Piston

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This article is about the object that appears in Yoshi's Story and Wario Land 4. For the object referred to as a "piston" in the New Super Mario Bros. Wii Prima Games guide, see Skewer § New Super Mario Bros. Wii.
Piston
The purple, smashing column in Super Mario Bros. Wonder.
Screenshot from Super Mario Bros. Wonder
First appearance Yoshi's Story (1997)
Latest appearance Super Mario Bros. Wonder (2023)
Comparable

Pistons[1] [2] are a type of solid obstacle which usually moves vertically, crushing things underneath them.

History[edit ]

Yoshi's Story[edit ]

Pistons first appear in Yoshi's Story , in the level Mecha Castle. Pistons appear in vertical pairs which periodically meet in the middle, crushing Yoshis passing between them. If a Yoshi is crushed, he is defeated instantly. Not even the Super Happy form can protect the Yoshi from this hazard.

Wario Land 4[edit ]

A different-looking type of piston[3] [4] (also known as a metal crusher[5] ) appears in Wario Land 4 . If a piston squishes Wario, it transforms him into Flat Wario, allowing him to crawl into small spaces. Pistons do not harm Wario or any enemy in any sort of way. These objects mainly appear in factory levels (such as The Curious Factory) and some pink areas. There is always a Decompressor or a body of water that returns Wario to his normal size and shape.

Super Mario Bros. Wonder[edit ]

Pistons return in Super Mario Bros. Wonder as hazardous objects that appear in only one level: Fluff-Puff Peaks Flying Battleship. If Mario is crushed by a piston, he reverts to Small Mario and loses a life immediately after.

Gallery[edit ]

It has been requested that more images be uploaded for this section. Remove this notice only after the additional images have been added. Specifics: An in-game screenshot of the vertical alignment of pistons in Chaos Castle.

References[edit ]

