Editing Ice Mario

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|character=[[Mario]], [[Luigi]], [[Yellow Toad (character)|Yellow Toad]], [[Blue Toad (character)|Blue Toad]], [[Toadette]] and [[Mii]]

|latest_appearance=''[[Super Mario Maker 2]]'' (cameo) ([[List of games by date#2019|2019]])

'''Ice Mario''' is a form that [[Mario]] takes upon touching an [[Ice Flower]], granting him ice-related powers. It is often viewed as a parallel to [[Fire Mario]]. It replaces [[Ice Mario (Super Mario Galaxy)|a vastly different form of the same name]] from ''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]''.

[[File:NSMB Ice Mario.png|thumb|left|Ice Mario's artwork from ''New Super Mario Bros. Wii'']]

Ice Mario gives Mario, [[Luigi]], [[Blue Toad (character)|Blue Toad]] and [[Yellow Toad (character)|Yellow Toad]] the power to shoot [[Ice Ball]]s, just like the Ice Flower Bros. Item in ''[[Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time]]''. Ice Mario's overalls turn red while his cap and shirt turn cyan, similar to Fire Mario (likewise, Luigi and the Toads have their own take on this appearance).

Ice Mario is not to be confused with [[Penguin Mario]], an improved version of the former power-up. Ice Mario can only shoot Ice Balls, while Penguin Mario has more abilities. Penguin Mario can slide on his belly, destroying breakable blocks in his way. He also has better swimming abilities and the ability to walk on ice without sliding. The [[Penguin Suit]] itself is rarer than the Ice Flower.

The Ice Balls can be used to neutralize the magical projectiles fired by [[Larry Koopa|Larry]], [[Iggy Koopa|Iggy]], [[Morton Koopa Jr.|Morton]], [[Roy Koopa|Roy]], [[Ludwig von Koopa|Ludwig]], and [[Kamek]]. They can also be used to douse the [[fireball]]s spat by [[Bowser]] and [[Bowser Jr.]]. However they are unable to inflict damage to, or freeze, any of the bosses. Normal enemies will be trapped in ice cubes when hit by an Ice Ball. They will eventually try to free themselves, but the effect of this varies from enemy to enemy. Some will die after breaking free, releasing [[coin]]s, but others can free themselves without taking damage. If the player lifts a frozen enemy, they will never break free as long as they're being held.

The frozen enemies can be ground-pounded to defeat them. Many frozen enemies can also be defeated by throwing them, which makes them slide in the direction they were thrown, defeating other enemies in their path until they shatter on a wall or fall of a cliff. Even undefeatable enemies like [[Dry Bones]] can be destroyed after being frozen and will not revive. However, some enemies and obstacles like [[Thwomp]]s are so solid that Ice Balls shatter on them, making them useless. Other large enemies, such as [[Porcupuffer]]s and [[Big Piranha Plant]]s, can be frozen, but will break out immediately and ultimately cannot be harmed by ice. Flying enemies can be frozen in mid-air, allowing the player to jump off them, but after a while they will try to get free, and their block will fall and break on the ground, defeating them.

In the [[Nintendo Switch]] port ''[[New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe]]'', [[Toadette]] can also make use of Ice Flowers to become Ice Toadette.

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

While Ice Mario doesn't appear in ''[[Super Mario Maker]]'', ''[[Super Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DS]]'' and ''[[Super Mario Maker 2]]'' as a usable form, knocking on a [[Warp Door]] in the ''New Super Mario Bros. U'' theme may cause [[Weird Mushroom (item)|Weird Mario]] to appear in this form.

Ice Mario appears briefly in ''[[Paper Mario: Sticker Star]]'', whenever Mario uses any type of [[Sticker (Paper Mario: Sticker Star)|Ice Flower Sticker]].

As in the previous game, Ice Mario appears in ''[[Paper Mario: Color Splash]]'' as a Mario transformation by using an [[Battle Card (Paper Mario: Color Splash)#Ice Flower|Ice Flower card]].

In ''[[Mario Kart Arcade GP DX]]'', Ice Luigi appears as a downloadable alternate color scheme for [[Luigi]].

==Official profiles==

*'''Instruction manual description:''' ''"Freeze enemies by throwing ice balls at them."''

NSMBW Ice Mario Screenshot.png|''[[New Super Mario Bros. Wii]]''

Torpedo Ted NSMBU.png|''[[New Super Mario Bros. U]]''

PDSMBE-IceLuigi.png|''Puzzle & Dragons: Super Mario Bros. Edition''

PMCS Ice Mario.png|''[[Paper Mario: Color Splash]]''

|SpaA=Mario de Hielo

|Fra=Mario de Glace

|FraM=Ice Mario

|Ita=Mario di Ghiaccio

|Chi=冰冻马力欧

|ChiR=Bīngdòng Mǎlìōu

|ChiM=Ice Mario

*As Ice Mario, Mario's overalls turn red, and his hat and shirt turn a light blue, resembling the Mario found on the cover of the first issue of ''Nintendo Power'' and his outfit in the [[The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!|three]] [[The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3|DIC]] [[Super Mario World (television series)|cartoons]] and in the early ''Mario'' games prior to ''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]'' in which his colors were inverted from his current design. It also resembles his blue costume from the first three [[Super Smash Bros. (series)|''Super Smash Bros.'' games]].

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