Flippers[1][2] are Pinball Parts controlled by the player that appear in Pinball, VS. Pinball, and Mario Pinball Land, as well as in certain microgames that appear in the WarioWare series.

HistoryEdit

Pinball / VS. Pinball / WarioWare GoldEdit

In Pinball and VS. Pinball, flippers are used in scene A and scene B to bounce the ball. The player can operate the left flipper with the   Control Pad and the right flipper with the   and   buttons. The flippers turn invisible after the player earns 100,000 points and become visible again after the player earns 150,000 points.

The same flippers return in the Pinball microgame in WarioWare Gold that is very strongly based on the NES original. The   button can no longer be used, but the controls are otherwise the same as in the original.

Mario Pinball LandEdit

Flippers reappear in Mario Pinball Land, where they are used to bounce Mario around each board. The player can press   or   to control the left flipper, and   or   to control the right flipper. Like with a regular pinball, Mario's trajectory changes depending on where and how hard the flippers hit him.

WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$!Edit

The microgame Wario Pinball in WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$! features player-controlled flippers. Any direction on   controls the left flipper, while   controls the right flipper.

Names in other languagesEdit

Language Name Meaning
Japanese フリッパー[3]
Furippā
Flipper

German Flipper (WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$!)
Flipperhebel (WarioWare Gold)
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Flipper lever

ReferencesEdit

  1. ^ Pinball North American instruction booklet, page 3.
  2. ^ Mario Pinball Land North American instruction booklet, page 13.
  3. ^ Pinball Japanese instruction booklet, page 2.