Fire Flower

Fire Flower
Artwork of a Fire Flower from New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe.
Universe	Mario
Appears in	SSB Melee Brawl SSB4 Ultimate
Item class	Shooting
Article on Super Mario Wiki	Fire Flower

“	Use the Fire Flower to blast your opponents with fiery breath. Be sure to get in close because even breath this bad can't reach too far!	”
—Super Smash Bros.'s instruction manual

The Fire Flower (ファイアフラワー, Fire Flower) is an item from the Mario series.

Origin

A Fire Flower as it originally appeared in Super Mario Bros.

The Fire Flower made its debut in Super Mario Bros. They pop out of ? Blocks when Mario or Luigi are in their Super states. Once obtained, they become Fire Mario / Luigi and can toss fireballs, projectiles that are fired diagonally downwards and bounce off the ground. Fireballs are very efficient at clearing out enemies quickly, being the only way to defeat underwater enemies and providing an easier time during Bowser fights.

The Fire Flower has underwent a lot of visual changes within the Super Smash Bros. series. In Super Smash Bros., the Fire Flower's design is based on the design from Super Mario Bros. In Melee, it has an unique design modeled after a daisy. From Brawl onwards, the Fire Flower's design is based on the design from New Super Mario Bros., which became its standardized look. In Ultimate, the fire looks more cartoony than in previous games.

Overview

Fire Flower's artwork from Super Smash Bros.

As an item

The Fire Flower debuted as a shooting item in Super Smash Bros.

While holding down the attack button, the Fire Flower spits a stream of fire. Holding the attack button will lead to longer attack times. The flames can be shot for a combined seven seconds and inflict up to 44% damage altogether. While characters could not move while using the item in the first two games, shooting items were later changed in Brawl as to allowing running and jumping while shooting such items, including the Fire Flower. While the flower can be thrown when it runs out of flames to fire, it cannot KO at any percentage, though it does inflict a burning hitbox. The Fire Flower's flames are considered to be both reflectable and absorbable.

In Melee, the Fire Flower can be used to cause the Ice Climbers on fire glitch, which causes the partner Climber to continuously release fire effects.

Damage output

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In Super Smash Bros. 4, damage dealt when thrown or dropped is dependent on distance. When dropped, items do more damage at greater heights as opposed to when thrown.

Action	SSB	Melee	Brawl	Smash 4
Each flame	3%	1%	3%	2.2%
Full fire	150% (15%×10)	60% ((1% - 3%)×24)	150% (15%×10)	96.8% (2.2%×44)
Drop	1%	4%	1%	2-7%
Forward tilt throw	6%	7-8%	6%	6-10%
Up tilt throw	7%	9%	7%	4-12%
Down tilt throw	4%	9%	4%	12%
Dash throw	11%	9%	11%	7-12%
Side smash throw	10%	10%	10%	7-13%
Up smash throw	10%	11%	10%	9-15%
Down smash throw	6%	12%	6%	16%
Air drop	5%	4%	5%	2-4%
Air forward tilt throw	8%	8%	8%	6-10%
Air up tilt throw	9%	4%	9%	6-12%
Air down tilt throw	10%	9%	10%	4-12%
Air side smash throw	11%	8-10%	11%	6-10%
Air up smash throw	11%	4%	11%	9-12%
Air down smash throw	11%	9%	11%	4-12%

Trophies

In Super Smash Bros. Melee

Fire Flower's trophy in Melee

Fire Flower

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.

Super Mario Bros. (10/85)

In Super Smash Bros. Brawl

Fire Flower's trophy in Brawl

Fire Flower

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.

: Super Mario Bros.

: Super Mario Bros. 3

In Super Smash Bros. 4

Fire Flower's trophy in Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS

Fire Flower's trophy in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U

Fire Flower

This Fire Flower won't transform you like in the Mario series, but it will still let you unleash some fiery damage! Holding down the attack button lets you spew fire at your opponents, dealing constant damage to them. You can also throw it at them, but it just doesn't look as cool that way.

: Super Mario Bros. (10/1985)

: Super Mario Bros. 3 (02/1990)

Unfortunately, picking this up won't get you a cool outfit like in the Mario series, but you can still use it to shoot fire, and that's what matters. It doesn't do much damage on its own, but fire it continuously and it'll all add up! If you get bored, just throw it at your opponent, but don't expect a massive explosion or anything.

: Super Mario Bros. (05/1987)

: Super Mario Bros. 3 (08/1991)

Sticker

Name	Game	Effect	Fighter(s)
Fire Flower	New Super Mario Bros.	Carry Fire Flower

Fire Flower (New Super Mario Bros.)

Spirit

The Fire Flower appears in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate as a Novice-class support spirit. It can only be purchased from Timmy & Tommy's.

No.	Image	Name	Type	Class	Cost	Ability	Series
19		Fire Flower		★	1	Fire Flower Equipped	Super Mario Series

In addition to the above, equipping the Vulpix, Alraune or the Wonder Flower & Talking Flower support spirits will give the player a Fire Flower at a start of their stock.

No.	Image	Name	Type	Class	Cost	Ability	Series
430		Vulpix		★	1	Fire Flower Equipped	Pokémon Series
1,024		Alraune		★	1	Fire Flower Equipped	Bayonetta Series
1,528		Wonder Flower & Talking Flower		★	1	Fire Flower Equipped	Super Mario Series

Gallery

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  Luigi holding a Fire Flower next to another Fire Flower in Smash 64.

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  Fire Flower in Melee.

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  Official Brawl render.

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  The Fire Flower in action in Smash 4.

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  Official Ultimate render.

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  Bowser and a Fire Flower in Ultimate.

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	ファイアフラワー	Fire Flower
English	Fire Flower	—
French	Fleur de feu	Fire Flower
German	Feuerblume	Fire Flower
Spanish	Flor de fuego	Fire Flower
Italian	Fiore di fuoco	Fire Flower
Chinese	火之花	Fire Flower
Korean	파이어플라워	Fire Flower
Dutch	Vuurbloem	Fire Flower
Russian	Огненный цветок	Fire Flower

Trivia

• In Smash 64, level 5 and above CPUs will never use a Fire Flower against Fox or Ness, as Fox can reflect the flames and Ness can absorb them. Instead, they will always throw the Fire Flower at them.
• The design of the Fire Flower in SSB4 and Ultimate is slightly different from its standard design; specifically, the outer red band of the flower is larger than usual. This is likely to make the item more visible from a far distance.
• The Power Flowers from Super Mario 64 DS resemble the Fire Flower design from Melee.