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{{distinguish|magical ball}}
{{distinguish|magical ball}}
[[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 objects 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. However, even when Mario [[stomp]]s on a Bear and defeats it, the ball continues to bounce and roll at the same speed, changing orientation when bumping into a 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]]s, found in the game's predecessor, ''[[Super Mario Land]]'', carry Mario in much the same way Beach Balls do.
'''Beach Balls''',<ref>{{cite|date=August 1993|title=''Nintendo Magazine System'' (AU) Issue #5|page=56}}</ref> or simply '''Balls''',<ref>{{cite|quote=Knock the Bear off its Ball and ride over the spikes.|date=December 1992|title=''Nintendo Power'' Volume 43|page=48}}</ref> appear in ''[[Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins]]'' as objects that [[Bear (enemy)|Bear]]s roll on top of and move around on slowly. The Beach Ball continues to bounce and roll at the same speed even after the Bear on it is defeated, changing orientation when bumping into a wall. The ball can carry [[Mario]] like a moving platform, and are used in the level [[Mario the Circus Star!]] to pass wide [[Spike Trap|spiky surfaces]].


==Names in other languages==
==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
{{foreign names
|Jap=タマ<ref>''Super Mario-kun'' volume 7, page 116.</ref> / 玉<ref>Shogakukan. 2015. ''Super Mario Bros. Hyakka: Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook'', ''Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins'' section, page 75.</ref>
|Jap=タマ<ref>{{cite|title=''Super Mario-kun'' volume 7|page=116}}</ref> / 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 Land 2: 6 Golden Coins'' section|page=75|isbn=978-4-09-106569-8}}</ref>
|JapR=Tama
|JapR=Tama
|JapM=Ball
|JapM=Ball
|Jap2=ボール<ref>Shogakukan. 1994.「パーフェクト版 マリオキャラクター大事典」 (''Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten''), [https://i.imgur.com/Cg7gorn.jpeg page 105.]</ref>
|Jap2=ボール<ref>{{cite|language=ja|publisher=Shogakukan|date=1994|title=「パーフェクト版 マリオキャラクター大事典」 (''Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten'')|page=[https://i.imgur.com/Cg7gorn.jpeg 105]}}</ref>
|Jap2R=Bōru
|Jap2R=Bōru
|Jap2M=Ball
|Jap2M=Ball
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|Ger=Ball
|Ger=Ball
|GerM=Ball
|GerM=Ball
|Ita=Pallone da spiaggia<ref>''Club Nintendo'' (Italy) Numero 1 - 1993. Page 22.</ref><br>Palla<ref>''[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia]]'', pag. 75</ref>
|Ita=Pallone da spiaggia<ref>{{cite|title=''Club Nintendo'' (Italy) Numero 1|page=22|date=1993}}</ref>
|ItaM=Beach ball<br>Ball
|Ita2=Palla<ref>{{cite|date=November 15, 2018|title=''[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia]]''|publisher=Magazzini Salani|language=it|isbn=889367436X|page=75}}</ref>
|ItaM=Beach ball
|Ita2M=Ball
}}
}}



Revision as of 23:36, June 26, 2024

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] appear in Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins as objects that Bears roll on top of and move around on slowly. The Beach Ball continues to bounce and roll at the same speed even after the Bear on it is defeated, changing orientation when bumping into a wall. The ball can carry Mario like a moving platform, and are used in the level Mario the Circus Star! to pass wide spiky surfaces.

Names in other languages

Language Name Meaning Notes
German Ball[?] Ball
Italian Pallone da spiaggia[7] Beach ball
Palla[8] Ball

References

  1. ^ August 1993. Nintendo Magazine System (AU) Issue #5. Page 56.
  2. ^ "Knock the Bear off its Ball and ride over the spikes." – December 1992. Nintendo Power Volume 43. Page 48.
  3. ^ Super Mario-kun volume 7. Page 116.
  4. ^ Sakai, Kazuya (Ambit) et al. (October 19, 2015). Super Mario Bros. Hyakka: Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook, Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins section. Shogakukan (Japanese). ISBN 978-4-09-106569-8. Page 75.
  5. ^ 1994. 「パーフェクト版 マリオキャラクター大事典」 (Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten). Shogakukan (Japanese). Page 105.
  6. ^ https://www.nintendo.co.jp/n02/dmg/l6j/enemy/index.html
  7. ^ 1993. Club Nintendo (Italy) Numero 1. Page 22.
  8. ^ November 15, 2018. Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia. Magazzini Salani (Italian). ISBN 889367436X. Page 75.