Pendulum Platform

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Pendulum Platform
Screenshot fromNew Super Luigi U
First appearance	New Super Mario Bros. Wii (2009)
Latest appearance	New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe (2019)
Variant of	Lift

Pendulum Platforms^{[citation needed]} (also referred to asPendulum Lifts^[1] orswinging platforms^[2]) are a type ofplatform in theSuper Mario series. They are chained platforms that sway from side to side indefinitely.

History[edit]

New Super Mario Bros. Wii[edit]

Pendulum Platforms first appear inNew Super Mario Bros. Wii. They appear only inWorld 1-Tower.

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

Pendulum Platforms return inNew Super Mario Bros. U,New Super Luigi U, andNew Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe, exhibiting exactly the same behavior as inNew Super Mario Bros. Wii. They were changed from being colored red to blue. They appear inLemmy's Swingback Castle in the first game and inLemmy's Lights-Out Castle andBoo's Favorite Haunt in the second game.

Gallery[edit]

Screenshot fromNew Super Mario Bros. Wii
Screenshot fromNew Super Mario Bros. U
Screenshot fromNew Super Luigi U
Jakks Pacific Deluxe Dungeon Playset

Names in other languages[edit]

Language	Name	Meaning	Notes
Japanese	振り子リフト^[3] Furiko Rifuto	Pendulum Lift
French	Plateforme pendule^[4]	Pendulum platform
Italian	Piattaforma a pendolo^[5]	Pendulum platform
Italian	Piattaforma Pendolo^[6]	Pendulum Platform	Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia

References[edit]

^"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." – New Super Mario Bros. U Channel (March 28, 2013).New Super Mario Bros. U -- Castle Coin Bypass (Gold Medal).YouTube (English). Retrieved May 23, 2022.
^Stratton, Steve (November 18, 2012).New Super Mario Bros. U PRIMA Official Game Guide.Prima Games (American English). ISBN978-0-307-89690-2. Page 52.
^Sakai, Kazuya (Ambit), kikai, Akinori Sao, Junko Fukuda, Kunio Takayama, and Ko Nakahara (Shogakukan), editors (October 19, 2015).『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』.Shogakukan (Japanese). ISBN978-4-09-106569-8. Page 151 and 217.
^Chaîne New Super Mario Bros. U (March 28, 2013).New Super Mario Bros. U - Défis : Les pièces maudites du château (Wii U).YouTube (French). Retrieved June 29, 2024.
^Canale New Super Mario Bros. U (March 28, 2013).New Super Mario Bros. U - Sfide: Alla larga dalle monete del castello (Wii U).YouTube (Italian).
^November 15, 2018.Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia.Magazzini Salani (Italian). ISBN889367436X. Page 217.

