Fire Shell

This article is about an attack used by Kooper in Paper Mario. For Bowser's armor in Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars, see Fire Shell (armor).

Paper Mario move
Fire Shell
Mastered by	Kooper
Rank	Ultra Rank
Effect	Hits all grounded enemies with his shell, dealing fire damage.
Target	All grounded enemies
Attack Power	6
Element	Fire

Kooper using Fire Shell on the Crystal King.

Fire Shell is Kooper's ultimate attack in Paper Mario, learned by leveling Kooper to the Ultra Rank. To use this move, the player must use five FP and then repeatedly tilt the Control Stick () to the left to fill the gauge. All ground-based enemies will then be hit by the attack, receiving up to six points of damage. This move is also imbued with the fire element, allowing it to deal extra damage to certain enemies (e.g., Frost Piranhas, White Clubbas, and Dry Bones), but also none to those immune to fire (e.g., Clefts, Buzzy Beetles, Chomps, and Lava Bubbles). Furthermore, this move will permanently defeat Dry Bones, and make bomb-type enemies (e.g., Bob-ombs) explode and defeat themselves instantly.

Fire Shell was going to reappear in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, as a move performed by Koops, since an unused attack description reads: "Hits enemies with a fiery shell." Instead, Shell Slam functions similarly.

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning	Notes
Japanese	ファイアコウラ Faia Kōra	Fire Shell
Chinese	猛火龟壳[?] Měnghuǒ Guīké	Fierce Fire Turtle Shell
German	Feuer-Panzer[?]	Fire Shell
Spanish (NOE)	Concha Fuego[?]	Fire Shell