Lava Lift

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Not to be confused with Skull Platform.

Template:Item-infobox A Lava Lift or Skull Raft[1] is a raft of skulls that debuted in Super Mario World. It is the precursor to the Bone Yogan Lift.

History

Super Mario series

Super Mario World

Skull Raft from Super Mario World
The Skull Raft in Super Mario World

In Super Mario World, Skull Rafts are used to help Mario and Luigi cross the lava river. They are only seen in Vanilla Dome 3 and Vanilla Dome 4, where there are large areas filled with lava rivers. However, sometimes, Blarggs will jump out and try to attack Mario or Luigi, so they must jump to avoid them, then land back on the Skull Raft.

Super Mario Maker / Super Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DS

A Lava Lift, in Super Mario Maker.A blue Lava Lift, in Super Mario Maker.

Skull Rafts, now known as Lava Lifts, reappear 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 air on top of moving in lava. They can be used in all four styles, featuring new sprites for Super Mario Bros. and Super Mario Bros. 3, and a 2.5D model for New Super Mario Bros. U. A blue, faster variant also exists, that will not fall off the screen after a couple seconds. The rafts are generally used to follow tracks.

Super Mario Maker 2

Lava Lifts return in Super Mario Maker 2, where the blue ones are now referred to as Fast Lava Lifts.

Super Mario World television series

Skull Raft
Luigi, on a Skull Raft, from the Super Mario World cartoon

In the Super Mario World television series, a Skull Raft appears in the episode, "Mama Luigi". Here, it shows that the Skull Raft is made of both wood and skulls, not just skulls like in the video game. During Luigi's story, Luigi got attacked by a Fire Sumo and fell into the Lava Pits. However, he landed on a Skull Raft, which saved his life. Unfortunately, he was heading for a lava waterfall, and Luigi and the Skull Raft fell down the waterfall, with Luigi landing on solid ground, where he found Baby Yoshi.

Names in other languages

Lava Rift

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese ドクロリフト[2]
Dokuro Rifuto
溶岩リフト
Yōgan Rifuto
Skull Lift (Super Mario World)

Lava Lift (Super Mario Maker 2)
Chinese 熔岩台[?]
Róngyán Tái
Lava Platform
Dutch Lavaplatform[?] Lava Platform
German Lavaplattform[?] Lava platform
Italian Piattaforma di lava
Zattera di teschi (Super Mario World animated series)
[?]
Lava Platform
Skulls raft
Romanian Plută din cranii (Super Mario World television series)[?] Skull raft
Russian Лава-платформа[?]
Lava-platforma
Lava platform
Spanish Cráneo Balsa[?] Barge Skull

Fast Lava Lift

Language Name Meaning Notes

References

  1. ^ Nintendo Power Volume 28, page 16.
  2. ^ Shogakukan. 2015. Super Mario Bros. Hyakka: Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook, Super Mario World section, page 61.
  3. ^ Soleil Productions. 2018. Super Mario Encyclopedia : Les 30 premières années. Super Mario World section, page 61.

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