Spike Bar

Spike Bar
	; A Spike Bar in Super Mario Run
First appearance	Wario Land: Shake It! (2008)
Latest appearance	Super Mario Run, version 3.0.4 (2017)
Comparable
	Fire Bar; Moonsnake; Spiked roller

Spike Bars are spiky obstacles encountered chiefly in Super Mario games. They are similar to Fire Bars, but with small spiked balls in place of fireballs. They usually can be destroyed with certain power-up forms, whereas Fire Bars are completely indestructible. If characters come in contact with a Spike Bar, they take damage.

HistoryEdit

Wario Land: Shake It!Edit

Spike poles in Wario Land: Shake It!

In Wario Land: Shake It!, Spike Bars, referred to as spike poles^[1] or spiky poles,^[2] appear in levels that feature Rocket Buckets, such as Airytale Castle and Launchpad Labyrinth. They extend out of a metallic pivot and start rotating around it the moment Wario mounts a Rocket Bucket, retracting when the vehicle is destroyed or abandoned. Spike poles appear with varying lengths, are indestructible, and are always surrounded with coins, collectable by carefully navigating in-between the bars. If Wario flies a Rocket Bucket into a spike pole, the vehicle breaks, forcing Wario to plummet to solid ground. Since they only appear when a Rocket Bucket is in use, spike poles cannot hurt Wario directly.

Super Mario seriesEdit

Super Mario 3D LandEdit

A Spike Bar in World 5-2 of Super Mario 3D Land

Contrary to Fire Bars, which mostly appear in lava-themed levels, Spike Bars are found in a variety of level themes throughout Super Mario 3D Land. One or two Spike Bars can be found rotating around the same axis, but unlike Fire Bars, Spike Bars never rotate on their side. If Mario or Luigi make contact with a Spike Bar in their Statue forms, it breaks and releases several coins.

Super Mario RunEdit

Spike Bars return in Super Mario Run as obstacles in the level Spike Bar Jungle. This time, the spiked balls that make up the Spike Bar are redesigned to be green with yellow spikes, making them resemble the Spike Balls as held up by River Piranha Plants in New Super Mario Bros. Wii, or the spike balls that appear in some courses of Super Mario 3D World. In this game, the bar is also connected to a Hard Block with a cog. Albeit indestructible in this game, Spike Bars can be bounced on safely by Yoshis.

Names in other languagesEdit

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	トゲバー^[3] Toge Bā トゲトゲバー (Super Mario Run) Togetoge Bā	Spike Bar Spiky Bar
Chinese	尖刺棒 Jiān cì bàng	Spiked stick
Dutch	Spijkerbalk	Spike bar
French	Barre à pointes	Spike bar
German	Piksbarriere	Spike Barrier
Italian	Sbarra chiodata Sbarra Spino^[4]	Spike Bar
Korean	가시가시바 Gasigasi ba	Spiky bar
Portuguese	Barra espinhosa	Spiky bar

ReferencesEdit

^ Stratton, Steve. Wario Land: Shake It! PRIMA Official Strategy Guide. Pages 166-169.
^ Stratton, Steve. Wario Land: Shake It! PRIMA Official Strategy Guide. Page 96.
^ Shogakukan. 2015. Super Mario Bros. Hyakka: Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook. Super Mario 3D Land section. Page 185.
^ Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia. Page 185.

Navigation

[1] Stratton, Steve. Wario Land: Shake It! PRIMA Official Strategy Guide. Pages 166-169.

[2] Stratton, Steve. Wario Land: Shake It! PRIMA Official Strategy Guide. Page 96.

[3] Shogakukan. 2015. Super Mario Bros. Hyakka: Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook. Super Mario 3D Land section. Page 185.

[4] Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia. Page 185.

