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[[File:Instructions4.png|thumb|Instructions for the Bros. Ball in ''Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time'']]
{{quote|I've dubbed this the Bros. Ball. Why you ask? Because you are bros. And you form a ball.|Toadsworth the Younger|Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time}}
The '''Bro Ball''', previously known as the '''Bros. Ball''', is a [[Bros. Move]] usable by [[Mario]] and [[Luigi]] that appears in ''[[Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time]]'' and ''[[Mario & Luigi: Brothership]]''. As its name implies, it involves the Bros. joining hands and feet and merging into a ball.


'''Bros. Ball''' is a move learned by [[Mario]] and [[Luigi]] in ''[[Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time]]''. In this move they both turn into a ball and can now move faster. Additionally, the Bros. Ball let's Mario and Luigi go under walls in the game. Later on, Mario and Luigi learn the ability to flatten their [[Baby Mario Bros.|Baby selves]]. This move is called [[Baby Cakes]].
==History==
===''Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time''===
[[File:Bros._Ball.png|thumb|Bros. Ball being used in the [[Koopaseum]]]]
[[File:BrosBall.png|frame|left]]
In ''Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time'', the move is taught to Mario and Luigi by [[Toadsworth]] and [[Toadsworth the Younger]] after [[Yoshi's Island (location)|Yoshi's Island]] is cleared and before the player heads for [[Gritzy Desert]], in which the move is required to clear a minigame in [[Peach's Castle]] to even gain access to the [[time hole]] leading to the area. When using this move, the Mario Bros. both form themselves into a wheel and start rolling along the ground like a ball, allowing them to traverse through areas faster. Additionally, the Bros. Ball lets Mario and Luigi go under walls and small spaces in the game.


The Bros. Ball ability was also used much earlier in the game by the [[L33t Hamm3r Broz.]] The two [[Hammer Bros.]] had an attack where one would use their mighty [[Hammer]] to smash another into a sphere before hitting him at the Baby Mario Bros.; this attack is very much like Bros. Ball. Also, one of the L33t Hamm3r Broz.' Hammers may break during an attempt to do this attack, resulting in a bouncy version of the Bros. Ball not used by Baby Mario and Baby Luigi.
Later on in the game, Mario and Luigi learn the ability to temporarily flatten [[Baby Mario]] and [[Baby Luigi]] so they can move under even smaller spaces. This move is called [[Baby Cakes]], and it is learned, along with the [[Baby Spin]], by the two Toadsworths after the player clears [[Gritzy Caves]] and before the quartet heads out to [[Thwomp Volcano]]. It is indicated that both people in a Bros. Ball have some influence on the ball's movement, as in creating Baby Cakes, Toadsworth the Younger drives their ball over [[Baby Peach]] while Toadsworth tries to prevent it.  


This move may be a nod to [[Mario Pinball Land]].
===''Mario & Luigi: Brothership''===
In ''Mario & Luigi: Brothership'', the Bro Ball, now under its new name, is learned by Mario and Luigi after they rescue [[Princess Peach]] on [[Lottacoins Island]] and have to find an escape route. It now has the ability to brake, which makes the Bro Ball move slower.  


[[Category:Special Moves]]
Additionally, in the new [[Yoo Who Cannon]], which has a ninth barrel that the Bros. and their clones jump into after their onslaught, all eight fuse into a bigger version of the Bro Ball that looks more like a wheel and rips through all the enemies in combat.
 
====Ball Blitz====
Upon being blocked by powerful wind stopping the Bros. from reaching the lighthouse on [[Slippenglide Island]], Luigi comes up with the [[Ball Blitz]] ability to charge the Bro Ball's momentum by holding {{button|switch|x}}, and dashing with incredible speed upon releasing. This also allows a new method of dealing a first strike: by ramming into the enemy, one of the enemies will be damaged by both Bros. at the start of the battle.
 
