Talking Flower
- This article is about the characters introduced in Super Mario Bros. Wonder. For the real life figurine, see Talking Flower (figurine).
| Talking Flower | |
|---|---|
 Artwork from Super Mario Bros. Wonder | |
| First appearance | Super Mario Bros. Wonder (2023) |
| Latest appearance | Mario Tennis Fever (2026) |
| Latest portrayal | Patrick Seitz (2025, English; see Portrayals for other languages) |
- “Talking Flowers love to talk. They often spend their days waiting for someone to visit them.”
- —Loading screen tip, Super Mario Bros. Wonder
Talking Flowers (also spelled in lowercase)[1] are characters that debut in Super Mario Bros. Wonder. Their design is reminiscent of the angel's trumpet and devil's trumpet flowers.
History[edit]
Super Mario Bros. Wonder[edit]
In Super Mario Bros. Wonder, Talking Flowers are small flowers that talk to the player when approached; the messages they say are small reactions to what is currently ongoing in the level, which may sometimes serve as hints. They typically come in a warm yellow-orange (typically associated with brass instruments), but red and blue varieties also exist. The red variety appears in the Badge Challenges, in The Desert Mystery's Wonder Effect, Color-Switch Dungeon, which appears red when the ON/OFF Switches are set to "ON" and blue when they are set to "OFF", and also appear in The Final-Final Test Badge Marathon. Talking Flowers do not appear in any of the Castle Bowser levels except for The Final Battle! Bowser's Rage Stage, where they have a light-green aura around them and their speech is distorted and higher-pitched to fit the level's theme.
Unlike the other characters, their dialogue is fully voiced, and they have separate voice actors in each of the game’s languages. Players have the option to turn either the speech bubbles or spoken dialogue on and off, and can change the language they can talk in.
According to an interview for Nintendo's Ask the Developer series, the Talking Flowers were a reconfigured version of a concept proposed by producer Takashi Tezuka where the game would provide live commentary on the player's actions. The original idea was scrapped due to it being too much work to implement, with the Talking Flowers being seen as a more practical alternative that better fit the Super Mario franchise.[2]
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate[edit]
A Talking Flower, paired with a blue Wonder Flower, appears as a single, Novice-class support spirit in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. It was 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, 20 tiny, yellow Kirby puppet fighters that constantly taunt represent the Talking Flowers.
Super Mario Party Jamboree – Nintendo Switch 2 Edition + Jamboree TV[edit]
In Super Mario Party Jamboree – Nintendo Switch 2 Edition + Jamboree TV, Talking Flowers make several appearances in the Bowser Live and Carnival Coaster modes. Notably, a Talking Flower appears on the front of the roller coaster in the latter mode, providing live commentary.
Mario Tennis Fever[edit]
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In Mario Tennis Fever, a Talking Flower can be seen in the Mix It Up mode, while a red Talking Flower provides live commentary in the Tournament mode. Additionally, Talking Flowers appear in the game's Adventure mode.[3]
Profiles and statistics[edit]
Super Mario Bros. Wonder[edit]
- Trading card bio: These flowers will chat with Mario and friends to liven up their adventure or give hints.
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate[edit]
| Spirit #1528 Wonder Flower & Talking Flower | ||
| Series/game | Super Mario Series | |
| Type | Support | |
| Slots | 1 | |
| Class | Novice | |
| Strength / effect(s) | Fire Flower Equipped | |
| How to obtain | Spirit Board (version 13.0.2 or later) | |
| Spirit battle | Opponent(s) | Tiny Kirby ×21 |
| Conditions |
Rule: Assist Trophy Enemies (Skull Kid); Item: Fire Flower
| |
| Stage | Mushroom Kingdom U | |
| Song | Pandemonium |
Quotes[edit]
- "Onward and upward!"
- "Love that sound!"
- "Well, that was something."
- "Feel like you're missing something?" (heard in certain stages if the player avoids collecting the Wonder Flower)
- "Oh! Was it something I said?" (if the flowers' voice is disabled in the Options menu)
- "Well then."
Gallery[edit]
Key artwork of Super Mario Bros. Wonder
Mario peeking out of a Warp Pipe next to a Talking Flower
A red variant of a Talking Flower
A blue variant of a Talking Flower found in Color-Switch Dungeon
A Talking Flower
Animated artwork as seen on the Japanese website
Animated artwork as seen on the Japanese website
Photo-taking area based on Super Mario Bros. Wonder at the Nintendo Live event at PAX West 2023
A Talking Flower featured on a promotion image counting down to Super Mario Bros. Wonder's release
A variant of a Talking Flower in a pot
Talking Flower plush manufactured by San-ei Co., Ltd.
