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"Ball 'N' Chain" redirects here. It is not to be confused with Ball & Chain.
"Ball and Chain" redirects here. For the object from Yoshi Topsy-Turvy, see Ball and Chain (Yoshi Topsy-Turvy).

Template:Species-infobox A Spinner,[1][2] originally known as Ball 'N' Chain[3][4] (also spelled Ball 'N Chain,[5] Ball 'n' Chain,[6] or Ball and Chain[7]), is a spiked ball on a chain first appearing in Super Mario World. Spinners are usually found in castles and similar environments and are often indestructible. Their behavior varies depending on the game, switching between spinning around in a circular motion and swinging repetitively in a pendulum motion. The chain also changes, with most games allowing Mario to safely pass through it unharmed.

History

Super Mario series

Super Mario World

A Ball 'N' Chain from Super Mario World
Defeated Ball 'N' Chain
A Ball 'N' Chain from Super Mario World.
A Ball 'N' Chain from Mario Character Encyclopedia: Perfect Edition

Ball 'N' Chains first appear in Super Mario World, in castles and fortresses. They continuously rotate from a Gray Block. Using a Spin Jump will allow Mario/Luigi to harmlessly bounce off the spiked ball. The only way this obstacle can be defeated is by using a Super Star, but its sprite will change into a defeated Bony Beetle, as it was never intended to be destroyed.

New Super Mario Bros.

Rotation-style Ball 'N' Chains reappear in New Super Mario Bros. They only appear in World 7-Castle. The blocks are still there, and one even has a Star Coin. Aesthetically, they spin wildly on the end of the chain as well as rotating on the block; however, this does not affect their attack.

New Super Mario Bros. Wii

Rotation-style Ball 'N' Chains reappear in New Super Mario Bros. Wii once, in World 3-Tower and in a secret area of World 4-Castle.

Super Mario 3D Land

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Ball 'N' Chain
A Swing Spike in Super Mario 3D Land

In Super Mario 3D Land, Ball 'N' Chains (known here as Swing Spikes[8]) appear in purple with yellow spikes and chain. Like some earlier appearances, they are not linked to shackles. Instead of performing complete rotations, they only make pendulum movements. They can be destroyed by making contact with them as Invincible Mario, White Tanooki Mario, or Statue Mario. The first level they appear in is World 1-2.

New Super Mario Bros. U

Screenshot of Impossible Pendulums in New Super Luigi U.
A Spinner in New Super Luigi U

In New Super Mario Bros. U, they appear under the current name Spinner, which is a retranslation of the original Japanese name. Regular and giant versions appear, once again swinging in a pendulum-like manner. These Spinners cannot be avoided by passing through the chains, as they have been spiked like the iteration from the Yoshi's Island series. Mario can pass through Spinners while under the effects of a Super Star, though he cannot destroy them.

Super Mario World television series

Ball 'n' Chain
A Ball 'N' Chain as it appears in the show

A Ball 'N' Chain makes a brief appearance in the Super Mario World animated series episode "Send in the Clown". Mario, while traveling through Neon Castle, narrowly avoids being hit by a Ball 'N' Chain that drops from the ceiling as he traverses over some lava.

Yoshi series

Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island

Rotation-style Ball 'N' Chains appear in Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island. They are colored orange instead of black, and usually found in forts. Their chains are replaced by spiked bars, some of which are double-sided. Hacking shows that they can by destroyed by Superstar Mario.[9] A variation called Tekkyū Dosun have spikeless chains and are operated by certain Boo Guys.

Yoshi's Story

Ball 'N' Chains appear in Yoshi's Story, where they swing in a manner similar to pendulums for the first time. Unlike Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island, their chains are harmless. They are found alongside Tekkyū Dosun-like iron balls, which share the same graphics. Both appear in the stages The Tall Tower and Magma Castle.

Yoshi's Island DS

Ball 'N' Chains reappear in Yoshi's Island DS. They act they do in Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island.

Yoshi's New Island

Spinner in Yoshi's New Island
A Spinner in Yoshi's New Island

Spinners reappear in Yoshi's New Island. Their behavior remains unchanged.

