Editing Fire Bar

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|image=[[File:SMM3DS Art - Fire Bar.png|180px]]<br>Artwork of a Fire Bar from ''[[Super Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DS]]''

|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario Bros.]]'' ([[List of games by date#1985|1985]])

|latest_appearance=''[[Super Mario Party Jamboree]]'' ([[List of games by date#2024|2024]])

Fire Bars were originally created as obstacles for ''{{iw|zeldawiki|The Legend of Zelda}}'', but when developers felt they looked better in the [[Super Mario (franchise)|''Super Mario'' franchise]], Fire Bars appeared in a ''Super Mario'' game first. Following this, Fire Bars were passed between both ''Super Mario'' and ''[[zeldawiki:The Legend of Zelda (Series)|The Legend of Zelda]]'' games.<ref>{{cite|author=GlitterBerri|url=glitterberri.com/the-men-who-made-zelda|title=The Men Who Made Zelda – Staff Interview|publisher=GlitterBerri's Game Translations|date=May 28, 2011|accessdate=May 9, 2024|language=en}}</ref><ref name=Iwata>[https://iwataasks.nintendo.com/interviews/wii/nsmb/1/3/ Iwata Asks - New Super Mario Bros: Volume 2]</ref><ref name=Asks/><ref name=Prima>{{cite|title=''Playing With Super Power: Nintendo Super NES Classics eGuide'', ''The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past'' 16 Bits Tab|quote=The rotating Guruguru bars that appear in ''A Link to the Past'' originated in ''Super Mario Bros.'', where they’re called Fire Bars. However, they were originally intended for ''The Legend of Zelda''; the developers felt they looked better in a ''Super Mario'' game and passed them between titles.}}</ref>

===''Super Mario'' series===

[[File:SMB NES World 5-4 Screenshot.png|thumb|left|Fire-Bars in [[World 5-4 (Super Mario Bros.)|World 5-4]]]]

Fire-Bars make their debut in ''[[Super Mario Bros.]]'' They are not a living enemy and function more as an obstacle as they rotate around a block in a clockwise or counter-clockwise direction. Because of this, they cannot be defeated. They often appear on the ceiling and floors of [[castle]]s. In [[World 8-4 (Super Mario Bros.)|World 8-4]], Fire-Bars only appear in an underwater section while there are none in the main castle section. They sometimes appear near [[? Block]]s to make it more difficult for Mario or Luigi to hit them. The first level in which they appear is [[World 1-4 (Super Mario Bros.)|World 1-4]]. If [[Mario]] or [[Luigi]] makes contact with one, he will take damage from the fire. In [[Super Mario Bros. 3|later]] [[Super Mario World|games]], they are replaced with similar-acting obstacles, such as [[Roto-Disc]]s and [[Spinner]]s. The first Fire-Bar in [[World 5-4 (Super Mario Bros.)|World 5-4]] is composed of 12 fireballs, as opposed to the normal six fireball length. If the player beats the game and restarts on [[Hard Mode]], Fire-Bars will appear in all possible locations in castles.

Fire-Bars also appear in ''[[Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels]]'', working as they do in ''Super Mario Bros.'' Unlike in that game, longer Fire-Bars, composed of 12 fireballs, are more common.

 

In ''[[Super Mario 64]]'', fire bars appear for the first time in full 3D, uniquely appearing as short, spinning [[flamethrower]]s. In this game and ''[[Super Mario 64 DS]]'', they appear only in [[Lethal Lava Land]]. Unlike fire bars' 2D appearances, here they spin horizontally.

====''Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3''====

While they do not appear in the main game, Fire-Bars do appear in certain [[World-e]] levels in ''[[Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3]]'', more specifically in [[Swinging Bars of Doom]], [[An Aqueous Adventure]] and [[Classic World 1-4]]. They exist in two variations: either with one Fire-Bar around the axis, or with two Fire-Bars, both variations being of various lengths. In An Aqueous Adventure, where most of them are found underwater, there is even one with two pairs of Fire-Bars rotating in opposite directions.

In ''[[New Super Mario Bros.]]'', Fire Bars first appear in [[World 6-4 (New Super Mario Bros.)|World 6-4]]. They also appear in the second tower of World 8, and a lone one appears in Bowser's Castle. Here they act just like they do in ''Super Mario Bros.'', and are once again found more commonly on ceilings and floors.

In ''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]'', they appear as obstacles in a number of different galaxies, including the [[Sling Pod Galaxy]], the [[Toy Time Galaxy]], [[Bowser's Star Reactor]], and [[Bowser's Galaxy Reactor]]. They typically spin horizontally like in ''Super Mario 64'', though a few can be found spinning vertically.

