Mallow

Mallow
Real Name	Mallow Nimbus
Species	Nimbusian
Hair color	Purple
Eye color	White
Weaponry	Cymbals, Sticks, Gloves
Abilities	Weather magic
Base	Nimbus Land
Relatives	King Nimbus (father), Queen Nimbus (mother)
Debut	Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars

Mallow is a playable party member from Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars. He makes up one of Mario's two party members who were created for the game, the other being Geno.

Background

Mallow was born to the royal Nimbus family of Nimbus Land. In some unexplained accident, Mallow fell from Nimbus Land while he was a baby. His basket landed at Tadpole Pond, where he was discovered and raised by the wise Frogfucius. Mallow came to know Frogfucius as his grandfather and believed that he was a frog as well. As he grew, Mallow developed weather-related magic. Rain storms would start whenever he cried. He could also conjure up bolts of lightening and snowstorms. At the same time, Mallow was physically weak and bad at jumping. He was also generally timid and gullible.

During the events of Super Mario RPG, Mallow first Mario in a Mushroom Kingdom town when Mario helped Mallow fight off a thief who had stolen Mallow's Frog Coin. Mallow accompanied Mario in his battle against Mack before heading back to his home. Upon their arrival at Tadpole Pond, Frogfucius revealed to Mallow that he was adopted and was not actually a frog. He also urged Mallow to accompany Mario in his quest for the seven Star Pieces so that he could search for this true family at the same time.. So Mallow left home as Mario's first ally in this quest. Mallow matured throughout the adventure and conquered many of his fears.

After journeying across many lands, Mario's group finally arrived at Nimbus Land, where the cunning Valentina had set an imposter Prince Mallow to take the throne. Mallow defeated the pair of them with the help of Mario and the others, and he was finally reunited with his parents. The reunion was short-lived, as there were still two more Star Pieces Mario needed to collect in his quest and more members of the Smithy Gang to complete. With Mallow's aid, soon the seven Star Pieces were gathered and the Smithy Gang was destroyed. Mallow returned to his family in Nimbus Land and became prince of Nimbus Land in a public ceremony.

Abilities

Mallow was a powerful weather mage. His special abilities learned over the course of the game included:

• Thunderbolt- Mallow summons lightning bolts to attack multiple enemies.
• HP Rain- This magical rain was used to heal Mallow's comrades.
• Psychopath- Mallow analyzes the enemy to learn its remaning hit points (along with a quote from the enemy's mind).
• Shocker- This attack was a giant yellow lightning bolt which attack one enemy with great power.
• Snowy- This attack would summon a giant snowman to crush enemies.
• Star Rain- Mallow's final attack summoned a giant star to bounce on enemies and crush them.

Mallow also wielded a number of weapons to compensate for his weak physical strength. The first weapon he got was a stick from Frogfucious, the Froggie Stick, which he could use to whack enemies. He could later get a stronger version, the Ribbit Stick. Mallow could also wield cymbals - first normal Cymbals and then upgraded Sonic Cymbals. Finally, Mallow could strengthen his punching power by wearing either a Whomp Glove or a Sticky Glove.

Mallow's armors which could be obtained throughout the game are: Pants, Thick Pants, Mega Pants, Happy Pants, Sailor Pants, Fuzzy Pants, Fire Pants, Prince Pants.

Trivia

• His name is derived from "marshmallow".
• When Belome eats Mallow, he says "YES! THIS is YUMMY"