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Wario Land: Shake It!
Main characters	Wario • Captain Syrup • Queen Merelda • Merfle • Merfle (character)
Areas	Shake Dimension • The Sweet Stuff • Ratl Ruins • Wiggly Wilds • Rocking Range • Jiggle Jungle • Quiver Cliffs • Shakedown Schooner
Levels	Aboard the Sweet Stuff • Stonecarving City • Whoopsy Desert • Foulwater Falls • Run-Down Pyramid • Just Plains • Wavy Waters • Mt. Lava Lava • Savannah Valley • Wreck Train • Stonetooth Cave • Its-all Mine • Glittertown • Ropey Jungle • Windbreak Bay • Airytale Castle • Soggybog River • Mount Bighill • Creep Blue Sea • Slipshod Slopes • Bad Manor
Secret levels	Disturbing Tomb • Gurgle Gulch • Sneak Peak • Lowdown Depths • Neon City • Derailed Express • Launchpad Labyrinth • Riverbloat Rapids • Prism Prison • Bamboozle Village • Freezing Fields • Boogie Mansion
Objects	Ancient Globe • Bar • Blast-O-Cannon • Bomb Block • Bonfire Block • Bottomless Coin Sack • Boulder • Certainty Switch • Checkpoint block • Coin Bag • Diamond • Fossil • Icicle • Lava • Max Fastosity Dasherator • Merfle Barrel • Push button • Rocket Bucket • Shake block • Shake Pillar • Shrinkbarrel • Skewer • Slot machine • Snowman Block • Spike • Spike Bar • Subwarine • Treasure chest • Uncertain Block • Unibucket
Bosses	Rollanratl • Hot Roderick • Chortlebot • Bloomsday • Large Fry • Shake King
Enemies	Bandinero • Boomdinero • Buccanero • Bumbleprod • Crackpot • Flimflam • Flipsting • Floating Bandinero • Gate • Grunchin • Jellopus • Mummer • Nosedozer • Peek-a-boom • Pengoon • Pitchfork • Plunger • Recapitator • Scarracuda • Shortfuse • Spinbat • Treasure Chomp • Tub-sub • Turkeyjerk • Venus Guytrap • Volcannon
Miscellaneous	Gallery • Missions • Pre-release and unused content • Treasures • Staff

Super Mario 3D Land
Playable characters		Mario • Luigi
Forms		Small Mario • Super Mario • Fire Mario • Tanooki Mario • Boomerang Mario • Invincible Mario • White Tanooki Mario • Statue Mario
Non-playable characters		Princess Peach • Toad • Toads • Little birds
Enemies		Banzai Bill • Biddybud • Big Boo • Big Cosmic Clone • Big Tail Goomba • Blokkablok • Boo • Boomerang Bro • Blooper • Bob-omb • Bullet Bill • Chain Chomp • Cheep Cheep • Coin Coffer • Cosmic Clone • Draglet • Dry Bones • Fake Block • Fire Piranha Plant • Flophopper • Fuzzy • Goomba • Goomba Tower • Grinder • Hammer Bro • Inky Piranha Plant • Koopa Troopa • Lava Bubble • Magikoopa • Magmaargh • Monty Mole • Morty Mole • Para-Biddybud • Paragoomba • Peepa • Piranha Plant • Pokey • Porcupuffer • Prongo • Rocky Wrench • Sandmaargh • Spike Eel • Spiny • Stingby • Tail Bob-omb • Tail Boo • Tail Bullet Bill • Tail Goomba • Tail Thwomp • Thistle • Thwomp • Wallop
Obstacles		Baddie Box • Ball 'N' Chain • Banzai Bill Cannon • Bill Blaster • Fire Bar • Giant spiked ball • Jet engine • Lava • Lava Geyser • Poison • Retractable spikes • Spike Pillar • Spiked ball • Spike Bar • Spike Block • Spiked roller
Bosses		Tail Bowser • Boom Boom • Pom Pom • Bowser • Dry Bowser
Items and power-ups		? Box • + Clock • 1-Up Mushroom • Boomerang Flower • Coin • Fire Flower • Invincibility Leaf • Note • P-Wing • Poison Mushroom • Propeller Box • Red Coin • Star Medal • Statue Leaf • Super Leaf • Super Mushroom • Super Star
Objects		! Block • ? Block • Assist Block • Beep Block • Binoculars • Block • Board • Bolts • Cactus • Cannon • Checkpoint Flag • Cog • Coin Block • Coin ring • Crate • Crumbling platform • Directional Block • Donut Block • Empty Block • Face block • Flip Panel • Flower • Fluff • Flying ? Block • Gift Box • Goal Pole • Green Shell • Hard Block • Invisible Block • Lift • Mystery Box • Note Block • Pipe • P Switch • Pole • Red-Blue Panel • Red Ring • Rock • Roulette Block • Rubber pad • Spine Coaster • Stump • Super Note Block • Switchboard • Tail Wheel • Tapering platform • Tightrope • Tree • Torch • Warp Box • World Warp Pipe
Locations	Main worlds	World 1 • World 2 • World 3 • World 4 • World 5 • World 6 • World 7 • World 8
	Special worlds	Special 1 • Special 2 • Special 3 • Special 4 • Special 5 • Special 6 • Special 7 • Special 8
	Other	Mushroom Kingdom • Peach's Castle • Toad Houses
Moves		Crawl • Crouch • Crouch Jump • Dash • Ground Pound • Jump • Long Jump • Roll • Side Somersault • Slide • Swim • Wall Jump
Gameplay elements		Completion • Item storage • StreetPass Gift • Tail Tree • UFO • Warp Zone
Further info		Gallery • Glitches • "The Mario Drawing Song" • Media • Pre-release and unused content • Staff

