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'''Basic Trope''': A section of a game that is significantly easier than previous challenges.
'''Basic Trope''': A section of a game that is significantly easier than previous challenges.
* '''Straight''': The [[Slippy Slidey Ice World]] is relatively easy compared to the [[Lethal Lava Land]] that precedes it and the [[Bonus Level of Hell]] after it.
* '''Straight''': The [[Slippy-Slidey Ice World]] is relatively easy compared to the [[Lethal Lava Land]] that precedes it and the [[Bonus Level of Hell]] after it.
* '''Exaggerated''': The [[Slippy Slidey Ice World]] is between the [[Ultra Super Death Gore Fest Chainsawer 3000]] level and the [[Nuke Em|Nuclear]] [[One Hit Point Wonder|One]] [[One Hit Kill|Hit Kill]] [[Bullet Hell]].
* '''Exaggerated''': The [[Slippy-Slidey Ice World]] is between the [[Ultra Super Death Gore Fest Chainsawer 3000]] level and the [[Nuke'Em|Nuclear]] [[One-Hit-Point Wonder|One]] [[One-Hit Kill|Hit Kill]] [[Bullet Hell]].
* '''Justified''':
* '''Justified''':
** [[Lethal Lava Land|Lethal lava land's setting]] logically had to have set pieces that would [[One Hit Kill|Instantly]] [[One Hit Point Wonder|kill you]]. [[Slippy Slidey Ice World|Slippy slidey ice world's]] lack of lava is the reason it's so much easier.
** [[Lethal Lava Land|Lethal lava land's setting]] logically had to have set pieces that would [[One-Hit Kill|Instantly]] [[One-Hit-Point Wonder|kill you]]. [[Slippy-Slidey Ice World|Slippy slidey ice world's]] lack of lava is the reason it's so much easier.
** [[Lethal Lava Land]] was a plot important dungeon where you fought [[Disc One Final Boss]]. [[Slippy Slidey Ice World]] has fewer defenses and traps set up, since its just the between space before the next disc.
** [[Lethal Lava Land]] was a plot important dungeon where you fought [[Disc One Final Boss]]. [[Slippy-Slidey Ice World]] has fewer defenses and traps set up, since its just the between space before the next disc.
* '''Inverted''': [[Lethal Lava Land]] wasn't hard and neither is the bonus level of hell, [[Slippy Slidey Ice World]] is [[That One Level]].
* '''Inverted''': [[Lethal Lava Land]] wasn't hard and neither is the bonus level of hell, [[Slippy-Slidey Ice World]] is [[That One Level]].
* '''Subverted''': [[Slippy Slidey Ice World]] looks like its going to be easy, then you get attacked by hordes of [[Frickin Laser Beams|laser spewing]] [[Everythings Worse With Bears|polar bears]] . . .
* '''Subverted''': [[Slippy-Slidey Ice World]] looks like its going to be easy, then you get attacked by hordes of [[Frickin' Laser Beams|laser spewing]] [[Everything's Worse with Bears|polar bears]] . . .
* '''Double Subverted''': . . .[[The Goomba|Which are extremely easy to dodge.]]
* '''Double Subverted''': . . .[[The Goomba|Which are extremely easy to dodge.]]
* '''Parodied''': The level before was a frantic rush through a [[Death Course]]. This level has you sit in a cafe drinking tea
* '''Parodied''': The level before was a frantic rush through a [[Death Course]]. This level has you sit in a cafe drinking tea
* '''Deconstructed''': The difficulty curve angers players and critics, leading to lowered scores and sales.
* '''Deconstructed''': The difficulty curve angers players and critics, leading to lowered scores and sales.
* '''Reconstructed''': But after enduring [[That One Level]], everyone is greatly relieved to have a chance to relax.
* '''Reconstructed''': But after enduring [[That One Level]], everyone is greatly relieved to have a chance to relax.
* '''Zig Zagged''': The [[Slippy Slidey Ice World]] has both some easy sections and some really difficult sections. All of the optional parts of the level are infuriatingly difficult, except for one path that's strangely easy and contains a shortcut to the end of the level. The boss is fair and easier than [[That One Boss]] of the [[Lethal Lava Land]], unless you use the [[Joke Character]] when fighting the boss, in which case it's a nightmare.
* '''Zig Zagged''': The [[Slippy-Slidey Ice World]] has both some easy sections and some really difficult sections. All of the optional parts of the level are infuriatingly difficult, except for one path that's strangely easy and contains a shortcut to the end of the level. The boss is fair and easier than [[That One Boss]] of the [[Lethal Lava Land]], unless you use the [[Joke Character]] when fighting the boss, in which case it's a nightmare.
