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[[Image:Flat Wario WL2.png|thumb|right|Wario being flattened by a Compressor in ''[[Wario Land II]]''.]]
{{about|the object that appears in [[Yoshi's Story]] and [[Wario Land 4]]|the object referred to as a "piston" in the [[New Super Mario Bros. Wii]] [[Prima Games]] guide|[[Skewer#New Super Mario Bros. Wii|Skewer § New Super Mario Bros. Wii]]}}
[[File:Compressor.png|thumb|left|A compressor from ''[[Yoshi's Story]]''.]]
[[File:The Curious Factory WL4 screenshot.png|thumb|Screenshot from ''Wario Land 4'']]
The '''Compressor''' is an object in the [[Wario Land (series)|''Wario Land'']] series. In the games, when [[Wario]] walks under one, the Compressor squishes Wario and changes his form to [[Flat Wario]]. Despite its effects, they do not harm Wario or any enemy in any sort of way. These objects mainly appear in factory levels. There is always a [[Recompressor]] or a body of water that returns Wario to his normal size and shape.
A '''piston'''<ref>{{cite|language=en-us|publisher=Nintendo of America|date=1998|author=Leung, Jason, Terry Munson, and Scott Pelland|title=''Yoshi's Story'' Player's Guide|page=112 and 114}}</ref><ref>{{cite|deadlink=y|archive=web.archive.org/web/19990508195736/http://www.yoshisstory.com/6-1.html|title=Mecha Castle|publisher=''Yoshi's Story'' official North American website|accessdate=July 6, 2024|language=en-us}}</ref> is a machine that first appears in ''[[Yoshi's Story]]''. In the [[Mecha Castle]], pistons appear in pairs and try to crush an unsuspecting [[Yoshi (species)|Yoshi]] passing between. If a Yoshi is crushed, he is defeated instantly and lost as a result. Not even the [[Super Happy]] form can protect the Yoshi from this hazard.


Compressors also appear in [[Yoshi's Story]] in the level [[Mecha Castle]]. They appear in pairs and try to crush an unsuspecting [[Yoshi (species)|Yoshi]] passing between. If a Yoshi is crushed, its health (represented by the petals of a flower) is depleted.
A different-looking type of piston<ref>{{cite|date=Fall 2001|title=''Nintendo Power Advance'' Volume 3|page=57|language=en-us|publisher=Nintendo of America}}</ref><ref>{{cite|author=Wessel, Craig|title=''[[Warioland 4 (book)|Warioland 4]]''|page=29|language=en-us|publisher=[[Scholastic]]|isbn=0-439-36711-5}}</ref> appears in ''[[Wario Land 4]]''. If a piston squishes [[Wario]], it transforms him into [[Flat Wario]], allowing him to crawl into small spaces. Pistons do not harm Wario or any enemy in any sort of way. These objects mainly appear in factory [[level]]s (such as [[The Curious Factory]]) and some [[pink area]]s. There is always a [[Decompressor]] or a body of [[water]] that returns Wario to his normal size and shape.
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Pistons return in ''[[Super Mario Bros. Wonder]]'' as hazardous objects that appear in only one level: [[Fluff-Puff Peaks Flying Battleship]]. If [[Mario]] is crushed by a piston, he reverts to [[Small Mario]] and loses a life immediately after.
 
==Gallery==
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Compressor.png|Sprite from ''[[Yoshi's Story]]''
WL4-Piston Sprite.png|Sprite from ''[[Wario Land 4]]''
SMBW Smasher.png|Screenshot from ''[[Super Mario Bros. Wonder]]''
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==References==
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Latest revision as of 00:09, July 6, 2024

This article is about the object that appears in Yoshi's Story and Wario Land 4. For the object referred to as a "piston" in the New Super Mario Bros. Wii Prima Games guide, see Skewer § New Super Mario Bros. Wii.
Screenshot from Wario Land 4

A piston[1][2] is a machine that first appears in Yoshi's Story. In the Mecha Castle, pistons appear in pairs and try to crush an unsuspecting Yoshi passing between. If a Yoshi is crushed, he is defeated instantly and lost as a result. Not even the Super Happy form can protect the Yoshi from this hazard.

