Mystical Cliffside

The Mystical Cliffside is the fourth level of Viridian Grasslands. The level features rain and fog as aesthetics, and huge chasms that requires switches to create platforms as the main gimmick. There are also pipes that can lead you to further areas, or at the beginning...

Level Info
Missions: Main Mission, Extra Section, Mario Mini Quiz

Difficulty: Medium

Boss: N/A

Secret Exit: No

Development History
The level was originally going to be called Stormy Cliffside, which involved lightning from thunderclouds and visual lightnings as well as a lightning-themed miniboss, but that couldn't be achieved at the time, so it became Mystical Cliffside. In Demo 4, the level gained an improved tileset from Luffy as well as night hills.

Trivia

 * The music used in this level is a remix of Banshee Boardwalk from Mario Kart 64, composed by the artist Ian Lindo.
 * This music is used in a few more stages in this episode, making it one of the music that is used in multiple levels.
 * In early development, the music planned for this level was Stormy Area from Kirby: Squeak Squad.

Lore
The Mystical Cliffside is an area straddling the boundary between the northern Viridian Grasslands and the Mystical Crags. This area is filled with a bizarre aura that causes switches to appear, that spawn in platforms upon activation. The strange aura also affects the pipe networks in this area, changing most of their locations to dead ends. At the ends of the cliffside, ancient ruins from long ago can be noticed, which are connected to an ancient temple by the name of Thundershock Temple, an ancient temple that inhabited lightning elementals in the past. The entrances to this temple was sealed for a long time, as the energy signals there also vanished...

There are also rumors of a cave that can be revealed with a secret switch hidden in the crags, that contains the full power of the bizarre magic that conducts these lands, with caves leading to nowhere, but natives have created clues to make themselves safely traverse through the caves without getting lost. But someone managed to create their own home by finding an alternate path...