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{{item-infobox
{{item infobox
|image=[[File:SML Superball Flower Artwork.png]]
|image=[[File:SML Superball Flower Artwork.png]]
|title=Superball Flower
|description=A monochrome [[Fire Flower]].
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario Land]]'' ([[List of games by date#1989|1989]])
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario Land]]'' ([[List of games by date#1989|1989]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Super Mario Maker 2]]'' ([[List of games by date#2019|2019]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Super Mario Maker 2]]'' ([[List of games by date#2019|2019]])
|effect=Turns [[Mario]] into [[Superball Mario]].
|effect=Turns [[Mario]] into [[Superball Mario]].
}}
}}
'''Superball Flowers''', also called '''flowers'''<ref>''Super Mario Land'' English instruction booklet, pages 7 & 9.</ref> or '''super flower'''<ref>''Super Mario Land'' English instruction booklet, page 5.</ref>, are power-up [[flower]]s that were first introduced in ''[[Super Mario Land]]'' and reappear in ''[[Super Mario Maker 2]]'' thirty years later, holding the longest gap between appearances of a power-up in the [[Mario (franchise)|''Mario'' franchise]]. When collected in ''Super Mario Maker 2'', the Superball Flower will change the music to the main overworld theme from ''Super Mario Land''.
'''Superball Flowers''', originally called '''flowers'''<ref>''Super Mario Land'' English instruction booklet, pages 7 & 9.</ref> or '''super flower''',<ref>''Super Mario Land'' English instruction booklet, page 5.</ref> are power-up flowers that were first introduced in ''[[Super Mario Land]]'' and reappear in ''[[Super Mario Maker 2]]'' 30 years later, holding the longest gap between appearances of a power-up in the [[Super Mario (franchise)|''Super Mario'' franchise]]. Superball Flowers turn [[Mario]] into his [[Superball Mario|Superball form]], giving him the ability to shoot Superballs. 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.
 
Superball Flowers turn [[Mario]] into his [[Superball Mario|Superball form]], giving him the ability to shoot Superballs.
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==History==
===''Super Mario Land''===
Flowers are very similar to [[Fire Flower]]s in appearance and in abilities granted, and can only be found in blocks if Mario is Super Mario or won in the [[bonus game (Super Mario Land)|bonus game]]. Superballs are ''[[Super Mario Land]]''{{'}}s equivalent to [[fireball]]s; 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 fireball can typically defeat any non-boss enemy, many enemies require multiple superballs to defeat. Superball Mario looks identical to [[Super Mario (form)|Super Mario]].


==Game information==
===''Super Mario Maker 2''===
Superball Flowers are very similar to [[Fire Flower]]s in appearance, as well as the abilities granted. Superballs are the game's equivalent to [[fireball]]s; 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.
In ''[[Super Mario Maker 2]]'', Superball Flowers 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-omb]]s, collect [[Key]]s and [[Pink Coin (Super Mario Maker)|Pink Coin]]s, and activate [[P Switch]]es and [[POW Block]]s. The character who picks them up takes on monochromatic shades of green, and the background music will also change to [[Birabuto Kingdom]]'s ground theme 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 Block]]s; after Mario is given the job [[Spiny Shell Smashers]] by Purple Toad and clears it, the blocks will be removed, allowing Mario access.


In ''Super Mario Land'', Superball Mario looks identical to Super Mario. In ''Super Mario Maker 2'', the character who picks them up takes on monochromatic shades of green, similar to the Game Boy graphics of ''Super Mario Land''. The power-up is only available in the ''Super Mario Bros.'' game style as an alternate form of the Fire Flower. Superballs can also now light [[Bob-omb]]s, collect [[Key]]s and [[Pink Coin (Super Mario Maker)|Pink Coin]]s, and activate [[P Switch]]es and [[POW Block]]s. Superball Flowers are unlocked by hitting a [[? Block]] that is initially covered by [[Hard Block]]s; by clearing the job [[Spiny Shell Smashers]], given to Mario by Purple Toad, the blocks will be removed, allowing Mario access.
==Gallery==
==Gallery==
{{more images|gif version of SML Flower instead?}}
<gallery>
<gallery>
SML Superball Flower Sprite.png|Sprite from ''Super Mario Land''
SML Superball Flower Sprite.png|Sprite from ''Super Mario Land''
SML Superball Flower Alternate Sprite.png|Alternate sprite from ''Super Mario Land''
SML Superball Flower Animated Sprite.gif|Animated sprite from ''Super Mario Land''
SMM2 Topic Superball Flower Banner.jpg|Banner from topic for introduce Superball Flower from official Japanese website for ''Super Mario Maker 2''
SMM2 Topic Superball Flower Banner.jpg|Banner from topic for introducing Superball Flower from official Japanese website for ''Super Mario Maker 2''
SMM2-SMB-SuperballFlower.png|Sprite from ''Super Mario Maker 2''
SMM2-SMB-SuperballFlower.png|Sprite from ''Super Mario Maker 2''
SMM2-SMB-SuperballFlower.gif|Animated sprite from ''Super Mario Maker 2''
SMM2-SMB-SuperballFlower.gif|Animated sprite from ''Super Mario Maker 2''
SMM2 Superball Flower SMB icon 2.png|Superball Flower with a [[Super Mushroom]] modifier in ''Super Mario Maker 2''
</gallery>
</gallery>


