“Ice attacks won't work--they love ice! Fire attacks, though...”

—Goombario,Paper Mario

Ice is an element given to various attacks, items, and enemies in RPGs. It usually is strong against enemies associated with theFire element and can inflict thefrozen status effect in some games.

History[edit]

Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars[edit]

Ice element inSuper Mario RPG (Nintendo Switch).

InSuper Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars andits remake, ice is one of the four elements assigned to Special attacks, alongsidejump,fire, andlightning.Ice Bomb andMallow'sSnowy are designated with the ice element. Attacking enemies or bosses weak to ice will deal twice the damage; conversely, attacking enemies and bosses who are resistant to it will have no effect and inflict 0 damage instead.

Some enemy attacks are also affiliated with the ice element (Blizzard,Crystal,Ice Rock, andSolidify), and can be negated with theLazy Shell orSuper Suit. In the remake, using Mallow'sThought Peek will reveal the targeted enemy's weaknesses, including ice. TheClown Car BarrageTriple Move deals additional damage to enemies that are weak to either ice, fire, or lightning, ignoring any resistance that they could also possess to these elements.

Enemies who are only affected by ice in the remake are indicated inbold.

Paper Mario series[edit]

Paper Mario[edit]

Mario using the ice itemSnowman Doll.

InPaper Mario, ice is an element given to theSnowman Doll item. Some enemies are weak to ice, meaning that they will receive flat additional damage on top of the attack, or immune, which will negate the attack entirely and inflict 0 damage instead.Lava Buds andPetit Piranhas will be instantaneously defeated if attacked with the ice element.

Any enemy attack with the ice element can inflict thefrozen status to Mario, which makes him unable to perform any action for a set number of turns. Enemies cannot become frozen in this game.

TheIce Powerbadge, which increases Mario's damage output by 2 against fire enemies, is effectively the same as giving ice properties to Mario's attacks, but is not actually the case despite the ice visual effects that accompany it. It has no effect on ice-themed enemies and they do not become immune to Mario's attacks because of it.

Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door[edit]

The way ice is handled is changed inPaper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door and itsremake in several ways. TheIce Power badge has been reduced to only 1 bonus damage against fire-based enemies, namelyEmbers,Lava Bubbles, andPhantom Embers, but also gained 1 bonus defence against all fire attacks. Ice-themed enemies are now healed by the amount of damage they were supposed to receive from an ice attack instead of being immune to them. In the remake, attacking enemies that are immune to ice with this element displays a special icon denoting their immunity. Invincible enemies, such asThe Iron Adonis Twins,Grodus with ashield, or theShadow Queen at the start of her second phase, are also redundantly immune to ice.

Attacks with the ice element in this game include theIce Storm item and Mario'sIce Smash if the associated badge is equipped. Any character, partners and enemies included, can now be inflicted with the frozen status after receiving an ice attack, at the end of which they receive 1piercing ice damage; if the target isburning, the two statuses will immediately cancel each other and return the target to its normal state. TheIcicle Pop,Zess Frappe, andSnow Bunny recipes are imbued with the ice element and can inflict the frozen status on their user. The stage nozzle hazard can inflict the frozen status to one side of thestage as one of its random effect if they are knocked down.

Bulky Bob-ombs andBob-ulks hit with any ice attack or frozen status effect will be extinguished, and will restart their detonating sequence from where they were interrupted.Ice Puffs' charged state is a unique ice equivalent to theelectrified status that cannot be bypassed by characters who are electrified themselves;confused ice enemies will bypass it.Frost Piranha's bite attack is not of the ice element, but a normal move that can inflict the frozen status in the original game, but not in the remake. Non-ice enemies with ice attacks includeBeldam,Grodus, andBonetail; for the former, it only applies to her second fight, as her ice-themed attacks cannot inflict the frozen status during the first battle against theThree Shadows.

