Editing Fire Chain

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|image=[[File:MK8D GCN Waluigi Stadium Scene 7.jpg|300px]]<br>A Fire Chain on {{classic-link|GCN|Waluigi Stadium}} in ''[[Mario Kart 8 Deluxe]]''
|first_appearance=''[[Mario Kart: Double Dash!!]]'' ([[List of games by date#2003|2003]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Mario Kart Tour]]'' ([[Mario vs. Luigi Tour (2023)|Mario vs. Luigi Tour]]) (2023)
|variant_of=[[Fire Bar]]
}}
'''Fire Chains'''<ref>Musa, Alexander. ''Mario Kart 8'' PRIMA Official Game Guide. Page 192. "'''''Fire Chains:''' A returning obstacle from Bowser’s Castle, the fire chains make the races through Wario Stadium more exciting for the crowd... at the cost of being more dangerous to the racers themselves.''"</ref>, also called '''Fire Bars'''<ref>Musa, Alexander. ''Mario Kart 8'' PRIMA Official Game Guide. Page 130. "'''''Fire Bars:''' Certain gaps and sections of the track are protected by rotating fire chain traps. Anticipate where the fire chains will be and position yourself to drive where they don’t be.''"</ref>, are spinning [[fireball]]s formed in a ring shape that originally appeared in the [[Mario Kart (series)|''Mario Kart'' series]]. Similar to [[Fire Bar]]s, Fire Chains serve as obstacles in all games in which they appear, and their rotating movement is similar to that of the [[Boo Buddies]].

==History==
===''Mario Kart'' series===
====''Mario Kart: Double Dash!!''====
[[File:WaluigiStadium4-TimeTrial-MKDD.png|thumb|left|Approaching a Fire Chain]]
Fire Chains first appear in ''[[Mario Kart: Double Dash!!]]''. They appear in both [[GCN Waluigi Stadium|Waluigi Stadium]] and [[Wario Colosseum]] alongside normal Fire Bars in the former, where they burn any racer that comes in contact with them. The Fire Chains in Waluigi Stadium are made up of eight fireballs while the ones in Wario Colosseum have seven.
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====''Mario Kart DS''====
Fire Chains reappear in ''[[Mario Kart DS]]'', where they are found in [[DS Wario Stadium|Wario Stadium]]. They play the same role of burning any racer who touch them, except they only have five fireballs each.

====''Mario Kart Wii''====
[[File:BCW4.png|thumb|200px|Several Fire Chains in the distance in ''Mario Kart Wii'']]
Fire Chains reappear in ''[[Mario Kart Wii]]'', where they are found once again in {{classic|GCN|Waluigi Stadium}}, and in the game's [[Bowser's Castle (Mario Kart Wii)|Bowser's Castle]] where they are made up of three fireballs each.

====''Mario Kart 8'' / ''Mario Kart 8 Deluxe''====
Fire Chains reappear in ''[[Mario Kart 8]]'' and ''[[Mario Kart 8 Deluxe]]'', where they only appear in {{classic|DS|Wario Stadium}} and {{classic|GCN|Waluigi Stadium}}. Here they are once again the main obstacle along with normal Fire Bars.

===''Super Mario'' series===
====''Super Mario Galaxy 2''====
[[File:SMG2 Bowsers Lava Lair Starting Planet.png|thumb|left|A Fire Chain surrounding a [[Pull Star]]]]
Fire Chains also appear in ''[[Super Mario Galaxy 2]]''. They appear in [[Bowser's Lava Lair]], on the starting planet, and the fireball planet, and the [[Slipsand Galaxy]] on its starting planet. They behave the way they do in the ''Mario Kart'' games, though sometimes, they go around planets instead of circling in the air.
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====''Super Mario Run''====
Fire Chains return in ''[[Super Mario Run]]'', except with an appearance of a complete "ring of fire" rather than separate sets of fireballs. They appear only in the level [[Rings of Fire!]].

==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Ita=Anello di fuoco
|ItaM=Fire ring
}}

==References==
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