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[[File:Pinballer Mario Pinball Land.png|thumb|Toad | [[File:Pinballer Mario Pinball Land.png|thumb|A Toad using the Pinballer]] | ||
The '''Pinballer'''<ref>''Mario Pinball Land'' instruction booklet, page 7 | The '''Pinballer'''<ref>''Mario Pinball Land'' instruction booklet, page 7</ref> is a blue-and-yellow machine that can transform a character into a ball form in ''[[Mario Pinball Land]]''. The machine has two yellow halves of a sphere that squeeze a character into a ball. It also has a gray platform that can extend upwards to move the character. The Pinballer appears only in the opening cutscene, after the player starts the game, and after they lose a life. | ||
After a [[Toad (species)|Toad]] gets transformed into a ball and shot out of the [[Sky Cannon]], [[Princess Peach]] gets transformed into a ball and enters the cannon as well, but she gets blasted to [[Bowser's Castle|Bowser's castle]] by two [[Goomba]]s. [[Mario]] then enters the machine in order to save the princess. | |||
==Gallery== | |||
<gallery> | |||
Mario Game Over MPL artwork.png|Mario dazed on top of the Pinballer | |||
</gallery> | |||
==Names in other languages== | |||
{{foreign names | |||
|Fre=Bouleur<ref>''Super Mario Ball'' European instruction booklet, page 45</ref> | |||
|FreM=From "boule" (ball) and the French suffix "-eur" | |||
|Ger=Flipper-former<ref>''Super Mario Ball'' European instruction booklet, page 25</ref> | |||
|GerM=Pinball-shaper | |||
|Ita=Appallottolatore<ref>''Super Mario Ball'' European instruction booklet, page 105</ref> | |||
|ItaM=From "appallottolare" (roll into a ball) and the Italian suffix "-ore" | |||
}} | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
<references/> | <references/> | ||
{{MPL}} | {{MPL}} | ||
{{Mario forms}} | |||
[[Category:Mario Pinball Land]] | [[Category:Mario Pinball Land]] | ||
Latest revision as of 01:22, November 8, 2024
The Pinballer[1] is a blue-and-yellow machine that can transform a character into a ball form in Mario Pinball Land. The machine has two yellow halves of a sphere that squeeze a character into a ball. It also has a gray platform that can extend upwards to move the character. The Pinballer appears only in the opening cutscene, after the player starts the game, and after they lose a life.
After a Toad gets transformed into a ball and shot out of the Sky Cannon, Princess Peach gets transformed into a ball and enters the cannon as well, but she gets blasted to Bowser's castle by two Goombas. Mario then enters the machine in order to save the princess.
Gallery[edit]
Mario dazed on top of the Pinballer
Names in other languages[edit]
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| French | Bouleur[2] | From "boule" (ball) and the French suffix "-eur" | |
| German | Flipper-former[3] | Pinball-shaper | |
| Italian | Appallottolatore[4] | From "appallottolare" (roll into a ball) and the Italian suffix "-ore" |
