Rolling log: Difference between revisions

{{image|more=yes|A sprite/render of a rolling log and screenshot from SM64/DS & NSMBW}}

{{distinguish|Log|Spinning Log}}

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|image=[[File:NSMBU Bridge Over Poisoned Waters Screenshot.jpg|260px]]<br>A rolling log in ''[[New Super Mario Bros. U]]''

|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario 64]]'' ([[List of games by date#1996|1996]])

'''Rolling logs'''<ref>{{cite|author=Pelland, Scott and Dan Owsen|date=1996|title=''Super Mario 64'' Player's Guide|page=66 and 102|language=en-us|publisher=Nintendo of America}}</ref><ref>{{cite|author=Loe, Casey|title=''New Super Mario Bros.'' Player's Guide|page=8|date=May 15, 2006|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=en-us|isbn=1-59812-009-3}}</ref><ref>{{cite|author=Bueno, Fernando|title=''New Super Mario Bros. Wii'' PRIMA Official Game Guide|page=99|date=November 15, 2009|publisher=[[Prima Games]]|language=en-us|isbn=978-0-307-46592-4}}</ref><ref>{{cite|author=Stratton, Steve|title=''New Super Mario Bros. U'' PRIMA Official Game Guide|page=124|publisher=Prima Games|language=en-us|date=November 18, 2012|isbn=978-0-307-89690-2}}</ref> (also formatted as '''Rolling Logs''')<ref>{{cite|deadlink=y|archive=web.archive.org/web/19980610064708/http://www.nintendo.com/n64/super_mario64/7-4.html|title=Course 7 - Star 4: Red-Hot Log Rolling|publisher=Nintendo: Super Mario 64 Strategy|accessdate=June 3, 2024|language=en-us}}</ref> are wooden [[platform]]s in the [[Super Mario (franchise)|''Super Mario'' franchise]] that rotate while being moved on.

[[File:SM64 Rolling log.png|thumb|left|[[Mario]] running on a rolling log in ''Super Mario 64'']]

[[File:Red-Hot Log Rolling.png|thumb|right|Mario standing on a rolling log in ''Super Mario 64 DS'']]

Rolling logs in ''[[Super Mario 64]]'' and ''[[Super Mario 64 DS]]'' are cylindrical wooden platforms that, when stood on, roll over. The player must [[dash|run]] along them or [[jump]] carefully to avoid falling off until they reach their destination on a set path. When the rolling logs are not stood on, they begin to roll back to their original positions. One appears in [[Lethal Lava Land]] and is the focus of the mission [[Red-Hot Log Rolling]], and another is on [[Tall, Tall Mountain]].

Rolling logs in ''[[New Super Mario Bros.]]'' are stationary platforms with a purpose to eventually drop the player character off of them if stood on long enough. Rolling logs appear only in the underground sections of [[World 6-3 (New Super Mario Bros.)|World 6-3]].

Rolling logs in ''[[New Super Mario Bros. Wii]]'' function identically as in ''New Super Mario Bros.'', though they have a slightly different color and now produce creaking noises when stood on. They appear only in [[World 5-3 (New Super Mario Bros. Wii)|World 5-3]].

Rolling logs in ''[[New Super Mario Bros. U]]'' and [[New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe|its remake]] function similarly as before and appear only in [[Bridge over Poisoned Waters]], though they reprise their role in the challenge [[Poison-Swamp Scramble]]. Rolling logs do not return in ''[[New Super Luigi U]]''.

[[Category:New Super Mario Bros. objects]]

[[Category:New Super Mario Bros. U objects]]

[[Category:New Super Mario Bros. Wii objects]]