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'''Bocci Balls'''<ref>Prima Bath. ''Nintendo 64 Game Secrets, 1999 Edition'' Prima's Official Strategy Guide. Pages 104, 111.</ref>, or '''balls'''<ref>Leung, Jason, Terry Munson, and Scott Pelland. ''Yoshi's Story'' Player's Guide. Pages 44, 86, 87.</ref>, are big wooden objects that appear in ''[[Yoshi's Story]]''. They only appear in [[Blargg's Boiler]], where they are partially submerged in [[lava]], and [[Piranha Grove]], where they are placed above stalks that will damage the [[Yoshi (species)|Yoshi]]s if they touch them. They are named after the sport of {{wp|bocce|bocci}}, which involves rolling balls around. The Yoshis use them to traverse the lava or stalks by balancing on it and rolling it forward.
'''Bocci Balls'''<ref>Prima Bath. ''Nintendo 64 Game Secrets, 1999 Edition'' Prima's Official Strategy Guide. Pages 104, 111.</ref>, or '''balls'''<ref>Leung, Jason, Terry Munson, and Scott Pelland. ''Yoshi's Story'' Player's Guide. Pages 44, 86, 87.</ref>, are huge wooden objects that appear in ''[[Yoshi's Story]]''. They only appear in [[Blargg's Boiler]], where they are partially submerged in [[lava]], and [[Piranha Grove]], where they are placed above stalks that will damage the [[Yoshi (species)|Yoshi]]s if they touch them. They are named after the sport of {{wp|bocce|bocci}}, which involves rolling balls around. The Yoshis use them to traverse the lava or stalks by balancing on it and rolling it forward.


==Names in other languages==
==Names in other languages==

Revision as of 12:05, June 17, 2020

Bocci Ball

Bocci Balls[1], or balls[2], are huge wooden objects that appear in Yoshi's Story. They only appear in Blargg's Boiler, where they are partially submerged in lava, and Piranha Grove, where they are placed above stalks that will damage the Yoshis if they touch them. They are named after the sport of bocci, which involves rolling balls around. The Yoshis use them to traverse the lava or stalks by balancing on it and rolling it forward.

Names in other languages

Language Name Meaning Notes

References

  1. ^ Prima Bath. Nintendo 64 Game Secrets, 1999 Edition Prima's Official Strategy Guide. Pages 104, 111.
  2. ^ Leung, Jason, Terry Munson, and Scott Pelland. Yoshi's Story Player's Guide. Pages 44, 86, 87.