Super Mario Party Jamboree – Nintendo Switch 2 Edition + Jamboree TV
Super Mario Party Jamboree - Nintendo Switch 2 Edition + Jamboree TV
Talking Flower figurine
Logo for the Talking Flower figurine
Packaging for the Talking Flower figurine
Mario and a Talking Flower
Captain Toad & Talking Flower amiibo
Mario Tennis Fever
Portrayals[edit]
- Mick Wingert (English, Super Mario Bros. Wonder)
- Patrick Seitz (English, Super Mario Party Jamboree – Nintendo Switch 2 Edition + Jamboree TV onward)
- Ma Bo Qiang (Mandarin Chinese)
- Ewout Eggink (Dutch)
- Jérémy Prévost (French)
- Jan Uplegger (German)
- Paolo De Santis (Italian)
- Junji Kitajima (Japanese)
- Nakyoon Choi (Korean)
- Leandro Hainis (Brazilian Portuguese)
- Luís Barros (European Portuguese, Super Mario Bros. Wonder only)
- Anton Kobylko (Russian, Super Mario Bros. Wonder)
- Stanislav Shapkin (Russian, Super Mario Party Jamboree – Nintendo Switch 2 Edition + Jamboree TV)
- Rafael Parra (European Spanish)
- Alan Fernando Velázquez (Latin American Spanish)
Portrayal notes[edit]
- Several of the Talking Flowers' voices in various dubs have also voiced other characters in the Super Mario franchise:
- Paolo De Santis, the Italian voice actor, also voiced Young Cricket, Mike and 18-Volt in the Italian dub of the WarioWare series since WarioWare Gold and Rabbid Mario, Sweetlopek and Alkementor in the Italian dub of Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope.
- Luís Barros, the European Portuguese voice actor, also voiced Mario in the European Portuguese dub of The Super Mario Bros. Movie.
- Ewout Eggink, the Dutch voice actor, previously voiced Toad, Hip, and Hop in the Dutch dub of The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3.
- Rafael Parra, the European Spanish voice actor, also voiced Jimmy T and 18-Volt in the European Spanish dub of the WarioWare series since WarioWare Gold.
- Jérémy Prévost, the French voice actor, also voiced Alkementor in the French dub of Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope.
- Jan Uplegger, the German voice actor, also voiced the narrator in the German dub of the WarioWare series since WarioWare: Move It!.
- The Canadian French and European French translations both share the same voice actor for the Talking Flowers, despite most dubs and translations of foreign entertainment usually having different dubs for both. Only a handful of lines of dialogue are different between the two translations.
- The Talking Flower is only dubbed in European Portuguese in Super Mario Bros. Wonder.
- Due to Mario Tennis Fever not being localized into Russian, the Talking Flower does not have a Russian dub in that game.
Names in other languages[edit]
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese | おしゃべりフラワー[4][5][6] Oshaberi Furawā |
Talking Flower | |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 闲聊花花[7] Xiánliáo Huāhuā (Mandarin) Hàahnlìuh Fāfā (Cantonese) |
Chatting Flower | |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 閒聊花花[8] Xiánliáo Huāhuā (Mandarin) Hàahnlìuh Fāfā (Cantonese) |
Chatting Flower | |
| Dutch | Babbelbloem[9] | Chatter Flower | |
| French | Fleur cancan[10][11] | Gossip flower | |
| German | Plauderblume[12] | Chatter Flower | |
| Italian | Fiore parlante[13] | Talking flower | |
| Korean | 수다쟁이 꽃[14] Sudajaeng'i Kkot |
Chatty Flower | |
| Polish | Gadatliwy Kwiatek[15] | Talkative Flower | |
| Portuguese | Flor tagarela[16][17] | Chatty flower | |
| Russian | Цветочек-болтун[18] Tsvetochek-boltun |
Chatty flower | |
| Spanish | Flor parlante[19][20] | Talking flower | |
| Thai | ทอล์คกิ้งฟลาวเวอร์[21] Tɔɔkgîng Flaaowə̂ə |
Talking Flower |
References[edit]
- ^ Nintendo of UK (June 21, 2023). Nintendo Direct – 21/06/2023. YouTube (British English). Retrieved June 30, 2024.
- ^ Ask the Developer Vol. 11, Super Mario Bros. Wonder—Part 3. Nintendo of America (American English). Retrieved October 18, 2023.
- ^ September 12, 2025. Mario Tennis Fever – Nintendo Direct 9.12.2025 (1:24). Nintendo of America. Retrieved September 12, 2025.
- ^ 「おしゃべり大好き おしゃべりフラワー。今日もどこかで 誰かが来るのを待っている…」– Loading-screen tip (20 Oct. 2023). Super Mario Bros. Wonder by Nintendo EPD (Ver. 1.0.2). Nintendo (Japanese).
