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|image=[[File:Cliffside Slide DKCTF 1.jpg|250px]]<br>[[Donkey Kong]] and [[Cranky Kong]] traversing over an avalanche in ''[[Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze]]''
|image=[[File:Cliffside Slide DKCTF 1.jpg|250px]]<br>[[Donkey Kong]] and [[Cranky Kong]] traversing over an avalanche in ''[[Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze]]''
|first_appearance=''[[Donkey Kong Jungle Beat]]'' ([[List of games by date#2004|2004]])
|first_appearance=''[[Mario Party 4]]'' ([[List of games by date#2002|2002]])
|latest_appearance=[[Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze (Nintendo Switch)|''Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze'' (Nintendo Switch)]] ([[List of games by date#2018|2018]])
|latest_appearance=[[Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze (Nintendo Switch)|''Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze'' (Nintendo Switch)]] ([[List of games by date#2018|2018]])
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'''Avalanches''' in the [[Super Mario (franchise)|''Super Mario'' franchise]] are rapidly declining heaps of snow that endanger the player characters.  
'''Avalanches'''{{ref needed}} appear as obstacles in snowy settings of [[Super Mario (franchise)|''Super Mario'']] and [[Donkey Kong (franchise)|''Donkey Kong'']] games.


==History in the ''Super Mario'' franchise==
==History in the ''Super Mario'' franchise==
===''Mario Party 4''===
===''Mario Party 4''===
An avalanche in ''[[Mario Party 4]]'' is what the player characters have to outrun in the [[Avalanche! (Mario Party 4)|Avalanche!]] minigame.
In ''[[Mario Party 4]]'', an avalanche is what the player characters have to outrun in the [[Avalanche! (Mario Party 4)|Avalanche!]] minigame.


===''Donkey Kong'' franchise===
===''Donkey Kong'' franchise===
====''Donkey Kong Jungle Beat'' / ''New Play Control! Donkey Kong Jungle Beat''====
====''Donkey Kong Jungle Beat'' / ''New Play Control! Donkey Kong Jungle Beat''====
[[File:DKJB avalanche.jpg|thumb|left|The avalanche chasing Donkey Kong and Hoofer down the mountain in ''Donkey Kong Jungle Beat'']]
[[File:DKJB avalanche.jpg|thumb|left|An avalanche chasing Donkey Kong and Hoofer down a slope in ''Donkey Kong Jungle Beat'']]
An avalanche{{ref needed}} in ''[[Donkey Kong Jungle Beat]]'' and its ''[[New Play Control!]]'' port approaches [[Donkey Kong]] and [[Hoofer]] from behind as they go down the mountain in [[Silver Snow Peak]], and the avalanche damages them on contact. In the ''New Play Control!'' version, a giant [[snowball]] must be removed to escape the avalanche.
An avalanche occurs in [[Silver Snow Peak]] from ''[[Donkey Kong Jungle Beat]]''. As [[Donkey Kong]] and [[Hoofer]] are running down the mountain, it approaches the characters at a fast pace behind them. If they come into contact with the avalanche, they take damage. In the [[New Play Control! Donkey Kong Jungle Beat|New Play Control! version]] of the game, a giant [[snowball]] must be removed to escape the avalanche.


====''Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze''====
====''Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze''====
The avalanche{{ref needed}} obstacle returns in ''[[Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze]]'' and its enhanced [[Nintendo Switch]] port [[Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze (Nintendo Switch)|of the same name]]. It first and only appears in the [[Donkey Kong Island (world)|Donkey Kong Island]] level [[Cliffside Slide]]. However, unlike in the iterations of ''Donkey Kong Jungle Beat'', touching the avalanche will cause Donkey Kong, [[Diddy Kong]], [[Dixie Kong]], and [[Cranky Kong]] (as well as [[Funky Kong]] in the Nintendo Switch port) to lose a life, making it a replacement for [[pit]]s in various levels and [[lava]] in both [[Meltdown Mayhem]] and [[Volcano Dome]].
In ''[[Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze]]'' and [[Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze (Nintendo Switch)|its Nintendo Switch version]], the stage [[Cliffside Slide]] is set during an avalanche in [[Donkey Kong Island]]'s [[Cliff]] area. It takes up the bottom side of the stage during ascent segments, carrying platforms and hazards, the former of which may start sinking into the avalanche when stepped on. The [[Kong]]s lose a life if they fall into the avalanche.


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Avalanche
Cliffside Slide
Donkey Kong and Cranky Kong traversing over an avalanche in Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze
First appearance Mario Party 4 (2002)
Latest appearance Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze (Nintendo Switch) (2018)

Avalanches[citation needed] appear as obstacles in snowy settings of Super Mario and Donkey Kong games.

History in the Super Mario franchise

Mario Party 4

In Mario Party 4, an avalanche is what the player characters have to outrun in the Avalanche! minigame.

Donkey Kong franchise

Donkey Kong Jungle Beat / New Play Control! Donkey Kong Jungle Beat

The avalanche in Donkey Kong Jungle Beat
An avalanche chasing Donkey Kong and Hoofer down a slope in Donkey Kong Jungle Beat

An avalanche occurs in Silver Snow Peak from Donkey Kong Jungle Beat. As Donkey Kong and Hoofer are running down the mountain, it approaches the characters at a fast pace behind them. If they come into contact with the avalanche, they take damage. In the New Play Control! version of the game, a giant snowball must be removed to escape the avalanche.

Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze

In Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze and its Nintendo Switch version, the stage Cliffside Slide is set during an avalanche in Donkey Kong Island's Cliff area. It takes up the bottom side of the stage during ascent segments, carrying platforms and hazards, the former of which may start sinking into the avalanche when stepped on. The Kongs lose a life if they fall into the avalanche.