A different-looking type of piston[3][4] appears in Wario Land 4. If a piston squishes Wario, it transforms him into Flat Wario, allowing him to crawl into small spaces. Pistons do not harm Wario or any enemy in any sort of way. These objects mainly appear in factory levels (such as The Curious Factory) and some pink areas. There is always a Decompressor or a body of water that returns Wario to his normal size and shape.

Pistons return in Super Mario Bros. Wonder as hazardous objects that appear in only one level: Fluff-Puff Peaks Flying Battleship. If Mario is crushed by a piston, he reverts to Small Mario and loses a life immediately after.

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References[edit]

  1. ^ Leung, Jason, Terry Munson, and Scott Pelland (1998). Yoshi's Story Player's Guide. Nintendo of America (American English). Page 112 and 114.
  2. ^ Mecha Castle. Yoshi's Story official North American website (American English). Archived May 8, 1999, 19:57:36 UTC from the original via Wayback Machine. Retrieved July 6, 2024.
  3. ^ Fall 2001. Nintendo Power Advance Volume 3. Nintendo of America (American English). Page 57.
  4. ^ Wessel, Craig. Warioland 4. Scholastic (American English). ISBN 0-439-36711-5. Page 29.
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Yoshi's Story
Playable characters Yoshis
Bosses Cloud N. Candy • Inviso • Cloudjin • Don Bongo • Baby Bowser
Mini-bosses Bone Dragon • Snorkel Snake • Slug
Allies Balloon Bully • Dragon • Ghost Rider • Ghost Stream • Huffin Puffin • Miss Warp • Neuron • Poochy • Power Bee • Snake • White Shy Guy
Items Bob-bomb • Bumber 'Chute • Coin • Coin (hopping) • Giant Egg • Key • Power Flower • Special Heart • Tulip • Yoshi egg
Objects ? Bubble • ? Switch • Arrow Sign • Bubble • Cloud Puffer • Delay Switch • Egg Block • Falling spike • Flatbed Ferry • Locked door • Message Block • Mystery Crate • Pipe • Post • Propeller Lift • Rock block • Seesaw • Spring • Super Happy Tree • Surprise Ball • Swing • Vase • Vine*
Fruits Apple • Bananas • Bomb Berry • Favorite Fruit • Grapes • Heart Fruit • Lucky Fruit • Melon • Pepper • Watermelon
Obstacles Ball 'N' Chain • Ball and chain • Beehive • Blaster • Bocci Ball • Bumper Ball • Buzz saw • Chain Gate • Direction Switch • Flaming urn • Jelly • Piston • Pit • Rail Lift • Shy Guy Galleon • Spike • Spiked ball • Sprocket • Sword
Moves Crouch • Dash • Egg Throw • Flutter Jump • Ground Pound • Jump • Sniff • Swallow • Swim
Enemies Air Bag • Attacky Sack • Bamboo dancers • Bee • Big & Little Boo • Black Shy Guy • Blargg • Blindfold Boo • Block Boo • Blurp • Bob-bomb • Bone Dragon • Boo • Bullet Bill • Bumblebee • Bumpty • Burner Heihō • Clam • Centipede • Cheep Cheep • Chomp • ComBat • Do-Drop • Flying Shy Guy • Frog • Fuzzy Wiggler • Gabon • Ghost • Goonie • Ick Worm • Jelly Ghost • Jellyfish • Lava Ghost • Little Boo • Mr. Eel • Nipper Plant • Nipper Spore • Pak E. Derm • Para-bomb • Peeper • Piranha Pest • Piranha Plant • Piranha Sprout • Puffer • Raven • Sea Anemone • Sea cactus • Sensuikan Heihō • Shy Guy • Shy Guy On Stilts • Shy Guys on Pogo Sticks • Snow Guy • Spark Spook • Spider • Spike • Spiked Fun Guy • Spiny Fish • Spiked stone • Tehee Butterfly • Toady • Vine Slime*
Levels P. 1-Beginning Treasure Hunt • Surprise!! • Rail Lift • Tower Climb
P. 2-Cavern Bone Dragon Pit • Blargg's Boiler • Jelly Pipe • Torrential Maze
P. 3-Summit Cloud Cruising • The Tall Tower • Poochy & Nippy • Frustration
