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|image=[[File:SpikedBall-NSMBW.png|250px]]<br>Artwork of a Spiked Ball in ''[[New Super Mario Bros. Wii]]''

|latest_appearance=''[[New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe]]'' ([[List of games by date#2019|2019]])

'''Spiked Balls''' are black metal balls with silver or white spikes which first appeared in ''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]''. They were originally spat out and thrown by [[Spike]]s, but can later be found independently. They mainly appear in castle levels, where they roll around and destroy other obstacles. [[Spinner]]s are a variant of Spiked Balls, which hang from chains and swing in various motions. Stone Spiked Balls are spat out by [[Stone Spike]]s instead of the metal balls, which have the same effect. Another form of Spiked Ball is the [[Giant Spiked Ball]], which is a larger version of the Spiked Ball. It has similar features, but causes the destruction on a larger scale. Spiked Balls can usually be defeated with [[Invincible Mario]]—however, in some games, the use of the [[Super Star]] only prevents damage to Mario.

 

Spiked Balls first appeared in ''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]'', where they are spat out and thrown by Spikes. In this game, the player can jump on Spikes even if they are holing a Spiked Ball. The Spiked Balls can be thrown either left or right by the Spikes. [[Ptooie]]s blow Spiked Balls into the air to attack the player.

In ''[[New Super Mario Bros.]]'', Spiked Balls roll along the floor, typically from off-screen, though they may also roll in a half-pipe motion between two hills. The game also features the larger [[Giant Spiked Ball]]s. They, like their smaller counterparts, are almost indestructible, except to [[Mega Mario]] or Mega Luigi. They are usually found in castles and can also destroy anything it rolls over, including the smaller Spiked Balls.

''[[New Super Mario Bros. Wii]]'' features Spikes throwing Spiked Balls, as well as introducing the Stone Spike to throw stone Spiked Balls. In this game, Spiked Balls thrown by Spikes cannot break [[Brick Block]]s. Giant Spiked balls are found only in the [[World 8 (New Super Mario Bros. Wii)|World 8]] where they appear in World 8-2, and World 8-Airship where [[Bowser Jr.]] uses them as exploding weapons against [[Mario]]. However, Mario can use them against him by [[Ground Pound]]ing the ground to throw them into the [[Koopa Clown Car]] three times.

Both Spiked Balls and Giant Spiked Balls (under the name '''Spikey Balls'''{{ref needed}}) return in ''[[Super Mario 3D Land]]''. They function very similarly to the preceding games. They can be destroyed by [[Statue Mario]] and invincibility.

In ''[[New Super Mario Bros. 2]]'', both Spiked Balls and Giant Spiked Balls reappear. A pair of very large Spiked Balls appear in the World Mushroom Castle. [[Icy Spiked Ball]]s appear in World 4-1. Spiked Balls can be found in [[World Mushroom-A]], and a Giant Spiked Ball helps Mario obtain a [[Star Coin]]. Spiked Balls also feature in the battle against [[Morton Koopa Jr.]], where Morton fires them from his wand to attack Mario/[[Luigi]].

''[[New Super Mario Bros. U]]'' sees the return of both Spikes and Stone Spikes with Spiked Balls. They can now throw the Spiked Balls straight down rather than just left or right as they did in previous games. Regular Spiked Balls alone are replaced by [[Grrrol]]s.

In ''[[Super Mario Run]]'', Spikes throw Spikes Balls, and Bowser's Koopa Clown Car can spit out Giant Spiked Balls during the final battle. The Giant Spiked Balls can destroy certain platforms.

Spiked Balls return in ''[[Super Mario Odyssey]]'', where they only appear being released by a [[Yoofoe]] during its fight. Also, [[Spiked Shell]]s that act similar to Spiked Balls appear in the [[Seaside Kingdom]].

===''Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3''===

Spiked Balls appear again in ''[[Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3]]'', where they are preponderant in the [[Parsley Woods]]. This game marks the first time Spiked Balls are seen rolling towards the player. They plummet from the trees' thicket when [[Wario]] approaches before rolling along the ground, though one Spiked Ball falls straight down and disappears off-screen. In this game, Spiked Balls stop immediately when they hit a wall, and fall off the screen.

Spiked Balls also appear in ''[[Mario Party 4]]'' in the minigame [[Hop or Pop]].

====''Mario Party 6''====

Spiked Balls play an important role in the ''[[Mario Party 6]]'' minigame [[Pit Boss]], where large ones must be avoided from within a small area.

Spiked Balls appear in several [[minigame]]s in ''[[Mario Party 9]]''. In the minigame [[Bumper Bubbles]], players must try to collect balloons while avoiding Spiked Balls that fall onto the screen from above; hitting a Spiked Ball results in a player's bubble popping, which causes all their balloons to be released and for them to fall off-screen. They also appear in the minigame [[Tumble Temple]], in which the players must avoid the Spiked Balls and Giant Spiked Balls that roll through several pegs from above; hitting one results in that player being eliminated. Additionally, in [[Chain Event]], players must slide down chains, flipping from one side to the other to avoid Spiked Balls. The player must do the opposite of said objectives when playing Tumble Temple and Chain Event as a Reverse Minigame from a [[Bowser Space]]. The minigame [[Spike-n-Span]] also involves one player hitting the platform above to roll a Spiked Ball in the direction of the other players. They're also in [[Spike Strike]] were the player must use a hammer to send the Spiked Balls back at Spike.

