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Cloud Lifts, also simply called clouds,[1][2][3][4] are a type of Semisolid Platform that first appears in Super Mario Bros. 3. They are movable platforms in most games, except in Yoshi's Story and Super Mario Bros. Wonder, where they are stationary.
History
Super Mario series
Super Mario Bros. 3
In Super Mario Bros. 3, Cloud Lifts only appear in World 6-2. There, they move to the left and are the main mode of transportation in that level.
Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins
In Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins, several clouds appear in the final level of the Tree Zone, Final Boss: The Big Bird. These lifts have blinking eyes and simply move back and forth.
New Super Mario Bros. Wii
While Cloud Lifts do not appear in New Super Mario Bros. Wii, Bouncy Clouds that act as a substitute are introduced.
New Super Mario Bros. U / New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe
In New Super Mario Bros. U, Cloud Lifts are long platforms that move to the right when initially landed on. Several of them appear in Land of Flying Blocks.
New Super Luigi U
In New Super Luigi U, only one Cloud Lift appears in the level Bowser Jr. Showdown. It works the same as it does in New Super Mario Bros. U. Luigi and/or the others start the level jumping on top of it. It has an Arrow Sign on top of it, and it cannot be destroyed by the Mecha Hand.
Super Mario 3D World / Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury
In Super Mario 3D World and Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury, they are usually still, though some move horizontally or vertically. Some Cloud Lifts are invisible and can be seen only by ground-pounding near them or shaking the Wii U GamePad.
Super Mario Maker 2
Cloud Lifts reappear in Super Mario Maker 2, where they can be used exclusively in the Super Mario 3D World game style. They replace Lifts and Flimsy Lifts from the other game styles. Like Lifts and Flimsy Lifts, their length can be changed. They can move vertically or horizontally in all four cardinal directions.
Yoshi's Story
In Yoshi's Story, Cloud Lifts are stationary platforms that come in large, medium, and small sizes. They are common floating objects in outdoor levels.
The Super Mario Bros. Movie
Cloud Lifts reappear in the Training Course in The Super Mario Bros. Movie.
Super Mario Bros. Wonder
In Super Mario Bros. Wonder, Cloud Lifts have a smiling face design and are stationary, acting as wider versions of Cloud Blocks. The large cloud used by the Lakitu trio looks like a big version of it.
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Names in other languages
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Name
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Meaning
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Japanese |
雲リフト Kumo Rifuto
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Cloud Lift
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Chinese |
云台 (Simplified) 雲台 (Traditional) Yún Tái
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Cloud Platform
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French |
Plateforme nuage
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Cloud platform
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German |
Wolkenfloß
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Cloud Raft
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Italian |
Piattaforma Nuvole mobile[5] Zattera di nuvole
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Moving Cloud Platform Cloud raft/Raft of clouds
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References
- ^ Nintendo Magazine System (AU) Issue #5, page 56.
- ^ Alan Averill and Jennifer Villarreal. Super Mario Sunshine: The Official Nintendo Player's Guide. Redmond: Nintendo of America, 2002. p. 107. ISBN: 1-930206-23-2.
- ^ Nintendo. Super Mario Galaxy Instruction Booklet. Redmond: Nintendo of America, 2007.
- ^ Catherine Browne. Super Mario Galaxy 2: PRIMA Official Game Guide. Roseville: Random House Inc, 2010. p. 119. ISBN: 978-0-30746-907-6.
- ^ Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia, pag. 41
Super Mario 3D World / Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury / Bowser's Fury
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Playable characters
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Mario • Luigi1,2 • Peach1,2 • Toad1,2 • Rosalina1,2 • Captain Toad1,2 • Bowser Jr.3 • Hint Toad2 • Banktoad2 • Yellow Toad2
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Non-playable characters
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Kittens3 • Little birds • Mii1 • Neko Parent3 • Plessie • Rabbits (Mega Rabbits) • Sprixie Princesses1,2 • Sprixies1,2 • Toads • Toadette3
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Worlds1,2
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Sprixie Kingdom • World 1 • World 2 • World 3 • World 4 • World 5 • World 6 • World Castle • World Bowser • World Star • World Mushroom • World Flower • World Crown
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Lake Lapcat locations3
