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{{Item-infobox
|image=[[File:BigSteely SMW.png|48px]]
|description=A giant ball that will roll left to right or on a path.
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario World]]'' ([[List of games by date#1990|1990]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey]]'' ([[List of games by date#2018|2018]])
|effect=A Big Steely will attempt to roll into the player, resulting in that player losing health.
}}
 
'''Big Steelies'''<ref>''Mario Mania'', page 52.</ref> (also referred to as '''Bowling Balls'''<ref>''Mario Mania'', page 148.</ref>) are large iron balls that appear in ''[[Super Mario World]]'' in the last battle with [[Bowser]]. He drops these from his [[Koopa Clown Car]]. [[Mario]] can jump over them to avoid getting hit. [[Mario]] can also spin jump on them without getting hurt. It can be destroyed if Mario uses his sliding cape attack against it using a [[Cape Feather]] but it will show a glitched sprite.
 
In the [[Super Mario World (television series)|''Super Mario World'']] episode "[[Send in the Clown]]", King Koopa attempts to defeat Mario in one scene by dropping a Big Steely on him, which Mario dodges. King Koopa, with the same method, is shown dropping a Big Steely after [[Yoshi]] hits him with his [[Mechakoopa]]s. Mario, however, uses a golf club and knocks the Big Steely at him.
 
In ''[[Super Mario 64]]'' they are referred to as '''iron balls'''<ref>''Super Mario 64 [[Nintendo Power|Player's Guide]]'', pages 106, 107, 109 and 110</ref><ref>''Super Mario 64 DS'' internal object name (<tt>IRONBALL</tt>)</ref>, '''rolling balls'''<ref>''Super Mario 64 [[Nintendo Power|Player's Guide]]'', page 101</ref>, or simply '''balls'''<ref>''Super Mario 64 [[Nintendo Power|Player's Guide]]'', page 19</ref>. They appear in [[Bob-omb Battlefield]], [[Tall, Tall Mountain]], and [[Tiny-Huge Island]], as an uphill hazard.
 
Big Steelies are mentioned in ''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]'' in the Koopa Clown Car [[Trophy (Super Smash Bros. series)|trophy]], known as "bowling balls".
 
In ''[[Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story]]'', Big Steelies, referred to generically as "iron balls," appear in multiple locations. In [[Cavi Cape]], Bowser must punch a falling one in order to knock it into a button. Later, [[Midbus]] crushes Bowser with a massive one, triggering the fight between [[Super Bowser]] and [[Bowser's Castle]]. There is also a [[Hammer]] called the Iron Ball Hammer, which sometimes causes one to fall onto a random enemy after an "Excellent" rating is achieved.
 
Graphics for Big Steelies [[List of Super Mario Maker pre-release and unused content|exist unused]] in the ''[[Super Mario Bros.]]'' game style object graphics in ''[[Super Mario Maker]]''. The sprite is green instead of dark gray, however.
 
==Gallery==
<gallery>
KingKoopaDroppingBall.jpg|A Big Steely being dropped from the Clown Car in the cartoon.
BigSteely SuperMarioKun.jpg|''[[Super Mario-Kun]]''
SM64 Iron Ball.png|''Super Mario 64''
SMM-SMB-Big-Steely.png|''Super Mario Maker'' (unused)
</gallery>
 
==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jap=鉄球<ref>''Super Mario World Nintendo Official Guidebook''</ref><ref>''Encyclopedia Super Mario Bros.'', ''Super Mario 64'' section</ref>
|JapR=
|JapM=Iron ball
}}
 
==References==
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{{SMW}}
{{Super Mario World TV}}
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[[Category:Traps and Obstacles]]
[[Category:Koopa Troop Weapons]]
[[Category:Super Mario World Objects]]
[[Category:Super Mario World (television series)]]

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