The Ignition Factor, known in Japan as Fire Fighting (ファイヤー・ファイティング), is a video game for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System published by Jaleco.
The game features firefighters in realistic situations saving civilians in burning buildings, mining incidents, and industrial accidents.
It was released on the Wii Virtual Console in Japan on March 1, 2011, in the PAL region on April 29, 2011, and in North America on August 25, 2011, as well as Nintendo Switch Online on December 18, 2020.
Each level consists of multiple rooms, areas, or building floors where players can possibly explore, extinguish fires, and rescue people.
Secondary equipment consists of a firefighter's axe, a rope for crossing gaps, a metal pole to reveal holes by checking for weak places in the floor, plastic explosives to blow through debris and certain wall sections, and CO2 bombs to extinguish large areas of fire.
The character is only capable of carrying five items (including the required red extinguisher/oxygen tank and mask) before their weight begins to affect his actions.
The player is then shown a screen that displays the number of chances left (the game's term for continues) and is given the choice to try again, quit, or enter a password.
"[6] Flux magazine praised the nonviolent gameplay writing: "Ignition Factor is a helluva lot of fun for a game that doesn’t involve any killing or space travel.