Luiginary Ball
- This article is about the Luiginary Attack. For the Luiginoid Formation, see Luiginoid Formation § Luiginary Ball.
| Luiginary Ball | |
|---|---|
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| BP/SP/CP needed | 6 |
| Location | Dreamy Mushrise Park |
| First appearance | Mario & Luigi: Dream Team |
| Dream Team description | Tilt the Nintendo 3DS to move the ball. Grab Luiginoids to make the ball bigger! Line it up, and kick it with the A Button! A bigger ball means more damage! |
Luiginary Ball is the first Dream World Luiginary Attack obtained in Mario & Luigi: Dream Team, being the only mandatory Luiginary Attack in the entire game. It is unlocked after getting all the Attack Pieces in Dreamy Mushrise Park and costs 6 BP to use. The Luiginary Ball uses the boots; enemies weak to a Jump (such as Spinies) will display Critical! as well as be dealt extra damage when hit by the ball. While a boot based attack, it is not considered jumping; spiky enemies like Spinies can still be hit with this attack, and the Dark Boots do not damage Mario for using this attack.
Upon use, Mario and Dreamy Luigi will run into the foreground, where Dreamy Luigi forms a ball with the other Luiginoids, with Mario jumping on the ball afterwards. They will then start rolling towards the group of enemies, and the player must tilt the 3DS to control the ball to try and make it steer into more Luiginoids to increase the ball's size. If the ball collides with the left and right boundaries at high speeds, it will bounce off. Once the player reaches the enemies, Mario will automatically drop from the ball and stretch his foot back in front of it, giving the player a chance to press 
to make Mario give it a kick that will make it roll it into the enemies with even more force for extra damage. Regardless of whether Mario kicks it or not, the player must control the ball to make it line up properly as it makes the last stretch into the enemies. The damage dealt depends on the number of Luiginoids grabbed, but all enemies struck take an equal amount.
Depending on the size of the ball before it is kicked at the enemies, the attack will yield either an "OK", a "Good", "Great" or "Excellent" attack rating.
In Battle Broque Madame, Mario repeatedly performs Luginary Ball. Luiginary Ball loses Luiginoids whenever it isn't picking more up or in the final stretch of the attack when Mario kicks the ball. small Broque Madames are on the route; hitting them grants 1 point, plus 1 point for each one struck during the current round. However, spikes and bombs litter the area. Touching spikes causes the ball to shrink. Additionally, the Luiginary Ball slows down briefly and the scoring chain for small Broque Madames also breaks. (So the next one hit is only worth 1 point.) A collision with a bomb breaks the ball, immediately concluding the challenge. Running out of Luiginoids also causes failure.
Each round ends with a large Broque Madame. Sometimes they will be stationary, other times they move left and right. Hitting them with the kick grants a point bonus based on the size of the ball, maxing out at 20 points. Without the kick, the bonus maxes out at 10 points. Then the game starts again with a reset ball size, and with the scoring chain for small Broque Madames reset. At 999 points, the game only ends if the ball breaks or after passing the large Broque Madame.
Official profiles
Mario & Luigi: Dream Team
- In-game description: "Tilt the Nintendo 3DS to move the ball. Grab Luiginoids to make the ball bigger! Line it up, and kick it with the A Button! A bigger ball means more damage!"
- Instruction manual description: "Inflict damage on your enemies with a ball made of Luiginoids. Tilt the Nintendo 3DS system to maneuver the ball."
Gallery
Artwork of the Luiginary Ball being used
Screenshot of Mario executing the attack
Names in other languages
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese | ミラクルボール[?] Mirakuru Bōru |
Miracle Ball | |
| Dutch | Luigio-bal[?] | Luiginoid Ball | |
| French | Balle luimagik[?] | Luiginary ball | |
| German | Traum-Kugel[?] | Dream sphere | |
| Italian | Magiluigipalla[?] | Luiginary ball | |
| Portuguese | Bola Luiginária[?] | Luiginary Ball | |
| Russian | Шар Луиджинна[?] Shar Luidzhinna |
Luiginary Ball | |
| Spanish | Bola Luiginaria[?] | Luiginary Ball |
