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{{about|the item that first appears in Super Mario Bros. 3|the special item in [[Mario Kart Arcade GP DX]]|[[Magic Ball (Mario Kart Arcade GP DX)]]}}
{{distinguish|Magical ball|Magic Orb|? Balloon}}
{{distinguish|Magical ball|? Bubble|Magic Orb}}
{{item infobox
{{item infobox
|image=[[File:SMW Magic Ball.png|100px]]<br>A Magic Ball from ''[[Super Mario World]]''
|image=[[File:SMW Magic Ball.png|100px]]<br>A magic ball from ''[[Super Mario World]]''
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]'' ([[List of games by date#1988|1988]])
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]'' ([[List of games by date#1988|1988]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition]]'' ([[List of games by date#2024|2024]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition]]'' ([[List of games by date#2024|2024]])
|effect=Ends a level when [[Mario]] or [[Luigi]] touches it
|effect=Ends a level when [[Mario]] or [[Luigi]] touches it
}}
}}
'''Magic Balls''',<ref>{{cite|title=''Super Mario All-Stars'' instruction booklet|page=32|date=1993|publisher=Nintendo of America|author=Nintendo|language=en-us}}</ref> also known as a '''Crystal''',<ref>{{cite|title=Nintendo ''[[Mario Mania]]'' Player's Guide|page=134, 136-137|date=August 1991|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=en-us}}</ref> '''"?" Ball''',<ref>{{cite|author=Hodgson, David S J.|title=''Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3'' Prima's Official Strategy Guide|page=11|publisher=[[Prima Games]]|language=en-us|isbn=0-7615-4425-9|date=2003}}</ref> or '''Orb''',<ref>''[[Prima Games|Playing With Super Power: Nintendo Super NES Classics eGuide]]'', ''Super Mario World'' Confidential Information Tab.</ref> are [[List of items|items]] introduced in ''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]''. They have the appearance of a round power-up object with a question mark on it, and certain [[level]]s can be cleared only by touching a Magic Ball.
'''Magic balls'''<ref>{{cite|date=1990|title=''Super Mario Bros. 3'' instruction booklet|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=en|page=22}}</ref><ref>{{cite|date=2010|title=''Super Mario All-Stars Limited Edition'' instruction booklet|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=en|page=16}}</ref> (also capitalized),<ref>{{cite|date=1993|title=''Super Mario All-Stars'' instruction booklet|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=en|page=32}}</ref><ref>{{cite|date=2003|title=''Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3'' instruction booklet|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=en|page=23}}</ref> also known as '''Crystals''',<ref>{{cite|date=August 1991|title=Nintendo ''[[Mario Mania]]'' Player's Guide|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=en|page=134, 136-137}}</ref> '''"?" Balls''',<ref>{{cite|author=Hodgson, David S J.|date=2003|title=''Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3'' Prima's Official Strategy Guide|publisher=[[Prima Games]]|language=en-us|isbn=0-7615-4425-9|page=11}}</ref> or '''Orbs''',<ref>''[[Prima Games|Playing With Super Power: Nintendo Super NES Classics eGuide]]'', ''Super Mario World'' Confidential Information Tab.</ref> are [[list of items|items]] introduced in ''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]''. They have the appearance of round power-up objects with a question mark on each, and certain [[level]]s can be cleared only by touching a magic ball.
 
==History==
==History==
===''Super Mario'' series===
===''Super Mario'' series===
====''Super Mario Bros. 3''====
====''Super Mario Bros. 3''====
Magic Balls are items in ''Super Mario Bros. 3''. They are dropped by [[Boom Boom]] after being defeated in a [[fortress]], and by touching the Magic Ball, Mario both destroys the fortress and completes the level. If [[Invincible Mario]] defeats Boom Boom by touching him, the Magic Ball will appear upside down, in the center of the arena.
Magic balls are items in ''Super Mario Bros. 3''. They are dropped by [[Boom Boom]] after he is defeated in a [[fortress]], and by touching the magic ball, [[Mario]] both destroys the fortress and completes the level. If [[Invincible Mario]] defeats Boom Boom by touching him, the magic ball will appear upside down, in the center of the arena. In ''[[Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3]]'', magic balls bounce when hit by attacks.


====''Super Mario World''====
====''Super Mario World''====
A Magic Ball appears as an item in ''[[Super Mario World]]'', exclusively in the [[Sunken Ghost Ship]], where it is left out in the open and can be touched to complete the level.
A magic ball appears as an item in ''[[Super Mario World]]'', exclusively in the [[Sunken Ghost Ship]], where it is left out in the open and can be touched to complete the level.