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Fur Step Island • Scamper Shores • Pounce Bounce Isle • Fort Flaptrap • Slipskate Slope • Clawswipe Colosseum • Trickity Tower • Crisp Climb Castle • Risky Whisker Island • Pipe Path Tower • Roiling Roller Isle • Mount Magmeow • Lucky Isle
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Bosses
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Bowser (Meowser1,2 · Fury Bowser3 · Giant Bowser3) • Boom Boom • Pom Pom • Hisstocrat1,2 • Boss Brolder1,2 • King Ka-thunk1,2 • Prince Bully • Motley Bossblob1,2
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Items and objects
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+ Clock1,2 • ? Block • 1-Up Mushroom1,2 • Arrow platform1,2 • Arrow Sign • Assist Block1,2 • Baseball • Beep Block1,2 • Big Block1,2 • Blue Coin • Brick Block • Board1,2 • Bomb • Boomerang Flower • Cage3 • Cannon Box1,2 • Cat Shine3 • Cat Shine Shard3 • Cat Wheel • Chain-Link • Character Switch1,2 • Checkpoint Flag1,2 • Clear Pipe • Clear Pipe Cannon • Cloud Cannon • Cloud Lift • Coin • Coin Block • Coin Box • Coin pile • Color Panel1,2 • Crate • Crystal Block1,2 • Dark1,2 • Dash Panel • Double Cherry • Elevator1,2 • Fire Flower • Fling Pole3 • Floating couch1,2 • Flower1,2 • Fluff1,2 • Fury Block3 • Fury Sun3 • Giga Bell3 • Goal Pole1,2 • Gold Ring • Goomba Mask1,2 • Gong1,2 • Graffiti3 • Green Coin1,2 • Green Star1,2 • Green Star Ring1,2 • Ground-Pound Switch3 • Grumblump1,2 • Hexagon1,2 • Hidden Block • Ice Skate • Illusion1,2 • Invincibility Bell2,3 • Invincibility Leaf • Item storage • Jump Panel • Key Coin • Kick Bomb • Lift1,2 • Light Box1,2 • Lighthouse3 • Lucky Bell • Mega ? Block • Mega Mushroom1,2 • Multi-Vator1,2 • Mushroom Trampoline • Mystery Box1,2 • Plessie Medal3 • P Panel1,2 • P Switch1,2 • Pixel Luigi1, 2 • Potted Piranha Plant • POW Block • Propeller Box • Propeller Platform1 • Red-Blue Panel • Red Coin1,2 • Red POW Block1,2 • Red Ring1,2 • Rising pillar1,2 • Rock Block1,2 • Rotating Panel1,2 • Searchlight1,2 • Shelf1,2 • Slamming block1,2 • Sliding door1,2 • Slot Block1,2 • Snowball • Springboard1,2 • Stamp1,2 • Super Star • Super Bell • Super Jump Panel3 • Super Leaf • Super Mushroom • Switch Block1,2 • Switch Panel1,2 • Switchboard • Timer Gate3 • Touchstone1,2 • Trapeze1,2 • Tree • Turning Floor • Warp Box1,2 • Warp Box (With Key)1,2 • Warp Pipe • World Warp Pipe1, 2 • Zipline lift1,2
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Moves
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Crawl • Crouch • Crouch Jump • Dash • Dive2,3 • Ground Pound • Ground Pound Jump2,3 • Jump • Long Jump • Roll • Shell dash • Side Somersault • Slide • Spin Jump • Swim • Synchro Ground-Pound1,2 • Wall Jump
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Forms
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Small Mario • Super Mario • Fire Mario • Cat Mario (Lucky Cat Mario · Giga Cat Mario3 · White Cat Mario2,3) • Double Mario • Tanooki Mario (White Tanooki Mario) • Boomerang Mario • Mega Mario • Invincible Mario
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Enemies and obstacles
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Ant Trooper1,2 • Baddie Box1,2 • Banzai Bill1,2 • Banzai Bill Cannon1,2 • Beach Koopa • Biddybud • Big Boo1,2 • Big Ant Trooper1,2 • Big Galoomba1,2 • Bill Blaster • Blockstepper • Blooper1,2 • Blurker1,2 • Bob-omb • Boo1,2 • Boomerang Bro • Brolder1,2 • Bullet Bill • Bully • Cannon1,2 • Cannonball1,2 • Cat Banzai Bill1,2 • Cat Bullet Bill • Cat Goomba1,2 • Chargin' Chuck1,2 • Charvaargh1,2 • Cheep Cheep • Coin Coffer • Conkdor • Disaster Neko3 • Falling spike3 • Fire Bar1,2 • Fire Bro • Fire Piranha Plant • Fizzlit1,2 • Flopter • Fury Shadow3 • Fuzzler • Fuzzy • Fuzzy Horde1,2 • Galoomba1,2 • Goomba • Goomba Tower • Hammer Bro • Hop-Chop1,2 • Horned Ant Trooper1,2 • Innertube Goomba • Ka-thunk1,2 • Koopa Troopa • Lava Bubble1,2 • Madpole1,2 • Magikoopa • Mega Piranha Plant • Mini Goomba1,2 • Octoomba1,2 • Para-Biddybud • Parabones1,2 • Peepa1,2 • Piranha Creeper • Piranha Plant • Porcupuffer1,2 • Rammerhead • Ring Burner1,2 • Skating Goomba • Skipsqueak • Snow Pokey • Spike • Spike ball1,2 • Spike Block1,2 • Spike Trap • Spiked roller • Spiny1,2 • Spiny Skipsqueak1,2 • Splorch1,2 • Splotchy goop3 • Splounder • Stingby • Thwomp1,2 • Ty-foo1,2 • Walleye1,2
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Miscellaneous
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Captain Toad's Adventures1,2 • Enemy Battles1,2 • Mystery House1,2 • Luigi Bros.1,2 • Luigi sightings1,2 • Sprixie House1,2 • Lucky House1,2 • Snapshot Mode2,3 • Stamps
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Further info
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Cat Shine names3 • Completion (Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury) • Gallery (Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury · Bowser's Fury) • Glitches (Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury) • Media (Bowser's Fury) • Pre-release and unused content • Playable characters' statistics (Bowser's Fury) • Staff (Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury) • Super Mario 3D World Original Soundtrack
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