  1. ^ Leung, Jason, Terry Munson, and Scott Pelland (1998). Yoshi's Story Player's Guide. Nintendo of America (American English). Page 112 and 114.
  2. ^ Mecha Castle. Yoshi's Story official North American website (American English). Archived May 8, 1999, 19:57:36 UTC from the original via Wayback Machine. Retrieved July 6, 2024.
  3. ^ Fall 2001. Nintendo Power Advance Volume 3. Nintendo of America (American English). Page 57.
  4. ^ Wessel, Craig. Warioland 4 . Scholastic (American English). ISBN 0-439-36711-5. Page 29.
  5. ^ February 2002. Nintendo Official Magazine (UK) issue 113. Page 71.
Yoshi's Story
Playable characters Yoshis
Bosses Cloud N. Candy • Inviso • Cloudjin • Don Bongo • Baby Bowser
Mini-bosses Bone Dragon • Snorkel Snake • Slug
Allies Balloon Bully • Dragon • Ghost Rider • Ghost Stream • Huffin Puffin • Miss Warp • Neuron • Poochy • Power Bee • Snake • White Shy Guy
Items Bob-bomb • Bumber 'Chute • Coin • Coin (hopping) • Giant Egg • Key • Power Flower • Special Heart • Tulip • Yoshi egg
Objects ? Block • ? Bubble • ? Switch • Arrow Sign • Bubble • Delay Switch • Egg Block • Falling spike • Flatbed Ferry • Locked door • Message Block • Mystery Crate • Pipe • Post • Propeller Lift • Rock block • Seesaw • Spring • Super Happy Tree • Surprise Ball • Swing • Vase • Vine* • Wind-blowing cloud
Fruits Apple • Bananas • Bomb Berry • Favorite Fruit • Grapes • Heart Fruit • Lucky Fruit • Melon • Pepper • Watermelon
Obstacles Ball 'N' Chain • Ball and chain • Beehive • Bocci Ball • Bumper Ball • Buzz saw • Chain Gate • Direction Switch • Flaming urn • Jelly • Piston • Pit • Rail Lift • Shy Guy Galleon • Spike • Spiked ball • Sprocket • Sword • Turtle Cannon • Weight
Moves Crouch • Dash • Egg Throw • Flutter Jump • Ground Pound • Jump • Sniff • Stomp • Swallow • Swim
Enemies Air Bag • Attacky Sack • Bamboo dancers • Bee • Big & Little Boo • Black Shy Guy • Blargg • Blindfold Boo • Block Boo • Blurp • Bob-bomb • Bone Dragon • Boo • Bullet Bill • Bumblebee • Bumpty • Clam • Centipede • Cheep Cheep • Chomp • ComBat • Do-Drop • Flaming pot-pushing Shy Guy • Flying Shy Guy • Frog • Fuzzy Wiggler • Gabon • Ghost • Goonie • Ick Worm • Jelly Ghost • Jellyfish • Lava Ghost • Little Boo • Mini submarine • Mr. Eel • Nipper Plant • Nipper Spore • Pak E. Derm • Para-bomb • Peeper • Piranha Pest • Piranha Plant • Piranha Sprout • Puffer • Raven • Sea Anemone • Sea cactus • Shy Guy • Shy Guy On Stilts • Shy Guys on Pogo Sticks • Snow Guy • Spark Spook • Spider • Spike • Spiked Fun Guy • Spiny Fish • Tehee Butterfly • Toady • Vine Slime*
Levels P. 1-Beginning Treasure Hunt • Surprise!! • Rail Lift • Tower Climb
P. 2-Cavern Bone Dragon Pit • Blargg's Boiler • Jelly Pipe • Torrential Maze
P. 3-Summit Cloud Cruising • The Tall Tower • Poochy & Nippy • Frustration
P. 4-Jungle Jungle Hut • Jungle Puddle • Piranha Grove • Neuron Jungle
P. 5-Ocean Lots O'Jelly Fish • Lots O'Fish • Shy Guy Limbo • Shy Guy's Ship
P. 6-Finale Mecha Castle • Lift Castle • Ghost Castle • Magma Castle
Miscellaneous Practice
Minigames Broad Jump • Catch the Coins • Melon Race • Special Delivery
Music "Yoshi's Song" ("30 Fruit!" · "Yoshis on the Beach") • "Yoshi's Story!" • "Yoshi's Tale"
Further info Fruit Frame • Gallery • Heart • Nsider • Pre-release and unused content • Rösta på ditt favoritspel och vinn en N64! • Show Report • Smile Meter • Staff • Super Happy • Yoshi's Mood
Albums Music to Pound the Ground to: Yoshi's Story Game Soundtrack • Love, Peace & Happiness: The Original Yoshi's Story Soundtrack • Yoshi Story Original Soundtrack • N64Y2K Millennium Trax • Nintendo Music (soundtrack)
