Mushroom Platform
- Not to be confused withSuper Mushroom.
Mushroom Platform | |||
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![]() ANew Super Mario Bros. U style Mushroom Platform inSuper Mario Maker | |||
First appearance | Super Mario Bros. (1985) | ||
Latest appearance | Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition (2024) | ||
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- “I wanna be tall like the mushrooms...”
- —Talking Flower,Super Mario Bros. Wonder
Mushroom Platforms (originally known asSuper Mushrooms)[1] are giantmushrooms that appear throughout theSuper Mario franchise. In most two-dimensional games afterSuper Mario Bros., they specifically work asSemisolid Platforms. They are most often found in large clusters in athletic and sky-themed levels. Alongside the traditional upright, static type of Mushroom Platform, variations with different appearances and properties have been introduced in several games.
History
Super Mario series
Super Mario Bros.
Super Mushrooms appear as objects inSuper Mario Bros.. They are introduced inWorld 4-2'sWarp Zone andWorld 4-3, replacing the tree-likeisland platforms other athletic areas of the game have. In these two areas, the green or gray secondary scenery palette that overworld areas in the game normally have is replaced by a red and orange palette for the Super Mushrooms, causing theWarp Pipes andGoal Poles in these areas to appear red and orange themselves. This detail is no longer present in theSuper Mario All-Stars rendition of the game, as more palette slots are available at once. Additionally in this version, other Super Mushrooms can be seen in the background of World 4-3. Unlike later 2D games, the Super Mushrooms here are solid on all sides, meaning they cannot be jumped through. In theSuper Mario Bros. Deluxe remake, they appear in World 1-3 of the Vs. and You vs. Boo modes.
They are completely absent inSuper Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels, with the secondary athletic platform instead being lengthy clouds, found at the end ofWorld 8-2 (since theGoal Pole can only be accessed viaBeanstalk), inWorld 8-3 (which takes place in the sky), and inWorld A-3. However, they do appear inAll Night Nippon: Super Mario Bros., where their stalks are broken up into segments. Additionally, the red and orange secondary palette used for them appears in several levels in all but theSuper Mario All-Stars version.
Super Mario World
- Main article:Piston Lift
InSuper Mario World, a type of Mushroom Platform called thePiston Lift appears inButter Bridge 1, using similar tiles to thicker, nonspecificSemisolid Platforms found elsewhere in the game.
Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins
Mushroom Platforms appearSuper Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins under their current name.[citation needed] They resemble the ones fromSuper Mario Bros. and appear inSecret Course 5. They now have striped candy-cane like stalks. Wide, blocky Mushroom Platforms additionally appear inSecret Course 1 andSecret Course 4.
Super Mario 64 /Super Mario 64 DS
InSuper Mario 64 andSuper Mario 64 DS, Mushroom Platforms that are all red-capped with white spots on top and golden gills underneath appear onTall, Tall Mountain. They are mentioned in the titles ofScary 'Shrooms, Red Coins andBlast to the Lonely Mushroom, which are the missions they are most directly involved with. Some also appear on thepainting to the world.
Super Mario Sunshine
InSuper Mario Sunshine, Mushroom Platforms (simply localized asmushrooms[2]) make up all of the ground onPianta Village's underside, below several climbable nets. One of them contains asecret area full ofPiantas called "Chucksters." In Pianta Village itself, several red ones have grown through and seem to be used as torches, as they are commonly found with a flame on top. Extinguishing it usually causes acoin to come out. One of the mushrooms in the town has a golden cap, and is where the mayor is trapped inThe Goopy Inferno.
New Super Mario Bros.
Mushroom Platforms are found throughout the athletic levels ofNew Super Mario Bros., being the primary platform for the level type. They first appear inWorld 1-3, where they come in orange or green, both with yellow spots. Additionally,purple ones can be found later in the game. While most are stationary,some sway back and forth, occasionally moving across the screen while doing so. Several specialized versions appear in the game as well, such as a pink, bouncy one known as theMushroom Trampoline, as well asa blue type with an expanding and contracting cap, andred and yellow ones that move up or down if stood upon.
New Super Mario Bros. Wii
InNew Super Mario Bros. Wii, Mushroom Platforms have even more color variation, and first appear inWorld 1-5. They also notably appear inWorld 8-1, despite it being a lava-based level. Like the previous game, this game features specialized versions of them, such asa purple type with a diamond patterned-cap with a screw on top and a corkscrew-like stalk. Byspinning on these, the height can be adjusted. Additionally, the type with an expanding and contracting cap reappears, now pink. In many athletic levels, large spinning cubes with mushroom-like spots appear alongside Mushroom Platforms.
