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'''Currents'''<ref>''Nintendo Power'' Volume 106, pages 63, 64.</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20010429062749/http://www.warioland3.com/strategy/body.asp?key_id=N1_GREEN&land_id=N1 Official American ''Wario Land 3'' website (Internet Archive)]</ref><ref>''Nintendo Power'' Volume 133, page 59. "''Wario’s swimming gets a whole lot better once you’ve found the Super Swim. He can even swim against the current! The Control Pad moves Wario, and B makes him swim faster.''"</ref> appear in a few games as obstacles. While currents cannot hurt the player, they can push the player away or send them into a pit.

While currents do not physically appear in ''[[Super Mario Bros.]]'', the [[Pit|bottomless pit]]s in all water areas in the game attempt to suck Mario down while he swims over them.

Currents appear in ''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]'', now coming out of [[Warp Pipe]]s and visibly showing a bubble jet. Again, they only appear in water levels, where they push Mario in the direction of the bubble jet. [[Frog Mario]] can fight the currents by pressing {{button|NES|B}} to do his fast swim; in [[World 4-4 (Super Mario Bros. 3)|World 4-4]] and [[World 6-9 (Super Mario Bros. 3)|World 6-9]], this can be exploited to find some hidden bonus areas.

In ''[[Super Mario 64]]'' and [[Super Mario 64 DS|its remake]], a huge exit is opened for the Bowser's submarine in the second area of [[Dire, Dire Docks]] after [[Bowser in the Fire Sea]] is completed. If the player approaches, they are sucked into the hole, leading them to the [[Castle Grounds]].

Currents appear in ''[[New Super Mario Bros.]]'', behaving the same as in ''Super Mario Bros. 3''. Some levels feature currents that can be turned off if the player presses a [[? Switch]].

Currents return in ''[[New Super Mario Bros. Wii]]'', behaving exactly the same as in previous games.

Currents reappear in ''[[New Super Mario Bros. 2]]'' behaving the same as in past games. In this game, currents are no longer limited to protruding from Warp Pipes, with some naturally occurring as well, as in ''Super Mario Bros.'' [[World 1-5 (New Super Mario Bros. 2)|World 1-5]]'s second [[Star Coin]] features a ''Super Mario Bros.''-style downward current over a pit.

Currents are featured again in ''[[New Super Mario Bros. U]]'' and ''[[New Super Luigi U]]'', behaving identical to previous games. Like with ''New Super Mario Bros. 2'', some currents occur naturally, such as the returning downwards currents featured in [[Tropical Refresher]] and [[Urchin Reef Romp]].

====''Wario Land II''====

In ''[[Wario Land II]]'', currents appear infrequently in levels such as [[Turn off the giant faucet!]] and [[Escape from the Tea Cup!]] They push [[Wario]] in the direction the water flows.

====''Wario Land 3''====

[[File:WL3 S BankOfTheWildRiver4.PNG|thumb|A current just below Pesce in ''Wario Land 3'']]

In ''[[Wario Land 3]]'', currents appear in many levels, notably [[Bank of the Wild River]], [[The Steep Canyon]], and [[Beneath the Waves]]. One in the first of these must be clogged by the boss [[Pesce]] in order to continue.

[[File:MK7 Current.png|thumb|A current in Wario Shipyard]]

In ''[[Mario Kart 7]]'', currents appear as obstacles that push racers around in [[3DS Wario Shipyard|Wario Shipyard]] and [[3DS Piranha Plant Slide|Piranha Plant Slide]]. In the case of the latter, one such current allows the player to access the [[Dash Panel]] over the last [[Piranha Plant]] before the [[Glide Ramp]]. Currents function similarly to [[wind]].

Currents return in ''[[Mario Kart 8]]'' and ''[[Mario Kart 8 Deluxe]]'', behaving the same as in ''Mario Kart 7''. They appear in [[Dolphin Shoals]] and <small>3DS</small> Piranha Plant Slide.

Currents return in ''[[Mario Kart Tour]]'', reappearing in the [[classic course]] 3DS Wario Shipyard, where their behavior is the same as in ''Mario Kart 7''. The currents which are blown out of the giant pipe can now allow the player to perform a [[Jump Boost]].

Currents also appear as obstacles in ''[[Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze]]'', where they are featured in some underwater levels. They are most prominently featured in [[Current Capers]], where some currents in the level expand and contract. [[Dixie Kong]] is capable of fighting the currents with her hair spin.

Currents appear in ''[[Mario Party 10]]'', in the minigame [[Blooper Blastoff]]. If interacted with, they push away the player's Blooper submarine.

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