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[[File:Pinballer Mario Pinball Land.png|thumb|Toad about to get squeezed into a ball]]
[[File:Pinballer Mario Pinball Land.png|thumb|A Toad using the Pinballer]]
The '''Pinballer'''<ref>''Mario Pinball Land'' instruction booklet, page 7.</ref> is a blue machine in ''[[Mario Pinball Land]]'' that can transform a character into a ball form. 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 an opening cutscene, after the player starts the game, and after they lose a life.
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==
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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"
}}


After [[Toad]] gets transformed into a ball and launched out of the [[Cannon|Sky Cannon]], [[Princess Peach]] enters the cannon as well but gets blasted to [[Bowser's Castle|Bowser's castle]] by two [[Goomba]]s. [[Mario]] then enters the machine in order to save the princess.
==References==
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[[Category:Mario Pinball Land]]
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Latest revision as of 01:22, November 8, 2024

Pinballer from Mario Pinball Land
A Toad using the Pinballer

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]

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"

References[edit]

  1. ^ Mario Pinball Land instruction booklet, page 7
  2. ^ Super Mario Ball European instruction booklet, page 45
  3. ^ Super Mario Ball European instruction booklet, page 25
  4. ^ Super Mario Ball European instruction booklet, page 105