Editing Ball

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{{about|the Game & Watch game|other uses of the term "Ball"|[[Ball (disambiguation)]]}}
{{multiframe|[[File:Ball (Classic version).png|200px]] [[File:Ball (Modern, Yoshi).png]]|''Ball''{{'}}s Classic version (left) and Modern version with Light Blue Yoshi (right) in ''Game & Watch Gallery 2''}}
'''''Ball''''' is a [[Game & Watch]] game originally released as part of the Silver series on April 28, 1980. It was the very first Game & Watch game. Some later [[reissue|releases]] involve the [[Super Mario (franchise)|''Super Mario'' franchise]] to some capacity, the first being ''[[Mario the Juggler]]'', a direct ''Super Mario''-themed variation of ''Ball''. In ''[[Game & Watch Gallery]]'', ''Ball'' is one of the games in the [[Museum|Gallery Corner]]. ''Ball'' also appears in ''[[Game & Watch Gallery 2]]'', where only the Classic version is available by default, unlike most Game & Watch games included in the [[Game & Watch Gallery (series)|''Game & Watch Gallery'' series]], and the Modern version can be unlocked by either obtaining five stars on both modes in the Classic version or possessing a star count of 25 or more. The [[WarioWare (series)|''WarioWare'' series]] has a few [[microgame]]s based on ''Ball'': [[Game & Watch Toss Up]] in ''[[WarioWare: Touched!]]'' and [[Ball (G&W)|Ball]] in ''[[Game & Wario]]''. A different ''Super Mario''-themed variation of ''Ball'' is included in ''[[Game & Watch: Super Mario Bros.]]'' than ''Mario the Juggler''.

==Gameplay==
===Classic version===
The player controls a character who has to juggle balls for as long as possible. If one ball breaks, it is [[Game Over]]. Game A has two balls to juggle (one [[point]] per catch), while Game B has three balls (10 points per catch). This has, unlike the other Game & Watch games, one chance to play, before a Game Over.

===Modern version===
The player starts out playing as [[Yoshi]] (depicted as a [[Yoshi (species)|Light Blue Yoshi]] in the [[Game Boy Color]] version), but as they collect more stars, they can later play as [[Mario]], then as [[Wario]], and finally as [[Bowser|King Koopa]] (who is represented by a ''K'' instead of a ''B''), each more difficult than the last. The first mode has Yoshi juggling [[Yoshi's Egg|Yoshi Egg]]s. The Mario mode has the player juggling a [[Super Star|Star]], a [[Super Mushroom]], and a [[Heart (item)|heart]], actually just like ''Mario the Juggler'' but with the Super Mushroom added. These items have varying arcs of flight as opposed to the fixed patterns of the eggs. The heart is also worth only two points as opposed to three. Wario's mode gives the player the same heart, the same Star, and a [[Wanderin' Goom]] to juggle. The objects have varying arcs of flight, and the Goom occasionally flies offscreen. King Koopa's mode features a [[Koopa Shell]], a [[Boo|Boo Buddy]], and a [[Goomba]] to keep aloft. Like the Wanderin' Goom, the Goomba and shell sometimes fly offscreen. The Boo Buddy also occasionally stops while traveling across its arc. Like the heart, the Goomba and shell are worth only two points apiece.

The Yoshi and King Koopa variants of the Modern version of ''Ball'' have [[Bob-omb]]s that sometimes fly down from the sky, while the Mario variant has [[fireball (obstacle)|fireball]]s and the Wario variant has [[Spike Ball|Spiked Balls]]. If a Bob-omb, fireball, or Spiked Ball hits one of the paddles, it causes a Game Over too. At 100 points for Yoshi, 200 points for Mario, 300 points for Wario, and 400 points for King Koopa, [[coin]]s rain down from the sky. Touching the coins with the paddles rewards the player with bonus points. By getting all of the coins, the player receives a 20-point bonus as well.

Unlike in the Classic version, music is featured, with the tempo changing depending on the speed of the game.
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Ball (Modern, Mario).png|The Modern version of ''Ball'' (Mario variant)
Ball (Modern, Wario).png|The Modern version of ''Ball'' (Wario variant)
Ball (Modern, Bowser).png|The Modern version of ''Ball'' (King Koopa variant)
</gallery>

==Controls==
*{{button|gbc|pad}} (left and right): Move
*{{button|gbc|b}}: Move left
*{{button|gbc|a}}: Move right

==Gallery==
===Artwork===
<gallery>
Game and Watch SMB Ball Mario.png|''Game & Watch: Super Mario Bros.''
Game and Watch SMB Ball Luigi.png|''Game & Watch: Super Mario Bros.''
GWSMB SleepModeArtwork Ball.png|''Game & Watch: Super Mario Bros.'' sleep mode artwork
</gallery>

===Sprites===
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G&WG2 Modern Ball Yoshi Egg.png|[[Yoshi's Egg|Yoshi Egg]]
G&WG2 Modern Ball Coin.png|[[Coin]]
G&WG2 Modern Ball Bob-omb.png|[[Bob-omb]]
G&WG2 Modern Ball Mushroom.png|[[Mushroom]]
G&WG2 Modern Ball Heart.png|[[Heart (item)|Heart]]
G&WG2 Modern Ball Super Star.png|[[Super Star]]
G&WG2 Modern Ball Wanderin' Goom.png|[[Wanderin' Goom]]
G&WG2 Modern Ball Koopa Shell.png|[[Koopa Shell]]
G&WG2 Modern Ball Fireball.png|[[Fireball (obstacle)|Fireball]]
G&WG2 Modern Ball Goomba.png|[[Goomba]]
G&WG2 Modern Ball Spiked Ball.png|[[Spike Ball|Spiked Ball]]
G&WG2 Modern Ball Boo.png|[[Boo|Boo Buddy]]
G&WG2 Modern Ball Yoshi.png|[[Yoshi (species)|Light Blue Yoshi]]
G&WG2 Modern Ball Mario.png|[[Mario]]
G&WG2 Modern Ball Wario.png|[[Wario]]
G&WG2 Modern Ball Bowser.png|[[Bowser|King Koopa]]
G&WG2 Modern Ball Warp Pipe.png|[[Warp Pipe]] (Yoshi variant)
G&WG2 Modern Ball Warp Pipe2.png|Warp Pipe (King Koopa variant)
G&WG2 Modern Ball Piranha Plant Statue.png|[[Piranha Plant (statue)|Piranha Plant statue]]
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==Trivia==
*One of the tips for this game is inaccurate; [[Toad]] tells the player they have to catch the characters (the characters being Bob-ombs) and avoid the coins, when it is actually the other way around. This may have been an error in translation; the tip is accurate in the Japanese version.
*In ''Game & Watch Gallery 2'', [[Princess Peach]] was planned to be one of the playable characters in Modern Mode, with most of her graphical data still intact. In her variation, she was going to juggle cookies like those seen in ''[[Yoshi's Cookie]]''.<ref>{{cite|url=tcrf.net/Game_%26_Watch_Gallery_2#Ball|title=''Game & Watch Gallery 2''|publisher=The Cutting Room Floor|language=en|accessdate=August 10, 2024}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://web.archive.org/web/20211007045502/http://www.intheattic.co.uk/ball.htm ''Ball'' info page on In The Attic, a website dedicated to classic videogames] (Internet Archive: Wayback Machine)

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