Fireball, also known as Hothead, Flaming, Shiner, or Sparkhard in-game, is an enemy who appears in Mega Mabobo. They hail from Donkey Kong.
Origin[]
Fireballs were originally enemies in the arcade game, Donkey Kong (which would later be ported to the NES). They'll come out of an Oil Barrel after Donkey Kong throws a barrel into it.
In The Game[]
A Fireball first appears as one of the possible NES characters to appear in the door of the Intro and gets sad when it continues playing. Aside from the Fireball, the others are the Eggplant Wizard, Mr. Egg, the Duck Hunt Dog, Birdo, and Cut Man.
In Double Drabobo, a small group of Fireballs can appear when Donkey Kong throws barrels to the ground, which can hit Abobo.
Fireballs would later appear as regular enemies in Mega Mabobo. They're spawned by Punkins, similar to how Changkeys are spawned by Changkey Makers in Mega Man 2, and will move in a singular path. It only takes one hit for a Fireball to be defeated in one hit by Abobo. Unlike most enemies in the game, upon defeat, Fireballs are referred to by a few different names, with more than one health bar, instead of their regular one.