Undiscovered sprites

[JewyB]

So i think this is in the wrong forum, but, there is clearly a character behind the flames that i'm trying to recognise, it looks somewhat like Mario, but i'm not familiar with a game where Maria gets burned alive... But then, it also looks like it could be balloon fighter, theres jsut not a lot to go off.

I'm probably not the best person for this job though if i'm honest, sorry i couldnt help more