Editing Seesaw block

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[[File:SeesawBlock.jpg|thumb|A seesaw block in ''Pikmin 3''.]]

 

In ''Pikmin 2'', these blocks are made of wood, and the two blocks in a pair are almost always found right next to one another, with the exceptions being the ones near the [[Air Brake]] and the [[Massage Girdle]]. In ''Pikmin 3'', they look like decorated boxes, and the two blocks in the same pair are always found far away from one another. In addition, there is another tool called an [[#Elevator platform|elevator platform]] that functions the same, but is presented differently.

Fortunately, there are a number of ways to get around this. Throwing a few [[Purple Pikmin]] to the higher block reduces the number left behind, as they weigh more. To reduce the number further, with both leaders, one of them should remain at the bottom and take the other to the top by outweighing them with one Pikmin. Next, the player should throw all the Pikmin from the lower leader to the higher one on the ledge. The drawback is that this allows only one leader to get to the top. Alternatively, the player can throw all Pikmin up onto the target ledge except one, then use that one to outweigh both leaders (on the lower block) and raise them to the higher position where the other Pikmin are. This, however, leaves one Pikmin down below, prone to being forgotten.

Another, harder method allows one to get all Pikmin and leaders up. The player must throw all but one Pikmin on the target platform (preferably a [[White Pikmin]]). The player should throw the final one onto the higher seesaw block, then quickly call it back, so that it reaches the rising block during the weight shifting animation, which cannot be interrupted. Once the Pikmin is close, the leader can throw it on the target platform before the seesaw blocks' animation is over. If done successfully, the player should have all Pikmin on the target platform and the leaders on the higher seesaw block, without said block going down, giving the leaders the chance to walk onto the ledge. Alternately, that last Pikmin can be thrown diagonally across the higher seesaw block, onto the ledge, such that it walks across the block and makes the leaders rise when whistled.

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*[[Awakening Wood]]: one pair is used to get to the [[Air Brake]], at the southwest, and the other is near the [[White Flower Garden]] on the northeast, providing access to the area that leads to the [[Bulblax Kingdom]]. These seesaw blocks near the Bulblax Kingdom are slightly larger, and use a different model.

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'''Elevator platforms''' are pairs of tin cans, bound together by a piece of rope, hanging from a pulley system. They act the same as seesaw blocks, but instead of protruding from the ground, they rise and lower in the air. Despite being possible to walk under them it is not possible to get [[Crushing|crushed]] by them. In ''Hey! Pikmin'', they act as minor tools and are presented in three different colors; red, yellow, and blue. However, in ''Pikmin 3'' and the ''[[Super Smash Bros.]]'' series they're only red.

 

 

In ''Pikmin 3'', in the [[Garden of Hope]], a platform with various weights on it appears near the [[Astringent Clump]]. Due to this, the base weight of the platform is of 10 Pikmin, meaning 11 Pikmin are needed to weight the other platform down.

**[[Garden of Hope]]: there are two pairs in the western area with the [[Astringent Clump]]; both pairs are necessary to reach this fruit, and one must use the first pair to reach the second pair. The latter platform on the second pair has three large bolts attached to its rope, meaning it needs at least a weight of 10 to be lifted. Alternately, [[Winged Pikmin]] can be told to [[charge]] at the fruit to get it. There is also another pair in the cave with the [[Dusk Pustules]].

**[[Beastly Caverns]]: in the Collect Treasure! version of this stage, the east cave has a pair of elevator platforms. One has a [[Sunseed Berry]], with a registered weight of 15. Moving it off the platform will lower the other platform, which holds [[White Pikmin]], two with [[bomb rock]]s.

 

===''Super Smash Bros.'' series===

Elevator platforms are a stage hazard in the {{ssb4}} and {{ssbu}} arena "Garden of Hope". They surround the main platform of the stage, with one to the left of it, and its pair to the right. If weight is put on one of them, it will sink, and the other will rise. If there is no weight on either, they slowly return to a neutral position. The [[Peckish Aristocrab]] can fall off the stage and very quickly pull down one of the platforms, rapidly raising the other one. If the platforms leave the screen, they disappear, but return after a few seconds.

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There is a glitch that can teleport a [[leader]] next to the [[Hocotate ship|ship]]. It is performed by having a [[treasure]] return to the ship while the leader is moving up on one block of a set of seesaw blocks and is, therefore, only possible at the [[Awakening Wood]] or [[Perplexing Pool]]. When the treasure [[cutscene]] finishes, the leader will be inside the block, and can walk about within its boundaries; but if he moves off one side, he falls out of the level and reappears at the ship. The side of the ship he reappears at is the same as the side he walked off the block.

This glitch may be used in the Awakening Wood to obtain [[Blue Pikmin]] early, which makes the [[5 day run]] possible, and in the Perplexing Pool, where access to the [[Shower Room]] is gained without demolishing the [[electric gate]]s before it.

 

 

 

In addition, in ''Pikmin 2'', if a leader or enemy is standing on a seesaw block alone, no weight value is shown. But when the player pauses the game or triggers a dialog box, the [[HUD#Fraction numbers|fraction numbers]] actually appear, and reveal that these objects weigh 0. The same also happens with [[bag]]s, since they are internally seesaw blocks.

Scales Pair.png|A pair of seesaw blocks.

 

P3D Seesaw Block Plateau.jpg|The seesaw block reached via [[Bouncy Mushroom]].

P3D Looking for Louie Seesaw Block.jpg|Seesaw blocks in [[Looking for Louie]].

*There is an unused feature in ''Pikmin 2'' where a pair of seesaw blocks can spawn in caves. These blocks will spawn on top of the path that Pikmin take when carrying objects, and Pikmin carrying objects will stop when blocked by a seesaw block unless the block is weighed down, which will push the other block somewhere else on the level up.

 

 

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