Editing Iron ball

{{Item-infobox
|image=[[File:BigSteely SMW.png|48px]] <br>A Big Steely in ''Super Mario World''
|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=''[[Super Mario 3D All-Stars]]'' ([[List of games by date#2020|2020]])
|effect=A Big Steely will attempt to roll into the player, resulting in that player losing health. 
}}

'''Big Steelies'''<ref>Nintendo ''Mario Mania'' Player's Guide. Page 52.</ref> (also referred to as '''Bowling Balls'''<ref>Nintendo ''Mario Mania'' Player's Guide. Page 148.</ref>) are large iron balls that debut in ''[[Super Mario World]]'' as a final boss attack and return in ''[[Super Mario 64]]'' as an uphill hazard.

==History==
===''Super Mario'' series===
====''Super Mario World'' / ''Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2''====
Big Steelies first appear in the final battle with [[Bowser]] in ''[[Super Mario World]]'' (and reappear in [[Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2|its re-issue]]). He drops these from his [[Koopa Clown Car]]. [[Mario]] or [[Luigi]] can jump over them to avoid getting hit. Mario or Luigi can also spin jump on them without getting hurt. It can be destroyed if Mario or Luigi uses his sliding cape attack against it using a [[Cape Feather]], but it will show a glitched sprite.

====''Super Mario 64 / Super Mario 64 DS''====
In ''[[Super Mario 64]]'', they are referred to as '''iron balls''',<ref>''Super Mario 64 [[Nintendo Power|Player's Guide]]'', pages 106, 107, 109 and 110</ref><ref>''Super Mario 64 DS'' internal object name (<tt>IRONBALL</tt>)</ref> '''rolling balls''',<ref>''Super Mario 64 [[Nintendo Power|Player's Guide]]'', page 101</ref> or simply '''balls'''.<ref>''Super Mario 64 [[Nintendo Power|Player's Guide]]'', page 19</ref> They appear in [[Bob-omb Battlefield]]; [[Tall, Tall Mountain]]; and [[Tiny-Huge Island]] as an uphill hazard. Several more also appear in the DS version's [[Battle Fort]]. In the remake, [[Wario]] has the ability to destroy them by [[punch]]ing or [[kick]]ing them.

===''Super Mario World'' television series===
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.

===''Super Smash Bros. Melee''===
Big Steelies are mentioned in ''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]'' in the Koopa Clown Car [[Trophy (Super Smash Bros. series)|trophy]], known as "bowling balls".

===''Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story'' / ''Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey''===
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 (in the remake, these are replaced with barrels). Later, [[Midbus]] crushes Bowser with a massive one, prompting Mario and Luigi to visit the [[Arm Center]] one last time.

===''Mario & Luigi: Dream Team'' / ''Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam''===
There are [[Hammer]]s called the Iron Ball Hammer and Iron Ball Hammer DX in ''[[Mario & Luigi: Dream Team]]'' and ''[[Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam]]'', which sometimes causes an iron ball to fall onto a random enemy after an "Excellent" rating is achieved.

===Other appearances===
In ''[[Super Mario Maker]]'', graphics for Big Steelies [[List of Super Mario Maker pre-release and unused content|exist unused]] in the ''[[Super Mario Bros.]]'' game style's object graphics. The sprite is green instead of dark gray, however - it resembles the [[Big Bubble]] from ''Super Mario World''.

==Gallery==
<gallery>
KingKoopaDroppingBall.jpg|A Big Steely being dropped from the Clown Car in the [[Super Mario World (television series)|cartoon]].
BigSteely SuperMarioKun.jpg|''[[Super Mario-Kun]]''
SM64 Iron Ball.png|''[[Super Mario 64]]''
SMA2 Big Steely.png|''[[Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2]]''
SMM-SMB-Big-Steely.png|''[[Super Mario Maker]]'' (unused)
</gallery>

==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jap=鉄球<ref>''Super Mario World Nintendo Official Guidebook''</ref><ref>Shogakukan. 2015. ''Super Mario Bros. Hyakka: Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook'', ''Super Mario 64'' section, page 92.</ref>
|JapR=Tekkyū
|JapM=Iron ball
|Ger=Eisenkugel
|GerM=Iron Ball
|Ita=Palla di ferro
|ItaM=Iron Ball
}}

==References==
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