Editing Metal ball

|image=[[File:MK7 MetalBall.png|200x200px]]<br>Texture from ''[[Mario Kart 7]]''

'''Metal balls''', also referred to as '''iron balls''', '''bowling balls''', '''pinballs''',<ref>{{cite|quote=If you attack a rolling pinball, you can divert it away from you.|author=In-game description for the Waluigi Pinball Court|title=''Mario Sports Mix''|publisher=Nintendo|date=2010|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite|author=von Esmarch, Nick|title=''Mario Kart 7'' PRIMA Official Game Guide|page=130|date=December 4, 2011|language=en-us|publisher=[[Prima Games]]|isbn=978-0-307-89384-0|quote=PINBALLS: These giant pinballs will topple your kart if you let them. Keep your distance!}}</ref> and '''Big Steelies''',<ref>{{cite|title=Nintendo ''Mario Mania'' Player's Guide|page=52|date=August 1991|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=en-us}}</ref> are obstacles introduced in ''[[Super Mario World]]''. They are large objects that roll around certain areas, not unlike rolling [[boulder]]s.

Big Steelies, also referred to as '''Bowling Balls'''<ref>{{cite|quote=Take it and get ready for Bowser's Bowling Balls.|title=Nintendo ''Mario Mania'' Player's Guide|page=148|language=en-us|date=August 1991|publisher=Nintendo of America}}</ref> (also uncapitalized as '''bowling balls'''),<ref>{{cite|quote=As he hovers overhead, Bowser throws gigantic bowling balls and handfuls of Mechakoopas.|title=Nintendo ''Mario Mania'' Player's Guide|page=52|publisher=Nintendo of America|date=August 1991|language=en-us}}</ref> '''giant steel balls''',<ref>{{cite|quote=The giant steel balls that Bowser throws from the Clown Ship are impossible to beat.|title=Nintendo ''Mario Mania'' Player's Guide|page=52|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=en-us|date=August 1991}}</ref> and '''big rollers''',<ref>{{cite|quote=He'll toss out two of these big rollers, then a pair of Mecha Koopas.|title=Nintendo ''Mario Mania'' Player's Guide|page=148|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=en-us|date=August 1991}}</ref> are obstacles in ''Super Mario World''. They appear only in the second phase of the final battle with [[Bowser]] in ''Super Mario World'' and [[Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2|its reissue]]. Bowser drops Big Steelies from his [[Koopa Clown Car]], and [[Mario]] or [[Luigi]] can [[jump]] over them to avoid getting hit. Mario or Luigi can also [[Spin Jump|spin-jump]] on them without getting hurt. A Big Steely can be destroyed if Mario or Luigi uses his sliding cape attack against it using a [[Cape Feather]]; however, a [[glitch]]ed sprite is displayed if this happens. In the reissue, the game timer stops counting down when a Big Steely appears and resumes when it rolls off the screen.

Iron balls,<ref>{{cite|author=Pelland, Scott, and Dan Owsen|title=''Super Mario 64'' Player's Guide|page=106-107, 109-110|date=1996|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=en-us}}</ref><ref>''Super Mario 64 DS'' internal object name (<tt>IRONBALL</tt>)</ref> also referred to as '''rolling balls''',<ref>{{cite|author=Pelland, Scott, and Dan Owsen|title=''Super Mario 64'' Player's Guide|page=101|date=1996|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=en-us}}</ref> '''cannonballs''',<ref>{{cite|title=''Nintendo Magazine System'' (AU) Issue #52|page=45-46|date=January 1997|publisher=Catalyst Publishing|language=en-au}}</ref> and '''balls''',<ref>{{cite|author=Pelland, Scott, and Dan Owsen|title=''Super Mario 64'' Player's Guide|page=19|date=1996|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=en-us}}</ref> are obstacles in ''[[Super Mario 64]]'' and ''[[Super Mario 64 DS]]''. They are encountered on the [[Bob-omb Battlefield]]; [[Tall, Tall Mountain]]; and [[Tiny-Huge Island]] as an uphill hazard. In the remake, several more iron balls appear in [[Battle Fort]]; [[Wario]] is given the ability to destroy iron balls by [[punch]]ing or [[kick]]ing them; and players equipped with a [[Super Mushroom|mushroom]] can destroy iron balls on contact.

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, but Mario dodges it.

Iron balls are obstacles in ''[[Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story]]''. They appear in multiple locations. In [[Cavi Cape]], Bowser must punch a falling one in order to knock it into a button; in the [[Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey|game's remake]], these are replaced with [[barrel]]s. Later, [[Midbus]] crushes Bowser with a massive iron ball (which Midbus dubs the "Super Ultra Wonder Ultimate Ruthless Great Iron Ball"), prompting Mario and Luigi to visit the [[Arm Center]] one last time. At [[Blubble Lake]], Bowser can punch some iron balls found on spinning mechanisms to push himself into the lake.