There is also [[List of Super Mario World glitches#Item Stock glitch|a glitch]] to receive a Magic Ball and use it in any level to instantly complete it. Using the ball in any horizontal level reveals that when Mario collects it, he goes through the same end-of-level motions that he would if he had used the [[Giant Gate]], albeit with the "boss defeated" fanfare and no chance of [[Goal Star|Bonus Stars]]. By contrast, getting the ball in a vertical level causes the screen to freeze.
There is also [[list of Super Mario World glitches#Item Stock glitch|a glitch]] to receive a magic ball and use it in any level to instantly complete it. Using the ball in any horizontal level reveals that when Mario collects it, he goes through the same end-of-level motions that he would if he had used the [[Giant Gate]], albeit with the "boss defeated" fanfare and no chance of [[Goal Star|Bonus Stars]]. By contrast, getting the ball in a vertical level causes the screen to freeze.


===''Game & Watch Gallery 2''===
===''Game & Watch Gallery 2''===
Magic Balls also appear in the Modern version of ''[[Parachute (Game & Watch)|Parachute]]'' in ''[[Game & Watch Gallery 2]]''. If the player has any misses at 200, 500, or 700 [[point]]s, three Magic Balls come out of the [[airship|flying ship]]. They all disappear to reveal a [[1 UP Heart]] for removing a miss in one of them.
Magic balls also appear in the Modern version of ''[[Parachute (Game & Watch)|Parachute]]'' in ''[[Game & Watch Gallery 2]]''. If the player has any misses at 200, 500, or 700 [[point]]s, three magic balls come out of the [[airship|flying ship]]. They all disappear to reveal a [[1 UP Heart]] for removing a miss in one of them.


===''Super Mario-kun''===
===''Super Mario-kun''===
In [[Super Mario-kun Volume 4|Volume 4]] of ''[[Super Mario-kun]]'', whose arc is based on ''Super Mario World'', Mario grabs the Magic Ball to exit the level, and he and his friends are later found on the top of the entrance to the [[Valley of Bowser]].
In [[Super Mario-kun Volume 4|Volume 4]] of ''[[Super Mario-kun]]'', whose arc is based on ''Super Mario World'', Mario grabs the magic ball to exit the level, and he and his friends are later found on the top of the entrance to the [[Valley of Bowser]].


==Gallery==
==Gallery==
<gallery>
<gallery>
SMB3 Magic Ball.png|''Super Mario Bros. 3'' sprite
SMB3 Magic Ball.png|''Super Mario Bros. 3'' sprite
SMB3 Udquestionball.png|The upside down Magic Ball in ''Super Mario Bros. 3''
SMB3 Udquestionball.png|The upside down magic ball in ''Super Mario Bros. 3''
Magic Ball SMAS SMB3 sprite.png|''Super Mario All-Stars'' (''Super Mario Bros. 3'')
Magic Ball SMAS SMB3 sprite.png|''[[Super Mario All-Stars]]'' (''Super Mario Bros. 3'')
G&WG2 Modern Parachute Magic Ball.png|''Game & Watch Gallery 2''
G&WG2 Modern Parachute Magic Ball.png|''Game & Watch Gallery 2''
Question Ball SuperMarioKun 4.jpg|''Super Mario-kun''
Question Ball SuperMarioKun 4.jpg|''Super Mario-kun''
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==Names in other languages==
==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
{{foreign names
|Jap=マジックボール<ref>{{cite|title=スーパーマリオブラザーズ3 (''Sūpā Mario Burazāzu Surī'') instruction booklet|page=20|date=1988|language=ja|publisher=Nintendo}}</ref>
|Jap=マジックボール
|JapR=Majikku Bōru
|JapR=Majikku Bōru
|Jap2=水晶玉<ref>{{cite|author=Sakai, Kazuya (Ambit) et al.|language=ja|publisher=[[Shogakukan]]|date=October 19, 2015|title=''Super Mario Bros. Hyakka: Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook'', ''Super Mario World'' section|page=60|isbn=978-4-09-106569-8}}</ref>
|JapM=Magic Ball
|JapN=''Super Mario Bros. 3''
|JapC=<ref>{{cite|date=1988|title=スーパーマリオブラザーズ3 (''Sūpā Mario Burazāzu Surī'') instruction booklet|publisher=Nintendo|language=ja|page=20}}</ref>
|Jap2=水晶玉
|Jap2R=Suishōdama
|Jap2R=Suishōdama
|JapM=Magic Ball
|Jap2M=Crystal Ball
|Jap2M=Crystal Ball
|Ita=Palla magica<ref>{{cite|title=''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]''; Italian booklet|page=22}}</ref><ref>{{cite|title=''[[Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition]]''|author=Scontro brutale|quote=Sconfiggi il boss e ottieni la palla magica.|publisher=Nintendo|language=it}}</ref>
|Jap2N=''Super Mario World''
|Ita2=Sfera ?<ref>{{cite|date=November 15, 2018|title=''[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia]]''|publisher=Magazzini Salani|language=it|isbn=889367436X|page=60}}</ref>
|Jap2C=<ref>{{cite|author=Sakai, Kazuya (Ambit) et al.|date=October 19, 2015|title=[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|''Super Mario Bros. Hyakka: Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook'']], ''Super Mario World'' section|publisher=[[Shogakukan]]|language=ja|isbn=978-4-09-106569-8|page=60}}</ref>
|Ita=Palla magica
|ItaM=Magic ball
|ItaM=Magic ball
|ItaC=<ref>{{cite|title=''Super Mario Bros. 3''; Italian booklet|page=22}}</ref><ref>{{cite|author=Scontro brutale|quote=«Sconfiggi il boss e ottieni la palla magica.»|title=''Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition''|publisher=Nintendo|language=it}}</ref>
|Ita2=Sfera ?
|Ita2M=? Sphere
|Ita2M=? Sphere
|Ita2C=<ref>{{cite|date=November 15, 2018|title=''[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia]]''|publisher=Magazzini Salani|language=it|isbn=889367436X|page=60}}</ref>
}}
}}



