Lava Lift
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It has been suggested that this page be split into Lava Lift, Fast Lava Lift. (discuss) |
- Not to be confused with Skull Platform.
| Lava Lift | |
|---|---|
  Two types of Lava Lifts in the New Super Mario Bros. U style of Super Mario Maker | |
| First appearance | Super Mario World (1990) |
| Latest appearance | Super Mario Maker 2 (2019) |
| Effect | Allows the player character to cross gaps of land that cannot be otherwise |
A Lava Lift, also called a Skull Raft,[1] is a raft of skulls that debuted in Super Mario World. It is the precursor to the segmented platform.
History
Super Mario series
Super Mario World
Skull Rafts are objects in Super Mario World. They allow Mario and Luigi to travel across lava rivers. Blarggs sometimes appear on these paths to try and attack the player character, requiring them to jump before landing back onto the Skull Raft safely.
Super Mario Maker / Super Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DS
Skull Rafts, now known as Lava Lifts, are objects in Super Mario Maker and Super Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DS. This appearance is different than in Super Mario World. They are able to move in the air on top of moving in lava. Skull Rafts can be used in all four styles, featuring new sprites for the Super Mario Bros. and Super Mario Bros. 3 designs, and a 2.5D model for New Super Mario Bros. U. A faster blue variant also exists, and it does not fall off the screen after a couple seconds. The rafts are generally used to follow tracks.
Super Mario Maker 2
Lava Lifts are objects in Super Mario Maker 2. The blue ones are now distinctly referred to as Fast Lava Lifts.
Super Mario World television series
- “Well, these skulls were good medicine for me.”
- —Luigi, "Mama Luigi"
A Skull Raft appears in the episode "Mama Luigi" of the Super Mario World television series. Here, it shows that the Skull Raft is made of both wood and skulls, not just skulls like in the video game. In Luigi's story, he gets attacked by a Fire Sumo and falls into the Lava Pits. However, he lands on a Skull Raft, which saves his life. However, the raft approaches a lava waterfall, and the two fall down. At the bottom, the Skull Raft floats away from the ground that Luigi lands on.
Profiles
Super Mario World
- Level appearances
Gallery
LEGO Super Mario
Names in other languages
Lava Rift
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chinese | 熔岩台[?] Róngyán Tái |
Lava Platform | |
| Dutch | Lavaplatform[?] | Lava Platform | |
| French | Plateforme magma (Super Mario Maker 2)[?] | Magma platform | |
| Radeau[3] | Raft | ||
| French (NOE) | Plate-forme à têtes de mort[4] | Skull Platform | |
| Plate-forme magma (Super Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DS, Super Mario Maker 2)[?] | Magma platform | ||
| German | Lavaplattform[?] | Lava platform | |
| Italian | Piattaforma di lava[?] | Lava Platform | |
| Zattera di teschi (Super Mario World television series)[?] | Skulls raft | ||
| Portuguese (NOA) | Jangada do Osso (Super Mario World television series)[?] | Bone Raft | |
| Romanian | Plută din cranii (Super Mario World television series)[?] | Skull raft | |
| Lava Lift[5] (LEGO Super Mario) | - | ||
| Russian | Лава-платформа[?] Lava-platforma |
Lava platform | |
| Spanish | Cráneo Balsa[?] | Barge Skull | |
| Balsa de Calaveras (Super Mario World television series)[?] | Skull Raft |
Fast Lava Lift
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| French | Plateforme magma rapide[?] | Fast lava platform |
References
- ^ September 1991. Nintendo Power Volume 28. Nintendo of America (American English). Page 16.
- ^ Sakai, Kazuya (Ambit) et al. (October 19, 2015). Super Mario Bros. Hyakka: Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook, Super Mario World section. Shogakukan (Japanese). ISBN 978-4-09-106569-8. Page 61.
- ^ Super Mario Manga Adventures Volume 1. Page 107.
- ^ July 4, 2018. Super Mario Encyclopedia: Les 30 premières années, Super Mario World section. Soleil Productions (French). ISBN 2302070046. Page 61.
- ^ Set de extindere Plimbare pe valul de lavă. lego.com (Romanian). Retrieved January 21, 2023. (Archived January 7, 2023, 01:37:29 UTC via Wayback Machine.)
