Superball Flower
| Superball Flower | |
|---|---|
| |
| First appearance | Super Mario Land (1989) |
| Latest appearance | Mario Kart World (cameo) (2025) |
| Effect | Turns Mario into Superball Mario. |
Superball Flowers, originally called Flowers[1] (or flowers[2]) or super flowers,[3] are items in Super Mario Land and reappear in Super Mario Maker 2. These power-up flowers turn Mario into his Superball form, giving him the ability to shoot Superballs.
History[edit]
Super Mario Land[edit]
Flowers are items in Super Mario Land. Although black-and-white in game due to graphical limitations of the Game Boy, they are depicted as being black and blue in the Game Boy Player's Guide. Flowers can only be found in blocks if Mario is Super Mario or wins in the bonus game. Superballs are Super Mario Land's equivalent to fireballs; only one can be fired at a time, though, and they bounce diagonally at 90° angles. Superballs will collect any coins they make contact with. While one Superball can typically defeat any non-boss enemy, many enemies require multiple Superballs to defeat. Superball Mario looks identical to Super Mario.
Super Mario Maker 2[edit]
Superball Flowers reappear under their current name in Super Mario Maker 2. They are only available in the Super Mario Bros. game style as an alternate form of the Fire Flower, and retain their properties from Super Mario Land; Superballs can additionally light Bob-ombs, collect Keys and Pink Coins, and activate P Switches and POW Blocks. The character who picks them up takes on monochromatic shades of green, and the background music will also change to an arrangement of "Birabuto Kingdom BGM" from Super Mario Land for that character. Superball Flowers are unlocked for use with Course Maker in the Story Mode by finding a ? Block that is initially covered by Hard Blocks; after Mario is given the job Spiny Shell Smashers by Purple Toad and clears it, the blocks will be removed, allowing Mario access.
Mario Kart World[edit]
In Mario Kart World, a statue of a Superball Flower can be seen on top of the fountain in front of the tholobate in Shy Guy Bazaar.[citation needed]
Gallery[edit]
Sprite from Super Mario Land
Animated sprite from Super Mario Land
A Superball Flower as one of the available prizes in the bonus game
Artwork from the Game Boy Player's Guide
Banner from topic for introducing Superball Flower from official Japanese website for Super Mario Maker 2
Sprite from Super Mario Maker 2
Animated sprite from Super Mario Maker 2
Superball Flower with a Super Mushroom modifier in Super Mario Maker 2
Mario Kart World
Names in other languages[edit]
| Language | Name | Meaning | Note(s) | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese | スーパーボールフラワー Sūpā Bōru Furawā |
Super Ball Flower | [?] | |
| フラワー Furawā |
Flower; shared with Fire Flower | Super Mario Land | [4] | |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 弹力球之花 Tánlìqiú zhī Huā (Mandarin) Daahnlihkkàuh jī Fā (Cantonese) |
Bouncy Ball Flower | [?] | |
| Dutch | Superbalbloem | Superball Flower | [?] | |
| Vuurbloem | Fire Flower | Super Mario Land | [5] | |
| French | Fleur super boule | Super ball flower | [?] | |
| Fleur | Flower | Super Mario Land | [6] | |
| German | Superball-Blume | Superball Flower | [?] | |
| Greek | Λουλούδι Louloúdi |
Flower | [7] | |
| Italian | Fiore Superball | Superball Flower | [8][9] | |
| Fiore | Flower | Super Mario Land | [10][11] | |
| Korean | 슈퍼볼플라워 Syupeo Bol Peullawo |
Super Ball Flower | [?] | |
| Russian | Супершаровой цветок Supersharovoy tsvetok |
Superball flower | [?] | |
| Spanish | Flor Superbola | Superball Flower | [?] |
References[edit]
- ^ 1991. Game Boy Player's Guide. Nintendo of America (American English). Page 4.
- ^ 1989. Super Mario Land instruction booklet. Nintendo of America (American English). Page 7 and 9.
- ^ 1989. Super Mario Land instruction booklet. Nintendo of America (American English). Page 5.
- ^ スーパーマリオランド (Sūpā Mario Rando) instruction booklet. Nintendo (Japanese). Page 3, 5, and 7.
- ^ Club Nintendo (Netherlands) Classic. Page 6.
- ^ Super Mario Land French instruction booklet. Page 9.
- ^ Greek instruction booklet of Super Mario Land
- ^ Super Mario Land (3DS - Virtual Console) Italian e-manual. Page 9.
- ^ Super Mario Maker 2, item list in Level Creation mode
- ^ Super Mario Land Italian manual. Page 9.
- ^ November 15, 2018. Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia. Magazzini Salani (Italian). ISBN 889367436X. Page 48.
