Just how invincible is invincible?

[cheat-master30]

When you mean the result of a Super Star/Starman/Rainbow Star? I mean, in some games you can be unharmed by lava, while in others it still kills you. What would happen if, I dunno, a universe ended while someone who was currently invincible was still in it, ala Super Paper Mario? Fate worse than death?

[SMBBQ]

Hmmm, I guess that invincibility only goes so far since you can still die while using it. Just look at SMG. Even while invicible, a black hole still kills you.

[Koopalmier]

Well, it depends. Invincibility = maximum physical power-up. If someone had a Super Star while the world ended, he'd be perfectly fine... until the item stopped working.

I can't remember, in which games does invincibility still lets you die by lava ?

[SMBBQ]

Yoshi's Island is one of them.

[Koopalmier]

A black hole or a "bottomless" pit still kill you because the effect of the power-up would eventually end and the black hole would eventually destroy you, or you'd eventually reach the bottom of the pit.

[PDoogan]

I think SMW lets you die in lava too. I believe it was a Vanilla Dome level. Bottomless pits kill you because no matter how invincible you are, you can't climb out.

[shadowgoomba]

Every platformer has you die by falling into lava, even while invincible. I always thought of the lava as being deep enough that Mario sinks in and dies as soon as the invincibility dies out.

[kingkoopa]

Or gets swallowed by the lava and soon emerges with nothing more than a fire on his butt. Toon physics to the max

[Le Mario Bro]

Well, considering the fact that in the 3D platformers he does no more than skim the surface of the lava, if he sunk, then... He's sunk.

[kingkoopa]

Yeah, I think I remember that if you used Metal Wario the Lava would act like quicksand and your already poor jumping ability would become the jumping ability of a rock

[Le Mario Bro]

*opens mouth to say a pun*

...

Nah, too easy...

[kingkoopa]

I don't get it...

[Le Mario Bro]

Metal Wario.

With the jumping ability of a Rock.

Here is some math, do it!

[kingkoopa]

*Is knocked out by the awsomeness of the pun*

[Your Buddy Bill]

AHHHHH HA HA HA HA HA!!! Ahhhh. that was funny. But I'm not sur it's duration. It might be invincibility up to a point, because if I remember correctly, there were a few other things that could hurt you in a star. Either way, same effect.

[kingkoopa]

You can still get crushed by moving walls. If I remember correctly it makes you do the rapid-item decelleration. (You instantly go down one on the power up chain and then become regular sized Mario before you even get a chance to move. and then you die. Unless small Mario is small enough to fit in the area

[Your Buddy Bill]

Exactly! You can still be crushed to death or run out of time during a star!

[Le Mario Bro]

That reminds me. What would the logic be behind running out of time on a course?

Ignoring Brawl In The Family's explanation, (which is here, btw: www.brawlinthefamily.com/?p=276 ) what do you think happens?

Does Bowser set a giant bomb that Mario defuses at the end of each level? Sending reinforcements that overpower him? If not, what?

[SMBBQ]

That is a good question. I don't think the timers are canon though.

[Koopalmier]

I say it's a mere gameplay element. It's in all platformers.