The Pit and the Pendulums

Mission
The Pit and the Pendulums The Pendulum Switch Star
Screenshot from Super Mario 64
Location	Tick Tock Clock
Mission number	2
Games	Super Mario 64 Super Mario 64 DS
Mission progression ← Previous Roll into the Cage* Luigi in the Cage* Next → Get a Hand Super Mario 64 missions Super Mario 64 DS missions

"The Pit and the Pendulums" is the second mission of Tick Tock Clock in Super Mario 64, as well as in Super Mario 64 DS, where it was retooled into a Star Switch mission and is known as "The Pendulum Switch Star", but otherwise remains nearly identical. This mission can be done at any of the clock's speeds.

Layout

The player needs to climb the clockworks until they reach the pole with the Amp circling it. After climbing the pole, they need to cross the platform with the Heave-Ho and jump across a spinning platform to reach two swinging pendulums. The player needs to jump and use the platform between the pendulums without getting pushed off to reach the Power Star. An alternate method is to avoid using the platforms between the pendulums by going right next to the Blue Coin Block and long-jumping to the area with the Star.

In Super Mario 64 DS, there is a Star Switch on the pathway to the Star. This gives the player a time limit to collect the Star before the time runs out. The final platform has also been slightly modified, but otherwise the mission remains nearly identical to that of the original.

Gallery

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  In Super Mario 64 DS

Naming

The name of this mission in Super Mario 64 is a pun on the title of the short story "The Pit and the Pendulum" by Edgar Allan Poe.

Names in other languages

The Pit and the Pendulums

Language	Name	Meaning	Note(s)	Ref.
Japanese	ふりこの へや Furiko no Heya	The Room of Pendulums		[?]
Chinese	小洞和钟摆 Xiǎo Dòng hé Zhōngbǎi	Small Hole and Pendulum
French	Les trous et le pendule	The Holes and the Pendulum		[?]
German	Achte auf das Pendel!	Pay Attention to the Pendulum!		[?]
Italian	L'interruttore sul pendolo	The switch on the pendulum

The Pendulum Switch Star

Language	Name	Meaning	Note(s)	Ref.
Japanese	ふりこの スイッチスター Furiko no Suitchi Sutā	The Pendulum's Switch Star		[?]
Chinese	钟摆的开关星星 Zhōngbǎi de Kāiguān Xīngxīng	The Switch Star of the Pendulum
French	L'étoile du pendule	The Pendulum's Star		[?]
German	Der Stern des Pendels	The Pendulum's Star		[?]
Italian	L'interruttore del pendolo	The pendulum's switch		[?]
Korean	흔들이의스위치스타 Heundeuri ui seuwichi seuta	The Pendulum's Switch Star		[?]
Spanish	El interruptor del péndulo	The Pendulum's Switch		[?]