After coming up with the initial concept, I came up with a couple alternate versions that I wasn’t sure whether to upload or not.  Going under the assumption that “Less is more,” I decided to stick with the original concept as the main comic, but also link to the others.

Here is Version 2, and here is Version 3!

Either way, it’s odd how Mario is supposed to save the Mushroom Kingdom, yet the guy is freely hurling fire throughout dozens of flammable environments. I bet that guy’s flame-per-year output is far greater than Bowser’s. It makes you think…