===''Super Mario-kun''===
[[File:BrosBall-4Bros SMKv37.png|thumb|left|Mario, Luigi, Baby Mario, and Baby Luigi rolled up in the four-brother version of the ball in ''Super Mario-kun'', volume 37]]
In the ''[[Super Mario-kun]]'' volumes adapted from ''Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time'', Mario and Luigi use the Bros. Ball as an attack rather than a utility move, where they smash into the [[Snoozorb]] in volume 35. Later, in volume 37, a four-brother variation of the Bros. Ball is used against the [[Elder Princess Shroob]].
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==Profiles==
===''Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time''===
*'''Instruction manual description:''' "''Press the A Button and Mario and Luigi will huddle together and form a ball. Use the {{button|DS|pad}} Control Pad to control where they roll. To break out of ball formation, press either the A or B Button''"
 
==See also==
*[[Tube Mode]]
*[[Ball Hop]]
 
==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jap=ブラザーボール<ref>[[:File:BrosBall-4Bros SMKv37.png|Image from the ''Super Mario-kun'', volume 37]]</ref>
|JapR=Burazā Bōru
|JapM=Brother Ball
|Chi=兄弟球
|ChiR=Xiōngdì Qiú
|ChiM=Brother Ball
|Dut=Duobal
|DutM=Duo Ball
|Fre=Boule frères
|FreN=Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time
|FreM=Bros. Ball
|Fre2=Frèroule
|Fre2N=Mario & Luigi: Brothership
|Fre2M=Portmanteau of ''frère'' ("brother") and ''boule'' ("ball")
|Ger=Brüderball
|GerM=Brother Ball
|Ita=Palla Fratelli
|ItaM=Brothers Ball
|ItaN=''Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time''
|Ita2=Palla
|Ita2M=Ball
|Ita2C=<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Iija9kFSRY Mario & Luigi: Fraternauti alla carica - LIVE #4]. By Mariuigi Khed on ''YouTube''. Retrieved on November 21, 2024.</ref>
|Ita2N=''Mario & Luigi: Brothership''
|Kor=브라더 볼
|KorR=Beuradeo Bol
|KorM=Brother Ball
|Por=Duobola
|PorM=From ''duo'' (prefix, means "two") and ''bola'' ("ball")
|PorC=<ref>''Mario & Luigi: Brothership'' in-game name (Brazilian Portuguese localization)</ref>
|SpaA=Bola tándem
|SpaAM=Tandem ball
|SpaE=Bola dúo
|SpaEN=Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time
|SpaEM=Duo ball
|SpaE2=Colabola
|SpaE2N=Mario & Luigi: Brothership
|SpaE2M=Portmanteau of ''colar'' ("to sneak into") and ''bola'' ("ball")
}}
 
==Trivia==
*Although the move is not present, Mario and Luigi go into a similar ball-shaped formation while inside the [[Chest Station]] in ''[[Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story]]'' and ''[[Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey]]''.
 
==References==
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Latest revision as of 15:23, November 24, 2024

Bros. Ball
Instructions for the Bros. Ball in Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time
“I've dubbed this the Bros. Ball. Why you ask? Because you are bros. And you form a ball.”
—Toadsworth the Younger, Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time

The Bro Ball, previously known as the Bros. Ball, is a Bros. Move usable by Mario and Luigi that appears in Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time and Mario & Luigi: Brothership. As its name implies, it involves the Bros. joining hands and feet and merging into a ball.

History[edit]

Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time[edit]

Bros. Ball being used in the Koopaseum
Bros. Ball from Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time

In Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time, the move is taught to Mario and Luigi by Toadsworth and Toadsworth the Younger after Yoshi's Island is cleared and before the player heads for Gritzy Desert, in which the move is required to clear a minigame in Peach's Castle to even gain access to the time hole leading to the area. When using this move, the Mario Bros. both form themselves into a wheel and start rolling along the ground like a ball, allowing them to traverse through areas faster. Additionally, the Bros. Ball lets Mario and Luigi go under walls and small spaces in the game.

