Superball Flower
| Superball Flower | |
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| First appearance | Super Mario Land (1989) |
| Latest appearance | Super Mario Maker 2 (2019) |
| Effect | Turns Mario into Superball Mario. |
Superball Flowers, originally called flowers[1] or super flower,[2] are power-up flowers that were first introduced in Super Mario Land and reappear in Super Mario Maker 2 30 years later, holding the longest gap between appearances of a power-up in the Super Mario franchise. Superball Flowers turn Mario into his Superball form, giving him the ability to shoot Superballs. Although black-and-white in game due to graphical limitations of the Game Boy, they are depicted as being black and blue in the Game Boy Player's Guide.
History
Super Mario Land
Flowers are very similar to Fire Flowers in appearance and in abilities granted, and can only be found in blocks if Mario is Super Mario or won in the bonus game. Superballs are Super Mario Land's equivalent to fireballs; only one can be fired at a time, though, and they bounce diagonally at 90° angles. Superballs will collect any coins they make contact with. While one Superball can typically defeat any non-boss enemy, many enemies require multiple Superballs to defeat. Superball Mario looks identical to Super Mario.
Super Mario Maker 2
Superball Flowers reappear under their current name in Super Mario Maker 2. They are only available in the Super Mario Bros. game style as an alternate form of the Fire Flower, and retain their properties from Super Mario Land; Superballs can additionally light Bob-ombs, collect Keys and Pink Coins, and activate P Switches and POW Blocks. The character who picks them up takes on monochromatic shades of green, and the background music will also change to Birabuto Kingdom's ground theme for that character. Superball Flowers are unlocked for use with Course Maker in the Story Mode by finding a ? Block that is initially covered by Hard Blocks; after Mario is given the job Spiny Shell Smashers by Purple Toad and clears it, the blocks will be removed, allowing Mario access.
Gallery
Sprite from Super Mario Land
Animated sprite from Super Mario Land
Banner from topic for introducing Superball Flower from official Japanese website for Super Mario Maker 2
Sprite from Super Mario Maker 2
Animated sprite from Super Mario Maker 2
Superball Flower with a Super Mushroom modifier in Super Mario Maker 2
Names in other languages
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
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| Japanese | フラワー[3] (Super Mario Land) Furawā スーパーボールフラワー (Super Mario Maker 2) Sūpā Bōru Furawā |
Flower Super Ball Flower |
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| Chinese | 弹力球之花 (Simplified) 彈力球之花 (Traditional)[?] Tánlìqiú zhī Huā |
Flower of Elastic ball | |
| Dutch | Vuurbloem[4] (Super Mario Land) Superbalbloem (Super Mario Maker 2) |
Fireflower Superballflower |
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| French | Fleur (Super Mario Land)[5] Fleur super boule (Super Mario Maker 2) |
Flower Super ball flower |
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| German | Superball-Blume[?] | Superball Flower | |
| Italian | Fiore[6][7] Fiore Superball[8][9] |
Flower Superball Flower |
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| Korean | 슈퍼볼플라워[?] Syupeobol Peullawo |
Super Ball Flower | |
| Russian | Супершаровой цветок[?] Supersharovoy tsvetok |
Super ball flower | |
| Spanish | Flor Superbola[?] | Superball Flower |
References
- ^ Super Mario Land English instruction booklet, pages 7 & 9.
- ^ Super Mario Land English instruction booklet, page 5.
- ^ Super Mario Land Japanese instruction booklet, pages 3, 5 & 7.
- ^ Club Nintendo (Netherlands) Classic, page 6.
- ^ Super Mario Land French instruction booklet, page 9.
- ^ Super Mario Land Italian manual, pag. 9
- ^ Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia, pag. 48
- ^ Super Mario Land (3DS - Virtual Console) Italian e-manual, pag. 9
- ^ Super Mario Maker 2, item list in Level Creation mode
| Super Mario Land | |
|---|---|
| Protagonists | Mario • Princess Daisy |
| Bosses | King Totomesu • Dragonzamasu (Tamao) • Hiyoihoi • Biokinton (Chicken) • Tatanga (Pagosu) |
| Locations | Sarasaland (Birabuto Kingdom • Muda Kingdom • Easton Kingdom • Chai Kingdom) |
| Levels | World 1-1 • World 1-2 • World 1-3 • World 2-1 • World 2-2 • World 2-3 • World 3-1 • World 3-2 • World 3-3 • World 4-1 • World 4-2 • World 4-3 • Expert Level |
| Items & vehicles | Super Mushroom • Superball Flower • Star • 1UP heart • Coin • Marine Pop • Sky Pop • Switch • Lift Block |
| Enemies & obstacles | Batadon • Bombshell Koopa • Bullet Biff • Bunbun • Chikako • Dropping lift • Falling block • Falling spike • Fly • Ganchan • Gao • Gunion • Goombo • Honen • Kumo • Mekabon • Nyololin • Pionpi • Pipe Fist • Piranha Plant • Pompon Flower • Roketon • Roto Disc • Suu • Tokotoko • Torion • Yurarin • Yurarin Boo |
| Other | Brick • Bonus game • Das Super Mario Spiel • Gallery • Glitches • Goal • Media • Mystery Block • Sub-area • Soundtrack |
