Hinotama Mario

Hinote Mario (火の玉 マリオ; Fireball Mario) is an original transformation that only appears in the Super Mario World story arc in Super Mario-kun. It is a substitute for Fire Mario since, in the manga, Mario is always capable of throwing fireballs.

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The transformation first appears in chapter 5 of the first volume: running away from Porcupuffer, Yoshi lays an egg with many Fire Flowers inside. The Flowers latches themselves to Mario and give him a fire aura that he uses to defeat the Porcupuffer. Mario then grabs Yoshi and Luigi and leaves the level, passing through a Keyhole, but being still fiery, Mario burns his friends. When the get out, the transformation vanishes.

In chapter 12 of volume 2, Mario is fighting against a Torpedo Base's hand. Yoshi tosses at him a ? Block full of Fire Flowers and, obtaining the fire aura from them, Mario wins.

In chapter 7 of volume 5, to defeat some pesky vines, Mario reaches for the Fire Flower reserve in his pocket, becomes Hinote Mario, and burns the vine. During the process, he ends up burning Luigi, Yoshi and himself too.

Finally, Hinote Mario last appearance is in two chapters of volume 6. In chapter 7, while traversing Gnarly, the vines attack the trio. Mario is tossed against a ? Block from which a vine, with Fire Flowers instead of leaves, sprouts from it. Grabbing the Flowers, Mario uses the fire aura to kill the evil vines, burning his tangled friends once again. In chapter 12, Mario and Bowser are fighting in a Balloon Battle. Mario burst Bowser's first balloon, but a bunch of Monty Moles jumps at him from the popped balloon. While distracted by the Monties, two of Mario's balloons are popped, so he uses a Fire Flower to get the fire aura and defeats the Moles.