Editing Bowser's Lava Lair

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|comets=[[Prankster Comet#Speedy Comet|Speedy Comet]]<br>[[Prankster Comet#Green Comet|Green Comet]]

|missions=[[Bowser's Big Lava Power Party]]<br>[[Lava Lair Speed Run]]<br>[[#Green Star 1|Green Star 1]]<br>[[#Green Star 2|Green Star 2]]

|more=[[Honeybloom Galaxy|<<]] [[Tall Trunk Galaxy|>>]]

'''Bowser's Lava Lair''' is a [[galaxy]] appearing in ''[[Super Mario Galaxy 2]]'', being the final galaxy of [[World 2 (Super Mario Galaxy 2)|World 2]]. It is abundant in lava, hence its name. [[Whomp]]s are also present in this galaxy. [[Bowser#Size|Giant Bowser]] is fought here for the first time, and upon defeat, awards a [[Grand Star]].

A simple planet with a few columns on the sides and a [[Magikoopa]] that spawns [[Li'l Cinder]]s; when it is defeated, Mario can use a [[Pull Star]] to get to the first Cylindrical Planet. There is also a [[Luma]] that tells Mario that it senses a Grand Star ahead. It also warns Mario that there is danger ahead; the Luma is absent in the [[Prankster Comet|Speedy Comet]] mission, [[Lava Lair Speed Run]].

[[File:SMG2 Bowsers Lava Lair Cylindrical Planet.png|thumb|200px]]

[[File:SMG2 Bowsers Lava Lair Whomp Screenshot.png|thumb|200px|Mario encountering Whomps.]]

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|image1=SMG2 Bowsers Lava Lair Flipping Panels.png

|caption1=Some Flomps at the start of the planet

|image2=SMG2 Lava Lair Hammer Bro.png

|caption2=Mario encountering a Hammer Bro.

A very large planet with surrounded by lava. The [[Toad Brigade]] and a [[Tip Network]] is found here.  Mario will also encounter some [[Flomp]]s that spin to throw Mario backwards. After defeating a few [[Hammer Bro]]s. on a circular platform a [[Sling Star]] will appear. That leads to a short tower with a platform next to it. The platform has a [[ground-pound switch]] and leads to the lower lever of the planet. The player will encounter more Flomps. Whomps and [[Dry Bones]] are also found here. He will also find a door with a big stone lock which he must break by knocking [[meteorite]]s into it with a [[Ground Pound]]; he can also get instructions on how to do so from a nearby Luma (who is absent in [[Lava Lair Speed Run]] as is the Luma on the Starting Planet). Upon unlocking the door, a [[Gravity spotlight]] will appear which Mario can use to get to the Lava Cube Planet.

[[File:SMG2 Lava Lair Mattermouths.png|thumb|left|200px|Mario near Mattermouths]]  

|image1=SMG2 Lava Lair Life Mushroom.png

|caption1=Mario near the Life Mushroom

|image2=SMG2 Lava Lair Meteorite.png

|caption2=Mario about to ground-pound a meteorite

A rather small planet compared to the last one. Mario makes his way here via Gravity spotlight upon unlocking the giant door on the Whomp Lava Planet. Also surrounded by lava, there are some [[Mattermouth]]s. There is a black hole inside this planet. Near the [[Checkpoint Flag]] at the beginning one of the members of the Toad Brigade trying to find a 1-Up for Mario gives him some [[Star Bit]]s. There is a [[Snake Block]] that Mario has to stay on in order to get across the lava. Another Life Mushroom can be found above the [[Fire Bar]]s. Then there is a another, smaller, Snake Block. This time Mario has to avoid electricity-shooting Bowser statues, somewhat similar to the ones in ''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]''. Before the final Checkpoint Flag are three Hammer Bros. After getting past that part, the player must break three stone locks to open the door to go battle Bowser. There is yet another Life Mushroom above one of the flagpoles. If playing the mission "[[Lava Lair Speed Run]]", the player has to make it behind the giant door to get the Power Star. Mario cannot visit the cube's sixth face; if he tries to do so, he will burn to death in lava.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RcdpmAHUkWw</ref>

[[File:Bigbowser.png|200px|thumb|Bowser on his throne.]]

A small planet shaped like a star. In front of it is another planet shaped like Bowser's throne. After talking to Bowser, Mario will be sent to the Bowser Battle Planet. [[Mario]] and [[Luigi]] cannot lose a life on the star-shaped planet; rather, if they jumped off the side of it, they would be surrounded by energy and carried back onto the planet, like they would when falling off the [[Comet Observatory]] in ''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]''.

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!width=70%|Description

|[[Bowser's Big Lava Power Party]]

|[[File:SMG2 Bowser's Lava Lair Battle Planet.png|200px]]

|align=left|This mission's objective is to defeat [[Bowser]].

|[[Lava Lair Speed Run]]

|[[File:Time Limit.png|200px]]

|align=left|This mission's objective is to complete a version of the previous mission without the boss battle within thirty seconds by collecting [[+ Clock|clock]]s to extend the time limit.

[[File:Lava Lair Green Star 2.png|thumb|200px|Mario about to grab the second Green Star.]]

|Jpn=クッパの溶岩帝国

|JpnR=Kuppa no Yōgan Teikoku

|JpnM=Bowser's Lava Empire

|Fre=Citadelle sinistre de Bowser

|FreM=Bowser's sinister citadel

|ChiM=Bowser's Lava Empire

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