Editing Lava Lift

{{split|Lava Lift|Fast Lava Lift}}
{{distinguish|Skull Platform}}
{{item infobox
|image=[[File:SMM NSMBU Lava Lift.png]][[File:SMM NSMBU Fast Lava Lift.png]]<br>Two types of Lava Lifts in the ''[[New Super Mario Bros. U]]'' style of ''[[Super Mario Maker]]''
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario World]]'' ([[List of games by date#1990|1990]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Super Mario Maker 2]]'' ([[List of games by date#2019|2019]])
|effect=Allows the player to cross gaps of otherwise uncrossable land
}}
A '''Lava Lift''', also called a '''Skull Raft'''<ref>''Nintendo Power'' Volume 28. Page 16.</ref> or '''wire platform'''<ref>Scott Pelland and Dan Owsen. ''The Super Mario 64 Player's Guide''. Redmond: [[Nintendo|Nintendo of America]], 1996. page 80.</ref>, 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''====
[[File:SkullRaft.png|thumb|left|A Skull Raft in ''Super Mario World'']]
In ''Super Mario World'', Skull Rafts are used to help [[Mario]] or [[Luigi]] cross the [[lava]] river. They are found only in [[Vanilla Dome 3]] and a secret area in [[Vanilla Dome 4]], where there are large areas filled with lava rivers. However, sometimes, [[Blargg]]s jump out and try to attack Mario or Luigi, so he must [[jump]] to avoid them, then land back on the Skull Raft.

====''Super Mario Maker'' / ''Super Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DS''====
{{multiframe|align=left|[[File:SMM-SMB-SkullRaft.png]][[File:SMM-SMB-Fast-SkullRaft.png]]}}
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 the 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 faster blue variant also exists, and it does not fall off the screen after a couple seconds. The rafts are generally used to follow [[track]]s.

====''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===
[[File:SkullRaft.jpg|thumb|[[Luigi]] on a Skull Raft in the ''Super Mario World'' television series episode "[[Mama Luigi]]".]]
{{quote2|Well, these skulls were good medicine for me.|Luigi|</span>"[[Mama Luigi]]"<span>}}
In the [[Super Mario World (television series)|''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. In Luigi's story, he gets attacked by a [[Sumo Bro|Fire Sumo]] and falls into the [[Lava Pits (Super Mario World television series)|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.
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==Gallery==
<gallery>
SM64 Lava Lift.png|''[[Super Mario 64]]''
LEGO Super Mario Thwomp Drop.jpg|[[LEGO Super Mario|LEGO ''Super Mario'']]
Lava Wave Ride.png|LEGO ''Super Mario''
</gallery>

==Names in other languages==
===Lava Rift===
{{foreign names
|Jap=ドクロリフト<ref>Shogakukan. 2015. ''Super Mario Bros. Hyakka: Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook'', ''Super Mario World'' section. Page 61.</ref> <small>(''Super Mario World'')</small><br>''Dokuro Rifuto''<br>溶岩リフト <small>(''Super Mario Maker 2'')</small><br>''Yōgan Rifuto''
|JapM=Skull Lift<br><br>Lava Lift
|Chi=熔岩台
|ChiR=Róngyán Tái
|ChiM=Lava Platform
|Dut=Lavaplatform
|DutM=Lava Platform
|Fre=Plateforme magma <small>(''Super Mario Maker 2'')</small><br>Radeau<ref>[[Super Mario-kun|Super Mario Manga Adventures]] Volume 1, page 107</ref>
|FreM=Magma platform<br>Raft
|FreE=Plate-forme à têtes de mort<ref>Soleil Productions. 2018. ''Super Mario Encyclopedia : Les 30 premières années''. ''Super Mario World'' section. Page 61.</ref><br>Plate-forme magma <small>(''Super Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DS, Super Mario Maker 2'')</small>
|FreEM=Skull Platform<br>Magma platform
|Ger=Lavaplattform
|GerM=Lava platform
|Ita=Piattaforma di lava<br>Zattera di teschi <small>(''Super Mario World'' television series)</small>
|ItaM=Lava Platform<br>Skulls raft
|Rom=Plută din cranii <small>(''Super Mario World'' television series)</small><br>Lava Lift<ref>[https://www.lego.com/ro-ro/product/lava-wave-ride-expansion-set-71416 Set de extindere Plimbare pe valul de lavă]. ''lego.com'' (Romanian). Retrieved January 21, 2023. ([https://web.archive.org/web/20230107013729/https://www.lego.com/ro-ro/product/lava-wave-ride-expansion-set-71416 Archived] January 7, 2023, 01:37:29 UTC via Wayback Machine.)</ref> <small>(LEGO ''Super Mario'')</small>
|RomM=Skull raft<br>-
|Rus=Лава-платформа
|RusR=Lava-platforma
|RusM=Lava platform
|Spa=Cráneo Balsa
|SpaM=Barge Skull
}}

===Fast Lava Lift===
{{foreign names
|Fre=Plateforme magma rapide
|FreM=Fast lava platform
}}

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