Later on in the game, Mario and Luigi learn the ability to temporarily flatten Baby Mario and Baby Luigi so they can move under even smaller spaces. This move is called Baby Cakes, and it is learned, along with the Baby Spin, by the two Toadsworths after the player clears Gritzy Caves and before the quartet heads out to Thwomp Volcano. It is indicated that both people in a Bros. Ball have some influence on the ball's movement, as in creating Baby Cakes, Toadsworth the Younger drives their ball over Baby Peach while Toadsworth tries to prevent it.

Mario & Luigi: Brothership[edit]

In Mario & Luigi: Brothership, the Bro Ball, now under its new name, is learned by Mario and Luigi after they rescue Princess Peach on Lottacoins Island and have to find an escape route. It now has the ability to brake, which makes the Bro Ball move slower.

Additionally, in the new Yoo Who Cannon, which has a ninth barrel that the Bros. and their clones jump into after their onslaught, all eight fuse into a bigger version of the Bro Ball that looks more like a wheel and rips through all the enemies in combat.

Ball Blitz[edit]

Upon being blocked by powerful wind stopping the Bros. from reaching the lighthouse on Slippenglide Island, Luigi comes up with the Ball Blitz ability to charge the Bro Ball's momentum by holding X Button, and dashing with incredible speed upon releasing. This also allows a new method of dealing a first strike: by ramming into the enemy, one of the enemies will be damaged by both Bros. at the start of the battle.

Super Mario-kun[edit]

A four-brother variation of the Bros. Ball from the Super Mario-kun, volume 37
Mario, Luigi, Baby Mario, and Baby Luigi rolled up in the four-brother version of the ball in Super Mario-kun, volume 37

In the Super Mario-kun volumes adapted from Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time, Mario and Luigi use the Bros. Ball as an attack rather than a utility move, where they smash into the Snoozorb in volume 35. Later, in volume 37, a four-brother variation of the Bros. Ball is used against the Elder Princess Shroob.

Profiles[edit]

Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time[edit]

  • Instruction manual description: "Press the A Button and Mario and Luigi will huddle together and form a ball. Use the +Control Pad Control Pad to control where they roll. To break out of ball formation, press either the A or B Button"

See also[edit]

Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese ブラザーボール[1]
Burazā Bōru 		Brother Ball
Chinese 兄弟球[?]
Xiōngdì Qiú 		Brother Ball
Dutch Duobal[?] Duo Ball
French Boule frères[?] Bros. Ball Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time
Frèroule[?] Portmanteau of frère ("brother") and boule ("ball") Mario & Luigi: Brothership
German Brüderball[?] Brother Ball
Italian Palla Fratelli[?] Brothers Ball Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time
Palla[2] Ball Mario & Luigi: Brothership
Korean 브라더 볼[?]
Beuradeo Bol 		Brother Ball
Portuguese Duobola[3] From duo (prefix, means "two") and bola ("ball")
Spanish (NOA) Bola tándem[?] Tandem ball
Spanish (NOE) Bola dúo[?] Duo ball Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time
Colabola[?] Portmanteau of colar ("to sneak into") and bola ("ball") Mario & Luigi: Brothership

