Fire watermelon
| Fire watermelon | |||
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| First appearance | Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island (1995) | ||
| Latest appearance | Poochy & Yoshi's Woolly World (2017) | ||
| Effect | Allows a Yoshi to shoot fire | ||
| Variant of | Watermelon | ||
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Fire watermelons, also referred to as red watermelons[1][2] (alternatively Red Watermelons) or Fire Melons,[3] are items in Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island (and its reissue) and Yoshi's New Island. If a Yoshi eats one of these hot, fiery red watermelons, he can shoot fire thrice in the original game and five times in Yoshi's New Island, and it can be used to defeat enemies, melt Ice Blocks, and deal more damage than a regular green watermelon in the Mini Battle called Watermelon Seed Spitting Contest. In Yoshi's New Island, red watermelons appear in Harry Hedgehog's Labyrinth and Fire Watermelon Wonderland.
A Special Item called the Super Red Watermelon also appears in the game. The All-you-can-eat fire watermelon! Power Badge is available in Yoshi's Woolly World. Using them automatically places a fire watermelon in a Yoshi's mouth, allowing him to have its ability at nearly any point.
In Nintendo Puzzle Collection, fire, ice, and regular Watermelons cascade down the screen when a stage of Round 9 is cleared in the Action Mode of Yoshi no Cookie.
Gallery[edit]
Yoshi spitting fire in Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island
Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island
Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island
Nintendo Puzzle Collection (Yoshi no Cookie)
Yoshi's New Island
Names in other languages[edit]
| Language | Name | Meaning | Note(s) | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese | 赤いスイカ Akai suika |
Red watermelon | [4] | |
| ほのおスイカ Honō suika |
Fire watermelon | [?] | ||
| Dutch | Rode watermeloen | Red watermelon | [?] | |
| French (Canadian) | Pastèque rouge | Red watermelon | [?] | |
| French (European) | Melon d'eau pyro | Fire watermelon | [?] | |
| German | Rote Wassermelone | Red watermelon | [?] | |
| Italian | Cocomero Rosso | Red Watermelon | Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island | [5] |
| Cocomero rosso | Red watermelon | Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3 | [6] | |
| Focomero | Portmanteau of "foco" (Latin and Italian dialect for "fire") and "cocomero" (watermelon) | Yoshi's New Island | [?] | |
| Korean | 파이어수박 Paieo subak |
Fire watermelon | [?] | |
| Portuguese | Melancia vermelha | Red watermelon | [?] | |
| Russian | Красный арбуз Krasnyy arbuz |
Red watermelon | [?] | |
| Spanish (Latin American) | Sandía roja | Red watermelon | [?] | |
| Spanish (European) | Sandía de fuego | Fire Watermelon | [?] |
References[edit]
- ^ 2014. Yoshi's New Island. Nintendo. Page 11.
- ^ Message Block hint. Yoshi's New Island.
- ^ "Because many of the items are encased in ice, Fire Melons are an essential part of your diet." – Williams, Drew (2002). Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3 Player's Guide. Nintendo of America (American English). ISBN 1-930206-25-9. Page 88.
- ^ 1995. Super Mario: Yossy Island instruction booklet. Nintendo (Japanese). Page 17.
- ^ Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island GIG's Italian manual. Page 9.
- ^ 2002. Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3 European manual. Nintendo of Europe (Italian). Page 112.