In ''New Super Mario Bros. Wii'', Fire Bars only appear in {{world-link|8|tower|World 8-Tower (New Super Mario Bros. Wii)}}, {{world-link|8|bowser|World 8-Bowser's Castle (New Super Mario Bros. Wii)}}, and {{world-link|coin|1|World Coin-1 (New Super Mario Bros. Wii)}}, and are often used to guard [[Star Coin]]s. A double Fire Bar also appears in the tower. In the castle, they are mainly seen in the first room, and only two are seen in the second room.

[[File:BowserGalaxyGenerator-LavaPlanet.png|thumb|Fire Bars in Bowser's Galaxy Generator in ''Super Mario Galaxy 2'']]

In ''[[Super Mario Galaxy 2]]'', the Fire Bars' function is the same as in ''Super Mario Galaxy''. They mainly appear in [[Bowser Jr.'s Fiery Flotilla]], [[Bowser's Gravity Gauntlet]], the [[Slipsand Galaxy]], and [[Bowser's Galaxy Generator]]. It is also of note that Fire Bars are used during the boss battle with [[Bowser Jr.'s Boomsday Machine]] in [[Bowser Jr.'s Boom Bunker|his Boom Bunker]], where they are integrated directly into the Boomsday Machine.

Fire Bars reappear in ''[[Super Mario 3D Land]]''. Here, they appear in most castles and [[World 8-6 (Super Mario 3D Land)|World 8-6]]. As with all 3D installments of the ''Super Mario'' series, Fire Bars spin horizontally. The game introduces [[Spike Bar]]s, similar obstacles which have spiked balls in place of fireballs.

Fire Bars appear again in ''[[New Super Mario Bros. 2]]''. They have the same pattern from both predecessors and may also sometimes hide Star Coins. Fire Bars only seem to be one fireball longer than past games. They mostly appear in castle levels and some [[World 6 (New Super Mario Bros. 2)|World 6]] levels.

Fire Bars reappear in ''[[New Super Mario Bros. U]]'', where they appear in [[Screwtop Tower]] and [[Slide Lift Tower]]. [[Huge Fire Bar]]s also debut in this game, first appearing in Slide Lift Tower. Huge Fire Bars have an entire level based around them in [[Superstar Road]] called [[Fire Bar Cliffs]].

====''Super Mario 3D World'' / ''Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury''====

Fire Bars appear in ''[[Super Mario 3D World]]'' and its [[Nintendo Switch]] port ''[[Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury]]''. This time, some of them rotate around [[Brick Block]]s and [[? Block]]s. While Spike Bars do not reappear, some levels include [[spiked roller]]s that behave similarly to Spike Bars. Fire Bars also appear on [[Mount Magmeow]].

====''Super Mario Maker'' / ''Super Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DS'' / ''Super Mario Maker 2''====

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Fire Bars reappear as a course element in ''[[Super Mario Maker]]'', ''[[Super Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DS]]'', and ''[[Super Mario Maker 2]]''. Their length and direction can be adjusted. The center block has a new sprite in the ''Super Mario Bros.'' theme, and new sprites were made for the ''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]'' and ''[[Super Mario World]]'' styles. In ''Super Mario Maker 2'', they are absent from the ''[[Super Mario 3D World]]'' style, despite appearing in the source game.

 

Fire Bars reappear in ''[[Super Mario Run]]'', as obstacles in the levels [[Fire Bar Castle! Youch!]] and [[Bowser's Bob-ombing Run]]. In Fire Bar Castle! Youch!, a Fire Bar appears during the battle with the [[Impostor Bowser|fake Bowser]].

 

====''Super Mario Bros. Wonder''====

Fire Bars reappear in ''[[Super Mario Bros. Wonder]]'', first appearing in [[Shining Falls Special Triple Threat Deluge]], and appearing in various levels afterwards, acting the same as in previous appearances.

 

===''Super Mario Bros.: Peach-hime Kyūshutsu Dai Sakusen!''===

[[File:TheGreatMissionFireBar.png|thumb|The sole appearance of a Fire-Bar in ''[[Super Mario Bros.: Peach-hime Kyūshutsu Dai Sakusen!]]'']]

In ''[[Super Mario Bros.: Peach-hime Kyūshutsu Dai Sakusen!]]'', a single Fire-Bar briefly appears when Mario and [[Haru-ōji|Kibidango]] chase [[Bowser]] through the catacombs of [[Bowser's Castle|his castle]]. Unlike earlier and later depictions in the franchise, the Fire-Bar does not materialize until the pair get close to it, and it dissipates after they leave the area.

===''Yoshi's Island'' series===

In the [[Yoshi's Island (series)|''Yoshi's Island'' series]], Fire-Bars appear in ''[[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]'', its [[Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3|Game Boy Advance]] version, and in ''[[Yoshi's Island DS]]''. In ''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island'', Fire-Bars appear in certain forts and castles, and they are depicted as swinging three-dimensionally. The traditional type reappears in ''Yoshi's Island DS''.

