Editing Giant Spiked Ball

|image=[[File:Giant spike ball.png]]<br>Model from ''New Super Mario Bros. Wii''

|variants=[[Chunk of ice]] (big)

'''Giant Spiked Balls'''<ref>{{cite|author=Loe, Casey|title=''New Super Mario Bros.'' Player's Guide|page=13|date=May 15, 2006|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=en|isbn=1-59812-009-3}}</ref> (sometimes lowercase)<ref>{{cite|author=von Esmarch, Nick|title=''Super Mario 3D Land'' PRIMA Official Game Guide|page=102|publisher=[[Prima Games]]|date=November 13, 2011|language=en-us|isbn=978-0-307-89386-4}}</ref> are larger versions of [[Spike Ball]]s. Like their smaller counterparts, Giant Spiked Balls can destroy [[block]]s and even the smaller Spike Balls. They first appear in ''[[New Super Mario Bros.]]''

[[File:NSMBDS Giant Spiked Ball Screenshot.png|thumb|A Giant Spiked Ball in ''New Super Mario Bros.'']]

Giant Spiked Balls debut in ''[[New Super Mario Bros.]]'', where they appear in various levels. Their first appearance in this game is [[World 2-Castle (New Super Mario Bros.)|the second castle]].

Giant Spiked Balls return in ''[[New Super Mario Bros. Wii]]'' in [[World 8-2 (New Super Mario Bros. Wii)|World 8-2]].

Near the end of the boss fight in {{world-link|8|airship|World 8-Airship (New Super Mario Bros. Wii)}}, [[Bowser Jr.]] uses Giant Spiked Balls with shorter spikes and active fuses that possess the ability to explode, and must be used against him.

Giant spiked balls also appear in ''[[Super Mario 3D Land]]'' with a purple color.

In ''[[New Super Mario Bros. 2]]'', these spiked balls appear in two sizes. In {{world-link|mushroom|A|World Mushroom-A}} and {{world-link|4|castlen2|World 4-Castle (New Super Mario Bros. 2)}}, '''large spiked balls'''<ref>{{cite|author=von Esmarch, Nick|title=''New Super Mario Bros. 2'' PRIMA Official Game Guide|page=187|language=en-us|date=2012|publisher=Prima Games|isbn=978-0-307-89552-3}}</ref> appear, which are closer to the size of giant spiked balls in other games. The giant spiked balls<ref>{{cite|author=von Esmarch|title=''New Super Mario Bros. 2'' PRIMA Official Game Guide|page=184}}</ref> in {{world-link|mushroom|castlen2|World Mushroom-Castle}} are even larger. The former has [[chunk of ice|an equivalent]] in [[World 4-1 (New Super Mario Bros. 2)|World 4-1]].

Although giant spiked balls do not reappear in ''[[New Super Mario Bros. U]]'', ''[[New Super Luigi U]]'', or ''[[New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe]]'', [[Mega Grrrol]]s appear which serve the same purpose.

Giant spiked balls appear as a course element as of version 2.0 of ''[[Super Mario Maker 2]]''. Unlike regular [[Spike Ball]]s, they destroy any breakable blocks in their path. They appear as a projectile thrown by [[Mega Spike]]s and as placeable course element. Since they did not appear in ''[[Super Mario Bros.]]'', ''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]'', ''[[Super Mario World]]'', and ''[[Super Mario 3D World]]'', new sprites are made for them.

[[File:SMBW golden Giant Spiked Ball.jpg|thumb|[[Mario]], [[Luigi]], [[Princess Peach|Peach]], and [[Princess Daisy|Daisy]] about to be chased by a Giant Spiked Ball]]

Giant Spiked Balls return in ''[[Super Mario Bros. Wonder]]'', only appearing during the [[Wonder Effect]]s of  [[Rolling-Ball Hall]] and [[The Final Battle! Bowser's Rage Stage]]. This time, they appear golden with white spikes. Coming in contact with one results in an instant loss of a [[Extra life|life]]. As shown in the latter, they are able to break blocks. Even larger ones appear exclusively in the former, being large enough to break [[Rock Block]]s with ease.

Giant spiked balls appear in ''[[Mario Party 9]]'' in the minigame [[Tumble Temple]] alongside regular Spiked Balls. A giant version of Spiked Balls with longer spikes also appears in [[Spike Strike]], where the player must use a [[hammer]] to send them back at the large Spike.

Giant Spiked Balls also appeared in ''[[Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam]]'', where they are used by [[Spike]]s. They are only slightly larger than regular Spiked Balls. A Giant Spiked Ball can only be countered with a [[hammer]] strike.

In ''[[Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey]]'', a giant spiked ball appears in ''Bowser Jr.'s Journey'' mode, when the player has 2, 3, or 4 Spikes by way of a super attack.

|Jap=巨大トゲ鉄球<ref>{{cite|language=ja|publisher=[[Shogakukan]]|date=October 19, 2015|title=[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|''Super Mario Bros. Hyakka: Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook'']], ''New Super Mario Bros.'' section|page=118|isbn=978-4-09-106569-8}}</ref>

|Jap4N=''Mario Party 9'', Spike Strike