Editing Lava Geyser

|image=[[File:SMG Asset Model Lava Geyser.png|200x200px]]<br>Model from ''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]''

|first_appearance=''[[Mario vs. Donkey Kong]]'' ([[List of games by date#2004|2004]])

|latest_appearance=[[Mario vs. Donkey Kong (Nintendo Switch)|''Mario vs. Donkey Kong'' (Nintendo Switch)]] ([[List of games by date#2024|2024]])

'''Lava Geysers'''<ref>{{cite|quote='''''Lava Geysers:''' The last major jump of the castle is over a chasm where lava geysers will shoot up from the depths. Pay attention to your height and avoid contacting them!''|author=Musa, Alexander|title=''Mario Kart 8'' PRIMA Official Game Guide|date=May 30, 2014|isbn=978-0-804-16328-6|publisher=[[Prima Games]]|page=130}}</ref> are obstacles that rise up from pits of [[lava]]. They act similarly to [[Water Geyser]]s and [[Sand Geyser]]s, with the biggest difference being that the player cannot walk on top of them and takes damage if they attempt to do so.

 

Lava Geysers appear in ''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]'' in various magmatic locations, often appearing in clusters. They are most prominent in the [[Melty Molten Galaxy]], where several appear near the starting position.

|[[File:SMG Asset Sprite Star Cursor.png|link=The Frozen Peak of Baron Brrr]]||[[File:Smg icon powerstar.png|link=Freezeflame's Blistering Core]]||[[File:SMG Asset Sprite Star Cursor.png|link=Hot and Cold Collide]]||[[File:SMG Asset Sprite Star Cursor.png|link=Frosty Cosmic Mario Race]]||[[File:SMG Asset Sprite Star Cursor.png|link=Purple Coins on the Summit]]||[[File:SMG Asset Sprite Star Cursor.png|link=Conquering the Summit]]

|[[Garden (Super Mario Galaxy)|Garden]]

|[[Melty Molten Galaxy]]

|[[File:Smg icon powerstar.png|link=The Sinking Lava Spire]]||[[File:SMG Asset Sprite Star Cursor.png|link=Through the Meteor Storm]]||[[File:SMG Asset Sprite Star Cursor.png|link=Fiery Dino Piranha]]||[[File:Smg icon daredevilcomet.png|link=Lava Spire Daredevil Run]]||[[File:SMG Asset Sprite Star Cursor.png|link=Red-Hot Purple Coins]]||[[File:Smg icon powerstar.png|link=Burning Tide]]

|[[Bowser's Galaxy Reactor]]

|[[File:Smg icon grandstar.png|link=The Fate of the Universe]]

In ''[[Super Mario Galaxy 2]]'', Lava Geysers reappear with the same behavior as in the predecessor. They first appear on the lava planet in the [[Freezy Flake Galaxy]], where they can destroy the rolling [[snowball]]s and the paths over the lava they create. They also appear prominently on the first planet of the [[Shiverburn Galaxy]] and the final stretch of [[Bowser's Galaxy Generator]].

 

*[[File:Galaxy StarP.png]] marks missions where they are loaded and may be visible, but cannot be encountered directly.

|[[Shiverburn Galaxy]]

|[[File:Smg2 icon powerstar.png|link=Prince Pikante's Peppery Mood]]||[[File:SMG Asset Sprite Star Cursor.png|link=Octo-Army Icy Rainbow Romp]]||[[File:Smg2 icon powerstar.png|link=The Chimp's Ultimate Skating Challenge]]

|[[World 6 (Super Mario Galaxy 2)|World 6]]

|[[Bowser's Galaxy Generator]]

|[[File:Smg2 icon grandstar.png|link=Bowser's Fortified Fortress]]||[[File:Smg2 icon prankstercomet.png|link=Bowser's Big Bad Speed Run]]

In ''[[Super Mario 3D Land]]'', Lava Geysers appear in the castle levels. They are often seen elevating platforms into the air, allowing Mario or Luigi to reach higher places, and emerging through grated platforms as hazards. In {{world link|8|bowser3d|World 8-Bowser: Part 2}} 2, Lava Geysers propel the [[Spine Coaster]] into the air towards the end of the ride. There are also many Lava Geysers that appear out of the way solely for aesthetic purposes, although they can still damage Mario or Luigi should they jump into one.

[[File:MKWii N64BowserCastle5.png|thumb|Lava Geysers in the background of {{classic link|N64|Bowser's Castle}} in ''Mario Kart Wii'']]

Lava Geysers make their first appearance in the [[Mario Kart (series)|''Mario Kart'' series]] in ''[[Mario Kart Wii]]'', where they first appear in the game's new [[Bowser's Castle (Mario Kart Wii)|Bowser's Castle]]. They appear towards the end of the track, rising up from a grated portion of the track. If the player touches them, they spin out. They also appear in the background as well as on a jump towards the end of the retro {{classic link|N64|Bowser's Castle}}. Lastly, they appear in the background of [[Grumble Volcano]], where they rise up after certain portions of the track sink into the lava.

Lava Geysers make another appearance in ''[[Mario Kart 7]]'' in the game's [[3DS Bowser's Castle|Bowser's Castle]] and the retro battle course {{classic link|N64|Big Donut}}. They erupt from the lava pits in front of ramps, causing any racers to spin out if they jump into them.

Lava Geysers reappear again in ''[[Mario Kart 8]]'' and ''[[Mario Kart 8 Deluxe]]''. They once again appear in the game's [[Bowser's Castle (Mario Kart 8)|Bowser's Castle]]. They are in the background of this course and also appear in the path of a glider section. If players touch them, they spin out and be pulled to safety by Lakitu. They once again appear in the remade {{classic link|Wii|Grumble Volcano}} and again rise up after certain sections of the ground sink into the lava. Unlike the ''Mario Kart Wii'' version of the track, however, they seem to be absent in the multiplayer and online modes.

In ''[[Yoshi's Woolly World]]'' and [[Poochy & Yoshi's Woolly World|its Nintendo 3DS port]], Lava Geysers appear in two levels, [[Lava Scarves and Red-Hot Blarggs]] and [[Vamoose the Lava Sluice!]], functioning similarly as in other games. [[Baby Bowser]] can also create them by slamming the ground at the end of his first battle, after [[Kamek]] mildly increases his size.

==Naming==

|Jpn=火柱<ref>{{cite|language=Japanese|publisher=Shogakukan|date=2015|title=''Super Mario Bros. Hyakka: Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook''|page=151 and 216}}</ref>

|JpnR=Hibashira

|JpnM={{wp|Pillars of fire and cloud|Fire Pillar}}

|Jpn2=マグマ<ref>{{cite|author=Sakai, Kazuya (Ambit), kikai, Akinori Sao, Junko Fukuda, Kunio Takayama, and Ko Nakahara (Shogakukan), editors|title=『[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|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]]』|language=Japanese|location=Tokyo|publisher=Shogakukan|date=2015|page=137, 171}}</ref>

|Jpn2R=Maguma

|Jpn2M=Magma

|Jpn2N=''Super Mario Galaxy'', ''Super Mario Galaxy 2''; it is {{wp|Lumpers and splitters|lumped}} with [[lava burst]]s

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