Editing Star Ball

|image=[[File:SMG Mario Star Ball.png|150px]]<br>Artwork from ''Super Mario Galaxy''

|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]'' ([[List of games by date#2007|2007]])

|latest_appearance=''[[Super Mario 3D All-Stars]]'' ([[List of games by date#2020|2020]])

{{quote|Hey, it's me, Bill Board! If [[Mario|you]] want to ride on this {{color|blue|Star Ball}}, listen up!|[[Boards (characters)|Bill Board]] in the [[Rolling Masterpiece Galaxy]]|[[Super Mario Galaxy 2]]}}

[[File:SMG2 Rolling Coaster Rainbow Road Roll.png|thumb|left|Mario breaking open the Star Ball in ''Super Mario Galaxy 2'']]

The '''Star Ball''', originally known as the '''Rolling Ball''',<ref>{{cite|title=''Super Mario Galaxy'' instruction booklet|page=19|language=en-us|date=2007|publisher=Nintendo of America}}</ref> is a large rideable sphere in ''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]'' and ''[[Super Mario Galaxy 2]]''. It appears in the [[Rolling Green Galaxy]], the [[Rolling Gizmo Galaxy]], and the [[Melty Molten Galaxy]] during [[Through the Meteor Storm]] in ''Super Mario Galaxy''. In ''Super Mario Galaxy 2'', it is found in the [[Rolling Masterpiece Galaxy]] and the [[Rolling Coaster Galaxy]]. The Star Ball is visually similar to a {{wp|Super Ball}}, complete with shards of glitter. In nearly all contexts, the Star Ball contains a [[Power Star]]. In the mission [[Purple Coins on the Rainbow Road]], the Star Ball has a purple hue and instead contains a [[Purple Coin]].

The player can control the Star Ball by first [[jump]]ing on top of it, pointing {{button|Wii|Wiimote}} straight up, and then tilting it in a direction while trying to move at a steady pace. Once [[Mario]] (or [[Luigi]]) is on the Star Ball, he cannot dismount it. Mario's objective is to ride the Star Ball into a [[divot]] marked by a yellow flag, which is similar to a golf hole. To get to the flag, Mario must bypass numerous obstacles, including narrow ledges and moving [[platform]]s. Any enemies in the path of the Star Ball are crushed. Additionally, the speed at which Mario rolls affects the speed and the pitch of the background music being played.

Once Mario rolls the Star Ball into the divot, the ball explodes, and the Power Star within is released. The Power Star moves itself to a flagpole found at the end of the course, where Mario must climb up in order to collect it. In Purple Coins on the Rainbow Road, the purple Star Ball releases one of the 100 Purple Coins needed to make a Power Star appear. This is the 110th coin, assuming the player successfully collected all of the other ones on the course.

SMG Rolling Green Rolling in the Clouds.png|Mario rolling in the [[Rolling Green Galaxy]]

Gizmo3.png|Mario rolling in the [[Rolling Gizmo Galaxy]]

SMG Melty Molten Lava Ball Rolling Area.png|Mario about to roll in the [[Melty Molten Galaxy]]

 

===Names in other languages===

|Jap=タマコロ<ref>{{cite|title=スーパーマリオギャラクシー (''Sūpā Mario Gyarakushī'') instruction booklet|page=23|language=ja|date=2007|publisher=Nintendo}}</ref><ref>{{cite|title=スーパーマリオギャラクシー２ (''Sūpā Mario Gyarakushī Tsū'') instruction booklet|page=26|language=ja|date=2010|publisher=Nintendo}}</ref>

|JapM=Portmanteau of「玉」(''tama'', ball) and「コロコロ」(''korokoro'', onomatopoeia for rolling)

*[[Bandai Namco Holdings|Bandai]] produced Super Ball toys for ''Super Mario Galaxy'', each one containing an [[Super Mario Galaxy#Items|item]] from the game. The one containing a Power Star incidentally makes the whole toy resemble the Star Ball. It is viewable [[:File:SMGSuperBalls.jpg|here]] in the upper left.

*There are three themes used for riding on the Star Ball. The first one is used in the Rolling Green Galaxy, Rolling Gizmo Galaxy, and Rolling Masterpiece Galaxy; the second one is used in the second mission of the Melty Molten Galaxy; and the third one is an arranged version of the song "[[Slider]]," which plays in [[The Princess's Secret Slide]], [[Tick Tock Clock]], and [[Rainbow Ride]] in ''[[Super Mario 64]]'', used in the Rolling Coaster Galaxy.