Yoshi's Woolly World / Poochy & Yoshi's Woolly World

Spinners also appear in Yoshi's Woolly World and Poochy & Yoshi's Woolly World. This time, they are given their New Super Mario Bros. U redesign. Their behavior remains unchanged.

Super Princess Peach

Ball 'N' Chains in Bowser's Villa
Ball 'N' Chains in Super Princess Peach

In Super Princess Peach, pendulum-style Ball 'N' Chains appear in Bowser's Villa, where they swing back and forth between the background and foreground. The chains resemble their appearance in Super Mario World, but the spiked balls are green, having a resemblance to Bowser's Shell.

Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time

Motionless Ball 'N' Chains make a minor reappearance in Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time, where they are seen hanging from the ceiling as decorations in Bowser's Castle.

Mario Kart 8 / Mario Kart 8 Deluxe

Spinner from Mario Kart 8
A Spinner in Mario Kart 8's Bowser's Castle

In Mario Kart 8 and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, a single Spinner appears as an obstacle in Bowser's Castle. The obstacle acts virtually the same as the pendulums in Tick-Tock Clock, except that the player will spin out upon hitting it. The Spinner will move faster during the final lap of the race. Unlike previous games, the spikes on the ball are blunt, similar to Thwomps.

Mario Party 10

Pendulum-style Spinners appear in Mario Party 10 in the minigame Spiked Ball Scramble, where they hang from the ceiling and swing across the path. They can be encountered in a standard and a larger size, and take out players in one hit.

Gallery

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    A size chart for a 1993 Nintendo Character Manual

Names in other languages

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese グルグル[10]
Guru Guru
グルグルバー[11][12]
Guru Guru Bā
振り子の鉄球[13]
Furiko no Tekkyū 		Japanese onomatopoeia for spinning round and round

Spinner Bar (Yoshi series); a possible reference to Guruguru bar.

iron ball of a pendulum (Super Mario 3D Land)
Chinese 转链球[14]
Zhuàn Liànqiú 		Spinning Chained Ball
Dutch Stekelbal[?] Prickle Ball
French (NOA) Pendule[?] Pendulum
German Kettenkugel[?] Chain Ball
Italian Mazzapendolo[?] Batpendulum (from mazza (bat) and pendolo (pendulum))
Korean 시계추 철구[?]
Sigyechu Cheolgu 		Pendulum Iron Ball
Spanish Gigamaza[?] Gigamace

References

  1. ^ Castle Crawl in-game video description
  2. ^ Stratton, Steve (November 18, 2012). New Super Mario Bros. U PRIMA Official Game Guide. Page 129.
  3. ^ Nintendo Mario Mania Player's Guide. Page 52.
  4. ^ Nintendo Power volume 28, pages 15 and 20.
  5. ^ Nintendo Mario Mania Player's Guide. Pages 75, 90, 100, 144.
  6. ^ Nintendo Power Advance V.4, pages 33, 49, 82.
  7. ^ Musa, Alexander. Mario Kart 8 PRIMA Official Game Guide. Page 130. "Ball and Chain: The ball and chain swings over gaps. If you hit the ball straight on, you’ll be brought to a halt!"
  8. ^ Super Mario 3D Land internal filename (SwingSpike)
  9. ^ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dnb0ZVs_tFw&t=4m15s
  10. ^ Shogakukan. 2015. Super Mario Bros. Hyakka: Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook, pages 60, 118, 150, 215.
  11. ^ 「スーパーマリオアドバンス3任天堂公式ガイドブック」 (Super Mario Advance 3 Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook), page 196.
  12. ^ Yoshi's New Island, internal filename G:/content0.game/romfs/obj_gurugurubar.bch
  13. ^ Shogakukan. 2015. Super Mario Bros. Hyakka: Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook, Super Mario 3D Land section, page 186.
  14. ^ 无敌阿尔宙斯 (August 28, 2013). 神游 超级马力欧世界 敌人官译. Baidu Tieba. Retrieved February 2, 2017.

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