Editing Superball Mario

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{{form-infobox
|image=[[File:SuperBallMario.png|200px]]
|item=[[Superball Flower]]
|powers=Throw Superballs
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario Land]]'' ([[List of games by date#1989|1989]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Super Mario Maker 2]]'' ([[List of games by date#2019|2019]])
|character=[[Mario]], [[Luigi]], [[Toad]], [[Toadette]]
}}
'''Superball Mario'''<ref>''Super Mario Land'' English instruction booklet, page 9.</ref> is one of [[Mario]]'s many forms. Mario becomes Superball Mario by grabbing a [[Superball Flower]].

== History ==

=== ''Super Mario'' series ===

==== ''Super Mario Land'' ====

This form is first found in ''[[Super Mario Land]]''. There is no visual transformation, and even artwork (as seen to the right) depicts Mario as wearing his normal clothes. Superball Mario gains the ability to throw Superballs by pressing {{Button|gb|B}}. Like the similar [[Fire Mario]] form and its [[fireball]]s, the Superballs damage enemies, but also have the unique ability to collect [[coin]]s that they hit. Unlike fireballs, Superballs do not bounce along the ground, but ricochet at right angles on surfaces. Only one Superball can be onscreen at a time, and will disappear after approximately four seconds after being shot, unless it touches an enemy or Mario, goes off-screen, or is destroyed.

==== ''Super Mario Maker 2'' ====

The Superball form reappears in ''[[Super Mario Maker 2]]'', being obtainable once again with the [[Superball Flower]] exclusively in the ''[[Super Mario Bros.]]'' game style. The Superballs thrown can also collect [[Pink Coin (Super Mario Maker)|Pink Coins]] and [[Key]]s, activate [[P Switch]]es and [[POW Block]]s, and ignite [[Bob-omb]]s. It now changes the player's colors to dark tones of green, referencing the [[Game Boy]]'s screen colors.<ref name=Reddit>Reddit (June 26, 2019). [https://www.reddit.com/r/MarioMaker/comments/c5jlyw/new_powerup_leak_spoiler/ New Power-up Leak! (SPOILER)]. ''Reddit''. Retrieved on June 26, 2019.</ref>

The form also changes the current theme's music to an arrangement of the ''Super Mario Land'' Ground Theme<ref>https://youtu.be/XcS6ZFgf8O8?t=11</ref>, and also changes the "level clear" and "lose a life" jingles to their ''Super Mario Land'' counterparts respectively. Surprisingly, if Superball Mario grabs a [[Super Star]], the ''Super Mario Bros.'' invincibility theme is still heard, rather than ''Super Mario Land’s''.

This form of Mario is unlocked in Story Mode by clearing the job [[Spiny Shell Smashers]], given by Purple Toad. An outfit based on Superball Mario is unlocked alongside the Superball Flower, which has a 3D model of [[Small Mario]] for the head and Mario's overalls, both with the Superball form's colors.

=== ''WarioWare Gold'' ===
Superball Mario reappears in ''[[WarioWare Gold]]'' in the [[Super Mario Land (microgame)|Super Mario Land]] [[microgame]], where it must be used to defeat enemies from the game.

==Official profiles==
===''Super Mario Land''===
*'''Virtual Console manual description:''' ''"When you pick up a Flower, Super Mario will become Superball Mario. He will be able to defeat enemies by throwing Superballs.<br>'''Note:''' If you pick up a Flower when you are regular Mario, he will become Super Mario instead of Superball Mario. This does not apply to Flowers received in bonus games."''

==Gallery==
<gallery>
Mario (Super Mario Land KC Mario art).png|[[Super Mario (Kodansha manga)|Kodansha manga]] Superball Mario
KCDeluxe-SMLSuperballvsBunbun.png|Mario defeating a pair of [[Bunbun]] with a Superball, from the Kondansha Super Mario Land manga
SMM2-SMB-SuperballMario.png|Superball [[Mario]] sprite in ''Super Mario Maker 2''
SMM2-SMB-SuperballLuigi.png|Superball [[Luigi]] sprite in ''Super Mario Maker 2''
SMM2-SMB-SuperballToad.png|Superball [[Toad]] sprite in ''Super Mario Maker 2''
SMM2-SMB-SuperballToadette.png|Superball [[Toadette]] sprite in ''Super Mario Maker 2''
</gallery>
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==Names in other languages==
===Superball Mario===
{{foreign names
|Jap={{nowrap|スーパーボールマリオ<ref>''Super Mario Land'' Japanese instruction booklet, page 7.</ref>}}
|JapR=Sūpā Bōru Mario
|JapM=Super Ball Mario; in Japanese, 「スーパーボール」 (Super Ball) is a {{wp|wasei-eigo}} term referring to what are known in English as {{wp|bouncy ball}}s, derived from the specific brand {{wp|Super Ball}}.
|Fra=Mario super boule<ref>''Super Mario Land'' French instruction booklet, page 9.</ref>
|FraM=Super Ball Mario
|Spa=Super Marioball (Super Mario Land)<br>Mario Superbola (Super Mario Maker 2)
|SpaM=Super Marioball<br>Superball Mario
|Ita=Mario Superball
|ItaM=Superball Mario
}}

===Superball===
{{foreign names
|Jap=スーパーボール<ref>''Super Mario Land'' Japanese instruction booklet</ref>
|JapR=Sūpā Bōru
|JapM=Super Ball (as in "bouncy ball")
|Ita=Superball (in ''WarioWare Gold'''s ''Super Mario Land'' microgame)
|ItaM=-
|Spa=Superbola
|SpaM=Superball}}

==References==
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{{Mario's Transformations}}
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[[Category:Mario's Transformations]]
[[Category:Super Mario Land Forms]]
[[Category:Super Mario Maker 2 Forms]]
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