Editing Giant Spiked Ball

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

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'''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.]]''

==History==

===''Super Mario'' series===

====''New Super Mario Bros. 2''====

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]].

====''Super Mario Run''====