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Solid platforms	Accordion-like platform •Automated elevator •Ball on chains •Balloon Elevator •Beach Ball •Bike Pads •Boat (Delfino Plaza) •Bocci Ball •Bone •Bone bridge •Bucket (Yoshi series) •Cactus •Cactus box •Clock hand •Cascading Stone •Clockwork Block •Cog •Coin Volcano •Conveyor Belt •Coral •Cosmic block •Crumble Block •Cymbals •Daikon •Dash Block •Drawbridge •Drum •Escalator •Falling Platform •Falling spike •Ferris wheel •Flip Panel •Flipswitch Panel •Floating corn •Floating couch •Floating crate •Fossilized dragon •Flower Road •Floor •Gear (Super Mario Odyssey) •Giant Swing •Goo •Grate •Green panel •Green platform •Ground •Hammer Pendulum •Hard Block •Heavy Zed •Hexagon •Hill •Ice •Icicle (Huge Icicle) •Invisible walkway •Iron Block •Island •Jelly •Kanaami road •Keyhole Pedestal •Large shell •Launch Fit •Leaf Platform •Lift Block •Light-Up-Lift •Log •Magnet Ground •Magnet Platform •Magnet Rod •Makeshift surfboard •Mienai Ashiba •Mirror •Moon platform •Movable cover •Moving Rail •Oseru Ashiba •Pan Platform •Picture block •Propeller Pillar •Push-Block •Pyramid platform •Puzzle piece •Raft •Rainbow Cruiser •Red and blue blocks •Red balloon •Red-and-yellow bridge •Red-Blue Panel •Rhythm Floor •Rippling Floor •Rising pillar •Rising Stone Pillar •Rolling log •Rotating bar •Rotating bridge •Rotating building •Rotating disc •Rotating platform •Rotating platform (Super Mario Odyssey) •Rotating square •Rough platform •Sand tide •Seesaw Fit •Seesaw Log Bridge •Shifting wall •Slingshroom •Snow •Snowball •Spinning block •Spinning disc •Spinning Log •Spinning saucepan •Spring Platform •Square •Squid Fit •Squishy block •Starshroom •Stove •Stump •Swaying platform •Swing •Swing (Super Mario Sunshine) •Swinging Scaffolding •Swirly Slab •Switchboard •Tapering platform •Teeter-totter •Teeter-totter moon •Tile •Tumbling barrel •Turning Floor •Ugoku Ashiba •Unbreakable block •Vanishing platform •Venus Trap Platform •Wheel •Wobble Rock •Wobbly platform •Xylophone •Yellow square •Yoshi Platform •Zip Track
Semisolid Platforms	15-Piece Puzzle •Balloon •Bean Platform •Bridge •Bouncy Cloud •Chandelier (platform) •Cloud Block •Cliff •Countdown Platform •Downpour Cloud •Dropping lift •Elevator Platform •Floating island platform •Floor (Wrecking Crew series) •Flower •Girder •Hip Tree •Hot Air Balloon •Jump-over cloud •Manhole •Magic carpet •Mobile •One-Way Wall •Purple Conveyor •Red Girder •Rising note •Rocking Platform •Rocky wall •Rolled-up carpet •Sand Geyser •Shrinking platform •Seesaw •Soft sand •Spine Coaster •Spinning Platform •Spring platform •Totchī •White Block •Witch's Cauldron •Yellow ledge
Lifts	Akatō Lift •Arrow lift (New Super Mario Bros. series) •Arrow Lift (Super Mario 64) •Arrow Lift (Yoshi series) •Bell-shaped contraption •Blarggwich (sandwich) •Bolt Lift •Bone lift •Bone Lift (Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins) •Bone Lift (Super Mario Bros. Wonder) •Cloud Lift •Count-Lift •Cross Lift •Diagonal platform •Directional Lift •Disappearing platform •Donut Block •Dropdown Countdown Lift •Elevator block •Elevator lift •Eye Beamer •Flimsy Lift •Floating barrel •Floating platform •Flying Platform •Ghost-coaster •Hinged device •Hip Drop Move Lift •Ice platform •Lava Lift •Leaping lid •Limited Lift (Remote-Control) •Linking Lift •Liquid lift •Moving block •Multi-Vator •Paddle Platform •Pendulum Platform •Pinwheel •Platform wheel •Propeller Lift •Propeller Lift (Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins) •Propeller Platform •Puffy Lift •Pump Lift •Remote-Control Platform •Remote-Controlled Lift •Raft (New Super Mario Bros. 2) •Rotary Lift •Rotating Panel •Scale Lift •Screwtop Lift •Segmented platform •Single Swing Lift •Ski Lift •Sky Move Lift •Slide Lift •Star Lift •Switch-Lift •Tilt Lift •Transparent Platform •Triple Swing Lift •White box •Wire Net Platform •Work Elevator •Zipline lift
Mushroom Platforms	Moving Mushroom •Mushroom Trampoline •ON/OFF Trampoline •Piston Lift •Screwtop Shroom •Seesaw Shroom (blue) •Sinking and Rising Mushrooms •Stretch Shroom •Tilting mushroom
Trampolines	Blue Spring •Bouncy Cloud •High Spring •Jump-over cloud •Long Spring •Shikaku Trampoline •Super Spring •Triangoline
Living platforms	Ancient Dragon •Balloon Bully •Bloopad •Bomp •Darkmess Manta •Dolphin •Dorrie •Dragon •Fairy Board •Flomp •Futamogu •Ganchan •Ghost Rider •Ghost Stream •Giant sunflower •Goonie •Jumbo Ray •Konk (Wonder Konk) •Liftoglobin •Mega Mole •Mega Wiggler •Neuron •Para-Beetle (Heavy Para-Beetle) •Robot turtle •Sand Bird •Seagull •Shoomp • Snake (Wario Land 3 •Yoshi's Story) •Stumper •Togēba •Turtle (Wario Land series) •Whale •Whomp •Worm (Super Mario Galaxy)

