| Fire Breath | |
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 Fire Breath in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U. | |
| User | Bowser Giga Bowser |
| Universe | Mario |
| Article on Super Mario Wiki | Fire Breath |
| “ | The fire flows while you hold File:GCN BButton.png, but it weakens over time. | ” |
| —Melee's instruction manual | ||
| “ | Hold down B to belch a stream of flame. Weakens over time. | ” |
| —Brawl's instruction manual | ||
| “ | Breathe fire. Change the direction with  .
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| —Smash for 3DS's foldout | ||
Fire Breath (クッパブレス, Koopa Breath) is Bowser's neutral special move.
Overview
While holding the B button, Bowser continuously exhales a stream of fire in front of him, which gradually decreases in length over time. In Brawl, the flames can also be angled up and down, and they will never completely recede, as they will in Melee, where Bowser will eventually begin to exhale smoke instead.
The move's long duration is useful for staving off opponents and preventing their return to the stage. Unfortunately, an opponent using DI can escape the flames fairly easily in most directions. However, Donkey Kong in Brawl has no chance of recovering if this move is used in the correct spot. The fire will flow off of floors and walls, and can actually split in two directions, if the angle is perpendicular.
This special attack is shared by Giga Bowser, both in his boss appearance in Melee and in his playable appearance in Brawl and Smash 4. There is no time limit to how long the attack can be held in his Melee incarnation.
This move is also similar to Charizard's Flamethrower in both appearance and function.
Customization
Special Move customization was added in Super Smash Bros. 4. These are the known variations:
- Fire Shot: Releases a large fireball, with considerably more start-up lag, that passes through enemies. Does 5% early, 4% late. Unlike Fire Breath, Fire Shot will not weaken over time.
- Fire Roar: A much stronger variation of Fire Breath that loses range much quicker, and takes longer to recharge. It reaches to approximately halfway of Battlefield, and does 2-3% damage per hit.
- FireShotWiiU.jpg
Fire Shot in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U
- FireRoarWiiU.jpg
Fire Roar in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U
Flame cancel
In NTSC versions 1.0 and 1.1 of Melee, Bowser can cancel the startup lag of this move if he lands during its initial frames, in a manner similar to the space animals' short hop laser. This technique is not possible in the NTSC 1.2 and PAL versions.
Video
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Origin
Bowser's ability to breathe fire has been demonstrated in many games he's appeared in, including his debut in Super Mario Bros., where he would shoot fireballs at Mario, but it was not until Super Mario 64 and many games after that he was shown to breathe continuous streams of fire.
Gallery
- FireBreath64.jpg
Official artwork of Bowser breathing fire at Mario from Super Mario 64.
Fire Breath in Melee.
Fire Breath in Brawl.
Fire Breath used in midair in Brawl.
Fire Breath loses power when held for too long.
Giga Bowser using Fire Breath in Brawl.
Fire Ball variation.
Flash Fire variation.
