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|item=[[Ice Flower]]

|first_appearance=''[[New Super Mario Bros. Wii]]'' ([[List of games by date#2009|2009]])

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'''Ice Mario''' is a form that [[Mario]] takes upon touching an [[Ice Flower]], granting him ice-related powers. It is often viewed as a parallel to [[Fire Mario]]. A [[Ice Mario (Super Mario Galaxy)|vastly different form of the same name]] appears in ''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]''.

This form is not to be confused with the [[Penguin Mario|Penguin form]], as that form has more abilities. In addition to throwing Ice Balls, Penguin characters can slide on their bellies (destroying breakable blocks and enemies in the way), swim with much more control and agility, and walk/run on ice without skidding. The [[Penguin Suit]] itself is rarer than the Ice Flower.

The frozen enemies can be ground-pounded to defeat them. Many frozen enemies can also be defeated by lifting and throwing them, which makes them slide in the direction they were thrown, defeating other enemies in their path until they shatter on a wall or fall of a cliff. Even unbeatable enemies like [[Dry Bones]] can be destroyed after being frozen and will not revive. However, some enemies and obstacles, like [[Thwomp]]s, are so solid that Ice Balls cannot freeze them. Other large enemies, such as [[Porcupuffer]]s and [[Big Piranha Plant]]s, can be frozen, but will break out immediately and ultimately cannot be harmed by ice. Other enemies, like most other Piranha Plants and [[Sledge Bro]]s., cannot be picked up. Flying enemies can be frozen in mid-air, allowing the player to jump off them, but after a while, their block will fall and break on the ground, defeating them.

====''Super Mario Maker'' / ''Super Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DS'' / ''Super Mario Maker 2''====

===''Paper Mario'' series===

====''Paper Mario: The Origami King''====

In ''[[Paper Mario: The Origami King]]'', as in the previous ''Paper Mario'' games, Mario briefly takes this form when using a normal or [[Shiny Ice Flower]] in battle.

===''Mario Kart Arcade GP DX''===

===''New Super Mario Bros. U''===

*'''Digital instruction manual bio:''' "''Freeze enemies by throwing ice balls at them.''"

==Gallery==

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PDSMBE-IceMario.png|''[[Puzzle & Dragons: Super Mario Bros. Edition]]''

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==Names in other languages==

{{foreign names

|SpaAM=Ice Mario

|SpaE=Mario Gélido

|Ita=Mario Ghiaccio (earlier games)<br>Mario ghiaccio

|ItaM=Ice Mario

|Dut=IJs-Mario

|DutM=Ice Mario

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*As Ice Mario, Mario's overalls turn red, and his hat and shirt turn a light blue, resembling the Mario found on the cover of the first issue of ''Nintendo Power'' and his outfit in the three [[DIC Entertainment|DIC]] cartoons and in the early ''Super Mario'' games prior to ''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]'' in which his colors were inverted from his current design. His color scheme also matches his appearance on the cover of ''[[Alleyway]]'' and his blue costume from the first three [[Super Smash Bros. (series)|''Super Smash Bros.'' games]].

*As Ice Luigi, Luigi's overalls turn green, and his hat and shirt turn a light blue, resembling his appearance from ''[[Super Mario Bros. 2]]'' prior to ''Super Mario Bros. 3'' and his outfit in the three DIC cartoons in which his colors were inverted from his current design.