Bolt Lift

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Bolt Lift
Rendered model of a Bolt Lift in Super Mario Galaxy.
Model from Super Mario Galaxy
First appearance Super Mario Bros. 3 (1988)
Latest appearance New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe (2019)
Variant of Lift
Comparable

Bolt Lifts,[1][2] also known as bolts[3] or Nuts,[4] are a set of nuts (usually four of them) that are screwed onto a very long bolt that serve as platforms in several games of the Super Mario franchise.

History[edit]

Super Mario series[edit]

Super Mario Bros. 3 / Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3[edit]

Bolt Lifts are objects in Super Mario Bros. 3. They appear only on airships, and are usually only horizontal. Like Donut Lifts, Mario and Luigi must continually jump to avoid falling. However, with each jump, the Bolt Lift moves to the right slightly, so they can be used as a transport above bottomless pits or dangerous Rocket Engines. Bumping a Bolt Lift from below moves it to the left.

Super Mario Galaxy[edit]

Bolt Lifts are objects in Super Mario Galaxy. They are located in Dreadnought Galaxy only. Bolt Lifts are operated by standing on the right side, so that they twist like a screw and move forward on the screw that they are on. The player has to stay in motion to avoid falling.

New Super Mario Bros. Wii[edit]

Bolt Lifts are objects in New Super Mario Bros. Wii. They function the same way as in Super Mario Bros. 3 and have six nuts instead of four. Only two appear in the entire game, specifically in World 4-Airship in the secret area with the level's second Star Coin.

Super Mario 3D Land[edit]

Bolt Lifts are objects in Super Mario 3D Land. Only two ever appear, with one being in World 8-6 and the other in Special 8-4. Bolt Lifts function the same way as in Super Mario Galaxy.

New Super Mario Bros. U / New Super Luigi U / New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe[edit]

Nuts are objects in New Super Mario Bros. U, New Super Luigi U, and New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe. They act the same way as in earlier two-dimensional games of the Super Mario series. Nuts appear in The Mighty Cannonship in New Super Mario Bros. U and in All Aboard! in New Super Luigi U.

Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island / Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3[edit]

Sprite of a Bolt Lift in Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island

Bolt Lifts, called tumblers,[5] or cylinders in the remake,[6] are objects in Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island. They appear in forts and castles occasionally. Tumblers are massive, and are rendered through the Super FX chip,[citation needed]. Because of their size, tumblers take up the entire length of the screw they are on, but will still spin Yoshi off of them. Their behavior is similar to rolling logs in later games.

Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars[edit]

Bolt Lifts, referred to as screw bridges,[7] also appear in Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars. Here, they are found in the Weapon World, and work very much like isometric versions of their Super Mario Bros. 3 counterparts. Also, falling off of them usually results in being thrown back to the beginning of them (usually in a humorous way involving trampolines) rather than death.

Yoshi's Story[edit]

Model of a Bolt Lift in Yoshi's Story

Bolt Lifts, known as rollers[8] or logs,[9] are objects in Yoshi's Story. They appear only in Mecha Castle. Bolt Lifts work as they do in Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island, but Yoshis face the screen while walking on them.

Gallery[edit]

Additional names[edit]

Internal names[edit]

Game File Name Meaning

Super Mario Galaxy ObjectData/SeesawMoveNutB.arc SeesawMoveNutB Seesaw Move Nut B
Super Mario Galaxy StageData/ObjNameTable.arc/ObjNameTable.tbl 回転進行ナット(八角) (Kaiten Shinkō Natto (hakkaku)) Spin Progress Nut (octagon)
Super Mario 3D Land romfs/ObjectData/LavaWheelNutA.szs LavaWheelNutA Lava Wheel Nut A
New Super Mario Bros. U content/Common/actor/bolt.szs bolt Bolt

Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese ナット[10]
Natto
Nut
ナットリフト[11]
Natto Rifuto
Nut Lift Super Mario 3D Land
ドラム[12][13]
Doramu
Drum Yoshi franchise
Italian Bulloni[14][15] Bolts
Dadi[16] Nuts Super Mario Galaxy
Bullone[17] Bolt New Super Mario Bros. Wii
Piattaforma bullone[18] Nut platform Super Mario 3D Land

References[edit]

  1. ^ 1991. NES Game Atlas. Nintendo of America (American English). Page 34 and 44.
  2. ^ Peterson, Erik (2003). Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3 Player's Guide. Nintendo of America (American English). ISBN 1930206-37-2. Page 62.
  3. ^ Hodgson, David S J. (October 21, 2003). Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3 Prima's Official Strategy Guide. Prima Games (American English). ISBN 0-7615-4425-9. Page 53, 86, 98.
  4. ^ Stratton, Steve (November 18, 2012). New Super Mario Bros. U PRIMA Official Game Guide. Prima Games (American English). ISBN 978-0-307-89690-2. Page 120.
  5. ^ Miller, Kent, and Terry Munson (1995). Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island Player's Guide. Nintendo of America. Page 123.
  6. ^ Williams, Drew (2002). Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3 Player's Guide. Nintendo of America (American English). ISBN 1-930206-25-9. Page 34.
  7. ^ "Stand on the screw bridges and jump straight up to get yourself moving. If you miss, you'll just trampoline back to where you slipped." – Pelland, Scott, and Kent Miller (1996). Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars Player's Guide. Nintendo of America (American English). Page 101.
  8. ^ Leung, Jason, Terry Munson, and Scott Pelland (1998). Yoshi's Story Player's Guide. Nintendo of America (American English). Page 114.
  9. ^ Prima Bath (April 7, 1999). Nintendo 64 Game Secrets, 1999 Edition Prima's Official Strategy Guide. Prima Games. ISBN 0-7615-2103-8. Page 115.
  10. ^ October 19, 2015. Super Mario Bros. Hyakka: Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook, Super Mario Sunshine section. Shogakukan (Japanese). ISBN 978-4-09-106569-8. Page 41, 136, 150, 216.
  11. ^ October 19, 2015. Super Mario Bros. Hyakka: Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook, Super Mario 3D Land section. Shogakukan (Japanese). ISBN 978-4-09-106569-8. Page 186.
  12. ^ September 20, 1995. 「任天堂公式ガイドブック スーパーマリオ★ヨッシーアイランド」 (Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook – Super Mario: Yossy Island). Shogakukan (Japanese). ISBN 4-09-102523-4. Page 26.
  13. ^ February 20, 1998. 「任天堂公式ガイドブック ヨッシーストーリー」 (Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook – Yoshi's Story). Shogakukan (Japanese). ISBN 4-09-102619-2. Page 108.
  14. ^ November 15, 2018. Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia. Magazzini Salani (Italian). ISBN 889367436X. Page 41, 216.
  15. ^ November 16, 2007. La Guida Ufficiale - Super Mario Galaxy. primagames.com (Italian). ISBN 978-1-906064-03-7. Page 271.
  16. ^ November 15, 2018. Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia. Magazzini Salani (Italian). ISBN 889367436X. Page 136.
  17. ^ November 15, 2018. Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia. Magazzini Salani (Italian). ISBN 889367436X. Page 150.
  18. ^ November 15, 2018. Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia. Magazzini Salani (Italian). ISBN 889367436X. Page 186.