Editing Fire (enemy)

{{redirect|Firefox|the similar fireball enemy also referred to as firefox|[[Fireball (Donkey Kong)]]|[[Fox McCloud|Fox]]'s up special move in the Super Smash Bros. series|[[Fox McCloud#Fire Fox|Fox McCloud § Fire Fox]]}}

|image=[[File:Firefox Perfect.png|150px]]<br>Artwork of a Fire

|latest_appearance=''[[Ultimate NES Remix]]'' ([[List of games by date#2014|2014]])

|variant_of=[[Fireball (Donkey Kong)|Fireball (''Donkey Kong'')]]

|variants=[[F Boy]]

'''Fires'''<ref>Game Boy ''Donkey Kong'' English instruction booklet, page 21.</ref> (also '''fireballs'''<ref>Instruction manuals for Intellivision, ColecoVision, Atari 2600, Coleco Adam, NES, and Atari 7800 ports.</ref>, '''firefoxes'''<ref>Instruction manual for Atari 8-bit port.</ref>, and '''foxfires'''<ref>Instruction manuals for MS-DOS and Apple II ports:

*Phone Battles (June 15, 2019). [https://youtu.be/Nwx9AgdYWbk?t=334 Donkey Kong Arcade Unboxing OG 1981 Mini Arcade, Game & Watch, Apple II & Atari 2600]. ''YouTube''. Retrieved July 14, 2021.</ref>) are [[List of enemies|enemies]] that exclusively appear in the [[100m|100 m]] level of ''[[Donkey Kong (game)|Donkey Kong]]''. In most versions, they are depicted as a slightly larger variant of the [[Fireball (Donkey Kong)|Fireball]] enemy that appears in other levels.

===''Donkey Kong'' franchise===

====''Donkey Kong''====

[[File:DK Arcade Fire Sprite.png|thumb]]

[[File:DK Blue Firefox.png|thumb]]

Fires make their first appearance in the original ''[[Donkey Kong (game)|Donkey Kong]]'' as enemies. They exclusively appear in [[100m|100 m]], and as they are slightly larger than the [[Fireball (Donkey Kong)|Fireball]] enemies that appear in other levels, they are more difficult to jump over. Fires can climb [[ladder]]s, but cannot reverse directions during the climb. If [[Mario]] jumps over a Fire, he receives [[point]]s. If a [[Bolt (object)|bolt]] is removed while a Fire is on top of it, the enemy will become stuck over the gap. This will allow Mario to safely jump over the enemy repeatedly. Like Fireballs, the only way to destroy them is with a [[hammer]]. Picking up a hammer causes the Fires to turn blue. There can only be five or less Fires on the screen at the same time in the arcade version; that number was lowered to four in the [[Nintendo Entertainment System]] port of the game.

 

In ''[[Donkey Kong (Game Boy)|Donkey Kong]]'' for [[Game Boy]], Fires appear in the [[Construction Site|Start]], which is a recreation of the arcade original.

 

During the events of ''[[Donkey Kong 64]]'', Fires retain their role of enemies in a built-in port of the classic ''Donkey Kong'' game, playable through an arcade machine found inside [[Frantic Factory]].

In the [[Family BASIC]] accessory to the [[Family Computer]], Fires are programmable sprites. In Family BASIC V3, they are enemies in a space shooter [[mini-game]].

Fires appear in ''Donkey Kong'' related challenges in ''[[NES Remix]]'', ''[[NES Remix Pack]]'', and ''[[Ultimate NES Remix]]''.

|Jap=ファイアボール<ref>Family BASIC handbook.</ref><br>''Faiabōru''<br>ファイア<ref>Game Boy ''Donkey Kong'' Japanese instruction booklet, page 19.</ref><br>''Faia''<br>おじゃま虫<ref>Instruction manual for Famicom home version.</ref><br>''ojama mushi''

|JapM=Fireball<br><br>Fire<br><br>trouble bug

|Dut=Fire<ref>Game Boy ''Donkey Kong'' Dutch Nintendo 3DS [[Virtual Console]] digital manual, tab 15: "Tips".</ref>

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|Spa=Fuego{{ref needed}}

|SpaM=Fire

|Ita=Fiammetto{{ref needed}}

|ItaM=[[Lava Bubble#Names in other languages|Lava Bubble]]