Pendulum Platform

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Pendulum Platform
Lemmy's Swingback Castle
Pendulum Platforms in New Super Mario Bros. U
First appearance New Super Mario Bros. Wii (2009)
Latest appearance New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe (2019)

Pendulum Platforms (also referred to as Pendulum Lifts[1] or swinging platforms[2]) are a type of platform found in the New Super Mario Bros. sub-series.

History[edit]

New Super Mario Bros. Wii[edit]

Pendulum Platforms first appear in New Super Mario Bros. Wii. They are chained red platforms that sway from side to side indefinitely, and they appear only in World 1-Tower.

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

A Pendulum Platform in New Super Luigi U

Pendulum Platforms return in New Super Mario Bros. U, New Super Luigi U, and New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe, exhibiting exactly the same behavior as in New Super Mario Bros. Wii, albeit now being colored blue. They appear in Lemmy's Swingback Castle in the former and in Lemmy's Lights-Out Castle and Boo's Favorite Haunt in the latter.

Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning
Japanese 振り子リフト[3]
Furiko Rifuto
Pendulum Lift

French Plateforme pendule[5]
Pendulum platform
Italian Piattaforma Pendolo[4]
Piattaforma a pendolo
Pendulum Platform (New Super Mario Bros. U)
Pendulum platform (New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe)

References[edit]

  1. ^ New Super Mario Bros. U Channel. (March 28, 2013). New Super Mario Bros. U -- Castle Coin Bypass (Gold Medal) description: "Getting through this course without collecting coins is no easy feat! Pay particular attention to the Pendulum Lifts. Your coin-dodging route will appear and be gone again in a split second! Don't be afraid to replay this challenge many times, building your route as you go." YouTube. Retrieved May 23, 2022.
  2. ^ Stratton, Steve. New Super Mario Bros. U PRIMA Official Game Guide. Page 52.
  3. ^ Sakai, Kazuya (Ambit), kikai, Akinori Sao, Junko Fukuda, Kunio Takayama, and Ko Nakahara (Shogakukan), editors. スーパーマリオブラザーズ百科: 任天堂公式ガイドブック』[Japanese source]. Tokyo, Shogakukan, 2015, pp. 151, 217.
  4. ^ Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia, pag. 217.
  5. ^ Chaîne New Super Mario Bros. U. (March 28, 2013). New Super Mario Bros. U - Défis : Les pièces maudites du château (Wii U) description.