Wonder Flower
- This article is about the item. For Daisy's Offensive Power Shot in Mario Power Tennis, see Wonder Flower (move).
| Wonder Flower | |
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| First appearance | Super Mario Bros. Wonder (2023) |
| Latest appearance | Super Mario Run (version 3.1.0) (2023) |
| Effect | Creates a Wonder Effect (Super Mario Bros. Wonder) Activates Coin Rush (Super Mario Run) |
Template:Quote2 A Wonder Flower is a flower power-up that first appeared in Super Mario Bros. Wonder.
History
Super Mario Bros. Wonder
In Super Mario Bros. Wonder, Wonder Flowers activate Wonder Effects when collected, which change some mechanics in the level or transform the player. Every main level has one Wonder Flower, and the Wonder Effect they create always leads to a Wonder Seed. Wonder Flowers come in different colors depending on the world in which they are found, being blue in Pipe-Rock Plateau, cyan in Fluff-Puff Peaks, red-magenta in Shining Falls, yellow in Sunbaked Desert, green in Fungi Mines, purple with a black face and white eyes in Deep Magma Bog, orange in Petal Isles, and gray with a yellow highlight in the Special World. Once the Wonder Effect's respective Wonder Seed is collected, the Wonder Flower turns gray and transparent. One Wonder Flower also plays a major role in the game's plot, as Bowser arrived in the Flower Kingdom during the opening sequence to steal it, and uses it to merge himself, his Koopa Clown Car, and the Flower Castle together to form a flying fortress in his own likeness.
Super Mario Run
Blue Wonder Flowers appear in Super Mario Run during the second promotional Super Mario Bros. Wonder event from December 20, 2023 to March 15, 2024 in the Toad Rally mode.[1] They replace and behave identically to Coin Rush Stars, activating Coin Rush when the meter is filled up while also changing all coins into Gold Goombas and Pink Coins into flower coins. A Wonder Flower also appears in the icon for version 3.1.0 of the game and on a stamp for the event's Stamp Cards.
Concept and creation
The Wonder Flower was conceived as part of an effort to introduce surprising elements that would challenge the player.[2] The original idea was to include items that would warp players to a new area but producer Takashi Tezuka found the idea uninteresting, stating, "If you're still just going to warp to a different area, it's still the same. Why don't you just change where you are right now?"[2] To gather suggestions for effects the Wonder Flower could have, director Shiro Mouri and Tezuka polled the entire development team of Super Mario Bros. Wonder no matter their seniority or role on the project, receiving a little over 2,000 suggestions.[2]
Wonder Transformations
In some levels, like in Up 'n' Down with Puffy Lifts, some Wonder Flowers will turn you into a relevant object of the level you're playing. Here's the complete list of Wonder Transformations:
- Up 'n' Down With Puffy Lifts: The player turns into a Puffy Lift
- An Uncharted Area: Wubba Ruins, A Final Uncharted Area: Poison Ruins, Operation Poplin Rescue, Deep Magma Bog Palace: The player turns into a Wubba.
- Where the Rrrumbas Rule, Deep Magma Bog Special Solar Roller: The player turns into a Spike Ball
- Maw Maw Mouthful, Petal Isles Special: Way of the Goomba: The player turns into a Goomba
- High-Voltage Gauntlet, Credits sequence: The player turns into their Metal form.
- Bloomps of the Desert Skies: The player turns into their Balloon form
- Sproings in the Twilight Forest, Fluff-Puff Peaks Palace: The player and enemies stretch their body. In the Fluff-Puff Peaks Palace, the level becomes silhouetted after activating the Wonder Effect.
- The Midway Trial: Hop to It, The Sharp Trial: Launch to Victory, The Final Trial: Zip Track Dash: The player turns into their Hoppycat form.
Gallery
Mario holding a Wonder Flower from Pipe-Rock Plateau
Key art of Super Mario Bros. Wonder
A blue Wonder Flower appearing in a level
Icon of Super Mario Run as of version 3.1.0
The first Stamp Card, featuring a Wonder Flower as one of the stamps
Promotional photo for Super Mario Bros. Wonder featuring latte art depicting a Wonder Flower, from Nintendo Japan's Instagram account during holiday 2023
Promotional photo for Super Mario Bros. Wonder featuring latte art depicting a Wonder Flower, from Nintendo Japan's Instagram account during holiday 2023
Names in other languages
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese | ワンダーフラワー[3] Wandā Furawā |
Wonder Flower | |
| Chinese (simplified) | 惊奇花[?] Jīngqí Huā |
Wonder Flower | |
| Chinese (traditional) | 驚奇花[4] Jīngqí Huā |
Wonder Flower | |
| Dutch | Wonderbloem[6] | Wonder flower | |
| French | Fleur prodige[7][8] | Wonder Flower | |
| German | Wunderblume[?] | Wonder Flower | |
| Italian | Fiore meraviglia[9] | Wonder Flower | |
| Korean | 원더플라워[5] Wondeo Peullawo |
Wonder Flower | |
| Portuguese | Flor fenomenal[?] | Phenomenal Flower | |
| Russian | Чудо-цветок[?] Chudo-tsvetok |
Wonder Flower | |
| Spanish | Flor Maravilla[?] | Wonder Flower |
References
- ^ (December 20, 2023). 『スーパーマリオ ラン』で期間限定の『スーパーマリオブラザーズ ワンダー』スペシャルイベント開催中。 nintendo.co.jp. Retrieved December 20, 2023
- ^ a b c Farokhmanesh, Megan (August 31, 2023). "Super Mario Bros. Wonder Is What Happens When Devs Have Time to Play". Wired. Retrieved August 31, 2023.
- ^ Nintendo 公式チャンネル (June 21, 2023). Nintendo Direct 2023.6.21. YouTube. Retrieved June 21, 2023.
- ^ 《超級瑪利歐兄弟 驚奇》的最新資訊公開！ | TOPICS | 任天堂(香港)有限公司網站 Nintendo. Retrieved June 21, 2023.
- ^ "『슈퍼 마리오브라더스 원더』, 『슈퍼 마리오 RPG』, 『끝내주게 춤춰라 메이드 인 와리오』, 「돌아온 명탐정 피카츄」등, Nintendo Switch로 발매되는 타이틀의 최신 정보를 전달!" - Nintendo of Korea. Retrieved June 21, 2023.
- ^ Super Mario Bros. Wonder page on nintendo.nl
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