* Exclusive to international versions
Wario Land 4
Allies Wario • Kuro Neko • Keyzer • Arewo Shitain-hakase • Shop owner • Princess Shokora • Game Bot
Bosses Spoiled Rotten • Cractus • Cuckoo Condor • Aerodent • Catbat • Golden Diva
Passages and levels Entry Passage 1-1: Hall of Hieroglyphs
Emerald Passage 2-1: Palm Tree Paradise • 2-2: Wildflower Fields • 2-3: Mystic Lake • 2-4: Monsoon Jungle
Ruby Passage 3-1: The Curious Factory • 3-2: The Toxic Landfill • 3-3: 40 Below Fridge • 3-4: Pinball Zone
Topaz Passage 4-1: Toy Block Tower • 4-2: The Big Board • 4-3: Doodle Woods • 4-4: Domino Row
Sapphire Passage 5-1: Crescent Moon Village • 5-2: Arabian Night • 5-3: Fiery Cavern • 5-4: Hotel Horror
Golden Pyramid 6-1: Golden Passage
Reactions Bouncy Wario • Bubble Wario • Fat Wario • Flaming Wario • Flat Wario • Frozen Wario • Puffy Wario • Snowman Wario • Bat Wario • Zombie Wario
Places Golden Pyramid • Item Shop • Mini-Game Shop • Pink area • Sound Room
Enemies Beezley • Black egg • Bow Balloon • Bowler • Butatabi • Deburīna • Denden • Dice • Egg • Eggplant Warrior • Ghost • Glass bird • Goggley-Blade • Green enemy • Hammer • Harimen Zetto • Hoggus • Hotaru • Imomushi • Kaentsubo • Lips • Marumen • Mayubird • Mechanical fish • Menhanmā • Men'ono • Mine • Minicula • Moguramen • Onomī • Petbottom • Pig Head Statue • Pin enemy • Ringosukī • Robobird • Shieragutchi • Skeleton Bird • Spear-Mask • Spike Cannon • Spiky • Teddy Bear • Tobawani • Togemasuku • Togenobi • Togerobo • Totsumen • Toy Car • Utsuboankō • Yeti
Shop items Apple Bomb • Blast Cannon • Vizorman • Bugle • Black Dog • Large Lips • Big Fist • Black Dragon • Smile
Minigames The Wario Hop • Wario's Homerun Derby • Wario's Roulette
Objects "!" Button • Block • Blue block • Blue box • Blue Crystal • Bonfire Block • Brown block • Bubble • Button • CD • Chance wheel • Chandelier • Chomp ball • Coin • Decompressor • Diamond • Domino block • Electric spark • Flower • Flying carpet • Frog Block • Full Health Item • Heart • Jewel • Jewel piece • Legendary treasure • Little heart • Medal • Pinball digital counter • Piston • Platform wheel • Red Crystal • Round red rock • Spike • Switch • Togetoge • Toy Block Door • Treasure chest • Triangle block • Vortex • Wario Car • Warp Pipe
Promotional content GBA Poll • Life, Advanced Stories • Ore-sama no Maruhi Nikki • Ore-sama no tanoshii ichinichi! Omae mo minarae! • Postcards • Warioland 4 (book) • Welcome to Greedville (Wario's Grab Bag · Wario's Crazy Caps · Wario's Dunk Tank · Greed $chool Test )
Further info Gallery (Golden Diva) • Karaoke ("Medamayaki") • Multimedia • Staff • Pre-release and unused content • Quotes • The Nintendo News
Super Mario Bros. Wonder / Super Mario Bros. Wonder – Nintendo Switch 2 Edition + Meetup in Bellabel Park
Playable characters Mario • Luigi • Peach • Daisy • Rosalina* • Co-Star Luma* • Yellow Toad • Blue Toad • Toadette • Yoshi • Red Yoshi • Yellow Yoshi • Light-Blue Yoshi • Nabbit • Captain Toad* • Plucky*
Forms Power-ups Small Mario • Super Mario • Fire Mario • Invincible Mario • Elephant Mario • Bubble Mario • Drill Mario • Flower Mario*
Wonder Effect forms Hoppycat Mario • Goomba Mario • Balloon Mario • Spike-Ball Mario • Wubba Mario • Sproing Mario b • Puffy Lift Mario a • Metal Mario
Other Ghost
