Power Ups

Welcome to the first installment of my "All Mario Website". I would like to use this website to show people the amazing awsomeness of Mario and his pals and enemies. I thougt the best way to start my first section some of the many power ups mario has used but instead, I will just show some of those power ups. But, before all of that I will give you a 101 of power ups. Power ups are the things that help Mario. They change his look his health and somtimes the controls. They can appear almost anywhere.

 

This is the first power up is the power up has been here since the very begining. Yes, you guessed it, the mushroom! The Mushrooms lives inside question mark blocks located all over the mushroom kingdom. That is why the kingdom is the Mushroom Kingdom. The Mushroom is one of Mario's best friends because the Mushroom actually helps give Mario life. The Mushroom (when Mario is small) will make Mario grow bigger and in the process give hime more health .

Mushroom

The second Power Up I will show you is the Fire Flower. The Fire Flower also lives all over the Mushroom Kingdom in question mark blocks just like the mushroom but also can spawn when a question coin is collected in newer Mario games. The Fire Flower is like the evolution of the mushroom. When Mario hits a Question block with a power up in it (when Mario is big) a Fire Flower will come out. The Fire Flower will give Mario another health. Also the Fire Flower will give Mario the power to shoot fire balls. The fire balls will kill most enemies.

Fire Flower

This power up did not come until later in the Mario franchaise. The Ice Flower! The Ice Flower also gives Mario another health ( I think we have figured out that all Power Ups give Mario another health). This Power Up, like the Fire Flower, lives in question blocks and spawns by collecting question coins. The ice flower allows Mario to walk on water (freezing it as he walks on it) creating a path and also allows him to create ice fire balls (depending on which Mario game you play).

Ice Flower

The second last power up is the Rainbow Star. This is one of the newer power ups appearing in "Super Mario Galaxy" and "Super Mario Galaxy 2". This is one of the most power full power ups in Mario games. This power up can be found in special areas of the Mario Galaxy games. When you collect this Mario becomes Uber Super Mario. He flashes rainbow colours, leaves a rainbow trail, runs faster than normal and is invincibe.

Rainbow Star

The next and final power ups is the Mini Mushroom. The Mini Mushroom is the smallest power up with a big effect. This power up was featured in "New Super Mario Bros" for the DS, "New Super Mario Bros Wii" for the Wii and "Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games" for the Wii and DS. This power up makes Mario and other characters super small. Also in the "New Super Mario Bros" games for the Wii and DS this powerup allows you to run on water, jump farther and higher and makes you run faster in general. And yes, this picture is pretty close to life size.