Gem Flower

The Gem Flower is a Flower-Based Powerup in the Mario Series. It provides Mario with additional defensive capabilities as well as a variant of the traditional Fireball, it is notable for being one of the only power-ups that isn't lost immediately after taking a single hit.
==Appearance==
===Original Iteration===
The Gem Flower has a relatively simplistic appearance, it has a crystal shaped head which has the six major colours of the rainbow reflected off it. Its eyes are hexagonal in shape and have two triangles on the end of each eye. It has a thick dark grey stem that has two pairs of three closely packed leaves. These leaves each reflect one of the aformentioned six colours of the rainbow. The middle leaf of both pairs is larger than the outer leaves.
===Second Iteration===
The second iteration has the plant take on a fairly different look from its original, now having a five petal-shaped head with the petals being more angular than other flower power-ups. The petals are also different in colour with the petal with the plant's face being a cream colour, two being pink and two being indigo. The flower also has two smaller petals located at the base which are also cream in colour. The plant's stem is a very light shade of green and is thinner than most flower power-ups. Its leaves are a blue colour with both light and dark shades. The entire body has a crystalline appearance.
==Abilities==
Gem Flowers provide Mario and co. with the Crystal Armour, a durable armour that protects the wearer from immediate damage giving the Gem Flower two additional hits before it is knocked off compared to other flower power-ups. In some iterations the armour can also deflect projectiles although traditionally this is not the case.
Mario and co. while in this form are able to use two attacks, the first is a Diamond Shield which is able to protect against projectiles and other attacks although leaves the user stationary and vulnerable from behind and above. The other attack is a Crystalling Projectile, the projectile bounces in an unusual manner with each bounce alternating between a long but low bounce and a subsequent high but short bounce, after five bounces the projectiles disappears, although if it hits a wall it will not disappear, instead bouncing off the wall.
==Trivia==
*Gem Flowers are typically the rarest of the flower power-ups due to their more powerful effects
*The original iteration of the Gem Flower has different colour variants although this is purely aesthetic.
==Gallery==
Gem Flower.png|The Gem Flower's Appearance (2015)
GemFlowerNew.png|The Gem Flower's Appearance (2020)
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Category:Mario (series)
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Category:Power-Ups
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