* '''Averted''': The [[Slippy Slidey Ice World]] is exactly as difficult as would be expected for a late-game level - it has ice and/or wind physics and the enemies are relatively difficult to kill or avoid, but the level falls in line with the [[Lethal Lava Land]] and the Nuclear Zone.
* '''Averted''': The [[Slippy-Slidey Ice World]] is exactly as difficult as would be expected for a late-game level - it has ice and/or wind physics and the enemies are relatively difficult to kill or avoid, but the level falls in line with the [[Lethal Lava Land]] and the Nuclear Zone.
* '''Enforced''': "That boss at the end of [[Lethal Lava Land]] was hell, lets give the players a chance to relax so they don't get too frustrated and quit."
* '''Enforced''': "That boss at the end of [[Lethal Lava Land]] was hell, lets give the players a chance to relax so they don't get too frustrated and quit."
* '''Lampshaded''': "You know, considering we beat [[Lethal Lava Land]], and we're heading into [[Bonus Level of Hell]], I expected this place to be a lot harder."
* '''Lampshaded''': "You know, considering we beat [[Lethal Lava Land]], and we're heading into [[Bonus Level of Hell]], I expected this place to be a lot harder."
* '''Invoked''': "This level is pretty easy, it must be the [[Breather Level]]."
* '''Invoked''': "This level is pretty easy, it must be the [[Breather Level]]."
* '''Exploited''': The [[Slippy Slidey Ice World]] is used by experienced players as a way to farm [[One Up|extra lives]] or use the restroom before the [[Marathon Level]] after it.
* '''Exploited''': The [[Slippy-Slidey Ice World]] is used by experienced players as a way to farm [[1-Up|extra lives]] or use the restroom before the [[Marathon Level]] after it.
* '''Defied''': The game has no breather levels. The [[Slippy Slidey Ice World]] is a frozen [[Death Course]], and the game [[Difficulty Spike|gets exponentially harder to the end]].
* '''Defied''': The game has no breather levels. The [[Slippy-Slidey Ice World]] is a frozen [[Death Course]], and the game [[Difficulty Spike|gets exponentially harder to the end]].
* '''Discussed''': "If the last level was so difficult, [[Schizophrenic Difficulty|why did is this one easier]]?
* '''Discussed''': "If the last level was so difficult, [[Schizophrenic Difficulty|why did is this one easier]]?
* '''Conversed''': "The last level was pretty hard, [[Breaking the Fourth Wall|I bet the developers are giving us a break]].
* '''Conversed''': "The last level was pretty hard, [[Breaking the Fourth Wall|I bet the developers are giving us a break]].
* '''Justified''': The [[Slippy Slidey Ice World]] was purposefully put in by the developers to give the players a chance to recoup from the last, [[Nintendo Hard|incredibly]] [[Platform Hell|difficult]] level.
* '''Justified''': The [[Slippy-Slidey Ice World]] was purposefully put in by the developers to give the players a chance to recoup from the last, [[Nintendo Hard|incredibly]] [[Platform Hell|difficult]] level.
* '''Played For Laughs''': The entire level preceding the [[Slippy Slidey Ice World]] was [[Under the Sea|underwater]], as a joke, the developers literally named the level the "[[Breather Level|breather]] [[Incredibly Lame Pun|level]]."
* '''Played For Laughs''': The entire level preceding the [[Slippy-Slidey Ice World]] was [[Under the Sea|underwater]], as a joke, the developers literally named the level the "[[Breather Level|breather]] [[Incredibly Lame Pun|level]]."
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Get ready, this is the [[Breather Level]] that comes right before [[That One Level]].
Get ready, this is the [[Breather Level]] that comes right before [[That One Level]].
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Latest revision as of 14:23, 12 March 2016


Basic Trope: A section of a game that is significantly easier than previous challenges.

Get ready, this is the Breather Level that comes right before That One Level.

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