Fire Flower: Difference between revisions

In ''Super Mario Bros.'', if Mario collects a Fire Flower, he will get the ability to shoot fireballs by pressing {{button|nes|B}}. The fireballs may be a strong and handy projectile to use because it defeats most enemies and even [[Bowser]] from a range. Only two fire balls may be thrown at once. If Mario gets hit while he is in this form, he will revert back to [[Small Mario]]. If Small Mario gets a Fire Flower, he'll only transform into [[Super Mario]].

Fire Flowers return along with everything else in ''[[Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels]]''. They still grant Mario the same ability and even look exactly the same as its precedence. As the result, nothing much has changed at all.

In ''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]'', they are the third most common power-up, the first being a [[Mushroom]] and the second being a [[Super Leaf]]. They, like before, grant Mario the ability to shoot fireballs. Not much has changed since ''Super Mario Bros.'' regarding the function of it.

They also appear in ''[[New Super Mario Bros. Wii]]'' having the same effect as its predecessor. If a fireball is thrown at a character in a bubble, the character will get free from the bubble. Fireballs thrown can also get eaten by Yoshi and spit out as projectiles.  

A similar item called the [[Ice Flower]] appears. They have nearly the same effect, except the ice balls thrown are slower, break when coming in contact with the floor, and freezes enemies, rather than defeating them.

The Fire Flower reappears in ''[[Super Mario Galaxy 2]]''. Nothing at all has changed about the Fire Flower from the previous game, and it therefore has the exact same function as it did in ''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]''. Making its debut appearance is a new minigame called [[Crate Burning]], which appears in only two missions in the entire game: "[[Rightside Down Galaxy#The Great Crate Incinerator|The Great Crate Incinerator]]" in the [[Rightside Down Galaxy]] and "[[Upside Dizzy Galaxy#Burning Upside Dizzy|Burning Upside Dizzy]]" in the [[Upside Dizzy Galaxy]]. In this minigame, the player is presented with numerous breakable [[crate]]s, all of which need to be burned within a short time limit via the use of a Fire Flower in order to earn the [[Power Star]] for the missions. Also, they appear while fighting Squizzard in the Slipsand Galaxy's first and third mission.

The [[Super Smash Bros. (series)|''Super Smash Bros.'' series]] has Fire Flowers as well. Once picked up, the player can use it to expel fire, hurting anyone who came too close. It does have a limit to how much fire it can use, and will lose its abilities after constant use. However, this doesn't mean it is worthless. The player can throw the Fire Flower at someone to burn them. In ''[[Super Smash Bros.]]'', the Fire Flowers are alike to their debut appearance. In ''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]'', they look like actual flowers with eyes and white petals. In ''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]'', the flower has its appearance from ''New Super Mario Bros''. Also, Mario and Luigi have a similar move where it is their standard special move. Mario shoots red fireballs, and Luigi shoots green. Luigi's fireballs are different from Mario's because Luigi's aren't affected by gravity.

In the [[Nintendo DS]] game ''[[Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time]]'', Fire Flowers are referred to as '''Bros. Flowers'''. If used, the player would attack all the enemies with a certain amount of fireballs by constantly pressing the {{button|ds|A}} button if it is passed on to Mario or the {{button|ds|B}} button if it is passed on to Luigi. The player can also attack flying enemies by pressing the {{button|ds|X}} button (if passed to Mario) or the {{button|ds|Y}} button (if passed to Luigi), making their baby counterparts shoot fireballs. In addition, the damage may [[burn]] their foes. There are three related items in the game: the [[Mix Flower]], [[Ice Flower]], and [[Copy Flower]].