Non-playable characters Ancient Dragon • Baby Yoshi* • Luma* • Poplins • (Angler Poplin · Curious Poplin* · Florist Poplin* · Loyal Poplin · Master Poplin · Poplin Band* · Recruit Poplin*) • Prince Florian • Professor Connect • Talking Flowers • Tip-Tap* • Toad Brigade (Brigade Blue Toad* · Brigade Green Toad* · Brigade Purple Toad* · Brigade Yellow Toad* · Captain Toad)
Enemies Anglefish • Armad • Baboom • Big Fiery Note Piranha a • Big Fire Piranha Plant • Big Goomba • Big Hoppycat • Big Piranha Plant • Big Seeker Bullet Bill • Big Shoomp • Big Smogrin • Big Snootle • Big Trottin' Piranha Plant • Blewbird • Bloomp • Bob-omb • Bone Goomba • Bone Piranha Plant • Boo (Roy's Showdown!*) • Bull's-Eye Billet Train • Bull's-Eye Gnawsher • Bullet Bill • Bulrush • Buzzy Beetle • Castle Bowser • Cheep Cheep • Cloud Cheep Cheep* • Cloud Piranha • Condart • Condrop • Cross Bob-omb* • Dry Bones • Fiery Note Piranha • Fire Piranha Plant • Fire Spike • Flying Mechakoopa • Gamboo • Gnawsher • Goomba • Goombrat • Hammer Bro • Hefty Goomba • Hefty Goombrat • Hefty Smogrin • Hefty Swirlypod • Hoppo • Hoppycat • Hothead • Kamek • Kerpop • King Boo • Konk • Koopa Paratroopa • Koopa Troopa • Lakitu • Lakitu trio a • Lava Blobble • Lava Bubble • Li'l Scorcher • Li'l Sparky • Maw-Maw • Mechakoopa • Melon Piranha Plant • Metal Gamboo • Missile Meg • Mumsy • Muncher • Ninji • Nipper Plant • Noknok • Outmaway • Piranha Plant • Pokey • Pokipede • Raargh • Racing Wiggler • Revver • Rift Koopa • Rift Mario • Robbird • Rolla Koopa • Rrrumba • Seeker Bullet Bill • Serpont • Shoomp • Shova • Skedaddler • Sluglug • Smackerel • Smogrin • Snootle • Snortoise • Spike • Spiny • Spiny Egg • Sproing • Swirlypod • Sugarstar • Taily • Thwomp • Trompette • Trottin' Bone Piranha Plant • Trottin' Piranha Plant • Urchin • Whohoo • Wonder Anglefish • Wonder Blewbird • Wonder Bloomp • Wonder Bulrush herd • Wonder Fish Bone* • Wonder Gnawsher • Wonder Hoppo • Wonder Hoppycat • Wonder Konk • Wonder Missile Meg • Wonder Piranha b • Wonder Shova • Wonder Smackerel • Wubba • Zip-Zap
Obstacles Bill Blaster • Bob-omb Cannon • Bowser statue • Bull's-Eye Blaster • Burner • Būsuke Hōdai c • Electricity Block • Electricity Cloud • Fire Bar • Fire Knuckle • Fire Wheel • Fireball • Flying battleship (Wonder Effect) • Giant Spiked Ball • Honey • Hot-Hot Rock • Ice • Lava • Lava Geyser • Lava tide • Lightning • Mecha Maker • Moving torch • Ōgata no Burner c • Piston • Pit • Poison swamp • Poison tide • Rift • Sand • Spike-Ball • Spike Trap • Volcanic debris
Bosses Bowser Jr. / Wonder Bowser Jr. • Koopalings* (Wendy / Wendy (Wonder form) · Lemmy / Lemmy (Wonder form) · Larry / Larry (Wonder form) · Roy / Roy (Wonder form) · Iggy / Iggy (Wonder form) · Morton / Morton (Wonder form) · Ludwig / Ludwig (Wonder form)) • Bowser / Wonder Bowser
Items and power-ups Badges Parachute Cap • Wall-Climb Jump • Dolphin Kick • Floating High Jump • Crouching High Jump • Timed High Jump • Fast Dash • Grappling Vine • Boosting Spin Jump • Coin Reward • Auto Super Mushroom • Add ! Blocks • Safety Bounce • Rhythm Jump • Sensor • Coin Magnet • All Elephant Power • All Fire Power • All Bubble Power • All Drill Power • All Flower Power* • Jet Run • Spring Feet • Invisibility • Sound Off? • Fruit Lover* • Life Booster* • Zero Damage*
Other items 1-Up Mushroom • 10-Coin Balloon* • 10-flower coin • 30-Coin Balloon* • Bellabel Flower* • Bellabel Water* • Bellabel Water coin* • Big shell • Blue Coin • Bowser Balloon* • Bubble Flower • Buzzy Shell • Coin • Drill Mushroom • Elephant Fruit • Fire Flower • Flower coin • Hidden Coin • Light Vase* • Jar • Key • Koopa Shell • Red POW Block • Royal Seed • Small flower coin b • Standee • Standee Surprise • Super Flower Pot* • Super Mushroom • Super Star • Swirlypod Shell b • Wonder Flower • Wonder Seed • Wonder Token
