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Although fireballs themselves appeared in ''Mario Bros.'' as hazards, the act of shooting fireballs originated in the 1985 [[NES]] game, ''[[Super Mario Bros.]]'', where the ability was obtained after collecting a [[Fire Flower]]. The power is lost when the player dies or takes damage. In the game, fireballs were small, traveled very quickly, and did not stop until hitting something. In this game and other traditional Mario games, Luigi's fireballs are not unique, being red in color and behaving exactly like Mario's.  

A fire flower would also change the character's clothing colors; Mario's overalls became red, while Luigi's turned green, both with white shirts and cap. These color schemes are available as [[Costume|alternate costumes]] for Mario and Luigi in [[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]].

Earlier, in the game ''[[Mario (universe)#Mario Bros.|Mario Bros.]]'', red and green fireballs would periodically travel across the screen as hazards. The red fireballs moved in a random pattern, being affected by gravity, and the green fireballs moved in a straight path, not being affected by gravity at all. Only the green ones appear in [[Mario Bros. (stage)|Brawl's version]] of the stage, but they start out as red/purple before moving.