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[[File:9-3nsmbwii.png|thumb|220px|The time limit located on the top right of the screen in ''[[New Super Mario Bros. Wii]]'']]
[[File:9-3nsmbwii.png|thumb|220px|The time limit located on the top right of the screen in ''[[New Super Mario Bros. Wii]]'']]
A '''Time Limit''' (or simply '''Time''') is instituted in almost every platformer game, and its basic purpose is to notify the [[player]] of how much time is allotted to complete a level or task. It is a prominent element in the ''[[Mario (series)|Mario]]'' platformer games. While the player is in a level, the time limit decreases at a steady rate until it reaches zero. If the player does not finish the level when time is up, his or her character automatically loses a [[Extra Life|life]] and has to start the level over. Once the player finishes a level, the remaining time is multiplied by a number and then added to the player's [[score]] (or [[coin]] total in ''[[Super Mario 3D Land]]''). With few exceptions (e.g. in ''Super Mario 3D Land''), it is impossible to increase a level's time limit.  
A '''Time Limit''' (or simply '''Time''') is instituted in almost every platformer game, and its basic purpose is to notify the [[player]] of how much time is allotted to complete a level or task. It is a prominent element in the ''[[Mario (series)|Mario]]'' platformer games. While the player is in a level, the time limit decreases at a steady rate until it reaches zero. If the player does not finish the level when time is up, his or her character automatically loses a [[Extra Life|life]] and has to start the level over. Once the player finishes a level, the remaining time is multiplied by a number and then added to the player's [[score]] (or [[coin]] total in ''[[Super Mario 3D Land]]''). With few exceptions (e.g. in ''Super Mario 3D Land''), it is impossible to increase a level's time limit.  
==Games in the Super Mario series==
Those are the games which contains the time limit below:
[[Super Mario Bros.]]
[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]
[[Super Mario World]]
[[New Super Mario Bros.]]
[[New Super Mario Bros. Wii]]
[[New Super Mario Bros. 2]]
[[New Super Mario Bros. U]]


==Trivia==
==Trivia==

Revision as of 16:15, March 20, 2013

File:9-3nsmbwii.png
The time limit located on the top right of the screen in New Super Mario Bros. Wii

A Time Limit (or simply Time) is instituted in almost every platformer game, and its basic purpose is to notify the player of how much time is allotted to complete a level or task. It is a prominent element in the Mario platformer games. While the player is in a level, the time limit decreases at a steady rate until it reaches zero. If the player does not finish the level when time is up, his or her character automatically loses a life and has to start the level over. Once the player finishes a level, the remaining time is multiplied by a number and then added to the player's score (or coin total in Super Mario 3D Land). With few exceptions (e.g. in Super Mario 3D Land), it is impossible to increase a level's time limit.

Games in the Super Mario series

Those are the games which contains the time limit below:

Super Mario Bros.

Super Mario Bros. 3

Super Mario World

New Super Mario Bros.

New Super Mario Bros. Wii

New Super Mario Bros. 2

New Super Mario Bros. U


Trivia

  • In many Mario platformers, the time limit doesn't count in seconds but in six-tenths or seven-tenths of a second.

See Also