Trivia[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Image from the Super Mario-kun, volume 37
  2. ^ Mario & Luigi: Fraternauti alla carica - LIVE #4. By Mariuigi Khed on YouTube. Retrieved on November 21, 2024.
  3. ^ Mario & Luigi: Brothership in-game name (Brazilian Portuguese localization)
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Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time
Playable characters Mario • Luigi • Baby Mario • Baby Luigi
Non-playable characters Baby Peach • Doctor • Fawful • Gramma Red and Gramma Green • Hollijolli Mayor • Koopa Cruiser crew • Kylie Koopa • Monty Mole • Mr. Thwomp • Princess Peach • Professor E. Gadd • Elvin Gadd (past) • Star Temple gate • Stuffwell • Thwomp Bros. • Thwomp Elevator • Toad • Toads • Toadbert • Toadiko • Toadsworth • Toadsworth the Younger • Yoob • Yoshi • Yoshis
Bosses Baby Bowser • Bowser • Commander Shroob • Elder Princess Shroob • Elder Shrooboid • Hammer Bros. • Junior Shrooboid • Kamek • Mrs. Thwomp • Petey Piranha • Princess Shroob • Shroob • Shrooboid Brat • Shrowser • Sunnycide • Swiggler
Locations Baby Bowser's Castle • Fawful's Bean 'n' Badge • Gramma's Place • Gritzy Caves • Gritzy Desert • Hollijolli Village • Koopaseum • Monty Mart • Peach's Castle • Peach's Castle Dungeon • Princess Peach's room • Shroob Castle • Shroob Mother Ship • Shroob planet • Shroom Shop • Star Hill • Star Shrine • Thwomp Caverns • Thwomp Volcano • Toad Town • Toadwood Forest • Vim Factory • Yoob's Belly • Yoshi's Island
Enemies Blazing Shroob • Bob-omb • Boo • Boo Guy • Boom Guy • Bully • Coconutter • Dark Boo • Dr. Shroob • Dry Bones • Elasto-Piranha • Elite Boom Guy • Fly Guy • Ghoul Guy • Gnarantula • Gold Koopeleon • Goomba • Goombette • Guardian Shroob • Handfake • Intern Shroob • Koopeleon • Lakitufo • Lethal Bob-omb • Love Bubble • Pidgit • Piranha Planet • Pokey • RC Shroober • Red Coconutter • Shroid • Shrooba Diver • Shrooblet • Shroob-omb • Shroob Rex • Shroobsworth • Skellokey • Snifaro • Snoozorb • Soul Bubble • Spiny Shroopa • Support Shroob • Tanoomba • Tashrooba • Thwack • Thwack Totem • Wonder Thwack
Items Consumables 1-Up Mushroom • 1-Up Super • 10 Coin • 100 Coin • 20 Coin • Bean • Coin • Blue Pepper • Five Coin • Green Pepper • Max Mushroom • Mushroom • Mushroom Drop • Red Pepper • Refreshing Herb • Super Mushroom • Super Drop • Ultra Mushroom • Ultra Drop
Blocks 4-Bros. Random Block • Adult Shine Block • Aurora Block • Command Block • Control Block • Empty Block • L Block • Laser Block • M Block • Recovery block • Save Album • Simultaneous Block • Small Shine Block • Warp Block
Bros. Items Bros. Flower • Cannonballer • Copy Flower • Green Shell • Ice Flower • Mix Flower • Pocket Chomp • Red Shell • Smash Egg • Trampoline
Other 2-Person Panel • 4-Person Panel • Cobalt Star • Chomp Rock • DS time radar • Fireball • Hydrogush 4000 • Iceball • Koopa Cannon • Koopa Clown Car • Koopa Cruiser • Kyankyan • Pipe • Prof. E. Gadd's time machine • Shroob missile • Shroob mushroom • Shroob saucer • Spike Ball • Time hole • Toadbert's Drawing • Treasure Chest Block • Whirlwind
Stats Defense • Experience Point • Heart Point • Power • Speed • Stache
