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[[File:MidwayGate.png|thumb|right|A '''Midway Gate''', from ''Super Mario World'', and how it looks when the bar is cut.]]
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'''Midway Gates'''<ref>''Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2'' instruction booklet. Page 20.</ref> are checkpoints near the middle of any [[Levels|level]] in ''[[Super Mario World]]''. They appear as two blue-white-striped posts, linked by a white bar, thus looking like smaller versions of the [[Giant Gate]]s in the same game. When [[Mario]] or [[Luigi]] pass through, the bar will disappear. This has basically two effects: First, the Gate serves as a save point. If the player loses a life in a level of which he had cut the Midway Gate bar before, he will restart just at the midway point. Second, if Mario or Luigi cuts the bar when being in their [[Small Mario|small form]], they will turn into [[Super Mario]] and Super Luigi, respectively. When restarting at the Midway Gate, the bar will be missing, though. Midway Gates do not appear at all in auto-scrolling levels, underwater levels, or in the Star World or Special World.
|image=[[File:MidwayGate.png]]<br>A Midway Gate, along with how it looks when the tape is cut
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario World]]'' ([[List of games by date#1990|1990]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2]]'' ([[List of games by date#2001|2001]])
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'''Midway Gates'''<ref>''Super Mario World'' English instruction booklet, page 8.</ref> are [[checkpoint]]s near the middle of most [[level]]s in ''[[Super Mario World]]'', excluding auto-scrolling levels, underwater levels (in the original version), [[Star World]] levels, and [[Special Zone]] levels. They appear as two blue-and-white striped posts, linked by a piece of white '''tape''', thus looking like smaller versions of the [[Giant Gate]]s in the same game. When [[Mario]] or [[Luigi]] passes through, the tape disappears, which respawns him at the Midway Gate if the player loses a life in the level. If Mario or Luigi cuts the tape when in his [[Small Mario|Small form]], he turns into [[Super Mario (form)|Super Mario]] or Super Luigi, respectively. When the player restarts at the Midway Gate, the tape is missing.
 
In ''[[Super Mario Maker]]'' and [[Super Mario Maker 2|its sequel]], [[Checkpoint Flag]]s replace the Midway Gates in the ''Super Mario World'' style.
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==Names in other languages==
==Names in other languages==
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|Jap=<span class="explain" title="ちゅうかん">中間</span>ゲート
|Jap={{hover|中間|ちゅうかん}}ゲート<ref>''Super Mario World'' Japanese instruction booklet (fold-out)</ref>
|JapR=Chūkan Gēto
|JapR=Chūkan Gēto
|JapM=Middle Gate
|JapM=Middle Gate
|Fra=Portail à mi-chemin
|Spa=Puerta Intermedia
|FraM=Midway Gate
|SpaM=
|Fre=Portail à mi-chemin<br>Portail de mi-niveau
|FreM=Midway Gate<br>Mid-level gate
|Ger=Rücksetzpunkt
|GerM=Reset Point
|Por=Portão Intermediário
|Por=Portão Intermediário
|PorM=Intermediate Gate
|PorM=Intermediate Gate
|Ita=Traguardo intermedio
|ItaM=Intermediate goal
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Latest revision as of 14:13, January 26, 2024

Midway Gate
A normal Midway Gate and a passed one from Super Mario World.
A Midway Gate, along with how it looks when the tape is cut
First appearance Super Mario World (1990)
Latest appearance Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2 (2001)

Midway Gates[1] are checkpoints near the middle of most levels in Super Mario World, excluding auto-scrolling levels, underwater levels (in the original version), Star World levels, and Special Zone levels. They appear as two blue-and-white striped posts, linked by a piece of white tape, thus looking like smaller versions of the Giant Gates in the same game. When Mario or Luigi passes through, the tape disappears, which respawns him at the Midway Gate if the player loses a life in the level. If Mario or Luigi cuts the tape when in his Small form, he turns into Super Mario or Super Luigi, respectively. When the player restarts at the Midway Gate, the tape is missing.

In Super Mario Maker and its sequel, Checkpoint Flags replace the Midway Gates in the Super Mario World style.

Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning
Japanese 中間ゲート[2]
Chūkan Gēto
Middle Gate

French Portail à mi-chemin
Portail de mi-niveau
Midway Gate
Mid-level gate
German Rücksetzpunkt
Reset Point
Italian Traguardo intermedio
Intermediate goal
Portuguese Portão Intermediário
Intermediate Gate
Spanish Puerta Intermedia
 

References[edit]

  1. ^ Super Mario World English instruction booklet, page 8.
  2. ^ Super Mario World Japanese instruction booklet (fold-out)