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[[File:Donkey Kong Ladder.png|thumb|[[Mario]] next to a ladder in ''[[Donkey Kong (game)|Donkey Kong]]'']]

'''Ladders''' are objects first seen in the original [[Donkey Kong (game)|''Donkey Kong'' game]]. They have reappeared throughout many later games as inanimate objects that the player is able to climb to progress in the level, area, or stage.

 

[[File:WL4-Wario Climbing.png|thumb|left|150px|[[Wario]] climbing a ladder in ''[[Wario Land 4]]'']]

Ladders are found throughout ''[[Donkey Kong (game)|Donkey Kong]]'' and serve as a connection between two platforms. In [[25m|25 m]], [[Mario]] has to use them in order to get to the top and to avoid [[barrel]]s and [[Fireball (Donkey Kong)|Fireball]]s, however, barrels can occasionally roll down the ladders and the Fireballs can climb up them as well. Some of the ladders are broken; Mario cannot climb these. He also cannot climb any ladders if he is carrying a [[hammer]]. Some of the ladders in the [[50m|50 m]] stage extend and retract. Mario can only climb those up completely if they are fully open.

Ladders reappear in ''[[Donkey Kong (Game Boy)|Donkey Kong]]'' for the [[Game Boy]] in several varieties. The static and extending ladders from the original arcade game make a return in many levels of the game. Mario can only climb a ladder if he stands on solid ground, which is an important element in some levels, where he first has to place a [[road]] or jump on an [[icicle]] to have a platform to stand on from which he can climb the ladder. Another important element in the game's puzzles are ladders than can be placed by Mario himself, also known as '''Arrow Blocks'''<ref>''Nintendo Power'' Volume 61, pages 81 and 82.</ref>. If Mario jumps against one such vertical-facing block in the game, the game freezes and the player has to place the ladder in any free point of the level. The ladder will then extend itself upwards and downwards as far as it can. The ladder is timed, and disappears after the time has passed. This timer indicated with a music that starts playing as soon as the ladder is placed and gets faster gradually. The timer can be reset if Mario places another ladder within the first ladder's time limit, or any other placeable objects such as [[road]]s, [[Trampoline|Jump Stands]], and blocks. After disappearing, the ladder can then be placed with the same block again.

Ladders reappear in ''[[VS. Wrecking Crew]]'' and ''[[Wrecking Crew]]'', where they serve the same purpose they did in ''Donkey Kong''. The enemies, [[Eggplant Man|Eggplant Men]], [[Gotchawrench]]es, and [[Foreman Spike]], can climb ladders. A type of ladders, ladder walls, appears in this game, where they must be destroyed.

Ladders first appeared in the [[Super Mario (series)|''Super Mario'' series]] in ''[[Super Mario Bros. 2]]'', where they function similar to [[beanstalk]]s.

Ladders also appear in ''[[Super Mario Land]]''{{'}}s [[bonus game (Super Mario Land)|bonus game]]. One ladder, along with Mario, will move between the different platforms until the player presses {{button|gb|a}}. Mario will then move along the platform, but if he comes across a ladder, Mario will move up or down it onto another platform, collecting a different reward.

[[File:NSMBW Ladder Sprite.png|thumb|right|75px|A rope ladder sprite]]

In ''[[New Super Mario Bros. Wii]]'', the only level to feature ladders is [[World 2-4 (New Super Mario Bros. Wii)|World 2-4]], where they are made of ropes. Here, while [[wind|strong gusts]] blow, the ladders are pushed up, making them unusable.

Ladders also appear in ''[[New Super Mario Bros. U]]'' and its [[Nintendo Switch]] [[New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe|port]], in the level [[The Mighty Cannonship]], and in ''[[New Super Luigi U]]'' in the levels [[Slippery Rope Ladders]] and [[Broozers and Barrels]]. They behave the same as they did in ''New Super Mario Bros. Wii''.

Several ladders also appear in ''[[Luigi's Mansion]]''. One of them appears in [[Professor Elvin Gadd|Professor E. Gadd]]'s laboratory, though it serves no function, and a second leads between the [[Courtyard (Luigi's Mansion)|Courtyard]] and the [[Bottom of the Well]]. A third is found on the bunk bed in [[The Twins' Room]], and two are found on the [[Roof (Luigi's Mansion)|Roof]].

In ''[[Mario vs. Donkey Kong]]'', ladders appear in every world and plus world.

In ''[[Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Mini-Land Mayhem!]]'', [[Blue Ladder]]s are present. They cause [[Mini Mario (toy)|Mini Mario]]s to immediately climb or descend it.

In ''[[Super Paper Mario]]'', ladders are found in the [[Floro Caverns]]. [[Bowser]] is unable to climb up the ladder, most likely due to his size. If he tries, he struggles and mutters, "Can't climb this!"

====''Super Smash Bros. Brawl''====

Ladders first appear in the ''[[Super Smash Bros. (series)|Super Smash Bros.]]'' series in ''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]''. They appear in the [[75 m (stage)|75 m]], [[PictoChat]], and [[Rumble Falls (stage)|Rumble Falls]] stages. They are also found in several of the [[smashwiki:Subspace Emissary|Subspace Emissary]] levels. They can also be placed as stage parts in custom stages.

 

In ''[[Super Smash Bros. for Wii U]]'', ladders reappear on 75 m as well as on [[Palutena's Temple]] and the [[Wrecking Crew (stage)|Wrecking Crew]] stage. On the Wrecking Crew stage, ladders appear in the form of ladder walls and can be destroyed if they are attacked.

 

====''Super Smash Bros. Ultimate''====

In ''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]'', ladders reappear on 75 m, Palutena's Temple, Wrecking Crew, and the stage builder. Fighters can now perform aerial attacks while on a ladder.

====''Mario Party: Island Tour''====

In ''[[Mario Party: Island Tour]]'', ladders appear in the minigame [[Mad Ladders]].

 

In ''[[Mario Party 10]]'', ladders appear in [[Mega Goomba's Ladder Leap]].

Ladders also appears in ''[[Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker]]'' and its Nintendo Switch and Nintendo 3DS [[Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker (Nintendo Switch / Nintendo 3DS)|ports]] which [[Captain Toad]] and [[Toadette]] can climb. During the levels that reappear from ''[[Super Mario 3D World]]'', ladders were added due to Captain Toad and Toadette being unable to jump.

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