Big Lava Bubble
Big Lava Bubble sprite from Paper Mario: Color Splash
A Big Lava Bubble from Paper Mario: Color Splash
First appearance Mario Party (1998)
Latest appearance Mario Party Superstars (2021)
Variant of Lava Bubble
“I'm literally made of fire, and you're made of paper. Good luck, kindling. Bahaha!”
Big Lava Bubble, Paper Mario: Color Splash

Big Lava Bubbles are larger versions of Lava Bubbles that first appear in Mario Party.

History

Mario Party series

Mario Party / Mario Party 2

In Mario Party, two big Lava Bubbles are seen in the minigame Hot Rope Jump. They stand fixed at the ends of a jump rope formed by smaller Lava Bubbles, spinning it around the characters. As the minigame returns in Mario Party 2, the big Lava Bubbles reappear with the same role.

Mario Party 3

Two giant Lava Bubbles are present in Hyper Hydrants, a minigame from Mario Party 3. Each of them confronts a pair of characters by continuously sending moving flames at them. The flames can be doused by having one player pump water and the other player use it to spray the flames via a hose. The giant Lava Bubbles are stationary and will disappear after the minigame ends.

Mario Party Superstars

Big Lava Bubbles reappear in Mario Party Superstars, reprising their roles in the Mario Party 2 version of Hot Rope Jump.

Super Mario series

Super Mario Maker / Super Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DS

Lava Bubbles can be enlarged with a Super Mushroom and become Big Lava Bubbles in Super Mario Maker and Super Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DS. They act the same as their smaller counterparts, jumping repeatedly out of the lava at the height they are placed. They can likewise be loaded into Warp Pipes and Bill Blasters, but emerge from them with more difficulty than normal Lava Bubbles.

Super Mario Maker 2

Big Lava Bubbles in Super Mario Maker 2 with their properties its predecessor. They additionally appear in the new Super Mario 3D World style, where they will not leap if the player is wearing a Goomba Mask. Moreover, they can now be attached to parachutes.

Paper Mario: Color Splash

A single Big Lava Bubble appears in Paper Mario: Color Splash as a mini boss in Redpepper Crater. He is angry at Mario for breaking into his home and is accompanied by a Shy Guy that interprets his rumble-based speech. In battle, he can attack by turning red and shooting out flames, causing damage to both Mario and the Shy Guy. He can also attack by flying at Mario, just like normal Lava Bubbles, doing 15 HP of damage. He can only be damaged by Ice Flowers, Hurlhammers, Things, and Iron Jumps.

Paper Mario: Color Splash enemy
Big Lava Bubble
  HP 170 Type Normal Role Boss Card
Strong Jump, Hammer, Fire Weak Ice Card drop rate 3  
Moves Body Attack (30), Blowback Attack (165), Turn Attack (5)
Location(s) Redpepper Crater
Quotes Usual: "I'm literally made of fire, and you're made of paper. Good luck, kindling. Bahaha!"
Enemy class
ENEMY_RANDAM_1_5
Dropped items
Hammer Scraps 50 Red paint 250 Yellow paint 0 Blue paint 0 Orange paint 109 Green paint 0 Purple paint 0

Names in other languages

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese でかバブル[?]
Deka Baburu
Huge Lava Bubble
German Großer Hothead[?] Big Lava Bubble
Italian Fiammetto gigante[?] Giant Lava Bubble
Portuguese Bolha de Lava Gigante[?] Huge Lava Bubble
Russian Огромный пузырь лавы[?]
Ogromnyy puzyr' lavy
Huge Lava Bubble
Spanish (NOA) Burbujota de lava[?] Burbuja de lava (Lava Bubble) + -ota, a suffix denoting a large size