Editing Giant Spiked Ball

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{{Item infobox
|image=[[File:Giant spike ball.png]]<br>Model from ''New Super Mario Bros. Wii''
|first_appearance=''[[New Super Mario Bros.]]'' ([[List of games by date#2006|2006]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Super Mario Bros. Wonder]]'' ([[List of games by date#2023|2023]])
|variant_of=[[Spike Ball]]
|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.]]''

==History==
===''Super Mario'' series===
====''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]].

====''New Super Mario Bros. Wii''====
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.

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

====''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]].

====''New Super Mario Bros. U'' / ''New Super Luigi U'' / ''New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe''====
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.

====''Super Mario Run''====
In ''[[Super Mario Run]]'', [[Bowser]]'s [[Koopa Clown Car]] can spit out giant spiked balls during [[Bowser's Bob-ombing Run]]. It only starts to do so after being hit twice. Giant spiked balls have no additional qualities aside from being harder to avoid.

====''Super Mario Maker 2''====
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.

====''Super Mario Bros. Wonder''====
[[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.

===''Mario Party 9''===
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.

===''Mario & Luigi'' series===
====''Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam''====
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.

====''Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey''====
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.

==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|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>
|JapR=Kyodai Toge Tekkyū
|JapM=Giant spiked iron ball
|JapN=''New Super Mario Bros.''
|Jap2=大きな鉄球<ref>{{cite|title=''Super Mario Bros. Hyakka: Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook'', ''New Super Mario Bros. Wii'' section|page=149}}</ref>
|Jap2R=Ōkina Toge Tekkyū
|Jap2M=Large spiked iron ball
|Jap2N=''New Super Mario Bros. Wii''
|Jap3=でかトゲ鉄球<ref>{{cite|title=''Super Mario Bros. Hyakka: Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook'', ''Super Mario 3D Land'' section|page=185}}</ref>
|Jap3R=Deka Toge Tekkyū
|Jap3M=Big spiked iron ball
|Jap3N=''Super Mario 3D Land''
|Jap4=トゲ{{ruby|鉄球|てっきゅう}}
|Jap4R=Toge Tekkyū
|Jap4M=Spiked iron ball; refer to [[Spike Ball#Names in other languages|Spike Ball]]
|Jap4N=''Mario Party 9'', Spike Strike
|Ita=Palla spinosa
|ItaM=Spiny ball
|ItaN=''Super Mario Bros. Wonder''
}}

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