Superball Mario

"Super Ball" redirects here. For the object in Yoshi's Story, see Bumper Ball.

Template:Form-infobox Superball Mario is one of Mario's many forms. This form is only found in Super Mario Land. Mario becomes Superball Mario by grabbing a Superball Flower. There is no visual transformation, and even artwork (as seen to the right) depicts Mario as wearing his normal clothes. Superball Mario gains the ability to throw Superballs by pressing . Like the similar Fire Mario form and its fireballs, the Superballs damage enemies, but also have the unique ability to collect coins that they hit. Unlike fireballs, Superballs do not bounce along the ground, but ricochet at right angles on surfaces. Only one Superball can be onscreen at a time, and will disappear after approximately four seconds after being shot, unless it touches an enemy or Mario, goes off-screen, or is destroyed.

After 30 years of absence, the Superball form reappears in Super Mario Maker 2, being obtainable once again with the Superball Flower exclusively in the Super Mario Bros. game style. The Superballs thrown can also collect Pink Coins, hit P Switches and ignite Bob-ombs. It now changes the player's colors to dark tones of green, referencing the Game Boy's screen colors. It also changes the current theme's music to an arrangement of the Super Mario Land Ground Theme, and also changes the "level clear" and "lose a life" jingles to their Super Mario Land counterparts. This form of Mario is unlocked in Story Mode by clearing the job Spiny Shell Smashers, given by Purple Toad.

Additionally, Superball Mario reappears in WarioWare Gold in the Super Mario Land microgame, where it must be used to defeat enemies from the game.

Official profiles

Super Mario Land

• Virtual Console manual description: "When you pick up a Flower, Super Mario will become Superball Mario. He will be able to defeat enemies by throwing Superballs.
  Note: If you pick up a Flower when you are regular Mario, he will become Super Mario instead of Superball Mario. This does not apply to Flowers received in bonus games."

Gallery

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  Kodansha manga Superball Mario

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  Mario defeating a pair of Bunbun with a Superball, from the Kondansha Super Mario Land manga

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  Superball Mario sprite in Super Mario Maker 2

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  Superball Luigi sprite in Super Mario Maker 2

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  Superball Toad sprite in Super Mario Maker 2

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  Superball Toadette sprite in Super Mario Maker 2

Names in other languages

Superball Mario

Language	Name	Meaning	Notes
Japanese	Template:Nowrap[?] Sūpā Bōru Mario	Super Ball Mario; in Japanese, 「スーパーボール」 (Super Ball) is a wasei-eigo term referring to what are known in English as bouncy balls, derived from the specific brand Super Ball.
Italian	Mario Superball[?]	Superball Mario
Spanish	Super Marioball[?]	-

Superball

Language	Name	Meaning	Notes
Japanese	スーパーボール Sūpā Bōru	Super Ball (as in "bouncy ball")
Italian	Superball (in WarioWare Gold's Super Mario Land microgame)[?]	-
Spanish	Superbola[?]	Superball