Semisolid Platform: Difference between revisions

|first_appearance=''[[Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic]]'' ([[List of games by date#1987|1987]], overall)<br>''[[Super Mario Bros. 2]]'' ([[List of games by date#1988|1988]], [[Super Mario (franchise)|''Super Mario'' franchise]])

|latest_appearance=''[[Mario vs. Donkey Kong (Nintendo Switch)|Mario vs. Donkey Kong]]'' ([[Nintendo Switch]]) ([[List of games by date#2024|2024]])

'''Semisolid Platforms'''<ref>{{cite|author=SwitchForce|date=May 28, 2019|url=youtu.be/f4e2tKkTUlQ|title=ALL Items + Enemies In Super Mario Maker 2!|publisher=YouTube|accessdate=June 26, 2019}}</ref> (formatted as '''Semi-solid Platforms''' in ''[[Super Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DS]]'')<ref>{{cite|quote=And finally, we come to {{color|Semi-solid Platforms|blue}}.|author=[[Mary O.]]|title=Lesson 4 of [[Yamamura]]'s Lessons, ''[[Super Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DS]]''}}</ref> are [[platform]]s that players can [[jump]] on from the bottom. They have a different design in each installment, first appearing in ''[[Super Mario Bros. 2]]''. Another type of Semisolid Platform is the [[Mushroom Platform]].

White platforms (called '''White Blocks''')<ref>{{cite|author=Arakawa, Minoru|title=''NES Game Atlas''|date=1991|publisher=[[Nintendo Power]]|page=34, 71}}</ref> have the special property of allowing Mario to fall into the background, behind most objects, by crouching on them for an extended time. If, as is possible in [[World 1-3 (Super Mario Bros. 3)|World 1-3]], the [[goal (Super Mario Bros. 3)|goal]] area is reached in this state, Mario is transported to a special [[Toad House]] to receive a [[Recorder|Magic Whistle]].

====''New Super Mario Bros.'' subseries====

===''Wario Land'' series===

Semisolid platforms are present throughout the [[Wario Land (series)|''Wario Land'' series]], functioning identically as in the other platform games, though they always have a bridge-like appearance. Many enemies that are found on semisolid platforms can be immobilized briefly by bumping into them from beneath. If [[Zombie Wario]] lands on a semisolid platform, he will disintegrate and pass through it, falling through any other semisolid platforms located below until he reaches solid ground. In ''[[Wario Land 2]]'', there are certain platforms that only enemies and objects can stand upon, but not [[Wario]]; for enemies, these function as semisolid platforms, in that Wario can throw them on top of one from beneath.

Semisolid Platforms appear many times in the [[Yoshi's Island (series)|''Yoshi's Island'' series]], starting with ''[[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]''. Here, they typically resemble straight bridges, and can also form slopes.

Platforms very similar in function to Semisolid Platforms known as '''pass-through platforms'''<ref>{{cite|author=[[Masahiro Sakurai|Sakurai, Masahiro]]|date=May 22, 2007|url=www.smashbros.com/wii/en_uk/stages/stage01.html|language=British English|title=Battlefield|publisher=Smash Bros. DOJO!!|accessdate=February 8, 2024}}</ref> appear in many stages throughout the [[Super Smash Bros. (series)|''Super Smash Bros.'' series]]. In addition to being able to be jumped through, the player can fall through pass-through platforms by quickly tilting down on the left analog stick or tapping {{button|paddown}}, depending on the control method.

Semisolid Platforms also appear in the [[Golden Plains]] stage in ''[[Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS]]'', where they use the design of the solid, tree-like platforms from ''New Super Mario Bros. 2''. They also appear in the stage [[Mushroom Kingdom U]] where they, like the stage itself, use their design from ''New Super Mario Bros. U''.

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|FreE=Plateforme flottante

|FreEM=Floating platform

|Jap=白い壁<ref>{{cite|publisher=Shogakukan|date=2015|title=''Super Mario Bros. Hyakka: Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook'', ''Super Mario Bros. 3'' section|page=41}}</ref>