9th August 2006, 7:42 PM
Mario has always had instant death traps. If it wasn't spikes, it would be lava, which kills you even when you have star power. And, Mario World has instant death spikes too, like those uber spiked pillars that come down at ya (also instant death no matter what you got). These just take that to the next level and are all along walls and ceilings. They can be destroyed with eggs though, so fire away (well the ones that you find on the wall and such).
I seem to recall weird lava placement in some games with it actually defying gravity and above your head. Might have been this one. Yeah, it does use a lot of instant death traps in some of the harder levels, but that's also not a first. I seem to recall a simply offensive (in every sense) number of bottomless pits in later stages of Super Mario Bros, and especially in Lost Levels.
I seem to recall weird lava placement in some games with it actually defying gravity and above your head. Might have been this one. Yeah, it does use a lot of instant death traps in some of the harder levels, but that's also not a first. I seem to recall a simply offensive (in every sense) number of bottomless pits in later stages of Super Mario Bros, and especially in Lost Levels.
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