Fire Crystal
The Fire Crystal is an enemy encountered in battle alongside the optional boss Culex in Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars. Like Culex and the other crystals, it is from the dimension of Vanda and met in a portal leading to that world found in Monstro Town.
True to its name, the Fire Crystal uses largely fire-based attacks, including Corona, Flame, and Flame Wall. It rounds these attacks out with the moves Hot Shot and Fire Saber.
It is weak against Ice-based attacks. It has greater Magic Defense than the next-in-line Water Crystal. Combined with its exceptional Magic Attack, it can be considered an even more difficult opponent than even the Earth Crystal.
In the Nintendo Switch remake Super Mario RPG, the Fire Crystal initially returns in the Culex boss fight where it retains its two-dimensional 16-bit appearance, offering a stark contrast to the game's revamped and updated 3D graphics. However, a post-game rematch gives it a full model, called Fire Crystal 3D, as well as the other crystals and its master.
Profiles and statistics
| Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars enemy | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fire Crystal | |||||||||
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HP | 2500 | FP | 250 | Speed | 10 | |||
| Location(s) | Monstro Town | Attack | 0 | Magic attack | 130 | ||||
| Role | Support | Defense | 100 | Magic defense | 60 | ||||
| Bonus Flower | Attack Up! (0%) | Yoshi Cookie | None | Morph rate | 0% | ||||
| Evade | 10% | Magic evade | 0% | Spells | Drain, Flame, Mega Drain, Flame Wall, Corona | ||||
| Weak | Ice | Strong | Fire, Fear, Poison, Sleep, Mute, Critical | Sp. attacks | None | ||||
| Coins | 0 | Exp. points | 40 | Items | None | ||||
| Psychopath | "I gotta vacuum tonight!" | ||||||||
Names in other languages
| Language | Name | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | ひのクリスタル Hi no Kurisutaru 炎のクリスタル[1] Honō no Kurisutaru |
Fire Crystal Flame Crystal |
Trivia
- All four of the Crystals originally appeared in Final Fantasy and featured prominently in Final Fantasy IV, from which Culex's theme music comes.
- Paper Mario, which was conceived as a sequel, has the Crystal Bits serving much the same purpose and appearance alongside the Crystal King.
- In the Monster List, it is said that the Fire Crystal is a crystal of justice who is unhappy with its master, Culex.
External links
References
- ^ Super Mario RPG Final Edition, page 100.
