Fire Bar: Difference between revisions

|variants=[[Fire Chain]]<br>[[Huge Fire Bar]]

|relatives=[[Lava Bubble]]

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'''Fire Bars''' (also parsed as '''Fire-Bars''',<ref>Hiroo Tochikubo, ''[[How to win at Super Mario Bros.]]'', Tokuma Shoten, 1987, ISBN 4-19-720003-XC. Page 15.</ref><ref>Tatsumi Yamashita, ''The Official Nintendo Player's Guide'', Tokuma Shoten, 1987, ISBN 999832369X. Page 30.</ref><ref>M. Arakawa. ''Super Mario All-Stars'' Player's Guide. Pages 9 and 31.</ref> '''fire bars''', or '''firebars'''<ref name=Iwata>[http://iwataasks.nintendo.com/interviews/#/ds/zelda/1/0 Iwata Asks - Volume 2 : The History of Handheld The Legend of Zelda Games]</ref>) are rotating bars made of [[fireball]]s first appearing in ''[[Super Mario Bros.]]'' Fire Bars were originally created as [[#The Legend of Zelda series|obstacles for the ''The Legend of Zelda'' series]], but they ended up being used for the [[Mario (franchise)|''Mario'' franchise]] first.<ref name=Iwata/><ref>[http://iwataasks.nintendo.com/interviews/#/wii/nsmb/1/3 Iwata Asks - New Super Mario Bros: Volume 2]</ref><ref>[http://www.glitterberri.com/a-link-to-the-past/the-men-who-made-zelda/ The Men Who Made Zelda – Staff Interview] ''GlitterBerri's Game Translations''. May 28, 2011. Retrieved January 10, 2016.</ref><ref name=Prima>''Playing With Super Power: Nintendo Super NES Classics eGuide'', ''The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past'' 16 Bits Tab. "''The rotating Guruguru bars that appear in ''A Link to the Past'' originated in ''Super Mario Bros.'', where they’re called Fire Bars. However, they were originally intended for ''The Legend of Zelda''; the developers felt they looked better in a ''Mario'' game and passed them between titles.''"</ref> They are found in numerous titles and generally act as obstacles in [[castle]]s and [[fortress]]es.