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{{item infobox | {{item infobox | ||
|title=Surprise Ball | |title=Surprise Ball | ||
|image=[[File:YS Surprise Ball Artwork.png| | |image=[[File:YS Surprise Ball Artwork.png|50px]] | ||
|first_appearance=''[[Yoshi's Story]]'' ([[List of games by date#1997|1997]]) | |first_appearance=''[[Yoshi's Story]]'' ([[List of games by date#1997|1997]]) | ||
|effect=Causes Yoshis to be flung to the top of itself when licked | |effect=Causes Yoshis to be flung to the top of itself when licked | ||
}} | }} | ||
{{quote|You can't eat it, but if you use your tongue you'll be surprised!|[[Message Block]] in [[Treasure Hunt (level)|Treasure Hunt]]|''[[Yoshi's Story]]''}} | {{quote|You can't eat it, but if you use your tongue you'll be surprised!|[[Message Block]] in [[Treasure Hunt (level)|Treasure Hunt]]|''[[Yoshi's Story]]''}} | ||
A '''Surprise Ball''' (also known as a '''! Ball''',<ref> | A '''Surprise Ball''' (also known as a '''! Ball''',<ref>''Yoshi's Story'' Australian instruction booklet, page 16.</ref> '''‘!’ Block''',<ref>''Official UK Nintendo Magazine'' Issue 65, page 31. "'''''‘!’ BLOCK'''''"</ref> '''Exclamation Mark Block''',<ref>Prima Bath. ''Nintendo 64 Game Secrets, 1999 Edition'' Prima's Official Strategy Guide. Pages 108, 111, 113, 114, 116.</ref> or '''Exclamation Block'''<ref>Prima Bath. ''Nintendo 64 Game Secrets, 1999 Edition'' Prima's Official Strategy Guide. Pages 114.</ref>) is a spherical [[platform]] that [[Baby Yoshi]]s use in ''[[Yoshi's Story]]''. Surprise Balls are round in shape and float in midair. To use one, a Yoshi must use his tongue on this object, and he is pulled in and thrust upwards, ending up standing on top of it. | ||
A similar-looking item, titled the [[? Bubble]], exists in the game—instead of an exclamation mark, this red ball has a white question mark on it. | |||
==Gallery== | ==Gallery== | ||
<gallery> | <gallery> | ||
BlueYoshiLick.jpg| | BlueYoshiLick.jpg|The [[Yoshi (species)|Blue Yoshi]], licking a Surprise Ball | ||
Story Surprise Ball.png|Sprite | Story Surprise Ball.png|Sprite | ||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
==Names in other languages== | ==Names in other languages== | ||
{{foreign names | {{foreign names | ||
|Jap=!ブロック<ref> | |Jap=!ブロック<ref>[https://m1.nintendo.net/docvc/NUS/JPN/NYSJ/NYSJ_J.pdf ''Yoshi's Story'' Japanese instruction booklet], page 14.</ref> | ||
|JapR=! Burokku | |JapR=! Burokku | ||
|JapM=! Block | |JapM=! Block | ||
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|Jap2R=Bikkuri-māku burokku | |Jap2R=Bikkuri-māku burokku | ||
|Jap2M=Exclamation Mark Block | |Jap2M=Exclamation Mark Block | ||
|Fre=Balle !<ref> | |Fre=Balle !<ref>[https://fs-prod-cdn.nintendo-europe.com/media/downloads/games_8/emanuals/nintendo_8/Manual_Nintendo64_YoshisStory_FR.pdf Yoshi Story instruction booklet, French segment.] Page 60</ref> | ||
|FreM=! Ball | |FreM=! Ball | ||
|Ita=Bolla !<ref>''[[Yoshi's Story]]'' European manual, pag. 124</ref> | |||
|Ita=Bolla !<ref> | |||
|ItaM=! Bubble | |ItaM=! Bubble | ||
}} | }} | ||
==Trivia== | |||
*The Surprise Ball greatly resembles the [[List_of_Super_Smash_Bros._series_items#Pitfall|Pitfall]] from the ''[[nookipedia:Animal Crossing (series)|Animal Crossing]]'' series, although the colors are reversed. | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
