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| [[File:Instructions4.png|thumb|Instructions for the Bros. Ball in ''Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time'']]
| | {{articleabout|the technique used by Mario and Luigi in ''Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time''|an attack part in ''Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story''|[[Super Bouncer|here]]}} |
| {{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}}
| | [[Image:Bros._Ball.PNG|thumb|'''Bros. Ball''']][[File:Instructions4.png|thumb|left]] |
| The '''Bros. Ball''' is a [[Bros. Move]] usable by [[Mario]] and [[Luigi]] that appears in ''[[Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time]]'' and ''[[Mario & Luigi: Brothership]]''.
| | [[Image:Hammer Bros Ball.PNG|thumb|The L33t Hamm3r Broz . performing Bros. Ball.]] |
| | '''Bros. Ball''' is a move learned by [[Mario]] and [[Luigi]] in ''[[Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time]]''. In this move they both turn into a ball and can now move faster. Additionally, the Bros. Ball lets Mario and Luigi go under walls in the game. Later on, Mario and Luigi learn the ability to flatten [[Baby Mario]] and [[Baby Luigi]]. This move is called [[Baby Cakes]]. |
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| ==History==
| | The Bros. Ball ability was also used much earlier in the game by the [[L33t Hamm3r Broz.]] The two [[Hammer Bro.|Hammer Bros.]] had an attack where one would use their mighty [[Hammer]] to smash another into a sphere before hitting him at the Baby Mario Bros.; this attack is very much like Bros. Ball. Also, one of the L33t Hamm3r Broz.' Hammers may break during an attempt to do this attack, resulting in a bouncy version of the Bros. Ball not used by Baby Mario and Baby Luigi. |
| ===''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]] | |
| 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.
| | This move may be a nod to ''[[Mario Pinball Land]]''. Also, the "Rolling Combo" seen in ''[[SonicRetro:Sonic the Hedgehog 4 Episode II|Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode II]]'' bears a striking resemblance to the Bros. Ball, but it is functionally different. |
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| ===''Mario & Luigi: Brothership''===
| | ==Names in Other Languages== |
| In ''Mario & Luigi: Brothership'', the Bros. Ball, now called the '''Bro. Ball''', is learned by Mario and Luigi after they rescue [[Princess Peach]] on [[Lottacoins Island]], 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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| ===''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== | |
| {{foreign names | |
| |Jap=ブラザーボール
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| |JapR=Burazā bōru
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| |JapM=Brother ball
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| |Spa=Bola dúo | | |Spa=Bola dúo |
| |SpaM=Duo ball | | |SpaM=Duo ball |
| |Ita=Palla Fratelli
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| |ItaM=Bros. Ball
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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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| |Ger=Brüderball
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| |GerM=Brother Ball
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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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| {{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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