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'''Flippers'''<ref>The ''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island''. Player's Guide, page 122.</ref><ref>Williams, Drew. The ''Yoshi's Island DS'' Player's Guide. Pages 72, 80, 82, 127.</ref>, also known as '''one-way gates'''<ref>Black, Fletcher. ''Yoshi's Island DS'' PRIMA Official Game Guide. Pages 94, 173, 175, 179, 180, 190, 193, 197, 212, 213, 220, 225, 228, 264, 267, 271, 274.</ref>, are bars that, once passed through, prevent access to the area before. They are commonly referred to as "pinball flippers" due to their resemblance to flippers from a pinball game. [[Yoshi]] can open them temporarily if he [[jump]]s on them.
'''Flippers'''<ref>The ''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island''. Player's Guide, page 122.</ref><ref>Williams, Drew. The ''Yoshi's Island DS'' Player's Guide. Pages 72, 80, 82, 127.</ref>, also known as '''one-way gates'''<ref>Black, Fletcher. ''Yoshi's Island DS'' PRIMA Official Game Guide. Pages 94, 173, 175, 179, 180, 190, 193, 197, 212, 213, 220, 225, 228, 264, 267, 271, 274.</ref>, are bars that, once passed through, prevent access to the area before. They are commonly referred to as "pinball flippers" due to their resemblance to flippers from a pinball game. [[Yoshi]] can open them temporarily if he [[jump]]s on them.


Debuting in ''[[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]'', the flippers showed up again in ''[[Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3]]'' during the stages [[Slidin' the Slopes]], [[Doors o' Plenty]], and [[Swinging Bars of Doom]].
Debuting in ''[[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]'', the flippers show up again in ''[[Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3]]'' in the following [[World-e]] levels: [[Slidin' the Slopes]], [[Doors o' Plenty]], [[Swinging Bars of Doom]], [[Sea to Sky]], [[Puzzling Pipe Maze]] and [[Treacherous Halls]]. In this game, they are colored yellow.


A similar type of flippers appears in ''[[New Super Mario Bros.]]'' in [[World 2-3 (New Super Mario Bros.)|World 2-3]] only. These types are wooden flippers with red arrows on them indicating which way it opens to, and are usually found individually rather than in pairs. Flippers exist unused in ''[[New Super Mario Bros. Wii]]''; however, they reappear in ''[[New Super Mario Bros. 2]]'' in a few levels.
A similar type of flippers appears in ''[[New Super Mario Bros.]]'' in [[World 2-3 (New Super Mario Bros.)|World 2-3]] only. These types are wooden flippers with red arrows on them indicating which way it opens to, and are usually found individually rather than in pairs. Flippers exist unused in ''[[New Super Mario Bros. Wii]]''; however, they reappear in ''[[New Super Mario Bros. 2]]'' in a few levels.

Revision as of 12:28, July 31, 2019

This article is about the object from the Mario franchise. For the flipper from Balloon Fight that appears in Super Smash Bros. Melee, see Flipper (Balloon Fight). For the flippers that appear in Mario Kart DS and Mario Kart 7, see Flipper (Mario Kart series).
Yoshi about to morph into a Train in a bonus room in the level Raphael The Raven's Castle in Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island.
Flippers in Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island

Flippers[1][2], also known as one-way gates[3], are bars that, once passed through, prevent access to the area before. They are commonly referred to as "pinball flippers" due to their resemblance to flippers from a pinball game. Yoshi can open them temporarily if he jumps on them.

Debuting in Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island, the flippers show up again in Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3 in the following World-e levels: Slidin' the Slopes, Doors o' Plenty, Swinging Bars of Doom, Sea to Sky, Puzzling Pipe Maze and Treacherous Halls. In this game, they are colored yellow.

A similar type of flippers appears in New Super Mario Bros. in World 2-3 only. These types are wooden flippers with red arrows on them indicating which way it opens to, and are usually found individually rather than in pairs. Flippers exist unused in New Super Mario Bros. Wii; however, they reappear in New Super Mario Bros. 2 in a few levels.

They reappear in Yoshi's Woolly World, serving the same function as in previous Yoshi games.

Names in other languages

Language Name Meaning
Japanese 一方通行ゲート[4]
Ippōtsūkō Gēto
One-Way Gate

See also

References

  1. ^ The Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island. Player's Guide, page 122.
  2. ^ Williams, Drew. The Yoshi's Island DS Player's Guide. Pages 72, 80, 82, 127.
  3. ^ Black, Fletcher. Yoshi's Island DS PRIMA Official Game Guide. Pages 94, 173, 175, 179, 180, 190, 193, 197, 212, 213, 220, 225, 228, 264, 267, 271, 274.
  4. ^ Shogakukan. 2015. Super Mario Bros. Hyakka: Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook, pages 118 and 199.