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[[File:SML2 Artwork Bear.png|right|frame|A Bear on a Beach Ball]]
[[File:SML2 Artwork Bear.png|right|frame|A Bear on a Beach Ball]]
'''Beach Balls''',<ref>''Nintendo Magazine System'' (AU) Issue #5, page 56.</ref> or simply '''Balls''',<ref>"''Knock the Bear off its Ball and ride over the spikes.''" - ''Nintendo Power'' Volume 43, page 48.</ref> are items primarily found in ''[[Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins]]''. In this game, [[Bear (enemy)|Bear]]s are always found riding atop these balls, rolling them slowly with their tiny feet. However, even when [[Mario]] stomps on a Bear and defeats it, the ball will continue to bounce and roll at the same speed, changing orientation when bumping into wall. If Mario jumps onto the ball it will continue moving in the same way, thus becoming a platform. This actually helps Mario when he has to pass large, spiky areas, whose roughness does not seem to affect the bouncy ball. This can be mainly seen in stage 2 of the [[Mario Zone]]. [[Ganchan]], found in the game's predecessor, ''[[Super Mario Land]]'', carry Mario the same way Beach Balls do.
'''Beach Balls''',<ref>''Nintendo Magazine System'' (AU) Issue #5. Page 56.</ref> or simply '''Balls''',<ref>"''Knock the Bear off its Ball and ride over the spikes.''" - ''Nintendo Power'' Volume 43. Page 48.</ref> are objects found in ''[[Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins]]''. In this game, [[Bear (enemy)|Bears]] are always found riding atop these balls, rolling them slowly. However, even when [[Mario]] stomps on a Bear and defeats it, the ball will continue to bounce and roll at the same speed, changing orientation when bumping into wall. The ball can carry Mario like a moving platform; in the level [[Mario the Circus Star!]], Beach Balls can be used to pass wide, [[Spike Trap|spiky surfaces]]. [[Ganchan]], found in the game's predecessor, ''[[Super Mario Land]]'', carry Mario the same way Beach Balls do.
==Names in other languages==
==Names in other languages==
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|Ita=Pallone da spiaggia<ref>''Club Nintendo'' (Italy) Numero 1 - 1993, page 22.</ref>
|Ita=Pallone da spiaggia<ref>''Club Nintendo'' (Italy) Numero 1 - 1993. Page 22.</ref>
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Revision as of 14:27, August 4, 2022

Not to be confused with magical ball.
Artwork of Bear, from Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins.
A Bear on a Beach Ball

Beach Balls,[1] or simply Balls,[2] are objects found in Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins. In this game, Bears are always found riding atop these balls, rolling them slowly. However, even when Mario stomps on a Bear and defeats it, the ball will continue to bounce and roll at the same speed, changing orientation when bumping into wall. The ball can carry Mario like a moving platform; in the level Mario the Circus Star!, Beach Balls can be used to pass wide, spiky surfaces. Ganchan, found in the game's predecessor, Super Mario Land, carry Mario the same way Beach Balls do.

Names in other languages

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese [?]
Tama
Ball
German Ball[?] Ball
Italian Pallone da spiaggia[3] Beach ball

References

  1. ^ Nintendo Magazine System (AU) Issue #5. Page 56.
  2. ^ "Knock the Bear off its Ball and ride over the spikes." - Nintendo Power Volume 43. Page 48.
  3. ^ Club Nintendo (Italy) Numero 1 - 1993. Page 22.