Latest revision as of 17:01, November 7, 2024

Not to be confused with Magical ball, Magic Orb, or ? Balloon.
Magic ball
A magic ball from Super Mario World
A magic ball from Super Mario World
First appearance Super Mario Bros. 3 (1988)
Latest appearance Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition (2024)
Effect Ends a level when Mario or Luigi touches it

Magic balls[1][2] (also capitalized),[3][4] also known as Crystals,[5] "?" Balls,[6] or Orbs,[7] are items introduced in Super Mario Bros. 3. They have the appearance of round power-up objects with a question mark on each, and certain levels can be cleared only by touching a magic ball.

History[edit]

Super Mario series[edit]

Super Mario Bros. 3[edit]

Magic balls are items in Super Mario Bros. 3. They are dropped by Boom Boom after he is defeated in a fortress, and by touching the magic ball, Mario both destroys the fortress and completes the level. If Invincible Mario defeats Boom Boom by touching him, the magic ball will appear upside down, in the center of the arena. In Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3, magic balls bounce when hit by attacks.

Super Mario World[edit]

A magic ball appears as an item in Super Mario World, exclusively in the Sunken Ghost Ship, where it is left out in the open and can be touched to complete the level.

There is also a glitch to receive a magic ball and use it in any level to instantly complete it. Using the ball in any horizontal level reveals that when Mario collects it, he goes through the same end-of-level motions that he would if he had used the Giant Gate, albeit with the "boss defeated" fanfare and no chance of Bonus Stars. By contrast, getting the ball in a vertical level causes the screen to freeze.

Game & Watch Gallery 2[edit]

Magic balls also appear in the Modern version of Parachute in Game & Watch Gallery 2. If the player has any misses at 200, 500, or 700 points, three magic balls come out of the flying ship. They all disappear to reveal a 1 UP Heart for removing a miss in one of them.

Super Mario-kun[edit]

In Volume 4 of Super Mario-kun, whose arc is based on Super Mario World, Mario grabs the magic ball to exit the level, and he and his friends are later found on the top of the entrance to the Valley of Bowser.

Gallery[edit]

Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese マジックボール[8]
Majikku Bōru
Magic Ball Super Mario Bros. 3
水晶玉[9]
Suishōdama
Crystal Ball Super Mario World
Italian Palla magica[10][11] Magic ball
Sfera ?[12] ? Sphere

References[edit]

  1. ^ 1990. Super Mario Bros. 3 instruction booklet. Nintendo of America (English). Page 22.
  2. ^ 2010. Super Mario All-Stars Limited Edition instruction booklet. Nintendo of America (English). Page 16.
  3. ^ 1993. Super Mario All-Stars instruction booklet. Nintendo of America (English). Page 32.
  4. ^ 2003. Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3 instruction booklet. Nintendo of America (English). Page 23.
  5. ^ August 1991. Nintendo Mario Mania Player's Guide. Nintendo of America (English). Page 134, 136-137.
  6. ^ Hodgson, David S J. (2003). Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3 Prima's Official Strategy Guide. Prima Games (American English). ISBN 0-7615-4425-9. Page 11.
  7. ^ Playing With Super Power: Nintendo Super NES Classics eGuide, Super Mario World Confidential Information Tab.
  8. ^ 1988. スーパーマリオブラザーズ3 (Sūpā Mario Burazāzu Surī) instruction booklet. Nintendo (Japanese). Page 20.
  9. ^ Sakai, Kazuya (Ambit) et al. (October 19, 2015). Super Mario Bros. Hyakka: Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook, Super Mario World section. Shogakukan (Japanese). ISBN 978-4-09-106569-8. Page 60.
  10. ^ Super Mario Bros. 3; Italian booklet. Page 22.
  11. ^ «Sconfiggi il boss e ottieni la palla magica.» – Scontro brutale. Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition. Nintendo (Italian).
  12. ^ November 15, 2018. Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia. Magazzini Salani (Italian). ISBN 889367436X. Page 60.