User:Weirdweirdweirdo/Archived Pages/Dry-Wet Void

Hot-Moist Void is a supposed course than can replace Wet-Dry World in Mario 64. It's painting is an inverted version of the Wet-Dry World painting. The course is described as a large volcano-like crater that the player can not escape with lava in the bottom of the crater. It borrows several assets from Lethal Lava Land and Bowser in the Fire Sea. The enemies vary each report, but usually contain Bullies.

Missions
"1. SPORADIC VOLCANIC ACTIVITY""2. LAVA SKEETER SKATING""3. BLARGGS & BLOCKS""4. BATTLE THE BOSS BLARG""5. RED COINS IN THE VOID""6. ERUPTION (Yet to be collected by a player)""7. 100 COIN STAR (Presumably)"

Sporadic Volcanic Activity
In this mission, large blobs of magma fly out of the lava in the middle of the map. The player must dodge them for a varying amount of time, and then a star will pop out of the lava.

Lava Skeeter Skating
Those who have reported entering Hot-Moist Void have never had the same version of this mission as someone else who has also reported Hot-Moist Void. One report says Mario had to find a metal cap and walk into the lava, then talk to an orange variant of a Skeeter known as a Lava Skeeter to initiate a race to the other side of the lava pool. Another said they had to defeat 5 Lava Skeeters on the lava pool. A third says there was a large Lava Skeeter as a boss that they defeated by throwing boxes at. Why this mission differs in every report is, as of now, unknown.

Blarggs & Blocks
In this mission, several Blarggs, which are unused enemies, appear in the lava pool. The player must grab boxes and throw them at the Blarggs to defeat them. The amount of boxes required to defeat the Blarggs, the amount of boxes present, and the amount of Blarggs vary each report. When the last Blargg is defeated, pillars of rock rise from the lava with a star at the top.

Battle the Boss Blargg
In this mission, a Boss Blargg is in the lava pool. It is defeated the same way as the regular Blarggs, but requires 10-25 blocks to defeat. Platforms rise after the Boss Blargg is defeated, though they are generally harder than the Blarggs & Blocks platforms.

Red Coins in the Void
In this mission, you must collect 8 red coins scattered randomly throughout the course. The locations shift each report.

Eruption
The final mission of Hot-Moist Void, a large beam of magma will shoot out of the lava pool, giving off the magma blobs from the first mission. It is currently unknown how to collect this star.

Theorizing
It is currently unknown why this course was removed and replaced with Wet-Dry World (if it was even replaced to begin with). It appears to be mainly intact, meaning it was likely cut quite late into development. It is unknown if this has a function similar to the Wet-Dry World brain simulation theory, though it may have been replaced by Wet-Dry World so the AI can have a "brain". It is unknown if Hot-Moist Void being the exact opposite of Wet-Dry World is a coincidence or intended. There is a possible tie to the unused level 38POOL as the map surrounds a large lava pool.