P. 4-Jungle Jungle Hut • Jungle Puddle • Piranha Grove • Neuron Jungle
P. 5-Ocean Lots O'Jelly Fish • Lots O'Fish • Shy Guy Limbo • Shy Guy's Ship
P. 6-Finale Mecha Castle • Lift Castle • Ghost Castle • Magma Castle
Miscellaneous Practice
Minigames Broad Jump • Catch the Coins • Melon Race • Special Delivery
Further info ♥ • Fruit Frame • Gallery • Pre-release and unused content • Smile Meter • Staff • Super Happy • Yoshi's mood
Albums Music to Pound the Ground to: Yoshi's Story Game Soundtrack • Love, Peace & Happiness: The Original Yoshi's Story Soundtrack • Yoshi Story Original Soundtrack
* Exclusive to international versions
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Wario Land 4
Allies Wario • Kuro Neko • Keyzer • Arewo Shitain-hakase • Shop owner • Princess Shokora • Game Bot
Bosses Spoiled Rotten • Cractus • Cuckoo Condor • Aerodent • Catbat • Golden Diva
Passages Entry Passage • Emerald Passage • Ruby Passage • Topaz Passage • Sapphire Passage • Golden Pyramid
Reactions Bouncy Wario • Bubble Wario • Fat Wario • Flaming Wario • Flat Wario • Frozen Wario • Puffy Wario • Snowman Wario • Bat Wario • Zombie Wario
Levels Hall of Hieroglyphs • Palm Tree Paradise • Wildflower Fields • Mystic Lake • Monsoon Jungle • The Curious Factory • The Toxic Landfill • 40 Below Fridge • Pinball Zone • Toy Block Tower • The Big Board • Doodle Woods • Domino Row • Crescent Moon Village • Arabian Night • Fiery Cavern • Hotel Horror • Golden Passage
Places Golden Pyramid • Item Shop • Mini-Game Shop • Pink area • Sound Room
Enemies Beezley • Black egg • Bow Balloon • Bowler • Butatabi • Deburīna • Denden • Dice • Egg • Eggplant Warrior • Ghost • Glass bird • Goggley-Blade • Green enemy • Hammer • Harimen Zetto • Hoggus • Hotaru • Imomushi • Kaentsubo • Lips • Marumen • Mayubird • Mechanical fish • Menhanmā • Men'ono • Mine • Minicula • Moguramen • Onomī • Petbottom • Pig Head Statue • Pin enemy • Ringosukī • Robobird • Shieragucchi • Skeleton Bird • Spear-Mask • Spike Cannon • Spiky • Teddy Bear • Tobawani • Togemasuku • Togenobi • Togerobo • Totsumen • Toy Car • Utsuboankō • Yeti
Shop items Apple Bomb • Blast Cannon • Vizorman • Bugle • Black Dog • Large Lips • Big Fist • Black Dragon • Smile
Minigames The Wario Hop • Wario's Homerun Derby • Wario's Roulette
Objects "!" Button • Block • Blue block • Blue Crystal • Bonfire Block • Brown block • Bubble • Button • CD • Chance wheel • Chandelier • Chomp ball • Coin • Decompressor • Diamond • Domino block • Electric spark • Flower • Flying carpet • Full Health Item • Heart • Jewel • Jewel piece • Kaeru Block • Legendary treasure • Little heart • Medal • Pinball digital counter • Pinball tulip • Piston • Red Crystal • Round red rock • Spike • Switch • Togetoge • Toy Block Door • Treasure chest • Triangle block • Vortex • Wario Car • Warp Pipe
Further info Gallery (Golden Diva) • Media • Staff • Glitches • List of quotes • Pre-release and unused content • Warioland 4 (book) • Welcome to Greedville (Wario's Grab Bag • Wario's Crazy Caps • Wario's Dunk Tank • Greed $chool Test)
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Super Mario Bros. Wonder
Playable characters Mario • Luigi • Princess Peach • Princess Daisy • Yellow Toad • Blue Toad • Toadette • Yoshi • Red Yoshi • Yellow Yoshi • Light-Blue Yoshi • Nabbit
Other characters Ancient Dragon • Captain Toad • Kamek • Poplin (Angler Poplin · Loyal Poplin · Master Poplin) • Prince Florian • Professor Connect • Racing Wiggler • Talking Flower