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Forms		Small Mario •Super Mario •Flying Squirrel Mario •Fire Mario •Ice Mario •Mini Mario •Propeller Mario •Penguin Mario •Invincible Mario •Power Squirrel Mario •Peachette^e
Yoshis		Yoshi •Balloon Baby Yoshi •Bubble Baby Yoshi •Glowing Baby Yoshi
Non-playable characters		Princess Peach •Toads
Enemies		Amp^a •Banzai Bill •Big Amp^a •Big Boo •Big Buzzy Beetle^a •Big Cheep Cheep •Big Deep Cheep^b •Big Dry Bones •Big Eep Cheep^b •Big Fire Piranha^b •Big Fuzzy •Big Goomba^a •Big Koopa Troopa^a •Big Piranha Plant •Big Pokey •Big Thwomp •Big Urchin •Big Wiggler •Blooper •Blooper Baby^a •Blooper Nanny^a •Bob-omb •Bony Beetle •Boo •Boomerang Bro •Bramball •Broozer •Bulber^a •Bullet Bill •Buzzy Beetle •Chain Chomp •Cheep Cheep •Cheep Chomp •Clampy^a •Cooligan •Deep Cheep^b •Dragoneel •Dry Bones •Eep Cheep •Fire Bro •Fire Piranha Plant •Fire Snake •Fish Bone •Flame Chomp •Fliprus •Foo •Fuzzy •Goomba •Goombrat •Grrrol •Hammer Bro •Heavy Para-Beetle •Hefty Goomba •Huckit Crab •Ice Bro •Ice Piranha Plant •Jellybeam^a •King Bill •Koopa Paratroopa •Koopa Troopa •Lakitu •Lava Bubble •Magmaargh •Magmaw •Mecha Cheep^a •Mechakoopa •Mega Grrrol •Mini Goomba •Missile Bill •Monty Mole •Muncher •Para-Beetle •Parabomb •Paragoomba^a •Piranha Plant •Piranha Pod •Pokey •Porcupuffer •Prickly Goomba •River Piranha Plant •Rocky Wrench^a •Scaredy Rat^a •Sledge Bro •Spike •Spike Top •Spiny •Spiny Cheep Cheep •Spiny Egg •Stalking Piranha Plant •Stone Spike •Sumo Bro •Swoop^a •Targeting Ted •Thwimp^a •Thwomp •Torpedo Ted •Urchin •Waddlewing •Wiggler
Obstacles		Ash •Banzai Bill Cannon •Big gun •Bill Blaster •Bill Blaster Turret •Bob-omb Cannon^b •Bowser Stunner •Bowser's Flame •Burner •Cannon^a •Cannonball^a •Current •Fire Bar •Ghost Block •Giant cannonball •Huge Fire Bar •Huge Icicle •Ice •Icicle •Junior Clown Car •Lava •Lava Geyser •Lava swell •Lava tide •Mecha Hand •Moving block •Moving torch •Pit •Poison Bog •Quicksand •Skewer •Spell •Spike Ball •Spikes •Spinner •Torpedo Base •Torpedo tube^a
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	The Koopalings	Lemmy •Morton •Larry •Wendy •Iggy •Roy •Ludwig
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Moves		Crouch •Dash •Double Jump •Drill Spin •Floaty Jump^e •Flutter Jump •Ground Pound •Jump •Midair Jump^e •Midair Spin •Propeller Jump •Scuttle^b •Shell Toss •Simultaneous Ground Pound •Slide •Spin Jump •Stomp •Swallow •Swim •Triple Jump •Wall Jump
Gameplay elements		Boost Mode •Boost Rush^a •Challenge Mode^a •Coin Battle^a •Enemy Course •Extra life •Luigi sightings^b •Paah •Point •Secret exit •Time Limit •Tower
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^a Exclusive to theNew Super Mario Bros. U campaign ^b Exclusive to theNew Super Luigi U campaign ^c Present in both campaigns, but has different roles in each ^d Only in the Wii U release ^e Only in the Nintendo Switch release