Block • Goal Pole • Flipper • Giant Gate • Grass • Jumping Board • Key • Key Door • Power Meter Block • Rock Block • Rotating Block • Roulette Block • Seesaw • Snake platform • Soft sand • Stretch Block • Triangular Block • Vanishing Block
Forms Small Mario • Super Mario • Fire Mario • Raccoon Mario • Frog Mario • Tanooki Mario (Statue Mario) • Hammer Mario • Invincible Mario • Caped Marioa
Switch Cardsa 1UP Kinoko ga 3UP Moon ni kawaru! • Blue Green Switch • Luigi Power Up!! • Orange Switch • Sugu ni mantan! Power Meter!! • Teki Power Up! Tokuten x2!! • Timer yukkuri!
Worlds Grass Land • Desert Land • Water Land • Giant Land • Sky Land • Ice Land • Pipe Land • Dark Land • Warp Zone • World-ea
Locations Airship (Treasure Ship) • Battleship • Bowser's Castle • e-Coin Castlea • Enemy Course • Fortress • Ghost Housea • Mini-Fortress • Panel (N-Mark Spade Panel · Spade Panel · Start Panel) • Pyramid • Toad's House
Enemies Main game Angry Sun • Baby Cheep • Big Bertha • Bloober • Bloober baby • Bloober with kids • Bob-omb • "Boo" Diddly • Boomerang Brother • Boss Bass • Bullet Bill • Buster Beetle • Buzzy Beetle • Chain Chomp • Cheep-Cheep • Colossal Koopa Paratroopa • Dry Bones • Fiery Walking Piranha • Fire Brother • Fire Chomp • Firesnake • Giant Koopa • Goomba • Grand Goomba • Hammer Brother • Hot Foot • Jelectro • Koopa Paratroopa • Koopa Troopa • Kuribo's Goomba • Lakitu • Lava Lotus • Micro-Goomba • Missile Bill • Muncher • Para-Beetle • Para-Goomba • Pile Driver Micro-Goomba • Piranha Plant • Piranhacus Giganticus • Podoboo • Ptooie • Rocky Wrench • Roto-Disc • Scattering Bloober • Sledge Brother • Spike • Spiny Cheep-Cheep • Spiny • Spiny Egg • Stretch • Thwomp • Venus Fire Trap • Walking Piranha
World-ea Amazing Flyin' Hammer Brother • Big Boo • Bony Beetle • Bowser Statue (Super Mario World) • Bumpty • Chargin' Chuck • Flurry • Goomba (Super Mario World) • Hoopster • Hothead • Jumping Piranha Plant • Lil Sparky • Magikoopa • Monty Mole • Para-Goomba (Super Mario World) • Porcupo • Rip Van Fish • Spike Top • Thwimp • Wiggler