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| | |title=Giant Spiked Ball |
| |image=[[File:Giant spike ball.png]]<br>Model from ''New Super Mario Bros. Wii'' | | |image=[[File:Giant Spiked Ball.PNG|250px]] |
| |first_appearance=''[[New Super Mario Bros.]]'' ([[List of games by date#2006|2006]]) | | |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]]) | | |latest_appearance=''[[New Super Mario Bros. 2]]'' ([[List of games by date#2012|2012]]) |
| |variant_of=[[Spike Ball]]
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| |variants=[[Chunk of ice]] (big)
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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.]]'' | | '''Giant Spiked Balls''' are larger versions of [[Spiked Ball|Spiked Balls]]. |
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| ==History==
| | Like their smaller counterparts, Giant Spiked Balls can destroy [[Block|blocks]] and can even destroy Spiked Balls. They appeared first in ''[[New Super Mario Bros.]]'' where they appear in various levels, their first appearance being in [[World 2-Castle (New Super Mario Bros.)|the second castle in the game]]. They return in ''[[New Super Mario Bros. Wii]]'', in [[World 8-Airship (New Super Mario Bros. Wii)|World 8-Airship]], [[Bowser Jr.]] uses Giant Spiked Balls that possess the ability to explode, and must be used against him. In ''[[New Super Mario Bros. 2]]'', they appear in two castles in the game. In World Mushroom Castle there is a Spiked Ball that is even larger than a regular one. They are absent in ''[[New Super Mario Bros. U]]'', and ''[[New Super Luigi U]]'' as they are replaced by [[Mega Grrrol]]s. They also appeared in ''[[Super Mario 3D Land]]'' with a purple color. |
| {{stub|section=y|Include info on ''[[Donkey Kong Country Returns]]'' / ''[[Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D]]'' (specifically [[Boulder Roller]])}}
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| ===''Super Mario'' series===
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| ====''New Super Mario Bros.''====
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| [[File:NSMBDS Giant Spiked Ball Screenshot.png|thumb|A Giant Spiked Ball in ''New Super Mario Bros.'']]
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| 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]].
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| ====''New Super Mario Bros. Wii''====
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| Giant Spiked Balls return in ''[[New Super Mario Bros. Wii]]'' in [[World 8-2 (New Super Mario Bros. Wii)|World 8-2]].
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| 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.
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| ====''Super Mario 3D Land''====
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| Giant spiked balls also appear in ''[[Super Mario 3D Land]]'' with a purple color.
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| ====''New Super Mario Bros. 2''====
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| 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]]. | |
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| ====''Super Mario Run''====
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| 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.
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| ====''Super Mario Maker 2''====
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| 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.
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| ====''Super Mario Bros. Wonder''====
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| [[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]]
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| 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.
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| ===''Mario Party 9''===
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| 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.
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| ===''Mario & Luigi'' series===
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| ====''Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam''====
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| 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.
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| ====''Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey''====
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| 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.
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| ==Names in other languages==
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| |Jpn=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>
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| |JpnR=Kyodai Toge Tekkyū
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| |JpnM=Giant spiked iron ball
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| |JpnN=''New Super Mario Bros.''
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| |Jpn2=大きな鉄球<ref>{{cite|title=''Super Mario Bros. Hyakka: Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook'', ''New Super Mario Bros. Wii'' section|page=149}}</ref>
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| |Jpn2R=Ōkina Toge Tekkyū
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| |Jpn2M=Large spiked iron ball
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| |Jpn2N=''New Super Mario Bros. Wii''
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| |Jpn3=でかトゲ鉄球<ref>{{cite|title=''Super Mario Bros. Hyakka: Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook'', ''Super Mario 3D Land'' section|page=185}}</ref>
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| |Jpn3R=Deka Toge Tekkyū
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| |Jpn3M=Big spiked iron ball
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| |Jpn3N=''Super Mario 3D Land''
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| |Jpn4=トゲ{{ruby|鉄球|てっきゅう}}
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| |Jpn4R=Toge Tekkyū
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| |Jpn4M=Spiked iron ball; refer to [[Spike Ball#Names in other languages|Spike Ball]]
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| |Jpn4N=''Mario Party 9'', Spike Strike
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| |Ita=Palla spinosa
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| |ItaM=Spiny ball
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| |ItaN=''Super Mario Bros. Wonder''
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| | Giant Spiked Balls also appear in ''[[Mario Party 9]]'' in the minigame [[Tumble Temple]]. |
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| [[Category:Explosives]] | | [[Category:Explosives]] |
| [[Category:Hazardous objects]] | | [[Category:Objects]] |
| [[Category:New Super Mario Bros. objects]] | | [[Category:Koopa Troop Weapons]] |
| [[Category:New Super Mario Bros. Wii objects]] | | [[Category:New Super Mario Bros. Objects]] |
| [[Category:New Super Mario Bros. 2 objects]] | | [[Category:New Super Mario Bros. Wii Objects]] |
| [[Category:Super Mario 3D Land objects]]
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| [[Category:Super Mario Bros. Wonder objects]] | | [[Category:Super Mario 3D Land Objects]] |
| [[Category:Super Mario Maker 2 objects]]
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