Trampoline (disambiguation)

Trampolines are objects with various uses in the Mario series. Trampolines have appeared in many other Mario games. Their first appearance was in Super Mario Bros. They were used to jump to higher places in the game. With the right timing of pressing the A button, the player will have Mario (or Luigi) be able to go high in the air. They have also appeared in Super Mario World (where they were called Jumping Boards), New Super Mario Bros., Paper Mario series, and many other games. In Paper Mario a Jack-in-the-Box acted as a trampoline.

In Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels, there was a green type of trampoline that allowed Mario to stay in the air for a while.

A Trampoline plays an important role in the Club Nintendo comic "Mario will hoch hinaus." Trying to impress Princess Peach, Mario uses one which pushes him extremely high. Even several hours later he is still not coming down.

In Super Mario Sunshine, Trampolines appeared in Noki Bay. When water touches them, they shrink and Mario is able to carry them around, allowing him to reach different high places.

In Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time, they are very powerful Bros. Items that require the availability of all four Bros. in order to be used. Each Bro. jumps onto the trampoline, then bounces high up, farther than even the top screen. Then the Bros. come down in random order and stomp on the foe, and if timed correctly, jump back onto the trampoline for a second (third, fourth etc.) jump. If the timing is missed, he will knock the trampoline away, ending the assault after the other three have fallen.

In Super Mario 64 DS, there are two mini-games that use trampolines, Trampoline Time and Trampoline Terror. To play them, the player must draw lines with the Stylus to make trampolines for three Marios to bounce on.

In Super Mario Galaxy and Super Mario Galaxy 2, Trampolines were called Springboards Blue Springboards can be used by simply jumping on them and orange Springboards can bounce Mario extra high if he Ground Pounds on them.