Editing Iron ball

{{Item-infobox
|image=[[File:BigSteely SMW.png|48px]]
|description=A giant ball that will roll left to right or on a path.
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario World]]'' ([[List of games by date#1990|1990]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story]]'' ([[List of games by date#2009|2009]])
|effect=A Big Steely will attempt to roll into the player, resulting in that player losing health. 
}}

'''Big Steelies'''<ref>''Mario Mania'', page 52.</ref> (also referred to as "bowling balls" in ''Mario Mania'' Player's Guide) are large iron balls that appear in ''[[Super Mario World]]'' in the last battle with [[Bowser]]. He drops these from his [[Koopa Clown Car]]. [[Mario]] can jump over them to avoid getting hit. [[Mario]] can also spin jump on them without getting hurt. It can be destroyed if Mario uses his sliding cape attack against it using a [[Cape Feather]] but it will show a glitched sprite.

In the [[Super Mario World (television series)|''Super Mario World'']] episode "[[Send in the Clown]]", King Koopa attempts to defeat Mario in one scene by dropping a Big Steely on him, which Mario dodges. King Koopa, with the same method, is shown dropping a Big Steely after [[Yoshi]] hits him with his [[Mechakoopa]]s. Mario, however, uses a golf club and knocks the Big Steely at him.

In ''[[Super Mario 64]]'' they are referred to as '''balls'''<ref>''Super Mario 64 [[Nintendo Power|Player's Guide]]'', page 19</ref>, '''rolling balls'''<ref>''Super Mario 64 [[Nintendo Power|Player's Guide]]'', page 101</ref>, and '''iron balls'''<ref>''Super Mario 64 [[Nintendo Power|Player's Guide]]'', page 107</ref>. They appear in [[Bob-omb Battlefield]], [[Tall, Tall Mountain]], and [[Tiny-Huge Island]], as an uphill hazard.

Big Steelies are mentioned in ''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]'' in the Koopa Clown Car trophy, once again labelled as "bowling balls".

In ''[[Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story]]'', Big Steelies, referred to generically as "iron balls," appear in multiple locations. In [[Cavi Cape]], Bowser must punch a falling one in order to knock it into a button. Later, [[Midbus]] crushes Bowser with a massive one, triggering the fight between [[Giant Bowser]] and [[Bowser's Castle]]. There is also a [[Hammer]] called the Iron Ball Hammer, which sometimes causes one to fall onto a random enemy after an "Excellent" rating is achieved.

Graphics for Big Steely-like objects [[List of Super Mario Maker pre-release and unused content|exist unused]] in the ''[[Super Mario Bros.]]'' game style object graphics in ''[[Super Mario Maker]]''. The sprite is green instead of dark gray, however.

==Gallery==
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KingKoopaDroppingBall.jpg|A Big Steely being dropped from the Clown Car in the cartoon.
BigSteely SuperMarioKun.jpg|''[[Super Mario-Kun]]''
SM64 Iron Ball.png|''Super Mario 64''
</gallery>

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