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[[File:Instructions4.png|thumb|Instructions for the Bros. Ball in ''Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time'']]
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{{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]].


==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''===
[[File:Bros._Ball.png|thumb|Bros. Ball being used in the [[Koopaseum]]]]
[[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.


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.


===''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''===
[[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]]
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==
===''Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time''===
*'''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"''
 
==See also==
*[[Tube Mode]]
*[[Ball Hop]]
 
==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jap=ブラザーボール
|JapR=Burazā bōru
|JapM=Brother ball
|Spa=Bola dúo
|Spa=Bola dúo
|SpaM=Duo ball
|SpaM=Duo ball
|Ita=Palla Fratelli
|ItaM=Bros. Ball
|Kor=브라더 볼
|KorR=Beuradeo Bol
|KorM=Brother Ball
|Ger=Brüderball
|GerM=Brother Ball
}}
}}


==Trivia==
[[Category:Moves]]
*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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