Convection, Schmonvection: Difference between revisions

** In fact, Nintendo has used this trope in nearly every Mario game since his early days on the NES. At the very least, it used to kill you instantly.

*** Although fun fact, the very first Super Mario Bros game treats the lava exactly like red water, it's not the <s>[[Not the Fall That Kills You|fall]]</s> contact that kills you, it's falling through it down the bottomless pit that kills you. Now, it just makes Mario run around like an idiot for three seconds, grabbing his butt and screaming "AAAAHHH - hothothothot!" It's a toss-up as to which fate is worse.

** New Super Mario Bros Wii raises the bar with a level that has a pool of lava below you coming in waves, and a pool of lava ''above'' you also coming in waves. The upside-down lava was in Super Mario 3 as well, but here, even veterans are guaranteed to have Mario coming within pixels of the lava without getting too hot (if the lava does touch you, it's an instant kill).

** One part of the final level of the original ''SMB'' featured Cheep Cheeps jumping in and out of lava. Though it features an underwater section as well, but it only featured Bloopers.