Editing Baseball (object)

{{distinguish|Beastball}}
{{item infobox
|image=[[File:Baseball_Artwork_-_Super_Mario_3D_World.png|175px]]
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario World]]'' ([[List of games by date#1990|1990]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury]]'' ([[List of games by date#2021|2021]])
}}
'''Baseballs'''<ref>Musa, Alexander, and Geson Hatchett. ''Super Mario 3D World'' PRIMA Official Game Guide. Page 19.</ref> are the main focus of the ''[[Mario Baseball (series)|Mario Baseball]]'' series. They have also made small appearances in various minigames in the ''[[Mario Party (series)|Mario Party]]'' series, which are usually baseball-related, such as [[Swing Kings]]. Baseballs have also appeared as a throwing item in ''[[Super Mario 3D World]]''.

==History==
===''Super Mario'' series===
====''Super Mario World''====
In the ''[[Mario (franchise)|Mario]]'' franchise, Baseballs first appear in ''[[Super Mario World]]'' as projectiles used by [[Chargin' Chuck|Confused Chucks]]. They are thrown at constant pace, traveling on a horizontal line through the air. They can damage [[Mario]] or [[Luigi]] if they hit them and can only be destroyed when hit by a [[Cape Mario|cape]]. However, Confused Chucks will stop throwing baseballs if attacked, upon which they start behaving like regular Chargin' Chucks.

====''Super Mario 3D World'' / ''Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury''====
[[File:Baseball throw.jpg|thumb|250px|Mario throwing a baseball at [[Galoomba]]s]]
Baseballs appear in ''Super Mario 3D World'' and ''Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury'' as throwable objects. They can be found lying around in various places, being introduced in [[Really Rolling Hills]].  Players can pick them up and throw them at other enemies to defeat them; if other players are hit, they are knocked back (but not hurt or defeated). In addition, baseballs can be used to get [[Green Star]]s from a distance, and the [[World 6 (Super Mario 3D World)|World 6]] [[Mystery House]] requires the use of baseballs to obtain all Green Stars. 

In the ''[[Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury#Bowser's Fury|Bowser's Fury]]'' campaign of ''Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury'', baseballs are found sparingly across [[Lake Lapcat]]. [[Kitten]]s can be seen playing with them if Mario is not close, and they can be sent flying upon contact by Mario, [[Bowser Jr.]], or [[Plessie]]. When [[Fury Bowser]] is active, baseballs are able to extinguish his falling fireballs, and their resulting lava puddles, upon contact.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fl4WYiX8mq0 10 Little Details (Part 1) | Bowser's Fury]</ref> Baseballs can also be thrown into [[Clear Pipe]]s, and may become stuck in an infinite loop in the Clear Pipes of [[Pipe Path Tower]].<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gCFSddiH1fw 10 Little Details (Part 2) | Bowser's Fury]</ref>

===''Super Mario'' sports spin-off games===
[[File:MarioPowerUp MSB.jpg|thumb|left|Artwork of Mario using his [[Star Skill]], the [[Fireball]], which engulfs the baseball into flames and causes it to move at a blinding speed.]]
Baseballs are central objects in the {{wp|baseball|sport of the same name}}, which is the focus of ''[[Mario Superstar Baseball]]'' and ''[[Mario Super Sluggers]]'', as well as a part of ''[[Mario Sports Superstars]]''. Here, baseballs are used in the same fashion as in real life: pitchers throw them to batters, the batters swing and attempt to hit them, and fielders try to catch the ball before the batters and runners advance around the base. However, some fictional spins are added to the sport, including [[Star Skill]]s and [[Error Item]]s, which cause baseballs to gain qualities with special effects.

===''Super Mario Party''===
Baseballs are used in the [[All-Star Swingers]] minigame from ''[[Super Mario Party]]'', where they are launched by machines in front of the players. Their movement is denoted by their appearance: white baseballs travel on an arc-shaped path, red baseballs travel straight forward, and mushroom-patterned baseballs travel in a zigzag way. The players must bat them to the rhythm of the music.

