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[[File:Pinballer Mario Pinball Land.png|thumb|A Toad using the Pinballer]]
[[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-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.
The '''Pinballer'''<ref>{{cite|date=2004|title=''Mario Pinball Land'' instruction booklet|page=7|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=en}}</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 during 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]], {{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.
 
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.


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==Names in other languages==
==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
{{foreign names
|Fre=Bouleur<ref>''Super Mario Ball'' European instruction booklet, page 45</ref>
|Fre=Bouleur
|FreM=From "boule" (ball) and the French suffix "-eur"
|FreC=<ref>{{cite|date=2004|title=''Super Mario Ball'' instruction booklet|page=45|publisher=Nintendo of Europe|language=fr}}</ref>
|Ger=Flipper-former<ref>''Super Mario Ball'' European instruction booklet, page 25</ref>
|FreM=From ''boule'' ("ball") and the French suffix "-eur"
|Ger=Flipper-former
|GerC=<ref>{{cite|date=2004|title=''Super Mario Ball'' instruction booklet|page=25|publisher=Nintendo of Europe|language=de}}</ref>
|GerM=Pinball-shaper
|GerM=Pinball-shaper
|Ita=Appallottolatore<ref>''Super Mario Ball'' European instruction booklet, page 105</ref>
|Ita=Appallottolatore
|ItaC=<ref>{{cite|date=2004|title=''Super Mario Ball'' instruction booklet|page=105|publisher=Nintendo of Europe|language=it}}</ref>
|ItaM=From "appallottolare" (roll into a ball) and the Italian suffix "-ore"
|ItaM=From "appallottolare" (roll into a ball) and the Italian suffix "-ore"
}}
}}

Revision as of 19:11, December 27, 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 during 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, Template: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

  • Mario dazed on top of the Pinballer

    Mario dazed on top of the Pinballer

Names in other languages

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

  1. ^ 2004. Mario Pinball Land instruction booklet. Nintendo of America (English). Page 7.
  2. ^ 2004. Super Mario Ball instruction booklet. Nintendo of Europe (French). Page 45.
  3. ^ 2004. Super Mario Ball instruction booklet. Nintendo of Europe (German). Page 25.
  4. ^ 2004. Super Mario Ball instruction booklet. Nintendo of Europe (Italian). Page 105.
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Mario Pinball Land
Protagonists Mario • Princess Peach • Toad
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