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| | [[File:ballbear.PNG|right|frame|Bear on a '''Beach Ball'''.]] |
| [[File:SML2 Artwork Bear.png|right|frame|Artwork of a Bear on a Beach Ball for ''Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins'']] | | '''Beach Balls'''<ref>https://archive.org/stream/Nintendo_Magazine_System_05_1993-08_Trielle_AU#page/n55/mode/2up</ref> are items primarily found in ''[[Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins]]''. In this game, [[Bear (enemy)|Bears]] are always found riding atop these balls, rolling them slowly with their tiny feet. However, even when [[Mario]] stomps on Tamanoripū and defeats it, the ball will continue to bounce and roll at the same speed, changing orientation when bumping into wall. If Mario jumps onto the ball it will continue moving in the same way, thus becoming a platform. This actually helps Mario when he has to pass large, spiky areas, whose roughness does not seem to affect the bouncy ball. This can be mainly seen in stage 2 of the [[Mario Zone]]. Ganchan, found in the game's prequel, ''[[Super Mario Land]]'', carry Mario the the same way Beach Balls do. |
| '''Beach Balls''',<ref>{{cite|date=August 1993|title=''Nintendo Magazine System'' (AU) Issue #5|page=56}}</ref> or simply '''Balls''',<ref>{{cite|quote=Knock the Bear off its Ball and ride over the spikes.|date=December 1992|title=''Nintendo Power'' Volume 43|language=en|publisher=Nintendo of America|page=48}}</ref> appear in gameplay-related capacities in ''[[Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins]]'' and ''[[Mario Kart Tour]]''. | |
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| ==History==
| | Beach Balls are not different from the classic, [[Earth|real life]] [[wikipedia:Beach ball|beach balls]], in terms of design. They feature wide stripes, which alternate from blue to pink. Despite this, the in-game sprite of the balls rather have white and black stripes, most probably because of the chromatical limitations the [[Game Boy]] shows off with. |
| ===''Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins''===
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| In ''Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins'', [[Bear (enemy)|Bear]]s roll Beach Balls under their feet, moving with them slowly from side to side. The Beach Ball continues to bounce and roll at the same speed even after the Bear on it is defeated, changing orientation when bumping into a wall. The ball can carry [[Mario]] like a moving platform. It can be so used in the level [[Mario the Circus Star!]] to pass wide [[Spike Trap|spiky surfaces]].
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| ===''Mario Kart'' series===
| | Beach balls return in ''[[Mario Party: Island Tour]]''. The [[minigame]], [[Pool Buoy]]. has the players controlling the balls from inside. With the aid of the buoyancy on the water, the characters can move freely so they can bump into other players. Although their design pattern is not changed at all so as to get more recognized as beach balls, these are now translucent in order for the characters to be seen by the human player. Their color is differing from player to player. |
| A Beach Ball<ref name="MKT">Displayed as an [[Mario Kart Tour race points system#Object interactions|action]] in ''Mario Kart Tour''</ref> appears in the [[Squeaky Clean Sprint]] course of ''[[Mario Kart 8 Deluxe]]'' and ''Mario Kart Tour'', floating in the water-filled bathtub along with a [[Toy Duck]] and a [[Hoop]]. It primarily serves a decorative purpose, though in ''Mario Kart Tour'' it also gives bonus points if hit with a [[Banana]], a [[Giant Banana]], or a [[Bob-omb]].
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| ==Gallery==
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| MKTPerfectShot 2023-08-15.jpg|Screenshot of ''Mario Kart Tour'' showing the Beach Ball at Squeaky Clean Sprint
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| </gallery>
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| ==Names in other languages==
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| {{foreign names
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| |Jap=タマ<ref>{{cite|title=[[Super Mario-kun Volume 7|''Super Mario-kun'' Volume 7]]|language=ja|author=Sawada, Yukio|date=June 28, 1993|publisher=Shogakukan|page=116}}</ref> / 玉<ref>{{cite|author=Sakai, Kazuya (Ambit) et al.|language=ja|publisher=[[Shogakukan]]|date=October 19, 2015|title=''Super Mario Bros. Hyakka: Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook'', ''Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins'' section|page=75|isbn=978-4-09-106569-8}}</ref>
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| |JapR=Tama
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| |JapM=Ball
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| |Jap2=ボール<ref>{{cite|language=ja|publisher=Shogakukan|date=1994|title=「パーフェクト版 マリオキャラクター大事典」 (''Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten'')|page=[https://i.imgur.com/Cg7gorn.jpeg 105]}}</ref>
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| |Jap2R=Bōru
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| |Jap2M=Ball
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| |Jap3=タマノリ<ref>{{cite|url=www.nintendo.co.jp/n02/dmg/l6j/enemy/index.html|title=スーパーマリオランド２ ６つの金貨／敵キャラクター|publisher=Nintendo|language=ja|accessdate=June 27, 2024}}</ref>
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| |Jap3R=Tamanori
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| |Jap3M=Balance Ball
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| |Jap4=ビーチボール<ref name="MKT"/>
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| |Jap4R=Bīchi Bōru
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| |Jap4M=Beach Ball
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| |ChiS=沙滩球<ref name="MKT"/>
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| |ChiSR=Shātān Qiú
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| |ChiSM=Beach Ball
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| |ChiT=沙灘球<ref name="MKT"/>
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| |ChiTR=Shātān Qiú
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| |ChiTM=Beach Ball
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| |Fre=Ballon de plage<ref name="MKT"/>
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| |FreM=Beach ball
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| |Ger=Ball
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| |Ger2=Wasserball<ref name="MKT"/>
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| |Ger2M=Beach Ball
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| |Ita=Pallone da spiaggia<ref>{{cite|title=''Club Nintendo'' (Italy) Numero 1|page=22|date=1993}}</ref>
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| |ItaM=Beach ball
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| |Ita2=Palla<ref>{{cite|date=November 15, 2018|title=''[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia]]''|publisher=Magazzini Salani|language=it|isbn=889367436X|page=75}}</ref>
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| |Ita2M=Ball
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| |Ita3=Palla de spiaggia<ref name="MKT"/>
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| |Ita3M=Beach ball
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| |Kor=비치볼<ref name="MKT"/>
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| |KorR=Bichibol
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| |KorM=Beach Ball
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| |Por=Bola de praia<ref name="MKT"/>
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| |PorM=Beach ball
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| |Spa=Pelota de playa<ref name="MKT"/>
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| |SpaM=Beach ball
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| }}
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| ==References== | | ==References== |
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| | [[Category:Items]] |
| [[Category:Toys]] | | [[Category:Toys]] |
| [[Category:Mario Kart 8 Deluxe objects]] | | [[Category:Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins]] |
| [[Category:Mario Kart Tour objects]]
| | [[Category:Mario Party: Island Tour]] |
| [[Category:Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins objects]] | |
