Editing Magic ball

{{distinguish|Magical ball|Magic Orb|? Balloon}}
{{item infobox
|image=[[File:SMW Magic Ball.png|100px]]<br>A magic ball from ''[[Super Mario World]]''
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]'' ([[List of games by date#1988|1988]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition]]'' ([[List of games by date#2024|2024]])
|effect=Ends a level when [[Mario]] or [[Luigi]] touches it
}}
'''Magic balls'''<ref>{{cite|date=1990|title=''Super Mario Bros. 3'' instruction booklet|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=en|page=22}}</ref><ref>{{cite|date=2010|title=''Super Mario All-Stars Limited Edition'' instruction booklet|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=en|page=16}}</ref> (also capitalized),<ref>{{cite|date=1993|title=''Super Mario All-Stars'' instruction booklet|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=en|page=32}}</ref><ref>{{cite|date=2003|title=''Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3'' instruction booklet|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=en|page=23}}</ref> also known as '''Crystals''',<ref>{{cite|date=August 1991|title=Nintendo ''[[Mario Mania]]'' Player's Guide|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=en|page=134, 136-137}}</ref> '''"?" Balls''',<ref>{{cite|author=Hodgson, David S J.|date=2003|title=''Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3'' Prima's Official Strategy Guide|publisher=[[Prima Games]]|language=en-us|isbn=0-7615-4425-9|page=11}}</ref> or '''Orbs''',<ref>''[[Prima Games|Playing With Super Power: Nintendo Super NES Classics eGuide]]'', ''Super Mario World'' Confidential Information Tab.</ref> are [[list of items|items]] introduced in ''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]''. They have the appearance of round power-up objects with a question mark on each, and certain [[level]]s can be cleared only by touching a magic ball.
==History==
===''Super Mario'' series===
====''Super Mario Bros. 3''====
Magic balls are items in ''Super Mario Bros. 3''. They are dropped by [[Boom Boom]] after he is defeated in a [[fortress]] or vehicle, and by touching the magic ball, [[Mario]] destroys the fortress or vehicle, completes the level, and makes a locked gate on the world map disappear; the gate stays gone even if Mario gets a [[Game Over]], thus acting as a sort of [[checkpoint]]. Completing a fortress without collecting a magic ball (possible by collecting the [[Recorder|Magic Whistle]] in {{world-link|1|fortress|World 1-Fortress}}) causes the gate to remain; every collectable magic ball has a corresponding gate on the world map. If [[Invincible Mario]] defeats Boom Boom by touching him, the magic ball will appear upside down, in the center of the arena. In ''[[Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3]]'', magic balls bounce when hit by attacks.

====''Super Mario World''====
A magic ball appears as an item in ''[[Super Mario World]]'', exclusively in the [[Sunken Ghost Ship]], where it is left out in the open and can be touched to complete the level.

There is also [[list of Super Mario World glitches#Item Stock glitch|a glitch]] to receive a magic ball and use it in any level to instantly complete it. Using the ball in any horizontal level reveals that when Mario collects it, he goes through the same end-of-level motions that he would if he had used the [[Giant Gate]], albeit with the "boss defeated" fanfare and no chance of [[Goal Star|Bonus Stars]]. By contrast, getting the ball in a vertical level causes the screen to freeze.

===''Game & Watch Gallery 2''===
Magic balls also appear in the Modern version of ''[[Parachute (Game & Watch)|Parachute]]'' in ''[[Game & Watch Gallery 2]]''. If the player has any misses at 200, 500, or 700 [[point]]s, three magic balls come out of the [[airship|flying ship]]. They all disappear to reveal a [[1 UP Heart]] for removing a miss in one of them.

===''Super Mario-kun''===
In [[Super Mario-kun Volume 4|Volume 4]] of ''[[Super Mario-kun]]'', whose arc is based on ''Super Mario World'', Mario grabs the magic ball to exit the level, and he and his friends are later found on the top of the entrance to the [[Valley of Bowser]].

==Gallery==
<gallery>
SMB3 Magic Ball.png|''Super Mario Bros. 3''
SMW Magic Ball.png|''Super Mario World''
SMB3 Udquestionball.png|The upside down magic ball in ''Super Mario Bros. 3''
Magic Ball SMAS SMB3 sprite.png|''[[Super Mario All-Stars]]'' (''Super Mario Bros. 3'')
G&WG2 Modern Parachute Magic Ball.png|''Game & Watch Gallery 2''
SMA2 Magic Ball.png|''Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2''
Question Ball SuperMarioKun 4.jpg|''Super Mario-kun''
</gallery>

==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jap=マジックボール
|JapR=Majikku Bōru
|JapM=Magic Ball
|JapN=''Super Mario Bros. 3''
|JapC=<ref>{{cite|date=1988|title=スーパーマリオブラザーズ3 (''Sūpā Mario Burazāzu Surī'') instruction booklet|publisher=Nintendo|language=ja|page=20}}</ref>
|Jap2=水晶玉
|Jap2R=Suishōdama
|Jap2M=Crystal Ball
|Jap2N=''Super Mario World''
|Jap2C=<ref>{{cite|author=Sakai, Kazuya (Ambit) et al.|date=October 19, 2015|title=[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|''Super Mario Bros. Hyakka: Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook'']], ''Super Mario World'' section|publisher=[[Shogakukan]]|language=ja|isbn=978-4-09-106569-8|page=60}}</ref>
|Ita=Palla magica
|ItaM=Magic ball
|ItaC=<ref>{{cite|title=''Super Mario Bros. 3''; Italian booklet|page=22}}</ref><ref>{{cite|author=Scontro brutale|quote=«Sconfiggi il boss e ottieni la palla magica.»|title=''Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition''|publisher=Nintendo|language=it}}</ref>
|Ita2=Sfera ?
|Ita2M=? Sphere
|Ita2C=<ref>{{cite|date=November 15, 2018|title=''[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia]]''|publisher=Magazzini Salani|language=it|isbn=889367436X|page=60}}</ref>
}}

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