A Fire Flower is one of the many powerup items in the Mario series that first appeared in the Nintendo Entertainment System game Super Mario Bros.. This powerup can be found in a ? Block if Mario or Luigi is in his Super Mario or Super Luigi form. When obtained, the plumber can hurl out fireballs from their hands that can defeat many enemies during gameplay. This powerup later appeared in Super Mario Bros. 3, and Super Mario World with their different appearances but with the same function.
Status change
In Super Mario Bros. and the NES and SNES versions of Super Mario Bros. 3, if Mario touches a Fire Flower, but later gets hit to become small Mario, the flower will only change him to Super Mario if touched. In Super Mario World and the GBA version of Super Mario Bros. 3, the flower will make Mario Fire Mario even if he gets hit before touching it.
Appearances
Paper Mario series
During the Paper Mario series, the player can use these items towards the enemies Mario and his partners encountered during their travels. These items can be purchased in many shops in the Shroom Grocery from Toad Town, Koopa's Shop from Koopa Village, and Yoshi's Cabana from Lavalava Island from the Nintendo 64 game Paper Mario. Also in the Nintendo GameCube game Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, they can be purchased in Toad Bros. Bazaar from Rougeport, Niff T.'s Shop from Petalburg, and Keelhaul Key Galleria from Keelhaul Key. Fire Flowers can be also used as ingredients to be made into new items with a help of Tayce T. or Zess T. Here is a list of recipes below this section.
| Recipe | Result of Cooked Item | Game that Recipe is in |
|---|---|---|
| Dried Fruit + Strange Leaf | Fire Flower | Paper Mario |
| Dried Shroom + Fire Flower | Fried Shroom | |
| Goomnut + Fire Flower | Bland Meal | |
| Volt Shroom + Fire Flower | ||
| Super Shroom + Fire Flower | ||
| Life Shroom + Fire Flower | ||
| Egg + Fire Flower | Egg Missile | |
| Cake Mix + Fire Flower | Fire Pop | |
| Iced Potato + Fire Flower | Frozen Fries | |
| Mushroom + Fire Flower | Hot Shroom | |
| Ultra Shroom + Fire Flower | Yummy Meal | |
| Coconut + Fire Flower | Coconut Bomb | Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door |
| Mystic Egg + Fire Flower | Egg Bomb | |
| Cake Mix + Fire Flower | Fire Pop | |
| Mushroom + Fire Flower | Shroom Roast | |
| Hot Sauce + Fire Flower | Spicy Soup | |
| Dried Bouquet + Fire Flower | ||
| Super Shroom + Fire Flower | Zess Dinner | |
| Ultra Shroom + Fire Flower | Zess Special |
Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time
In the Nintendo DS game Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time, Fire Flowers are referred to as Bros. Flowers. If used, the player would attack all the enemies with a certain amount of fireballs by constantly pressing the A button if it is passed on to Mario, the B button if it is passed on to Luigi, the X button if it is passed on to Baby Mario, and the Y button if it is passed on to Baby Luigi In addition, the damage may cause burning towards their foes. There are two related items in the game, the Mix Flower and the Ice Flower.
Mario vs. Donkey Kong 2: March of the Minis
In the Nintendo DS game Mario vs. Donkey Kong 2: March of the Minis, when a Mini-Mario touches a Fire Flower, he would go in his Fire Mini-Mario form and begins throwing fireballs within a limited time to knock out enemies or defeat them. These items can be obtained from a ? Block during those levels.
Super Mario Galaxy
In the Wii game Super Mario Galaxy, when Mario or Luigi obtains this item, he will go into his fire form allowing him to throw fireballs and can defeat enemies and light torches. Unlike other games where the powerup lasts until the player takes damage, the powerup only lasts a limited amount of time although Mario can take damage with this form. Like the Super Smash Bros. Brawl figure, it takes the appearance of the New Super Mario Bros. version.
Super Smash Bros. series
The Super Smash Bros. series has Fire Flowers as well. Once picked up, the player could use it to expel fire, hurting anyone who came too close. It does have a limit to how much fire it can use, and will lose its abilities after constant use. However, this doesn't mean it is worthless. The player could throw the Fire Flower at someone to burn them. Fire Flowers return in Super Smash Bros Brawl, with their appearance from New Super Mario Bros.
Appearance in Other Media
The Club Nintendo comic "Super Mario: Verloren in der Zeit" reveals that Fire Flowers have existed since the Stone Age. In this story, Mario uses a Fire Flower to throw Fireballs at a Tyrannosaurus rex.
Also, Fire Flowers appeared in all 3 Mario cartoon television series. In the cartoons, they are portrayed as blue daisies. When Mario or Luigi touches one, they gain their fire powers, although most episodes had their Fire Mario costume either be not changed at all, or an orange hat and shirt with red overalls. In Reign Storm, the Robot Princess orders all Fire Flowers to be extinguished, as if they were actual fires.
Trophy Information from Super Smash Bros. Melee
Once you grab this item, press and hold down the A Button to make the flower breathe flames until its power gives out. The Fire Flower is incredibly useful when you want to push someone off the edge of a stage. In Super Mario Bros., it transformed Mario into Fire Mario, changing his garb and enabling him to throw fireballs.
Trophy Information from Super Smash Bros. Brawl
A flower that breathes flames when you press and hold the attack button. The flames don't last forever, though--after a while, the flower will lose its fiery power. You can also throw Fire Flowers at enemies to set them on fire for a brief moment. In Super Mario Bros., Fire Flowers were used to transform Mario into Fire Mario.
- SMB Fire Flower.png
- SMW Fire Flower.png
Trivia
- In a similar manner to how Mario and Luigi have both eaten and "absorbed" Mushrooms throughout their games, there is much controversy over whether Mario must eat a Fire Flower or simply touch it to become Fire Mario. Although most games make Fire Flowers simply disappear upon contact with Mario, Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door seemingly confirms that Mario does indeed eat Fire Flowers. This is also indicated by a certain optional scene where Mario informs a Lakitu cameraman that he "shoots fire when he eats a flower". In the Club Nintendo comic "Super Mario: Verloren in der Zeit" Mario even reveals something about their taste, claiming that Fire Flowers "taste disgusting, but if I eat them, I can shoot Fireballs".
- Enemies called Fire Bros. spit Fireballs similar to the Fire Flower's fireballs.
- In the Super Mario World cartoons they are attached to ? Blocks
- A similar power-up is the Flower from Super Mario Land, which allows Mario to turn into Superball Mario.