Locations Worlds Pipe-Rock Plateau • Fluff-Puff Peaks • Shining Falls • Sunbaked Desert • Fungi Mines • Deep Magma Bog • Petal Isles • Special World
Other Flower Kingdom • Petal Isles • Poplin Shop
Bosses Bowser (Castle Bowser) • Bowser Jr. (Wonder Bowser Jr.)
Objects Collectibles 1-Up Mushroom • 10-flower coin • Blue Coin • Bubble Flower • Coin • Drill Mushroom • Elephant Fruit • Fire Flower • Flower coin • Key • Royal Seed • Super Mushroom • Super Star • Wonder Seed
Other ! Block • ? Block • ? Switch • Arrow Sign • Atchi Muite Block • Badge • Beacon • Beanstalk • Brick Block • Bridge • Bubble • Bumper • Candy Block • Checkpoint Flag • Cloud Block • Cloud Lift • Conveyor Belt • Crate • Dark • Domino Iwa • Donut Block • Dotted-Line Block • Downpour Cloud • Dropdown Countdown Lift • Empty Block • Frozen Coin • Goal Pole (secret) • Handle • Hard Block • Hidden Block • Hidden Character Block • Hidden Coin • Ice Block • Inchworm Pipe • Iron Block • Item Balloon • Item storage • Jewel block • Key Door • Lakitu's Cloud • Light-Switch • Lift • Lifting Shabon • Linking Lift • Long ? Block • Long Empty Block • Marimba Block • Mushroom Platform • Mushroom Trampoline • ON/OFF Switch • P Switch • Peanut box • Pole Block • POW Block • Propeller Flower • Puffy Lift • Race Block • Red POW Block • Rock Block • Rotating Block • Roulette Block • Semisolid Platform • Snow block • Spike Trap • Standee • Timer-Switch • Track • Treasure chest • Tree • Warp Door • Warp Pipe • Water Ball • Water spout • Wonder Flower • Wonder Token • Wow Bud • Zip Track
Enemies and obstacles Anglefish • Armad • Baboom • Big Fire Piranha • Big Goomba • Big Mokumokumo • Big Note Piranha Plant • Big Piranha Plant • Big Run Run Packun • Bill Blaster • Blewbird • Bloomp • Bob-omb • Bone Goomba • Bone Piranha Plant • Bone Run Run Packun • Boo • Bowser cannon • Bowser Statue • Bull's-Eye Blaster • Bullet Bill • Bulrush • Burner • Buzzy Beetle • Cannon • Cheep Cheep • Cloud Piranha • Condart • Condrop • Dark Nokonoko • Deka Chase Killer • Deka Hoppin • Deka Korobū • Dry Bones • Electricity Block • Fire Bar • Fire Piranha Plant • Fire Gabon • Flying Mechakoopa • Gamboo • Giant Mokumokumo • Giant Spiked Ball • Gnawsher • Goomba • Goombrat • Hammer Bro • Hefty Goomba • Hoppo • Hoppycat • Hot-Hot Rock • Hothead • Kerpop • King Boo • Kodeka Kakibō • Kodeka Maimai • Koopa Mecha Maker • Konk • Koopa Paratroopa • Koopa Troopa • Lakitu • Lakitu trio • Lava Blobble • Lava Bubble • Li'l Scorcher • Lil Sparky • Maw-Maw • Mechakoopa • Melon Piranha Plant • Metal Takebō • Missile Meg • Mumsy • Muncher • Ninji • Nipper Plant • Noknok • Note Piranha Plant • Outmaway • Piranha Plant • Piston • Pokey • Pokipede • Raargh • Renketsu Search Killer • Revver • Rift • Rift Mario • Robbird • Rolla Koopa • Rrrumba • Seeker Bullet Bill • Serpont • Shoomp • Shova • Skedaddler • Sluglug • Smackerel • Smogrin • Snootle • Snortoise • Spike • Spike Ball • Spike Trap • Spiny • Spiny Egg • Sproing • Sugarstar • Swirlypod • Taily • Thwomp • Trompette • Trottin' Piranha Plant • Urchin • Whohoo • Wonder Būsuke • Wonder Gottsun • Wonder Haiden • Wonder Hoppin • Wonder Koronporin • Wonder Packun • Wubba • Zip-Zap
Moves Crouch • Dash • Flutter Jump • Ground Pound • Jump • Midair Spin • Shell Toss • Slide • Spin Jump • Stomp • Swallow • Swim • Wall Jump
Other Gallery • Media • Quotes • Staff
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