Wonder Flower: Difference between revisions

|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario Bros. Wonder]]'' ([[List of games by date#2023|2023]])

|latest_appearance=''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]'' (version 13.0.2, [[Spirit (Super Smash Bros. Ultimate)|spirit]] cameo) (2024)

|effect=Starts a [[Wonder Effect]] and creates a path to a [[Wonder Seed]] (''Super Mario Bros. Wonder'')<br>Activates Coin Rush (''Super Mario Run'')

{{quote2|When you touch a Wonder Flower, expect the unexpected! The ground could start moving... or you might turn into something different for example.|Shinya Takahashi|</span>Nintendo Direct 6.21.2023<span>}}

A '''Wonder Flower''' is a flower power-up that first appeared in ''[[Super Mario Bros. Wonder]]''.

In ''Super Mario Bros. Wonder'', Wonder Flowers activate [[Wonder Effect]]s when collected, which change some mechanics in the level or transform the player. Every main level has one Wonder Flower, and the Wonder Effect they create always leads to a [[Wonder Seed]]. Wonder Flowers come in different colors depending on the world in which they are found, being blue in [[Pipe-Rock Plateau]], cyan in [[Fluff-Puff Peaks]], red-magenta in [[Shining Falls]], yellow in [[Sunbaked Desert]], green in [[Fungi Mines]], purple with a black face and white eyes in [[Deep Magma Bog]], orange in [[Petal Isles]], and gray with a yellow highlight in the [[Special World]]. Once the Wonder Effect's respective Wonder Seed is collected, the Wonder Flower turns gray and transparent. One Wonder Flower also plays a major role in the game's plot, as Bowser arrived in the [[Flower Kingdom]] during the opening sequence to steal it, and uses it to merge himself, his Koopa Clown Car, and the Flower Castle together to form a [[Castle Bowser|flying fortress]] in his own likeness.  

Blue Wonder Flowers appeared in ''[[Super Mario Run]]'' during the second promotional ''Super Mario Bros. Wonder'' event from December 20, 2023 to March 15, 2024 in the Toad Rally mode.<ref>(December 20, 2023). [https://topics.nintendo.co.jp/article/087f2af4-b755-426d-899e-84fea04709e0 『スーパーマリオ ラン』で期間限定の『スーパーマリオブラザーズ ワンダー』スペシャルイベント開催中。] ''nintendo.co.jp''. Retrieved December 20, 2023</ref> They replaced and behaved identically to [[Coin Rush Star]]s, activating Coin Rush when the meter was filled up while also changing all [[coin]]s into [[Gold Goomba]]s and [[Pink Coin (Super Mario Run)|Pink Coins]] into [[flower coin]]s. A Wonder Flower also appeared in the icon for version 3.1.0 of the game and on a stamp for the event's Stamp Cards.

 

The blue Wonder Flower, paired with a [[Talking Flower]], appears as a single, Novice-class support [[Spirit (Super Smash Bros. Ultimate)|spirit]] in ''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]'', introduced in the "Showtime and Wonder Spirits!" spirit event that began on the same day as ''[[Princess Peach: Showtime!]]''{{'}}s release on March 22, 2024. Applying the spirit to a character equips them with a [[Fire Flower]] at the start of a battle. In their spirit battle, the Wonder Flower is represented by a tiny, blue [[Kirby]]; during the battle, the Skull Kid [[Assist Trophy]] appears and turns all fighters invisible, a reference to Wonder Effects.

MarioSMBW.png|[[Mario]] holding a Wonder Flower from [[Pipe-Rock Plateau]]

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