Super Mario Run
Playable characters	Mario • Luigi • Princess Peach • Toad • Toadette • Yoshi • Red Yoshi^a • Blue Yoshi^a • Yellow Yoshi^a • Purple Yoshi^a • Princess Daisy^a
Enemies and obstacles	Big Spiny • Bob-omb • Boo • Bull's-Eye Bill • Bullet Bill • Burner • Buzzy Beetle • Cannonball • Dry Bones • Fire Bar • Fire Chain • Fishing Boo^a • Fuzzy • Gold Goomba^b • Goomba • Goombrat^a • Grinder • Kodeka Kakibō^a • Koopa Paratroopa • Koopa Troopa • Lakitu • Lava Bubble • Muncher • Ninji • Piranha Plant • Poison Bubble^a • Pokey • River Piranha Plant^a • Rocky Wrench • Scaredy Rat^a • Scuttlebug^a • Spike • Spike Trap • Spiny • Spiny Egg • Stretch • Swoop
Bosses	Boom Boom • Bowser • Fake Bowser
Items and objects	? Block • ! Switch • Axe • Backflip Block • Blue Coin • Brick Block • Bonus Medal^a • Bonus ? Block^a • Bubble • Cannon • Checkpoint Flag • Cloud Block • Coin • Coin Rush Star • Color coin (Black Coin • Pink Coin • Purple Coin) • Flower coin^b • Goal Pole • Hard Block • Hidden Coin • Key • Key Door • Lift • Long Jump Block • Mushroom Platform • Pause Block • Rally Ticket • Red Block • Red Coin • Red Ring • Semisolid Platform • Spike Bar^a • Super Mushroom • Super Star • Time Block • Warp Door • Warp Pipe • Wonder Flower^b
Worlds	World 1 • World 2 • World 3 • World 4 • World 5 • World 6 • World Star^a
Moves	Backflip • Climbing Jump • Coin Rush • Double Jump • Edge Climbing • Floaty Jump • Flutter Jump • High Jump • Jump • Landing Roll • Long Jump • Midair Spin • Midair Stall • Rolling Jump • Slope Slide • Spin Strike • Stomp • Vaulting • Vaulting Jump • Wall Jump
Modes	World Tour • Kingdom Builder • Toad Rally • Remix 10^a
Miscellaneous	Gallery • Kingdom Builder items (in other languages) • Lightning • Media
^a In version 3.0.4 or later ^b Seen only in events