Super Paper Mario[edit]

While the ice element is not used inSuper Paper Mario, thefrozen status effect is still present in the game, and can be inflicted to enemies with several items (Ice Storm,Snow Cone,Snow Bunny,Berry Snow Bunny, andFruit Parfait) and to the player by several ice-themed enemies (Ice Cherbil,Frost Piranha, andBonechill).

Paper Mario: Sticker Star[edit]

InPaper Mario: Sticker Star, ice is an element given to severalStickers (Ice Flower and itsShiny andFlashy variants,Chillhammer and itsBig Shiny andMegaflash variants, andSnowball) andThings (Shaved Ice,Air Conditioner, andRefrigerator). In this game, using an ice-based attack against an enemy weak to this element will deal double damage, while an enemy resistant to ice will negate it entirely.Mizzter Blizzard and his Bowser Snow Statues will be healed by ice attacks instead.

Any of the ice Things can be used to freeze upRugged Road, which will turn all theFire Bros. in the area intoIce Bros., as well as all theFire Flower andBurnhammer stickers on the walls into their ice equivalents. Ice Things can also be used during the third phase of the fight againstBowser tofreeze theLava Bubbles and prevent him from using them to attack Mario.

Paper Mario: Color Splash[edit]

Ice comes back inPaper Mario: Color Splash, and the same rules as the previous game regarding elemental effectiveness apply.Battle Cards with the ice element include theIce Flower, the Big Ice Flower, and theIce Bro Enemy Card. There is no Thing Card with the ice element in this game, nor are there enemies who are immune to this element. When used againstBob-ombs, who always start battles already lit in this game, it will extinguish them, allowing Mario to perform other attacks without them exploding; they will relit their fuse during their following attack phase.

Paper Mario: The Origami King[edit]

InPaper Mario: The Origami King, attacks with the ice element will deal 50% bonus damage againstfire-themedFolded Soldiers. Conversely, attacking an ice-themed enemy with an ice attack will only deal them half of the normal damage to them. While in their shells,Buzzy Beetles andSpike Tops take half damage from most attacks, with ice attacks instead doing regular damage.

Ice attacks include theIce Hammer and theIce Flower and itsShiny variant, which target a nearby 2x2 zone and a straight line respectively. TheIce Vellumental does not deal ice damage and is not weak against fire attacks.

Mario & Luigi series[edit]

Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time[edit]

The four brothers using theIce Flower.

Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time formally introduces the ice element to the series thanks to theIce FlowerBros. Item, of which it is the first appearance in any game. It effectively replacesthunder from the previous game, this time available to all party members rather than being restricted to Luigi likeThunderhand. Much like theHand Powers, using it against enemies who are weak to the ice element will deal additional damage to them, indicated by the word "Critical" that appears after the attack. Others can be resistant to it, turning any Ice Flower attack against them into a flat 1 damage, no matter how manyIce Balls hit them; they still receive debuffs from the Ice Flower as all other enemies. Unlike the previous game, no enemies are healed from receiving a specific elemental attack.

MostShroobs are weak to the ice element, including the regular Shroob troopers that can only be fought inHollijolli Village before the player can acquire any Ice Flower; notable exceptions include theShrooboid Brat,Shroobsworth/Intern Shroob duos, andPrincess Shroob.Bullies, on top of being weak to ice, can also be cooled down from their empowered "enraged" state to their normal state with it.

Shroob-ombs andElder Princess Shroob's head with an activated crown are resistant to all attack types, including ice,fire,jumps, andhammer/contondant.Pokeys' andSkellokeys' heads cannot be reached with Ice Flowers, even with the babies' aerial throws, as long as they have at least one body segment.

Ice is also thematically used in theMix Flower attack, each Ice Ball representing a misinput that weakens the attacks'fire power.

OtherMario & Luigi games[edit]

While the ice element does not yet appear inMario & Luigi: Superstar Saga, early signs of it are present in theIce Snifit,Jojora, andher friend, who are ice-themed enemies that are weak toFirebrand. InMario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions, their ice attacks often inflict theHeavy G status. TheMinion Quest: The Search for Bowser campaign doesn't have a universal ice element attached to all its ice attacks and characters. However,Ice Bros. are strong againstFire Bros. specifically.

