Platform wheel

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Platform wheel
A platform wheel from Wario Land 4
Appears in Wario Land 4 (2001)

A platform wheel[1] is a type of platform appearing in Wario Land 4. Platform wheels appear as mechanical blue wheels with four platforms attached to them in cardinal directions. Platform wheels appear exclusively in the level The Curious Factory in the Ruby Passage.

Several platform wheels appear attached to tracks throughout the level. Platform wheels are mechanically similar to Paddle Platforms, but unlike them, they do not move on their own or have momentum when they spin around. When Wario lands on the leftmost or rightmost platform of a platform wheel, the platforms rotate 90 degrees in that direction, causing the wheel to also move in that direction. Jumping onto the top or bottom platforms does not cause the platforms to move. When the platform wheel reaches the end of its track, it can no longer rotate in that direction.

After Wario presses the switch, the path he takes back to the vortex contains several platform wheels with only two platforms. These platform wheels spin in place on their own and are not attached to tracks.

References[edit]

  1. ^ February 2002. Nintendo Official Magazine (UK) issue 113. Page 71.