Fireball Boy
| Fireball Boy | |
|---|---|
 Artwork from Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins | |
| Appears in | Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins (1992) |
| Variant of | Fire |
Fireball Boys[1] are enemies in Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins. These Fire children[2] are only encountered in the Pumpkin Zone (Level 2 only), where only two appear. They float erratically in the sky over certain sections of the stage. Fireball Boys are not aggressive, so they only attack by harming the player who comes into contact with them. Also, they can only be defeated by the player who runs into them while invincible.
As with many other Pumpkin Zone enemies, Fireball Boys are based on Japanese folklore, in this instance hitodama, which are lost souls that appear as a ball of fire at night.
Profiles and statistics[edit]
Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten[edit]
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| Original text (Japanese) | Translation | ||
| ゴースト |
Tribe | Ghost clan | |
| Disposition | Restless | ||
| ランド2 | Game appearances | Land 2 | |
ちょっと |
Just what is this fireball kid? He is a Fireball Boy of the Fire tribe, although he has a slightly different shape. As with all Fires of the past, they cannot be defeated, so it is safer not to touch them. Don't get too close. | ||
Gallery[edit]
Sprite from Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins
Names in other languages[edit]
Unlike most mainline Super Mario titles, Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins did not receive officially localized enemy indexes at the time of its release on the Game Boy and not all enemies are listed in its instruction booklets. Consequentially, most available non-Japanese names come from localizations of the Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia.
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese | F・ボーイ[4][3] Efu-Bōi |
An abbreviation of "fire" and "boy" | |
Efu-Bōi | |||
| French | F-Boy[6] | Romanization of the Japanese name | |
| Italian | Baby Fiammetto[7] | Baby Lava Bubble | |
| Spanish | F Boy[8] | Romanization of the Japanese name |
References[edit]
- ^ English Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins entry on the official Mario Portal. nintendo.co.jp (English). Retrieved August 13, 2022. (Archived August 13, 2022, 13:51:45 UTC via archive.today.)
- ^ 「ヒトダマのように見えるが、じつはドンキーコング時代から登場しているファイアの子供。さて、どごどこにいる？」 (It looks like a hitodama, but it is actually a child of the Fire that appeared from the Donkey Kong age. Now, where is he?) – 1992. 「任天堂公式ガイドブック スーパーマリオランド２ ６つの金貨」 (Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook – Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins). Shogakukan (Japanese). Page 14.
- ^ a b 1994. 「パーフェクト版 マリオキャラクター大事典」 (Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten). Shogakukan (Japanese). Page 48.
- ^ Itoi, Shigesato, Takashi Watanabe, Hiroyuki Jinnai (APE), Jin Kobayashi, Ryuji Osawa, and Shigeo Tanabe, editors (1992). 『スーパーマリオランド2: 6つの金貨任天堂公式ガイドブック』. Tokyo: Shogakukan. ISBN 4-09-102413-0. Page 14.
- ^ Motoyama, Kazuki (6 Jul. 1993). Super Mario Land 2 - 6-tsu no Kinka 1, Super Mario, vol. 18. Kodansha (Japanese). Page 7.
- ^ Ardaillon, Joanna, and Victoria Juillard-Huberty, editors (2018). "Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins" in Super Mario Encyclopedia. Translated by Fabien Nabhan. Toulon: Soleil Productions (French). ISBN 978-2-3020-7004-2. Page 76.
- ^ Sakai, Kazuya (ambit), kikai, Akinori Sao, Junko Fukuda, Kunio Takayama, Ko Nakahara (Shogakukan), and Marco Figini, editors (2018). "Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins" in Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia. Translated by Marco Amerighi. Milan: Magazzini Salani (Italian). ISBN 889367436X. Page 76.
- ^ Sakai, Kazuya (ambit), kikai, Akinori Sao, Junko Fukuda, Kunio Takayama, and Ko Nakahara (Shogakukan), editors (2017). "Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins" in Enciclopedia Super Mario Bros. 30ª Aniversario. Translated by Gemma Tarrés. Barcelona: Editorial Planeta, S.A. (European Spanish). ISBN 978-84-9146-223-1. Page 76.