New Super Mario Bros. 2
InNew Super Mario Bros. 2, Mushroom Platforms appear again, looking and acting like they did inNew Super Mario Bros. Wii, except theirstem rings extend further down. They first appear inWorld 1-4. InWorld 4, their caps appear covered in snow. Mushroom Trampolines reappear, now with yellow spots, as do the rising and sinking ones, now magenta and cyan, and the pink stretching ones.
New Super Mario Bros. U
Mushroom Platforms appear with even more color variation inNew Super Mario Bros. U, where they are first found inMushroom Heights. InNew Super Luigi U, they are instead first found inPiranha Heights, the level's direct replacement. In this game, the ones that move have candy cane-like stripes on their stalks. The pink stretching type also reappear in the game. The game also introducesa seesaw-like variant in the level calledSeesaw Shrooms.
Super Mario Maker
Mushroom Platforms appear as placeable objects inSuper Mario Maker andSuper Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DS, where they are given new graphics for theSuper Mario Bros. 3 style. For theSuper Mario World style, their tiles are repurposed from those of the large generic spotted platforms found throughout that game. Their height and length can be adjusted in the level editor. When Mushroom Platforms are placed underwater, their appearance changes to resemblecoral. When they are placed inairships in all styles except forNew Super Mario Bros. U, their stalks change to look mechanical, and in theSuper Mario Bros. style, the cap becomes metallic. In each style, shaking them changes their color between being primarily red, yellow/white, or green.
Super Mario Run
Normal Mushroom Platforms appear inSuper Mario Run, as platforms in the coursesParatroopas in Mushroom Valley,Lakitu's Revenge, andRed Block Run. Variations with a darker color scheme appear inAirship Armada.
Super Mario Maker 2
Mushroom Platforms return inSuper Mario Maker 2 in all styles except for theSuper Mario 3D World style. Unlike in the first game, Mushroom Platforms in theNew Super Mario Bros. U airship style have a mechanical appearance.
Super Mario Bros. Wonder
InSuper Mario Bros. Wonder, Mushroom Platforms appear in a few levels in the first half ofFungi Mines. They have a different appearance from previous 2DMario games, with segmented stems and wavy caps.[3] The red ones have white circle-shaped dots and the blue ones have theirs triangle-shaped. There are also mushrooms that hang from the ceiling of some levels and two of them are diagonally set. When aWonder Flower is touched in the levelUpshroom Downshroom, by itsWonder Effect, these red and blue mushroom platforms change colors into a variety of neon shades that glow as the background darkens.
Yoshi's Island series


In theYoshi's Island series, Mushroom Platforms first appear inSuper Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island. In this game, Mushroom Platforms appear in cave levels, with many having much thinner stalks and caps, which curve around more than the blocky squarish ones from mostSuper Mario games. They come in multiple colors, such as red, blue, beige, and purple, and have a whitish center area instead of spots. Thicker ones with triangular caps also exist, and do have spots. Smaller examples of these can come in other colors, such as dark mahogany and dark pine green, while even smaller than that are limited to blue, red, beige, and purple, like the largest ones. Most of both types appear to have a slice out of the cap, but the smaller two versions of the latter type lack these.
Mario Party series

TheMario Party minigameMushroom Mix-Up takes place on seven hexagonal Mushroom Platforms (referred to as simply "mushrooms") of different colors (and patterns in the minigame's reappearance inMario Party Superstars, replacing the polka dots, listed in brackets): yellow (with vertical stripes) on the top left, cyan (with three dots) on the left, blue (purple inSuperstars with six small dots and one big dot) on the bottom left, pink (with zigzags) on the bottom right, green (with six dots) on the right, red (with four dots) on the top right, and black (white inSuperstars with diagonal stripes) in the middle.Toad stands on a smaller one a short distance from them.
InMario Party 6, Mushroom Platforms appear in theTowering Treetop board.
A player-controlled Mushroom Platform is the central gimmick of theMario Party 7 1-vs.-3 minigameStratosFEAR!, with several of them also appearing in the background.
Mario Party 9 features a few Mushroom Platforms in theToad Road board. One of the images in the minigamePix Fix depicts an athletic level ofNew Super Mario Bros. Wii including these platforms.
Super Smash Bros. series
Mushroom Platforms appear in the backgrounds of theMushroom Kingdom stage of the originalSuper Smash Bros. andSuper Smash Bros. Ultimate (in the former, they are green rather than orange) and theSuper Smash Bros. Meleestage of the same name. They also appear in theGolden Plains andRainbow Road stages inSuper Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and, in the former stage's case,Ultimate. Platforms in the former stage are pass-through platforms, while platforms in the latter are not, as it is one of the stage's main fighting arenas.
Donkey Kong 64
InDonkey Kong 64, Mushroom Platforms of various sizes and colors appear inFungi Forest, where most can be climbed liketrees. An especially large one can even be entered and climbed from the inside.
