Rocky wall
| Rocky wall | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Sprite from New Super Mario Bros. U | |||
| First appearance | New Super Mario Bros. Wii (2009) | ||
| Latest appearance | New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe (2019) | ||
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Rocky walls[1] are climbable stone protrusions in mountainous areas of New Super Mario Bros. Wii and New Super Mario Bros. U. The player character can climb up them the same way they would rope ladders or vines, but their wider breadth allows them to move from side to side as well. Rocky walls resemble naturally occurring climbing walls.
History[edit]
New Super Mario Bros. Wii[edit]
Rocky walls appear only in the mountainous World 6 and even make up parts of the paths on the overworld map. In terms of levels, they only appear in World 6-1, where they extend from cliffs. They are necessary to circumnavigate certain parts of the mountain and each higher parts of the level. Rock-dropping Stone Spikes are positioned above some rocky walls and Bullet Bills fly past them.
New Super Mario Bros. U / New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe[edit]
In New Super Mario Bros. U, rocky walls occur only in Firefall Cliffs, where they are necessary to ascend parts of this vertically oriented course. Bowser's Flames rain from the sky and pass through rocky walls. The player character can only sidestep along the top of rocky walls, a function inherited from cliffs. In the New Super Mario Bros. U section of the Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia, rocky walls are explicitly lumped with cliffs.[2] Rocky walls also appear in the Challenge Mode No Climbing Allowed, in which the player character is in their Mini form and cannot climb the rocky walls in this state.
Rocky walls are one of the few objects absent in New Super Luigi U.
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Names in other languages[edit]
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese | 壁石[3] Kabe Ishi |
Wall Stone | New Super Mario Bros. Wii |
| 崖[2] Gake |
Cliff | New Super Mario Bros. U | |
| Italian | Pietre sul muro[4] | Rocks on the wall | New Super Mario Bros. Wii |
| Precipizio[5] | Cliff | New Super Mario Bros. U |
References[edit]
- ^ Stratton, Steve (2012). New Super Mario Bros. U: PRIMA Official Game Guide. Roseville: Prima Games. ISBN 978-0-307-89690-2. Page 196.
- ^ a b Sakai, Kazuya (Ambit), kikai, Akinori Sao, Junko Fukuda, Kunio Takayama, and Ko Nakahara (Shogakukan), editors (2015). "New Super Mario Bros. U" in 『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』. Tokyo: Shogakukan (Japanese). ISBN 978-4-09-106569-8. Page 215.
- ^ ---- (2015). "New Super Mario Bros. Wii" in 『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』. Tokyo: Shogakukan (Japanese). Page 149.
- ^ November 15, 2018. Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia. Magazzini Salani (Italian). ISBN 889367436X. Page 149.
- ^ November 15, 2018. Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia. Magazzini Salani (Italian). ISBN 889367436X. Page 215.