====''Mario & Luigi: Dream Team''====

The [[List of Mario & Luigi: Dream Team gear#Iron-Ball Hammer|Iron-Ball Hammer]], [[List of Mario & Luigi: Dream Team gear#Iron-Ball Boots|Iron-Ball Boots]]  and their improved versions the [[List of Mario & Luigi: Dream Team gear#Iron Ball Hammer DX|Iron-Ball Hammer DX]] and the [[List of Mario & Luigi: Dream Team gear#Iron-Ball Boots DX|Iron-Ball Boots DX]] are [[gear]] in ''[[Mario & Luigi: Dream Team]]''. When using them, an enemy is hit with an attack that uses that type of gear, once the attack has concluded an iron ball may fall on that enemy. This chance is not universal for all enemies, in that if multiple enemies take damage from one attack it is possible for only some of them to be hit by iron balls. The iron balls are studded in this game.

 

Both the [[List of Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam gear#Iron-Ball Hammer|Iron-Ball Hammer]] and the [[List of Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam gear#Iron Ball Hammer DX|Iron Ball Hammer DX]] return in ''[[Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam]]''. Iron balls in this game have a smooth appearance. ''Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam'' also has iron balls appear in the mission [[Hammer, Bros!]] and during one of [[Roy]]'s attacks, where they are referred to in localizations as [[cannonball]]s.

Metal balls, referred to as pinballs in ''[[Mario Kart DS]]'' and ''[[Mario Kart 7]]'', are obstacles in [[DS Waluigi Pinball|Waluigi Pinball]] in ''Mario Kart DS'', ''Mario Kart 7'', ''[[Mario Kart Tour]]'', and ''[[Mario Kart 8 Deluxe]]''. They roll around all throughout the course, and they flip over any player that drives into them. On the pinball table section of the track, metal balls are bounced around by [[Bumper (Mario Kart series)|bumpers]] and [[Flipper (Mario Kart series)|flippers]]. In ''Mario Kart DS'', they are 2D sprites that always face the camera, while in ''Mario Kart 7'', ''Mario Kart Tour'', and ''Mario Kart 8 Deluxe'', they are 3D models. In ''Mario Kart Tour'', the reflection is of the pinball table section of the track, regardless of where the metal balls are. They are black in ''Mario Kart DS'' and ''Mario Kart 7''; however, they are gray in ''Mario Kart Tour'' and ''Mario Kart 8 Deluxe''.

 

In ''Mario Kart Tour'', metal balls also appear in [[GBA Bowser's Castle 4]]. In this iteration of the course, they are spawned by flying dispensers from the top of a slope, bouncing down the slope in a straight path. Racers have to drive up the slope and avoid the metal balls to reach the midway point finish line and enter the final section of the course. The metal balls in GBA Bowser's Castle 4 are much larger than their counterparts in DS Waluigi Pinball, and their reflection more appropriately matches the one part of the environment on which they appear.

Pinballs are obstacles in ''[[Mario Sports Mix]]''. They appear on the [[Waluigi Pinball (court)|Waluigi Pinball]] court, where they are released onto the court by a giant robotic [[Waluigi]] and then continuously roll around the area, hitting bumpers and walls. When they collide with a player, they push them back and stun them for a few moments while also becoming faster. They keep their momentum if they hit a bumper, but they revert to their original speed if they hit a solid wall instead. If a pinball ends up in the hole at the top middle of the court, another one appears shortly afterwards.

In ''[[Super Mario Maker]]'', graphics for iron balls exist [[List of Super Mario Maker pre-release and unused content|unused]] in the ''[[Super Mario Bros.]]'' game style's object graphics, designed using the white-yellow-green color palette used in the original ''Super Mario Bros.'' for [[1-Up Mushroom]]s and [[Koopa Troopa]]s among others.

|Jpn=鉄球<ref>{{cite|location=Tokyo|title=「任天堂公式ガイドブック　スーパーマリオワールド」 (''Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook – Super Mario World'')|page=124|publisher=Shogakukan|date=December 10, 1992|isbn=4-09-104117-5|language=ja}}</ref><ref>{{cite|author=Sakai, Kazuya (Ambit), et al.|language=ja|publisher=[[Shogakukan]]|location=Tokyo|date=October 19, 2015|title=『スーパーマリオブラザーズ百科: 任天堂公式ガイドブック』 (''Super Mario Bros. Hyakka: Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook''), スーパーマリオ{{ruby|６４|六十四（ろくじゅうよん）}} (''Sūpā Mario Rokujūyon'') section|page=101|isbn=978-4-09-106569-8}}</ref>/てっきゅう

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|Ger=Stahlkugel<ref>{{cite|author=Menold, Marcus, Claude M. Moyse, and Andreas G. Kämmerer, editors|title=''Der offizielle Nintendo Spieleberater "Super Mario World"''|language=de|location=Großostheim|publisher=[[Nintendo|Nintendo of Europe GmbH]]|date=1993|page=20}}</ref>

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