Flame thrower (Flame Chomp)
- This article is about the object inSuper Mario 64. For the trap in the same game, seeFlamethrower.
| Flame thrower | |
|---|---|
 A flame thrower as it appears inSuper Mario 64 DS | |
| First appearance | Super Mario 64 (1996) |
| Latest appearance | Super Mario 3D All-Stars (2020) |
| Variant of | Flame Chomp |
Aflame thrower[1] (orflame-thrower)[2] is an enemy found inSuper Mario 64 andSuper Mario 64 DS. Flame throwers are tiny black spheres that hover in place a tiny distance off the ground. In theNintendo DS remake, they appear identical toFire Chomps without the trail of fire behind them, and they fire at a much slower pace compared to them in the original game. They usually line the edges of pathways. Flame throwers are motionless and harmless until the player character passes by, in which case they expand to about twice their size and shoot a tinyfireball that chases him for a short period of time before snuffing out. If hit by the flame, the player runs around uncontrollably while steadily losing threehealth wedges, although they are still able tojump.Metal Mario and Metal Wario are immune to the flames. In the Nintendo DS version,Yoshi is capable of spitting out fire if he ingests a flame thrower.
Flame throwers appear in the followinglevels:Hazy Maze Cave;Shifting Sand Land;Dire, Dire Docks;Wet-Dry World;Tiny-Huge Island;Tick Tock Clock; andRainbow Ride. They also appear inVanish Cap Under the Moat,Bowser in the Fire Sea, andBowser in the Sky. InSuper Mario 64, there are two flame throwers in the downtown area of Wet-Dry World that, due to an error in the level design, do not spit fire. Even at its shallowest point, thewater level in the area is high enough that the two flame throwers are submerged, rendering them harmless. Through the use of a water-raising/loweringglitch, the water can be lowered to an abnormal level, which activates them. These flame throwers were removed inSuper Mario 64 DS.
Gallery
A flame thrower inSuper Mario 64
Flame throwers inVanish Cap Under the Moat
A "broken" flame thrower inWet-Dry World
A firing flame thrower inTick Tock Clock
A flame thrower inSuper Mario 64 DS
Flame throwers inSuper Mario 64 DS
Names in other languages
The contemporaneous name for each language is listed first. Subsequent names are listed in chronological order for each language, from oldest to newest, and have the media they are associated with in the "notes" column.
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese | ケロンパボール[3] Keronpa Bōru | Flame Chomp Ball | |
Bakudan | Bomb; shared with the game'smine | Super Mario 64 | |
| ケロンパ[5] Keronpa | Flame Chomp | Super Mario 64 DS | |
| Italian | Fiammorco[6] | Flame Chomp | |
| Spanish | Chomp Llamas[7] | Flame Chomp |
References
- ^Pelland, Scott, and Dan Owsen (1996).Super Mario 64 Player's Guide.Nintendo of America (American English). Page 114-115.
- ^August 1997.Nintendo Magazine System (AU) Issue #53. Page 44-45 and 48.
- ^Sakai, Kazuya (ambit), kikai, Akinori Sao, Junko Fukuda, Kunio Takayama, and Ko Nakahara (Shogakukan), editors (2015). "Super Mario 64" in『スーパーマリオブラザーズ百科: 任天堂公式ガイドブック』. Tokyo:Shogakukan (Japanese). ISBN978-4-09-106569-8. Page 92.
- ^Takashi, Watanabe, Noriko Oketani, Yugo Nagasawa, and Junichiro Okubo, editors (1996). 『任天堂公式ガイドブック スーパーマリオ64』(Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook – Super Mario 64). Tokyo:Shogakukan (Japanese). ISBN4-09-102554-4. Page 52, 70, 82, 84, 85, 86, 87, 90.
- ^Noriaki, Kamiguchi, Kaisa Hitoshi, Teshiromori Nobuhito, Nagashima Kazutaka, Somoto Shitsuya, and Matsumoto Royo (2005). 『「スーパーマリオ64DS」タッチ！＆ゲット！パワースター
攻略 ブック』. Tokyo:Kadokawa (Japanese). ISBN4-8402-2960-0. Page 267. - ^Sakai, Kazuya (ambit), kikai, Akinori Sao, Junko Fukuda, Kunio Takayama, Ko Nakahara (Shogakukan), and Marco Figini, editors (2018). "Super Mario 64" inSuper Mario Bros. Enciclopedia. Translated by Marco Amerighi. Milan:Magazzini Salani (Italian). ISBN889367436X. Page 92.
- ^Sakai, Kazuya (ambit), kikai, Akinori Sao, Junko Fukuda, Kunio Takayama, and Ko Nakahara (Shogakukan), editors (2017). "Super Mario 64" inEnciclopedia Super Mario Bros. 30ª Aniversario. Translated by Gemma Tarrés. Barcelona:Editorial Planeta, S.A. (European Spanish). ISBN978-84-9146-223-1. Page 92.
