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Lava is molten rock, usually from the interior of a planet, and in games is often used as a hazard to players, or as a visible gameplay-area boundary.
A plant organ specialized for photosynthesis. *Please only add games that have leaves with an actual purpose/function.*
Wood from trees that is cut and prepared for use as building material.
The Magic Carpet is a great mode of transportation that can take you over wide chasms, poisonous fields or just simply on a ride.
This is a box that floats in the air and has a question mark on it.
Mushroom is the familiar term used to describe a gilled fungus which may or may not bear a stem. Mushrooms are the "fruit" of spore bearing fungi.
The manliest type of facial hair.
Onions are common root vegetables, but not related in any way to potatoes.
The P Wing is a powerup found in Super Mario Bros 3. It lets Mario fly infinitely for one level. P Wings are rare and only a handful can be obtained throughout the game.
A tube or hollow cylinder for the conveyance of fluid, gas, and sometimes other materials.
It gives meaning to gravity in 2 dimensions. There is no other object which so defines Games as separate from every other pursuit. Where else does one encounter a platform but from the bounds of a video screen? ...except for delivery men.
The effects of the poison mushroom vary between games, but they always resemble a regular mushroom, and always carry some sort of negative effect. A true enemy of any Mario player.
A long slender object used to hold up flags or signs. Frequently used in platforming games.
A potion is any sort of liquid, usually brewed by an alchemist, that replenishes the health, mana, or energy of the player, or causes damage to an enemy. Potions are extremely common in role-playing games.
POW block, anyone?
The Raccoon Suit is a power-up in Super Mario Bros. 3. The suit gives Mario the ability to fly for short distances after charging his power bar. Mario's tail can also be used as a weapon.
Plucky piece of produce used to plunk opponents; one of Mario's most underrated weapons.
A symbolic ornamental staff held by a ruling monarch.
Device used to gamble. Players pull on a lever and three rows will spin, then depending on what they land on the player wins an amount of cash/tokens or nothing at all. Known as Pachi-Slot in Japan and Fruit Machines in the UK.
Spikes are dangerous and often deadly obstacles that can line the floor, walls, or ceiling of any given room or passageway. They are an extremely common form of environmental hazard, particularly in side-scrolling games.
Used to reach higher areas.
Collect them, orbit them, conquer planets around them -- they're a staple of many genres of games.
The Starman is an item from the Mario series that makes Mario invincible for a brief period of time. It also appears in various Mario spin-off games from Mario Party to Tennis.
A sculpted representation of a person or object, generally in butter or stone.
A power up found in the Mario series which gives the user the tail (and sometimes ears) of a raccoon.
The first and most well-known power-up from the Mario franchise!
The Tanooki's Suit is a powerup in the Super Mario Bros. series, which gives you the same abilities as the Raccoon Tail, with the added power of being able to transform Mario or Luigi into an invincible statue. Despite popular confusion, it does return in Super Mario 3D Land.
No matter what game you're playing, if a bad guy shows up with these hanging from him, you know you're in mad kinds of trouble.
An item in that slows down or stops time when grabbed.
Some say it is a "Vegetable", those things are said to be edible.
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