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| [[File:Instructions4.png|thumb|Instructions for the Bros. Ball in ''Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time'']]
| | '''The Bros. Ball''' is a move learned by [[Mario]] and [[Luigi]] in ''[[Mario and Luigi: Partners in Time]]''. In this move they both turn into a ball and can now move faster. Later on, Mario and Luigi learn the ability to flatten there [[Baby Mario Brothers|Baby selves]]. This move is called [[Baby Cakes]]. |
| {{quote|I've dubbed this the Bros. Ball. Why you ask? Because you are bros. And you form a ball.|Toadsworth the Younger|Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time}}
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| The '''Bro Ball''', previously known as the '''Bros. Ball''', is a [[Bros. Move]] usable by [[Mario]] and [[Luigi]] that appears in ''[[Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time]]'' and ''[[Mario & Luigi: Brothership]]''. As its name implies, it involves the Bros. joining hands and feet and merging into a ball. | |
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| ==History==
| | [[Category:Special Moves]] |
| ===''Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time''===
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| [[File:Bros._Ball.png|thumb|Bros. Ball being used in the [[Koopaseum]]]]
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| [[File:BrosBall.png|frame|left]]
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| In ''Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time'', the move is taught to Mario and Luigi by [[Toadsworth]] and [[Toadsworth the Younger]] after [[Yoshi's Island (location)|Yoshi's Island]] is cleared and before the player heads for [[Gritzy Desert]], in which the move is required to clear a minigame in [[Peach's Castle]] to even gain access to the [[time hole]] leading to the area. When using this move, the Mario Bros. both form themselves into a wheel and start rolling along the ground like a ball, allowing them to traverse through areas faster. Additionally, the Bros. Ball lets Mario and Luigi go under walls and small spaces in the game.
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| Later on in the game, Mario and Luigi learn the ability to temporarily flatten [[Baby Mario]] and [[Baby Luigi]] so they can move under even smaller spaces. This move is called [[Baby Cakes]], and it is learned, along with the [[Baby Spin]], by the two Toadsworths after the player clears [[Gritzy Caves]] and before the quartet heads out to [[Thwomp Volcano]]. It is indicated that both people in a Bros. Ball have some influence on the ball's movement, as in creating Baby Cakes, Toadsworth the Younger drives their ball over [[Baby Peach]] while Toadsworth tries to prevent it.
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| ===''Mario & Luigi: Brothership''===
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| In ''Mario & Luigi: Brothership'', the Bro Ball, now under its new name, is learned by Mario and Luigi on [[Lottacoins Island]] after they reach the top floor and have to find an escape route. It now has the ability to brake, which makes the Bro Ball move slower.
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| Additionally, in the new [[Yoo Who Cannon]], which has a ninth barrel that the Bros. and their clones jump into after their onslaught, all eight fuse into a bigger version of the Bro Ball that looks more like a wheel and rips through all the enemies in combat.
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| ====Ball Blitz====
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| Upon being blocked by powerful wind stopping the Bros. from reaching the lighthouse on [[Slippenglide Island]], Luigi comes up with the [[Ball Blitz]] ability to charge the Bro Ball's momentum by holding {{button|switch|x}}, and dashing with incredible speed upon releasing. This also allows a new method of dealing a first strike: by ramming into the enemy, one of the enemies will be damaged by both Bros. at the start of the battle.
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| ===''Super Mario-kun''===
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| [[File:BrosBall-4Bros SMKv37.png|thumb|left|Mario, Luigi, Baby Mario, and Baby Luigi rolled up in the four-brother version of the ball in ''Super Mario-kun'', volume 37]]
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| In the ''[[Super Mario-kun]]'' volumes adapted from ''Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time'', Mario and Luigi use the Bros. Ball as an attack rather than a utility move, where they smash into the [[Snoozorb]] in volume 35. Later, in volume 37, a four-brother variation of the Bros. Ball is used against the [[Elder Princess Shroob]].
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| ==Profiles==
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| ===''Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time''===
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| *'''Instruction manual description:''' "''Press the A Button and Mario and Luigi will huddle together and form a ball. Use the {{button|DS|pad}} Control Pad to control where they roll. To break out of ball formation, press either the A or B Button''"
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| ==See also==
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| *[[Tube Mode]]
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| *[[Ball Hop]]
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| ==Names in other languages==
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| {{foreign names
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| |Jpn=ブラザーボール<ref>[[:File:BrosBall-4Bros SMKv37.png|Image from the ''Super Mario-kun'', volume 37]]</ref>
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| |JpnR=Burazā Bōru
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| |JpnM=Brother Ball
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| |Chi=兄弟球
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| |ChiR=Xiōngdì Qiú
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| |ChiM=Brother Ball
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| |Dut=Duobal
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| |DutM=Duo Ball
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| |Fre=Boule frères
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| |FreN=Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time
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| |FreM=Bros. Ball
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| |Fre2=Frèroule
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| |Fre2N=Mario & Luigi: Brothership
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| |Fre2M=Portmanteau of ''frère'' ("brother") and ''boule'' ("ball")
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| |Ger=Brüderball
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| |GerM=Brother Ball
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| |Ita=Palla Fratelli
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| |ItaM=Brothers Ball
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| |ItaN=''Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time''
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| |Ita2=Palla
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| |Ita2M=Ball
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| |Ita2C=<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Iija9kFSRY Mario & Luigi: Fraternauti alla carica - LIVE #4]. By Mariuigi Khed on ''YouTube''. Retrieved on November 21, 2024.</ref>
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| |Ita2N=''Mario & Luigi: Brothership''
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| |Kor=브라더 볼
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| |KorR=Beuradeo Bol
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| |KorM=Brother Ball
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| |Por=Duobola
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| |PorM=From ''duo'' (prefix, means "two") and ''bola'' ("ball")
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| |PorC=<ref>''Mario & Luigi: Brothership'' in-game name (Brazilian Portuguese localization)</ref>
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| |SpaA=Bola tándem
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| |SpaAM=Tandem ball
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| |SpaE=Bola dúo
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| |SpaEN=Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time
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| |SpaEM=Duo ball
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| |SpaE2=Colabola
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| |SpaE2N=Mario & Luigi: Brothership
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| |SpaE2M=Portmanteau of ''colaborar'' ("cooperate") and ''bola'' ("ball")
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| }}
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| ==Trivia==
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| *Although the move is not present, Mario and Luigi go into a similar ball-shaped formation while inside the [[Chest Station]] in ''[[Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story]]'' and ''[[Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey]]''.
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| ==References==
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| <references/>
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| {{M&LPIT}}
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| {{M&LB}}
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| [[Category:Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time moves]] | |
| [[Category:Mario & Luigi: Brothership moves]]
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| [[it:Palla Fratelli]]
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