Status Burn • DEF-Down • DEF-Up • Dizzy • Level up • Poison • POW-Down • POW-Up • Prohibited Command • SPD-Down • SPD-Up • Trip
Moves Baby Cakes • Baby Drill • Baby Pump • Baby Spin • Baby Toss • Bros. Ball • Counterattack • Flee • Hammer • Jump • Piggyback Jump • Spin Jump
Other Beanhole locations • Bestiary • Block locations • Gallery • Gear • Glitches • Level up progressions • Mario & Luigi RPG: Sound Selection • Media • Pre-release and unused content • Quotes • Shops • Staff • Story summaries
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Mario & Luigi: Brothership
Characters Playable characters Mario • Luigi
Non-playable characters Adaphne • Arc • Billdit • Birdo • Bowser • Bowser Jr. • Buddy • Burnadette • Burnadette's dad • Chilliam • Chilliam's dad • Connie • Cozette • Dewey Fightem • Dorrie • Dr. Vulko • Dyode • Emmit • Grampy Turnip (Golden Grampy Turnip) • Great Conductor • IDLE (Ireen · Dulles · Loog · Ellow) • Ireen's mom • Issa Rock • Kamek • Leyden • Leyden's assistant • Maykit • Patriarc • Princess Peach • Ryder O'Reilly • Snoutlet • Spiralia • Starlow • Technikki • Toads • Willma
Locations Concordia Allsand Island • Bitsi Islet • Brrrning Sea • Bulbfish Island • Color-Full Sea • Compac Islet • Conductor Island • Cozee Islet • Daintye Islet • Desolatt Island • Dinkee Islet • Dropplet Islet • Florall Island • Fortress Zokket • Great Lighthouse Island • Gulchrock Sea • Heatfreeze Island • Inphant Islet • Itsi Islet • Jellyfish Island • Liil Islet • Lottacoins Island • Lushgreen Sea • Meeger Islet • Merrygo Island • Minmin Islet • Morsel Islet • Mykroh Islet • Mynor Islet • Nanoh Islet • Offandon Island • Paquette Islet • Petit Islet • Raynforst Island • Rumbla Island • Shipshape Island • Shrimpee Islet • Shroonken Islet • Skorcheen Island • Slippenglide Island • Smahl Islet • Soli-Tree • Stormstar Sea • Teensi Islet • Teenytiny Islet • Twistee Island • Wayaway Island (Bowser's Castle)
Reefs Broque Reef • Cater-Pillar Reef • Dream-Guardian Reef • Eternal-Struggle Reef • Feathered-Family Reef • Gardener's Reef • Just-a-Fluke Reef • Lovestruck Reef • Mushroob Reef • Mysterious Swirled Reef • Off-Course Reef • Omnious Reef • Pensive Reef • Princely Reef • Racers' Reef • Rooted-Turnip Reef • Shower Reef • Squiddish Reef • Tumbling-Tower Reef • Weeping-Lion Reef
Other Mushroom Kingdom
Bros. Attacks Mario Red Shell • Hatch Me if You Can • Bomb Derby • Clockout Blow • Conductor Connector
Luigi Green Shell • Zapperator • Jump Helmet • Yoo Who Cannon • Max-Mix Vortex
Moves Ball Blitz • Bro Ball • Bro Bomb • Fire & Ice • Hammer • Jump • UFO Spin • UFO Vacuum
Enemies Normal Enemies Big Spikely • Big Soreboar • Bob-omb • Boo • Bumbleshoot • Capnap • Capnap R • Curlup • Curlup R • Doom Bloom • Drillby • Drillby R • Dry Bones • Fire Bro • Foopfly • Foopfly R • Golden Seedle • Goomba • Guardarm • Hammer Bro • Hydro Seedle • Ice Bro • Icead • Invizilizard • Invizilizard R • Koopa Paratroopa • Koopa Troopa • Krode • Krode R • Magikoopa • Magmad • Millton • Palooka • Palooka R • Parashoot • Piranha Plant • Reclusiff • Seedle • Seedle R • Seedlusa • Sharkbone • Shower Fish • Shy Guy • Snaptor • Soreboar • Spike • Spikely • Spiny • Weeping Trooper • Zok Trooper (Helmet Zok Trooper · Jet Zok Trooper · Ring Zok Trooper · Spike Zok Trooper · Zokkarang Trooper)
