Editing Poison (obstacle)

'''Poison'''<ref>[[Lost Kingdom#Brochure details|Lost Kingdom brochure]] from ''[[Super Mario Odyssey]]''</ref><ref>{{cite|url=www.nintendo.com/consumer/downloads/manual-WiiU-New_Super_Mario_Bros_U.pdf|title=''New Super Mario Bros. U'' manual|page=11|date=2012|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=en-us}}</ref> (also known as '''poisoned water''',<ref>{{cite|url=www.nintendo.com/consumer/downloads/manual-3DS-paper-mario-sticker-star-en.pdf|title=''Paper Mario: Sticker Star'' manual|page=9|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=en-us|date=2012}}</ref> a '''Poison Bog''',<ref>{{cite|author=Stratton, Steve|title=''New Super Mario Bros. U'' PRIMA Official Game Guide|page=23|publisher=Prima Games|language=en-us|date=November 18, 2012|isbn=978-0-307-89690-2}}</ref><ref>{{cite|author=Musa, Alexander, and Geson Hatchett|title=''Super Mario 3D World'' PRIMA Official Game Guide|page=Pages 96, 140, 141|date=November 22, 2013|publisher=Prima Games|language=en-us|isbn=978-0-804-16249-4}}</ref> a '''Poisoned Bog''',<ref>{{cite|author=Stratton, Steve|title=''New Super Mario Bros. U'' PRIMA Official Game Guide|page=125|publisher=Prima Games|language=en-us|date=November 18, 2012|isbn=978-0-307-89690-2}}</ref> or a '''poisonous bog'''<ref>{{cite|author=New Super Mario Bros. U Channel|date=January 18, 2013|url=www.youtube.com/watch?v=TzLuh6inm1c|title=New Super Mario Bros. U -- River Piranha Plants and 1-Ups in Seesaw Bridge description|quote=Find the spot containing a group of River Piranha Plants. Grab the shell of the Koopa Troopa walking above them and send it to the right. It will bounce off the wall and skim the surface of the poisonous bog to earn you two 1-Ups!|publisher=YouTube|accessdate=May 23, 2022}}</ref>) is a liquid hazard, commonly purple in color, that usually causes the player to instantly lose a life or inflicts damage to them, similarly to [[lava]].

In ''[[New Super Mario Bros. Wii]]'', poison can be found throughout several stages, mostly in [[World 5 (New Super Mario Bros. Wii)|World 5]], the forest world. It retains its appearance from ''New Super Mario Bros.'' Koopa Troopas and [[Mega Wiggler|Big Wiggler]]s are resistant to poison.

Poison appears in ''[[Super Mario Odyssey]]'', where it can be found in the [[Sand Kingdom]], the [[Lost Kingdom]], and [[Bowser's Kingdom]]. In the Lost Kingdom, Poison displaces [[pit]]s entirely, as the Forgotten Isle is surrounded by poison. Poison also appears in several sub-areas in various kingdoms. Some places have waves of poison rolling across, overlapping platforms as they go. Another area has geysers of poison, which also can overlap platforms. In Regular Mode, touching poison instantly depletes the [[Health Meter]]. If the player uses Assist Mode, and there is a safe return point registered, Mario will only lose one wedge of health and float back to that point in a [[bubble]]. Some scenarios lack a return point of this kind, and those defeat Mario irrespective of Assist Mode. Most characters in the game vanish on contact on poison. This includes characters Mario is [[capture|capturing]], forcing Mario out of them in the process. Mario can safely ride [[Jaxi]] over poison. Poison can appear in 8-bit areas, with the same properties.

In the [[Wooded Kingdom]] and the [[Underground Power Plant]] of the [[Metro Kingdom]], puddles of poison can be found on the ground. Touching one of the puddles causes Mario to lose a section of his [[Health Meter]]. [[Poison Piranha Plant]]s and [[Big Poison Piranha Plant]]s can spit globs of poison, which will create this kind of puddle when it hits the ground. [[Spewart]] also spits out this kind of poison in his battles. Throwing [[Cappy]] at this type of poison will cause the portion he passes through to disappear,  which can reveal invisible [[coin]]s. Similarly, the poison globs from Piranha Plants can be negated by Cappy before they land.

 

Poison has a denser, more tar-like consistency in ''Super Mario Odyssey'' than in other titles. This does not apply to poison seen in 8-bit areas. If Mario touches poison, it cosmetically spreads over his body.