Bolt Lift: Difference between revisions

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'''Bolt Lifts''',<ref>M. Arakawa. ''NES Game Atlas''. Pages 34 and 44.</ref><ref>Peterson, Erik. ''Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3'' Player's Guide. Page 62.</ref> also known as '''bolts'''<ref>Hodgson, David S J. ''Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3'' Prima's Official Strategy Guide. Pages 53, 86, 98.</ref> or '''Nuts''',<ref>Stratton, Steve. ''New Super Mario Bros. U'' PRIMA Official Game Guide. Page 120.</ref> are a set of nuts (often four of them) that are screwed onto a very long bolt that serve as platforms in several ''[[Super Mario (series)|Mario]]'' platformer games.

They serve as platforms in ''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]''. They only appear on [[airship]]s, and are usually only horizontal. Like [[Donut Block|Donut Lift]]s, [[Mario]] and [[Luigi]] must continually [[jump]] to avoid falling. However, with each jump, the Bolt Lift moves to the right slightly, so they can be used as a transport above bottomless [[pit]]s or dangerous [[Burner|Rocket Engine]]s. Bumping a Bolt Lift from below moves it to the left.

===''Yoshi'' franchise===

====''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island''====

Bolt Lifts appear occasionally in [[Fortress|fort]]s and [[castle]]s in ''[[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]'', were they are called '''tumblers'''.<ref>Miller, Kent, and Terry Munson. ''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island'' Player's Guide. Page 123.</ref> These tumblers are massive, and are rendered through the SuperFX chip; due to their sheer size, they take up the entire length off the screw they are on, but will still spin Yoshi off of them. Their behavior is similar to [[rolling log]]s in later games.

====''Yoshi's Story''====

In ''[[Yoshi's Story]]'', Bolt Lifts behave as they do in ''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island'', appearing in [[Mecha Castle]]. Here, they are made out of wood. When walking on them, [[Yoshi (species)|Yoshi]]s face the screen.

 

Bolt Lifts also appear in ''[[Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars]]''. Here, they are found in the [[Gate (Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars)|Gate]], and work very much like isometric versions of their ''Super Mario Bros. 3'' counterparts. Also, falling off of them usually results in being thrown back to the beginning of them (usually in a humorous way involving [[trampoline]]s) rather than death.

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|Jap=ナット<ref>Shogakukan. 2015. ''Super Mario Bros. Hyakka: Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook'', pages 41, 136, 150, 216.</ref>

|Jap2=ナットリフト<ref>Shogakukan. 2015. ''Super Mario Bros. Hyakka: Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook'', ''Super Mario 3D Land'' section, page 186.</ref>

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