===''Paper Mario: The Origami King''===
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In ''[[Paper Mario: The Origami King]]'', if Mario scores exactly 21 points in the minigame in the [[Shuriken Dojo]] at [[Shogun Studios]], he receives a baseball signed by the Toad behind the counter. Mario later exchanges this baseball for the [[Bone (Paper Mario: The Origami King)|Bone]] from two [[Dry Bones]] elsewhere in the park.
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==Gallery==
<gallery>
MSB Mario Batting Artwork.png| Artwork of [[Mario]] from ''[[Mario Superstar Baseball]]''
Mario throwing baseball MSB.jpg| Artwork of Mario from ''Mario Superstar Baseball''
MSB Luigi Artwork.png| Artwork of [[Luigi]] from ''Mario Superstar Baseball''
WaluigiBaseball.jpg| Artwork of [[Waluigi]] from ''Mario Superstar Baseball''
MarioSB DK.jpg| Artwork of [[Donkey Kong]] from ''Mario Superstar Baseball''
MSB Diddy Kong Artwork.jpg| Artwork of [[Diddy Kong]] from ''Mario Superstar Baseball''
Bowser Jr MSB artwork.jpg| Artwork of [[Bowser Jr.]] from ''Mario Superstar Baseball''
Mario Stadium MSS group art.jpg| Key artwork from ''[[Mario Super Sluggers]]''
MSS group artwork.jpg| Artwork of [[Princess Peach]], Mario and Luigi from ''Mario Super Sluggers''
Mario2 MSS.jpg| Artwork of Mario from ''Mario Super Sluggers''
Luigi MSS.jpg| Artwork of Luigi from ''Mario Super Sluggers''
Yoshi MSS artwork.jpg| Artwork of [[Yoshi]] from ''Mario Super Sluggers''
DiddyKong MSS.jpg| Artwork of Diddy Kong from ''Mario Super Sluggers''
Wario MSS artwork.jpg| Artwork of [[Wario]] from ''Mario Super Sluggers''
Bowser Jr MSS.jpg| Artwork of Bowser Jr. from ''Mario Super Sluggers''
MarioSportsSuperstars.jpg| Key artwork from ''[[Mario Sports Superstars]]''
MarioSportSuperstars - No logo.jpg| Key artwork from ''Mario Sports Superstars''
MSS Baseball Group Artwork.png| Key artwork from ''Mario Sports Superstars''
Mario Baseball - MarioSportsSuperstars.png| Artwork of Mario from ''Mario Sports Superstars''
MSS Mario Baseball Artwork.png| Artwork of Mario from ''Mario Sports Superstars''
Bowser Baseball - MarioSportsSuperstars.png| Artwork of [[Bowser]] from ''Mario Sports Superstars''
Mario Sports Superstars - Bowser alt.png| Artwork of Bowser from ''Mario Sports Superstars''
Bowser Baseball ver2 - MarioSportsSuperstars.png| Artwork of Bowser from ''Mario Sports Superstars''
MSB Mario Fireballs Mark.png| Sprite of the emblem for the Mario Fireballs from ''Mario Superstar Baseball''
</gallery>

==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jap=ボール<ref>Shogakukan. 2015. ''Super Mario Bros. Hyakka: Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook'', ''Super Mario 3D World'' section, page 233.</ref>
|JapR=Bōru
|JapM=Ball (''Super Mario 3D World'')
|PorE=Bola<ref> Nintendo Portugal (January 13, 2021). [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bTNU1i5Mhlw Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury! - Explorem um mundo de diversão Mario em conjunto]. ''YouTube''. Retrieved January 13, 2021.</ref>
|PorEM=Ball
|Chi=球<ref>Nintendo HK官方頻道 (January 13, 2020). [https://youtu.be/7sU2hurD8-k 《超级马力欧 ３Ｄ世界 ＋ 狂怒世界》介绍视频（简体中文）] ''YouTube''. Retrieved January 16, 2021.</ref><ref>Nintendo HK官方頻道 (January 13, 2020). [https://youtu.be/H_diOy-ExM4 《超級瑪利歐 ３Ｄ世界 ＋ 狂怒世界》介紹影片（香港）] ''YouTube''. Retrieved January 16, 2021.</ref>
|ChiR=Qiú
|ChiM=Ball
|Dut=Bal
|DutM=Ball
|Kor=공<ref>한국닌텐도 공식 채널 (January 14, 2021). [https://youtu.be/sJHCthZ21JQ 『슈퍼 마리오 3D 월드 + 퓨리 월드』 소개 영상]. ''YouTube''. Retrieved November 12, 2022.</ref>
|KorR=Gong
|KorM=Ball
}}

==References==
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[[Category:Sports equipment]]
[[Category:Projectiles]]
[[Category:Bowser's Fury objects]]
[[Category:Mario Sports Superstars]]
[[Category:Mario Super Sluggers]]
[[Category:Mario Superstar Baseball]]
[[Category:Super Mario 3D World objects]]
[[Category:Super Mario Party]]
[[Category:Super Mario World objects]]
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