- ^ Kazuma, Sakurai, Sato Tomoya, Nakatani Itaru, Kojima Katsuyuki, and Hashiguchi Yuya (2023). 『スーパーマリオブラザーズ ワンダー かんぺき攻略本』. Tokyo: Kadokawa (Japanese). ISBN 4-047337-02-1. Page 2, 62.
- ^ Sawada, Yukio (2025). Super Mario-kun, vol. 60. Tokyo: Shogakukan (Japanese). ISBN 978-4-09-149770-3. Page 6.
- ^ "非常喜爱说话的闲聊花花。今天也在某个地方等着有人到来……" – Loading-screen tip (20 Oct. 2023). Super Mario Bros. Wonder by Nintendo EPD (Ver. 1.0.2). Nintendo (Simplified Chinese).
- ^ 「最喜歡聊天的閒聊花花，今天也在某處等著有人到來……」– Loading-screen tip (20 Oct. 2023). Super Mario Bros. Wonder by Nintendo EPD (Ver. 1.0.2). Nintendo (Traditional Chinese).
- ^ "Babbelbloemen zijn enorm praatgraag. Je moet je voorstellen dat ze soms dagen wachtenvoordat er iemand langskomt." – Loading-screen tip (20 Oct. 2023). Super Mario Bros. Wonder by Nintendo EPD (Ver. 1.0.2). Nintendo (Dutch).
- ^ « Les fleurs cancan aiment bavarder et passent souvent leur journée à attendre une occasion de le faire. » – Loading-screen tip (20 Oct. 2023). Super Mario Bros. Wonder by Nintendo EPD (Ver. 1.0.2). Nintendo (Canadian French).
- ^ « Les fleurs cancan aiment bavarder et passent souvent leur journée à attendre une occasion de le faire. » – Loading-screen tip (20 Oct. 2023). Super Mario Bros. Wonder by Nintendo EPD (Ver. 1.0.2). Nintendo (French).
- ^ „Plauderblumen sind überaus gesprächig. Sie warten oft tagelang darauf,dass jemand vorbeikommt und sie besucht.“ – Loading-screen tip (20 Oct. 2023). Super Mario Bros. Wonder by Nintendo EPD (Ver. 1.0.2). Nintendo (German).
- ^ «I Fiori parlanti adorano chiacchierare e trascorrono le giornate in attesa che passi qualcuno con cui parlare.» – Loading-screen tip (20 Oct. 2023). Super Mario Bros. Wonder by Nintendo EPD (Ver. 1.0.2). Nintendo (Italian).
- ^ "말하기를 좋아하는 수다쟁이 꽃. 오늘도 어디선가 누군가를 기다리고 있다…" – Loading-screen tip (20 Oct. 2023). Super Mario Bros. Wonder by Nintendo EPD (Ver. 1.0.2). Nintendo (Korean).
- ^ "Wykonuj polecenia Gadatliwego Kwiatka, by wstawać bądź kucać." – Description for Talking Flower Says (24 July 2025). Super Mario Party Jamboree – Nintendo Switch 2 Edition + Jamboree TV by Nintendo Cube (Ver. 2.3.0). Nintendo (Polish).
- ^ "Flores tagarelas adoram papear. Às vezes, passam dias esperando visitantes para puxar um fio de prosa." – Loading-screen tip (20 Oct. 2023). Super Mario Bros. Wonder by Nintendo EPD (Ver. 1.0.2). Nintendo (Brazilian Portuguese).
- ^ «As Flores tagarelas adoram tagarelar. Às vezes, passam dias e dias à espera de alguém para conversar.» – Loading-screen tip (20 Oct. 2023). Super Mario Bros. Wonder by Nintendo EPD (Ver. 1.0.2). Nintendo (European Portuguese).
- ^ «Цветочки-болтуны любят... поболтать. Они днями напролет ждут возможности пообщаться.» – Loading-screen tip (20 Oct. 2023). Super Mario Bros. Wonder by Nintendo EPD (Ver. 1.0.2). Nintendo (Russian).
- ^ "A las flores parlantes les encanta conversar.Se pueden pasar días esperando a que llegue alguien con quien charlar." – Loading-screen tip (20 Oct. 2023). Super Mario Bros. Wonder by Nintendo EPD (Ver. 1.0.2). Nintendo (Latin American Spanish).
- ^ «A las flores parlantes les encanta la cháchara.Se pueden pasar días esperando a que llegue alguien con quien charlar.» – Loading-screen tip (20 Oct. 2023). Super Mario Bros. Wonder by Nintendo EPD (Ver. 1.0.2). Nintendo (European Spanish).
- ^ "ทำตามที่ทอล์คกิ้งฟลาวเวอร์บอก ว่าให้ยืนขึ้นหรือนั่งลง" – Description for Talking Flower Says (24 July 2025). Super Mario Party Jamboree – Nintendo Switch 2 Edition + Jamboree TV by Nintendo Cube (Ver. 2.3.0). Nintendo (Thai).
