Burner
| Flame Gear | |
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| First appearance | Super Mario Bros. 3 (1988) |
| Latest appearance | Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury (2021) |
| Species origin | Bill Blaster |
Flame Gears (also known as Rocket Engines, Burners, Fire Torches, Flame Jets, Flamethrowers, or even Thrusters) are hazards found on the Airships (and in one case, tanks) in Super Mario Bros. 3.
Flame Gears have a similar design to Bill Blasters; however, Flame Gears (true to their name) emit flames - they do not shoot out Bullet Bills. The flames stay blowing for a few seconds, then stop for a while. Mario and Luigi must use this time to navigate through or around them. In addition, Flame Gears can be mounted on either wall, the floor or the ceiling so their flames can blow in any direction. Tanooki Mario, in statue form, can temporarily disable the flames, but only until the next time. Besides their use on Airships, one tank within the first tank level in Castle of Koopa was shown with a Flame Gear, although it's position (being one of the pipe-cannons) implies that its use was closer to a flamethrower.
Flame Gears appear in the game Mario Kart DS on the Airship Fortress level. If a player comes in contact with one, they will spin out of control on fire and lose some time. They also appear in a mission where coins have to be collected and if the player hits one, they automatically lose.
Flame Gears also are in New Super Mario Bros. and New Super Mario Bros. Wii. In the former, they are stationary, while they can turn in the sequel.
In Super Mario Galaxy, four Flame Gears appear on the Saucer Planet of Good Egg Galaxy. Here, they act just like Bill Blasters, but shoot out a small explosion. If Mario is standing directly over the opening when it fires, he will get hurt.
Flame Gears with blue flames also appear in the Nintendo 3DS game, Super Mario 3D Land. They are appear on Airship levels, just like they did in Super Mario Bros. 3, and in some ground levels, like World 8-2.
Flame Gears reappear in Mario Kart 7 on the course Airship Fortress they act just like they did in Mario Kart DS burning the player if they come into contact with them.
Flame Gears reappear in New Super Mario Bros. 2. They are found in several castles and fortresses.
Flame Gears also appear in Hazard Hold, from Mario Party 9, being obstacles that the solo player can control.
The Flame Gears appear in New Super Mario Bros. U, and are present in courses like Boarding the Airship and Larry's Torpedo Castle.