[[File:Firebar PM.png|thumb|left|A Fire Bar as seen in Mt. Lavalava in ''Paper Mario'']]

In ''[[Paper Mario]]'', the Fire Bars reappear in [[Koopa Bros. Fortress]] and [[Mt. Lavalava]]; this time they swing sideways. They also swing either clockwise or counter-clockwise. If Mario touches one, he loses some HP, but if Mario's partner touches one, nothing happens. [[Jump]]ing over one of these Fire Bars causes it to swing faster. If Mario dodges one ten times, it will vanish and drop a number of [[coin]]s. This is the first appearance in which Fire Bars can be destroyed.

In ''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]'', they reappear in Bowser's third platform level. Here, they can be defeated by Bowser's [[Fire Breath|fire breath]]. If Bowser comes in contact with the fireballs, they will decrease his size (which defeats him if he is tiny). They also appear in the [[Palace of Shadow]] and have the same behavior as they do in ''Paper Mario''.

[[File:SPM-Firebar.png|thumb|Dodging Fire Bars]]

Fire Bars reappear in ''[[Super Paper Mario]]''. In the game, they act in a similar fashion as in ''[[Super Mario Bros.]]'' and appear in Chapter 1-4 and 8-2. Mario can flip into 3-D mode to avoid the Fire Bars.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

In the [[Mario Party (series)|''Mario Party'' series]], Fire Bars appear in a few minigames. In ''[[Mario Party 4]]'', Fire Bars appear in [[The Final Battle! (minigame)|The Final Battle!]], where they take away a heart from whoever touches them. In ''[[Mario Party: Island Tour]]'', Fire Bars appear in [[Great Bars of Fire]], where the players need to jump over or duck under them, and if a character hits a Fire Bar three times, they are out, and the last player standing wins. In ''[[Mario Party 10]]'', Fire Bars appear in the Bowser Minigame [[Bowser's Fire Bar Fury]]. In ''[[Mario Party: The Top 100]]'', Fire Bars return in the ''Mario Party 4'' minigame The Final Battle! A Fire Bar appears in ''[[Super Mario Party Jamboree]]'' in the Free-For-All minigame [[Hot-Hot Hop]] alongside [[Magmaargh]]s.

===''Super Princess Peach''===

In ''[[Super Princess Peach]]'', Fire Bars make their first appearances in [[Bowser's Villa]] as obstacles, damaging Peach when she comes into contact with them. Within the area, they appear in sections requiring [[Subrella]], mirroring how they appeared in an underwater section of [[World 8-4 (Super Mario Bros.)|World 8-4]] in ''[[Super Mario Bros.]]'' Fire Bars also appear in unlock-able levels [[Ladida Plains 1-9]] and [[Hoo's Wood 2-9]]; in the former, only one appears in the Subrella section while in the latter, there are ten Fire Bars in total: five in the starting section and five in the Subrella section. When Peach is near a Fire Bar, it emits a swinging sound effect.

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|appears_in='''NES''' ''Super Mario Bros.'' (10/1985)<br>'''Wii U''' ''New Super Mario Bros. U'' (11/2012)

|desc=A rotating row of fireballs found in the Mario series, most often as a fiery obstacle in Bowser's Castle. In this game, you can swing the fire bar at your enemies! It's a powerful weapon, but for every two times you swing and hit someone with it, one of the fireballs will burn out. And no fire means no fun.

|desc2=A rotating row of fireballs found in the Mario series, most often as a fiery obstacle in Bowser's Castle. In this game, you can swing the fire bar at your enemies! It's a powerful weapon, but for every two times you connect when attacking with it, one of the fireballs will go out. And no fire means no fun.

 

==Names in other languages==

{{foreign names

|Jap=ファイアバー

|JapR=Faia Bā

|JapM=Fire Bar

|Jap2=ぐるぐるバー<ref>{{cite|title=「任天堂公式ガイドブック　ゼルダの伝説 神々のトライフォース　上」 (''Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook – Zelda no Densetsu: Kamigami no Triforce – Jō'')|publisher=Shogakukan|language=ja|page=134}}</ref>

|FreM=Fire bar

|GerM=Firestaff

|Ita=Barra di fuoco

|ItaM=Bar of fire

|Ita2M=Fire bar

|Por=Barreira de fogo<ref>{{cite|author=Nintendo Portugal|date=December 2, 2019|url=www.youtube.com/watch?v=TfgPovS3eh0|title=Super Mario Maker 2 - A Master Sword, novas peças para níveis e muito mais! (Nintendo Switch)|publisher=YouTube|accessdate=January 10, 2021}}</ref>

 

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