Objects Blocks ! Block • ? Block • 10-Coin Block • Brick Block • Cactus box • Cloud Block • Crate • Donut Block • Dotted-Line Block • Empty Block • Hard block • Hidden Character Block • Icy block • Invisible block • Iron Block • Jewel block • Launching ? Block b • Launching Block • Light-Switch • Linking Block b • Linking Lift • Long Cloud Block • Long Donut Block • Long Rotating Block a • Marimba Block • ON/OFF Switch • Peanut box • POW Block • Pumpkin box • Race Block • Rhythm Block • Rock Block • Rotating Block • Roulette Block • Semisolid Block b • Snow Block • Spring Block b • Timer-Switch • Turn Around Block • Wonder POW Block • Yureru Block c
Other objects ! Switch • ? Capsule b • ? Switch • Aka-Ao Block c • Akatō Lift c • Arrow Sign • Beacon • Bomb • Bone Lift • Bridge • Bowser Switch • Bubble • Bumper • Cannon • Chandelier • Checkpoint Flag • Cloud • Coin blaster a • Conveyor Belt • Cork • Current • Door • Dropdown Countdown Lift • Downpour Cloud • Flower Pedestal* • Fossilized dragon • Fune • Goal (Wiggler Race) • Goal Pole • Goal Pole (secret) • Goo • Handle • Hip Tree • Inchworm Pipe • Item Balloon • Jet Pipe • Key Door • Lakitu's Cloud • Large ! Switch • Lift • Lifting Shabon c • Marui Ki c • Mienai Ashiba c • Mushroom Platform • Mushroom Trampoline • Oseru Ashiba c • Oseru Dokan c • P Switch • Pipe • Pole • Propeller Flower • Puffy Lift • Pump Lift • Rhythm Floor b • Semisolid Platform • Shikaku Trampoline c • Sign • Sinkin' Pipe • Spin Drill • Spotlight • Sprout* • Starpoint* • Topple Rock • Totchī c • Treasure chest • Triangoline • Ugoku Ashiba c • Vine • Water • Water tide • Wilted flower • Wow Bud • Zip Track
Locations Worlds Pipe-Rock Plateau • Fluff-Puff Peaks • Shining Falls • Sunbaked Desert • Fungi Mines • Deep Magma Bog • Petal Isles • Special World • Bellabel Park*
Level types Brigade tent* • Badge Challenge • Bonus • Break Time! • KO Arena • Poplin House • Search Party • Wiggler Race
Other Flower Castle • Flower Kingdom • Poplin Shop • Toad Brigade Training Camp*
Moves Boosting Spin Jump • Carry • Crouch • Crouching High Jump • Dash • Floating High Jump • Flutter Jump • Ground Pound • Jump • Looking up • Midair Spin • Slide • Spin Jump • Stomp • Swallow • Swim • Wall Jump
Gameplay elements Beat • Coin Heaven • Completion • Extra life • Greeting • Heart Points • Player shadow • Secret exit • Sub-area • Wonder Effect
Music "Bendy-Boing Wonder" • "Coast Theme" • "Doomy-Gloom Wonder" • "Grassland Theme" • "Medley-Mix Wonder" • "Piranha Plants on Parade" • "Poplin House" • "Snowy-Mountain Theme" • "Starry-Staff Wonder" • "World Theme: Attraction Central"* • "World Theme: Pipe-Rock Plateau"
Further info 7-Eleven • Ask the Developer • Baskin-Robbins • Flowers* • Gallery • "Hop Chop Splat Oh-no! Song" • Glitches • Quotes • Prince Florian sprite sightings • Staff (Meetup in Bellabel Park ) • Multimedia • Nintendo Music (soundtrack) • Online Play Guide • Suntory • Super Mario Bros. 40th Anniversary Trial Play Event • Super Mario Bros. Wonder Beginner Tips • Wonder no Sekai e (Wonder Challenge Special )
b Uses a derived name
c Uses a foreign name
* Exclusive to Nintendo Switch 2 Edition
Related Play Nintendo activities
All about Super Mario Bros. Wonder • Badge bunch • Personality quiz: Movie match • Spring break adventures! • Which Mario Game Is Perfect for You?