==Names in other languages==
==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
{{foreign names
|Jap=フラワー<ref>''Super Mario Land'' Japanese instruction booklet, pages 3, 5 & 7.</ref> (''Super Mario Land'')<br>''Furawā''<br>スーパーボールフラワー<ref>[https://www.nintendo.co.jp/switch/baaqa/information/index.html Official Japanese website for ''Super Mario Maker 2'']. Retrieved February 26, 2020.</ref> (''Super Mario Maker 2'')<br>''Sūpā Bōru Furawā''
|Jap=フラワー<ref>''Super Mario Land'' Japanese instruction booklet, pages 3, 5 & 7.</ref> (''Super Mario Land'')<br>''Furawā''<br>スーパーボールフラワー (''Super Mario Maker 2'')<br>''Sūpā Bōru Furawā''
|JapM=Flower<br><br>Super Ball Flower<br><br>
|JapM=Flower<br><br>Super Ball Flower
|Spa=Flor Superbola
|Spa=Flor Superbola
|SpaM=Superball Flower
|SpaM=Superball Flower
|Dut=Superbalbloem
|Dut=Vuurbloem<ref>''Club Nintendo'' (Netherlands) ''Classic'', page 6.</ref> <small>(''Super Mario Land'')</small><br>Superbalbloem <small>(''Super Mario Maker 2'')</small>
|DutM=Superball Flower
|DutM=Fireflower<br>Superballflower
|Fre=Fleur <small>(''Super Mario Land'')</small><ref>''Super Mario Land'' French instruction booklet, [https://i.imgur.com/H0vuK1K.jpg page 9].</ref><br>Fleur super boule <small>(''Super Mario Maker 2'')</small>
|FreM=Flower<br>Super ball flower
|Ger=Superball-Blume
|Ger=Superball-Blume
|GerM=Superball Flower
|GerM=Superball Flower
|Ita=Fiore Superball
|Ita=Fiore<ref>''[[Super Mario Land]]'' Italian manual, pag. 9</ref><ref>''[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia]]'', pag. 48</ref><br>Fiore Superball<ref>''[[Super Mario Land]]'' (3DS - [[Virtual Console]]) Italian e-manual, pag. 9</ref><ref>''[[Super Mario Maker 2]]'', item list in Level Creation mode</ref>
|ItaM=Superball Flower
|ItaM=Flower<br>Superball Flower
|Kor=슈퍼볼플라워
|Kor=슈퍼볼플라워
|KorR=Syupeobol Peullawo
|KorR=Syupeobol Peullawo
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|RusR=Supersharovoy tsvetok
|RusR=Supersharovoy tsvetok
|RusM=Super ball flower
|RusM=Super ball flower
|Chi=弹力球之花
|Chi=弹力球之花 (Simplified)<br>彈力球之花 (Traditional)
|ChiR=Tánlìqiú zhī Huā
|ChiR=Tánlìqiú zhī Huā
|ChiM=Flower of Elastic ball
|ChiM=Flower of Elastic ball
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[[Category:Flowers]]
[[Category:Flower power-ups]]
[[Category:Power-Ups]]
[[Category:Super Mario Land items]]
[[Category:Super Mario Land Items]]
[[Category:Super Mario Maker 2 items]]
[[Category:Super Mario Maker 2 Items]]
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[[it:Fiore (Super Mario Land)]]

Revision as of 12:16, March 1, 2024

Superball Flower
Superball Flower
First appearance Super Mario Land (1989)
Latest appearance Super Mario Maker 2 (2019)
Effect Turns Mario into Superball Mario.

Superball Flowers, originally called flowers[1] or super flower,[2] are power-up flowers that were first introduced in Super Mario Land and reappear in Super Mario Maker 2 30 years later, holding the longest gap between appearances of a power-up in the Super Mario franchise. Superball Flowers turn Mario into his Superball form, giving him the ability to shoot Superballs. 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.

History

Super Mario Land

Flowers are very similar to Fire Flowers in appearance and in abilities granted, and can only be found in blocks if Mario is Super Mario or won 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 fireball 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

In Super Mario Maker 2, Superball Flowers 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 Birabuto Kingdom's ground theme 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.

Gallery

Names in other languages

Language Name Meaning
Japanese フラワー[3] (Super Mario Land)
Furawā
スーパーボールフラワー (Super Mario Maker 2)
Sūpā Bōru Furawā

Flower

Super Ball Flower

Chinese 弹力球之花 (Simplified)
彈力球之花 (Traditional)
Tánlìqiú zhī Huā
Flower of Elastic ball

Dutch Vuurbloem[4] (Super Mario Land)
Superbalbloem (Super Mario Maker 2)
Fireflower
Superballflower
French Fleur (Super Mario Land)[5]
Fleur super boule (Super Mario Maker 2)
Flower
Super ball flower
German Superball-Blume
Superball Flower
Italian Fiore[6][7]
Fiore Superball[8][9]
Flower
Superball Flower
Korean 슈퍼볼플라워
Syupeobol Peullawo
Super Ball Flower

Russian Супершаровой цветок
Supersharovoy tsvetok
Super ball flower

Spanish Flor Superbola
Superball Flower

References

  1. ^ Super Mario Land English instruction booklet, pages 7 & 9.
  2. ^ Super Mario Land English instruction booklet, page 5.
  3. ^ Super Mario Land Japanese instruction booklet, pages 3, 5 & 7.
  4. ^ Club Nintendo (Netherlands) Classic, page 6.
  5. ^ Super Mario Land French instruction booklet, page 9.
  6. ^ Super Mario Land Italian manual, pag. 9
  7. ^ Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia, pag. 48
  8. ^ Super Mario Land (3DS - Virtual Console) Italian e-manual, pag. 9
  9. ^ Super Mario Maker 2, item list in Level Creation mode