Spiked Balls appear in ''[[Mario Party 10]]'' in the minigames [[Spiked Ball Scramble]] and [[Bowser's Painball]].

Spiked Balls reappear in ''[[Mario Party: The Top 100]]'', where they are found in the minigame [[Bumper Bubbles]] reappearing from ''Mario Party 9''.

===''Paper Mario'' series===

In ''[[Paper Mario: Sticker Star]]'', Spiked Balls appear as a projectile thrown by Spikes, and are called Spike Balls. They are also dropped by Spikes as a [[Sticker (Paper Mario: Sticker Star)|sticker]] when defeated. Their spikes are brown.

====''Paper Mario: Color Splash''====

Once more, Spiked Balls return in ''[[Paper Mario: Color Splash]]'', where they are thrown by Spikes, but they have a different design from that of ''Paper Mario: Sticker Star'', since the spikes are now white rather than brown. Ptooies also use Spiked Balls in the game, and they can attack by shooting the Spiked Ball at Mario.

In ''[[Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time]]'', the [[Elder Shrooboid]], the boss of the [[Star Shrine]], uses a Spiked Ball in one of its attacks. One of the Bros. has to hit the Spiked Ball with their hammer, or else it will slam into them and cost lots of HP. However, if one of the Bros. does hit the Spiked Ball, it will fly off into the sky and the Elder Shrooboid will be vulnerable to jump attacks for a brief period of time. In the second phase, however, when the Spiked Ball hits the UFO with the timer, the timer resets.

In ''[[Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam]]'', Spiked Balls are once again used by Spikes as projectiles, which can be avoided by jumping over them, while the Giant Spiked Balls must be [[hammer]]ed back at them.

Spiked Balls are also utilized by [[Bowser]] and [[Paper Bowser]] in their boss fight. They will use then as projectiles against he trio.

===''Wario World''===

Spiked Balls also appear as obstacles in ''[[Wario World]]''. They appear in the various obstacle courses found inside Wooden and Steel [[Trapdoor (Wario World)|Trapdoors]], and are also used as weapons by several enemies and bosses in the game. [[Cractyl]]s drop them instead of [[Bomb]]s in later stages, and the [[Scythe-armed Monster]] also spits Spiked Balls at [[Wario]] as one of its attacks. In this game, they are colored dark blue and have long spikes of the same color.

Spiked Balls also appear in ''[[Luigi's Mansion]]'', and its [[Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon|sequel]], where they appear in both of [[King Boo]]'s battles as explosives.

===''Super Princess Peach''===

Ptooies and [[Glad Ptooie]]s use Spiked Balls to attack in ''[[Super Princess Peach]]''. A Glad Ptooie will toss its Spiked Ball up a few times, and then it will toss it over to another location and run over to it.

Spiked Balls reappear in ''[[Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker]]'' once again being tossed by Spikes.

In ''[[Yoshi's Woolly World]]'' and ''[[Poochy & Yoshi's Woolly World]]'', Spiked Balls are used by [[Big Montgomery]], and [[Miss Cluck the Insincere]].

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Goro Perfect.png|Art of a ''[[Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3]]'' Spiked Ball from ''[[Perfect Edition of the Great Mario Character Encyclopedia]]''

Spiked Ball NSMBW.png|In-game model render of a Spiked Ball in ''[[New Super Mario Bros. Wii]]''

SpikedBallSM3DL.png|In-game model render of a Spiked Ball in ''[[Super Mario 3D Land]]''

NSMB2 World 4-Castle Spiked Balls.png|Spiked Balls in ''[[New Super Mario Bros. 2]]''

==Names in other languages==

|Jap=シューリンガン<ref>Shogakukan. 2015. ''Super Mario Bros. Hyakka: Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook'', ''Super Mario Bros. 3'' section, pages 35 and 37.</ref> (''Super Mario Bros. 3'')<br>''Shūringan''<br>{{nowrap|ゴロー<ref>''Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten''. [http://imgur.com/a/UvABP#90 Page 85.]</ref> (''Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3'')}}<br>''Gorō''<br>トゲ鉄球<ref>Shogakukan. 2015. ''Super Mario Bros. Hyakka: Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook'', pages 119, 150, 185, 200, 209.</ref> (since ''New Super Mario Bros.'')<br>''Toge Tekkyū''

|JapM=The name ''shūringan'' is taken from the Japanese ''rakugo'' folktale ''{{wp|Jugemu}}'', from which the Japanese names of [[Lakitu]] (''Jugemu'') and [[Spiny Egg]]s (''Paipo'') are also derived.<br><br>Onomatopoeia for rolling; same as [[Grrrol]]<br><br>Spiked iron ball

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