Ice as an element does not return in neitherMario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story nor any of the followingMario & Luigi games, but remnants of it appear during the fight againstBlizzard Midbus, who summons ice-madeSnawfuls that are weak to thefire element. In theBowser Jr.'s Journey campaign,Ice Bros. are the only ice-related allies, and are specifically suited against the returningFire Bros. and new enemyBroque Madame, with her description mentioning that "Only some cold ice can soothe the aches that bother her". InMario & Luigi: Dream Team,Magmads andIceads are respectively fire and ice-themed enemies that can be tricked into hitting each others, either dealing damage to their opposites or healing their own kind. Iceads also receive Critical damage from the fire-coatedLuiginary Flame .

Puzzle & Dragons: Super Mario Bros. Edition[edit]

See also:Water (element) § Puzzle & Dragons: Super Mario Bros. Edition

InPuzzle & Dragons: Super Mario Bros. Edition, ice characters such asIce Mario,Penguin Mario, their Luigi equivalents, andIce Bro, are grouped with theWater attribute. They are strong against theFire attribute and weak against theWood attribute. The Water attribute itself is even represented by thePenguin Suit, despite most of its associated characters being aquatic creatures that are not related to ice.

Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope[edit]

WhileMario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle only featured the Freeze Super Effect, which acted similarly as aProhibited Command status effect, its sequelMario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope switches it with the Frostbite Super Effect, which works likes a more conventionalfrozen status, and adds an ice elemental property to it. In this game, some enemies are weak to Frostbite-inflicting attacks and will receive additional damage from them, while others are resistant and will receive less damage instead, on top of being immune to the status effect.

SeveralSparks can be assigned to playable characters to give them Frostbite related Powers.Cryobolide'sFrostbite Attack andCryodash'sFrostbite Dash can give the Frostbite Super Effect to their ally's weapon and dash respectively for a single turn, andCryogeddon'sSkyrain Frostbite andCryoquake'sShockwave Frostbite both attack all enemies within a 9 meters radius with Frostbite damage. All four Sparks also give theFrostbite Protector Bonus ability to their ally, granting them immunity to the Frostbite status effect.

Super Smash Bros. series[edit]

Freezing is an effect given to several attacks, items, and hazards in theSuper Smash Bros. series, such asGiga Bowser's down smash attack,Freezies, and Luigi'sIce Ball. Fighters hit with a sufficiently strong freezing effect, or with repeated hits of freezing effects. briefly becomefrozen. The length of time a fighter stays frozen for becomes longer when that fighter's damage percentage is higher.

InSuper Smash Bros. Brawl, freezing attacks can be altered in The Subspace Emissary withstickers. Some can enhance their associated character's freezing attacks (such asItem Box,Jimmy T., andOrbulon). Members of theSubspace Army can have a weakness or resistance to the freezing effect, which is cumulated with their resistance to direct and indirect attacks. Rayquaza is strong against everything but the freezing effect, effectively making it its weakness by default.

Weak against freezing:

Strong against freezing:

InSuper Smash Bros. Ultimate,spirits serve a similar role to stickers, altering their associated character's attributes. In that game, ice andwater attacks are affected by the same spirits. TheHuey andEllie spirits enhance the character's ice attacks, whilePaper Mario andMr. L increase the damage received from ice attacks. Some spirits also have the Ice-Floor Immunity ability, which prevents thefrozen status entirely.

Names in other languages[edit]

See also[edit]

• Element medal

• Elements
• Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars
• Paper Mario
• Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door
• Paper Mario: Sticker Star
• Paper Mario: Color Splash
• Paper Mario: The Origami King
• Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time
• Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope
• Super Smash Bros. Melee
• Super Smash Bros. Brawl
• Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS / Wii U
• Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

• Articles with unsourced foreign names