Countdown Platform: Difference between revisions

{{about|the platform first seen in [[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]|the platform from [[Super Mario World]] also known as a Countdown Platform|[[Count-Lift]]}}

{{Quote|Countdown Platforms can only be stepped on so many times. Watch that number!|Message Block|Yoshi's New Island}}

'''Countdown Platforms''' are [[Semisolid Platform]]s that appear in ''[[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]'' (and [[Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3|its reissue]]), ''[[Yoshi's Island DS]]'', ''[[Yoshi's New Island]]'', and ''[[Yoshi's Woolly World]]''. They appear as balances with a number labeled on each, with the number shown decreasing by one every time something moves on them. When the number decreases to where zero would be, the entire platform instead vanishes in a puff of smoke. Countdown Platforms typically range from a highest display of four to a lowest of one, but in ''Yoshi's Woolly World'', some go as high as nine. These platforms do not count down if the player has a [[Yoshi (species)|Yoshi]] still on them; they decrease only if a Yoshi steps off or [[jump]]s off them. In most games, Countdown Platforms can be activated only by a Yoshi; every other object passes through them. However, in ''Yoshi's Woolly World'', [[shell]]s can also trigger these platforms.