Glohmed Enemies Glohm Big Soreboar • Glohm Boo • Glohm Bumbleshoot • Glohm Capnap • Glohm Capnap R • Glohm Curlup • Glohm Drillby • Glohm Drillby R • Glohm Fire Bro • Glohm Foopfly • Glohm Foopfly R • Glohm Goomba • Glohm Guardarm • Glohm Hammer Bro • Glohm Helmet Zok Trooper • Glohm Hydro Seedle • Glohm Ice Bro • Glohm Icead • Glohm Invizilizard • Glohm Invizilizard R • Glohm Jet Zok Trooper • Glohm Koopa Paratroopa • Glohm Koopa Troopa • Glohm Krode • Glohm Magikoopa • Glohm Magmad • Glohm Millton • Glohm Palooka • Glohm Palooka R • Glohm Parashoot • Glohm Piranha Plant • Glohm Ring Zok Trooper • Glohm Seedle • Glohm Seedle R • Glohm Sharkbone • Glohm Shower Fish • Glohm Shy Guy • Glohm Snaptor • Glohm Soreboar • Glohm Spike • Glohm Spikely • Glohm Spike Zok Trooper • Glohm Zokkarang Trooper
Bosses Bowser (Glohm Bowser) • Extension Corps (Ecks · Ten · Shun) • Gobblick (Glohm Gobblick) • Gorumbla (Glohm Gorumbla) • Great Conductor • Mega Snaptor • Pipegunk (Glohm Pipegunk) • Reclusa (Weeping Core) • Sharpcask (Glohm Sharpcask) • Zokket
Objects ? Block • Battle Plug • Bomb Bud • Bouncy Bloom • Command Block • Connectar Flower • Fire Flower • Hidden Block • Ice Flower • Lift • Plug Radish • Power Tap • Recovery Block • Return Pipe • Save Block • Spite Bulb • Sprite Bulb
Items Consumables 1-Up Mushroom • 1-Up DX • Ampberry • Bean • Boo Biscuit • Candy • Handcrafted Bait • Max Candy • Max Mushroom • Max Nut • Max Syrup Jar • Mushroom • Nut • Rarest Bait • Refreshing Herb • Standard Bait • Super Candy • Super Mushroom • Super Nut • Super Syrup Jar • Syrup Jar • Ultra Candy • Ultra Mushroom • Ultra Nut • Ultra Syrup Jar
Materials Apple Core • Bulbfish Lantern • Bullionfish • Coinfish • Desolatt Scrap • Egoby • Glohm Crystal • Glohm Dust • Glohm Fragment • Heatfreeze Ore • Lottacoins Lever • Merrygo Bolt • Offandon Brick • Offin • Raynforst Vine • Rumbla Stone • Seedle Seed • Sharkbone Bone • Skorcheen Lava • Slippenglide Snow • Treasurefish • Twistee Leaf • Wayaway Chain • Zokket Alloy
Key items Adaphne Scope • Arc's Spyglass • Bonding Can • Chill-Out Fruit • Club Dyode Ticket • Disguise Kit • Fishing Rod • Floaty Ring • Hottato Stew • Incident Report • Jail Cell Key • MaxGlam Wax • Notebook • Old Brooch • Oversized Screw • Part of Bowser's Airship • Patriarc's Notes • Pep-Up Fruit • Pile of Ampberries • Potato Gelato • Spare Underground Key • Stickem Oil • Sugared Powder • Suspicious Package • Technikki Scope Deluxe • Technikki's Certification • Ultra-Sweet, Super-Rich Cake • Willma's Letter
Status Burn • DEF-Down • DEF-Up • Dizzy • Glohm • Ice • POW-Down • POW-Up • STACHE-Up • SPD-Down • SPD-Up • Trip
Miscellaneous Battle Plug • Bestiary • Block locations • Bond • Bonding Can • Challenges • Connectar • Fishing • Gallery • Gear • Glohm • Great Lighthouse • Hidden blocks • Lighthouse • Luigi Logic • Power Tap • Quotes • Rank • Story summaries • Snoutlet School • Uni-Tree • Wattanist • "Yo-Ho, Bro!"
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