Mario Kart series
In theMario Kart series, Mushroom Platforms first appear in the background ofMario Circuit inMario Kart: Double Dash!!Mushroom Gorge inMario Kart Wii,Mario Kart 7,Mario Kart Tour, andMario Kart 8 Deluxe (in itsBooster Course Pass DLC) features standard green Mushroom Platforms as traversable objects alongside red (and, in versions afterMario Kart Wii, blue)Mushroom Trampolines, as well as Mushroom Platforms in the background of the course. The Mushroom Platforms do not cause players to bounce as the Mushroom Trampolines do, though inMario Kart Tour andMario Kart 8 Deluxe,Jump Boosts can be performed when driving off of the edge of a Mushroom Platform. InMario Kart Tour, Mushroom Platforms also appear inGBA Sky Garden'sSmash Small Dry Bones bonus challenge.
Mario & Luigi series
Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga /Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions
InMario & Luigi: Superstar Saga,Little Fungitown is a town built atop several Mushroom Platforms (known asGreat Mountain Mushrooms), along with several of the tree-like platforms fromSuper Mario Bros.
Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time
InMario & Luigi: Partners in Time, Mushroom Platforms appear directly outsideHollijolli Village and must be climbed to reach it. Smaller,Shroob mushroom-patterned ones appear in the ruins ofToad Town.
Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story /Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey
InMario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story, Mushroom Platforms appear within Bowser's body in a few locations, notablyToad Square. Sometimes, they appear upside-down.
Donkey Kong Jungle Beat
InDonkey Kong Jungle Beat, Mushroom Platform appear in groups in a few stages starting withJungle Deeps. They start out small, but whenDonkey Kongclaps near them, they grow tall and wide. InNew Play Control! Donkey Kong Jungle Beat, a specific glowing mushroom must be clapped at to make the group grow, though they eventually shrink back down.
Super Princess Peach
InSuper Princess Peach,shelf fungus versions of Mushroom Platforms grow from the trees inHoo's Wood.
Yoshi's Woolly World
InYoshi's Woolly World and its3DS remake, there are three colors of Mushroom Platforms, which are made of yarn with a white circle on top. They make their first appearance inSponge Cave Spelunking. When Yoshi lands on one, its cap wiggles, and with hisGround Pound triggered on these platforms, the red ones have nothing inside, but the green ones contain treasures which are mostlybeads and the purple ones releaseNipper Spores. In the courseYoshi Branches Out, all of the Mushroom Platforms are red.
The Super Mario Bros. Movie
Many Mushroom Platforms appear inThe Super Mario Bros. Movie in the area where Mario first arrives in theMushroom Kingdom after emerging from aWarp Pipe. He also first encountersToad in this area after being surprised by him when trying to touch a blue mushroom, with Toad telling him that it will kill him before correcting himself and declaring that it is safe to touch.
Mario Strikers: Battle League
InMario Strikers: Battle League, Mushroom Platforms appear in the Strikers Club customization options forMushroom Hill. Here, purple platforms can be used as fence posts, while red, blue and yellow ones appear as part of a goal.
Other appearances
Mushroom Platforms appear inAnimal Crossing: New Horizons as thefurniture itemsLarge Mushroom Platform andSmall Mushroom Platform as part of theMario Series added to the game as part of anupdate celebrating theSuper Mario Bros. 35th Anniversary. The items can becustomized; the Large Mushroom Platform is red by default and can be changed to blue or green, while the Small Mushroom Platform is yellow by default and can be changed to pink or green.
Gallery
- For this subject's image gallery, seeGallery:Mushroom Platform.
Super Mario Maker
(Super Mario Bros. 3 style)Super Mario Maker
(Super Mario World style)
Names in other languages
Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
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Japanese | 足場キノコ[4] Ashiba Kinoko | Foothold Mushroom | Donkey Kong Jungle Beat |
キノコ地形[?] Kinoko Chikei | Mushroom Terrain | ||
Chinese | 蘑菇地形[?] Mógu Dìxíng | Mushroom Terrain | |
French (NOE) | Plateforme champignon[?] | Mushroom platform | |
Italian | Piattaforma fungo[?] | Mushroom platform |
References
- ^Tochikubo, Hiroo (1987).How to win at Super Mario Bros..Tokuma Shoten. ISBN4-19-720003-XC. Page 6.
- ^Averill, Alan; Villarreal, Jennifer (2002).Super Mario Sunshine: The Official Nintendo Player's Guide. Redmond, WA:Nintendo of America (American English). ISBN1-930206-23-2. Page 102-103.
- ^Nintendo of America (June 21, 2023).Super Mario Bros. Wonder - Nintendo Direct 6.21.2023.YouTube (American English). Retrieved July 25, 2023.
- ^Donkey Kong Jungle Beat Shogakukan book.Shogakukan (Japanese). Page12.
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