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{{articleabout|obstacle in platform games|genre|[[Genre#Platform|here]]}}
{{about|the obstacle in platform [[List of games|games]]|the genre|[[Genre#Platform games|Genre § Platform games]]}}
[[Image:Battlefield_SSBB.jpg|right|thumb|200px|'''Platforms''' in ''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s [[Battlefield]].]]
{{distinguish|[[Snake Block]], which is seldomly named Platform}}
'''Platforms''' are obstacles in almost every adventure video game, including the ''[[Mario (series)|Mario]]'' series. They are physical objects that the player jumps across to get through levels. In sidescrollers, the [[player]] can jump up through the bottoms of platforms (and in ''Super Smash Bros''<nowiki>'</nowiki> case, drop through the tops as well). However in 3D games, the player can not jump through them and have to jump around them. Some platforms cannot be jumped through in sidescrollers (''[[Mario Bros. (game)|Mario Bros.]]'' for example), but most can. In New Super Mario Bros. Wii the platforms are orange and can be jumped through. Above an orange platform there maybe a question block or a brick block.  
[[File:SSBB Battlefield Stage.png|thumb|200px|Platforms in ''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]''{{'}}s [[Battlefield]]]]
'''Platforms''' in the [[Super Mario (franchise)|''Super Mario'' franchise]] are physical objects that the player character [[jump]]s across to get through [[level]]s or discover secrets. While platforms are mainly in side-scrollers, the player can jump up through the bottoms of some platforms (and, in ''[[Super Smash Bros.]]''{{'}} case, drop through the tops as well), which cannot be done in three-dimensional games. Platforms often have gimmicky traits, such as moving. These are sometimes referred to as [[lift]]s. Some platforms in ''[[Yoshi's Woolly World]]'' are yarn frames that require a [[yarn ball]] to be thrown at them to become solid.


==Gallery==
[[Category:Platforms|*]]
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[[Category:Hazardous objects]]
File:SMBPlatform.png|''[[Super Mario Bros.]]''
File:SMB3Platform.png|''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]''
File:SMWPlatform.png|''[[Super Mario World]]''
File:NSMBPlatform.png|''[[New Super Mario Bros.]]''
</gallery>
[[Category:Objects]]
[[Category:Traps and Obstacles]]

Latest revision as of 22:46, April 8, 2024

This article is about the obstacle in platform games. For the genre, see Genre § Platform games.
Not to be confused with Snake Block, which is seldomly named Platform.

Platforms in the Super Mario franchise are physical objects that the player character jumps across to get through levels or discover secrets. While platforms are mainly in side-scrollers, the player can jump up through the bottoms of some platforms (and, in Super Smash Bros.' case, drop through the tops as well), which cannot be done in three-dimensional games. Platforms often have gimmicky traits, such as moving. These are sometimes referred to as lifts. Some platforms in Yoshi's Woolly World are yarn frames that require a yarn ball to be thrown at them to become solid.