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This article is about the enemy in Donkey Kong. For the enemy once referred to as "fire", see Flimflam.
Not to be confused with Fireball (Donkey Kong).
Fire
A Fire from 100m from Donkey Kong, seemingly specifically for the Game Boy game.
Artwork of a Fire from Perfect Edition of the Great Mario Character Encyclopedia
First appearance Donkey Kong (1981)
Latest appearance Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition (2024)
Variant of Fireball
Variants

Fires[1] (also known as fireballs,[2][3][4] firefoxes,[5] and foxfires)[6] are enemies that debuted in the 100m level of Donkey Kong. In most versions, they are depicted as a slightly larger variant of the Fireball enemy that appears in other levels.

History

Donkey Kong

Sprite of a Fire from Donkey Kong (Arcade) Blue Fire

Fires make their first appearance in the original Donkey Kong as enemies. They exclusively appear in 100 m, and as they are slightly larger than the Fireball enemies that appear in other levels, they are more difficult to jump over. Fires can climb ladders, but cannot reverse directions during the climb. If Mario jumps over a Fire, he receives points. If a 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. In the arcade version, there can only be five or fewer Fires on the screen at the same time, lowered to four in the Nintendo Entertainment System port of the game.

Fire (compressed)

In the Game Boy version, Fires appear in the Start, which is a recreation of the arcade original.

Fireballs retain their role of enemies in Donkey Kong 64's built-in port of the Donkey Kong arcade game.

Family BASIC

In the Family BASIC accessory to the Family Computer, Fires are programmable sprites. In Family BASIC V3, they are enemies in a space shooter minigame.

NES Remix series

Fires appear in Donkey Kong-related challenges in NES Remix, NES Remix Pack, and Ultimate NES Remix.

Profiles and statistics

Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten

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Gallery

Names in other languages

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese ファイアボール[7]
Faiabōru
Fireball
おじゃま虫[8]
Ojama mushi
Trouble bug
ファイア[9]
Faia
Fire
Dutch Vuurbal[10] Fireball
Fire[11] -
French Boule de feu[3][4] Fireball
German Feuerball[3] Fireball
Italian Fuoco[12] Fire
Fiamma[3][13] Flame
Fire[11] -
Portuguese Bola de fogo[4] Fireball
Spanish Bola de fuego[3][4] Fireball
Fuego[citation needed] Fire

References

  1. ^ Game Boy Donkey Kong English instruction booklet, page 21.
  2. ^ Instruction manuals for Intellivision, ColecoVision, Atari 2600, Coleco Adam, NES, and Atari 7800 ports.[page number needed]
  3. ^ a b c d e Donkey Kong Nintendo 3DS Virtual Console digital manual. Page 8.
  4. ^ a b c d Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition, Kong Crusher challenge – Classified Information. Page 3.
  5. ^ Instruction manual for Atari 8-bit port (PDF).
  6. ^ Instruction manuals for MS-DOS and Apple II ports:
  7. ^ Family BASIC handbook.
  8. ^ 1983. ドンキーコング (Donkī Kongu) Famicom instruction booklet (PDF). Nintendo (Japanese). Page 4.
  9. ^ 1994. ゲームボーイ ドンキーコング (Gēmu Bōi Donkī Kongu) instruction booklet. Nintendo (Japanese). Page 19.
  10. ^ Donkey Kong Original Edition - Nintendo 3DS Virtual Console digital manual. Page 8.
  11. ^ a b Game Boy Donkey Kong Nintendo 3DS Virtual Console digital manual. Page 15.
  12. ^ Donkey Kong Italian manual. Page 21.
  13. ^ "Colpisci la fiamma con il martello!" & "Supera la fiamma con un salto!" – NES Remix - Donkey Kong levels 7-1 and 7-2. Nintendo (Italian).