Blue Lifts surrounding threeMini Marios

Sprites of a Blue Lift going both directions

Blue Lifts are objects inMario vs. Donkey Kong: Tipping Stars. They are a series of platforms that constantly move up or down, transporting theMinis from one platform to another. Once a Mini steps in front of a Blue Lift, it is immediately carried in its assigned direction by one of its moving platforms. Enemies ignore Blue Lifts.

Blue Lifts can only be traced vertically between two blue rivets, using the touchscreen. They are a resource item, meaning that the player needs to have a certain number of pieces to build a Blue Lift from one rivet to another. In order to remove and collect pieces from one place, the player has to tap a rivet that is adjacent to one or two Blue Lifts. Objects calledLift Pickups appear in some levels with Blue Lifts, which give more Blue Lift pieces upon being collected by the Minis. A large variation of Lift Pickups appear as well, granting the player five pieces instead of only one. Blue Lifts are introduced inDashing Desert, where they form the principal mechanic, and continue to appear in subsequent worlds.

In all of these regards, including them appearing in the fifth world, Blue Lifts are analogous toBlue Ladders fromMario vs. Donkey Kong: Mini-Land Mayhem!

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