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|latest_appearance=''[[Super Mario Bros. Wonder]]'' ([[List of games by date#2023|2023]])
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|variant_of=[[Spike Ball]]
|variants=[[Ice Ball (obstacle)|Big Ice Ball]]
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'''Giant Spiked Balls'''<ref>{{cite|author=Loe, Casey|title=''New Super Mario Bros.'' Player's Guide|page=13|date=May 15, 2006|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=en-us|isbn=1-59812-009-3}}</ref> (sometimes lowercase)<ref>{{cite|author=von Esmarch, Nick. ''Super Mario 3D Land'' PRIMA Official Game Guide|page=102|publisher=[[Prima Games]]|date=November 13, 2011|language=en-us|isbn=978-0-307-89386-4}}</ref> are larger versions of [[Spike Ball]]s. Like their smaller counterparts, Giant Spiked Balls can destroy [[block]]s and even the smaller Spike Balls. They first appear in ''[[New Super Mario Bros.]]''
'''Big Spike Balls'''<ref>{{cite|author=Loe, Casey|title=''New Super Mario Bros.'' Player's Guide|page=13|date=May 15, 2006|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=en-us|isbn=1-59812-009-3}}</ref> (sometimes lowercase)<ref>{{cite|author=von Esmarch, Nick. ''Super Mario 3D Land'' PRIMA Official Game Guide|page=102|publisher=[[Prima Games]]|date=November 13, 2011|language=en-us|isbn=978-0-307-89386-4}}</ref> are larger versions of [[Spike Ball]]s. Like their smaller counterparts, Big Spike Balls can destroy [[block]]s and even the smaller Spike Balls. They first appear in ''[[New Super Mario Bros.]]''
==History==
==History==
===''Super Mario'' series===
===''Super Mario'' series===
====''New Super Mario Bros.''====
====''New Super Mario Bros.''====
[[File:NSMBDS Giant Spiked Ball Screenshot.png|thumb|A Giant Spiked Ball in ''New Super Mario Bros.'']]
[[File:NSMBDS Big Spike Ball Screenshot.png|thumb|A Big Spike Ball in ''New Super Mario Bros.'']]
Giant Spiked Balls debut in ''[[New Super Mario Bros.]]'', where they appear in various levels. Their first appearance in this game is [[World 2-Castle (New Super Mario Bros.)|the second castle]].
Big Spike Balls debut in ''[[New Super Mario Bros.]]'', where they appear in various levels. Their first appearance in this game is [[World 2-Castle (New Super Mario Bros.)|the second castle]].


====''New Super Mario Bros. Wii''====
====''New Super Mario Bros. Wii''====
Giant Spiked Balls return in ''[[New Super Mario Bros. Wii]]'' in [[World 8-2 (New Super Mario Bros. Wii)|World 8-2]].
Big Spike Balls return in ''[[New Super Mario Bros. Wii]]'' in [[World 8-2 (New Super Mario Bros. Wii)|World 8-2]].


Near the end of the boss fight in {{world-link|8|airship|World 8-Airship (New Super Mario Bros. Wii)}}, [[Bowser Jr.]] uses Giant Spiked Balls with shorter spikes and active fuses that possess the ability to explode, and must be used against him.
Near the end of the boss fight in {{world-link|8|airship|World 8-Airship (New Super Mario Bros. Wii)}}, [[Bowser Jr.]] uses Big Spike Balls with shorter spikes and active fuses that possess the ability to explode, and must be used against him.


====''Super Mario 3D Land''====
====''Super Mario 3D Land''====
Giant spiked balls also appear in ''[[Super Mario 3D Land]]'' with a purple color.
Big spike balls also appear in ''[[Super Mario 3D Land]]'' with a purple color.


====''New Super Mario Bros. 2''====
====''New Super Mario Bros. 2''====
In ''[[New Super Mario Bros. 2]]'', these spiked balls appear in two sizes. In {{world-link|mushroom|A|World Mushroom-A}} and {{world-link|4|castlen2|World 4-Castle (New Super Mario Bros. 2)}}, '''large spiked balls'''<ref>{{cite|author=von Esmarch, Nick|title=''New Super Mario Bros. 2'' PRIMA Official Game Guide|page=187|language=en-us|date=2012|publisher=Prima Games|isbn=978-0-307-89552-3}}</ref> appear, which are closer to the size of giant spiked balls in other games. The giant spiked balls<ref>{{cite|author=von Esmarch, Nick|title=''New Super Mario Bros. 2'' PRIMA Official Game Guide|page=184|language=en-us|date=2012|publisher=Prima Games|isbn=978-0-307-89552-3}}</ref> in {{world-link|mushroom|castlen2|World Mushroom-Castle}} are even larger. The former has an equivalent known as the [[Ice Ball (obstacle)|Big Ice Ball]] in [[World 4-1 (New Super Mario Bros. 2)|World 4-1]].
In ''[[New Super Mario Bros. 2]]'', these spiked In {{world-link|mushroom|A|World Mushroom-A}} and {{world-link|4|castlen2|World 4-Castle (New Super Mario Bros. 2)}}, '''large spiked balls'''<ref>{{cite|author=von Esmarch,  


====''New Super Mario Bros. U'' / ''New Super Luigi U'' / ''New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe''====
====''New Super Mario Bros. U'' / ''New Super Luigi U'' / ''New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe''====
Although giant spiked balls do not reappear in ''[[New Super Mario Bros. U]]'', ''[[New Super Luigi U]]'', or ''[[New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe]]'', [[Mega Grrrol]]s appear which serve the same purpose.
Although big spike balls do not reappear in ''[[New Super Mario Bros. U]]'', ''[[New Super Luigi U]]'', or ''[[New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe]]'', [[Mega Grrrol]]s appear which serve the same purpose.


====''Super Mario Run''====
====''Super Mario Run''====

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Giant Spiked Ball
File:Big spike ball.png
Model from New Super Mario Bros. Wii
First appearance New Super Mario Bros. (2006)
Latest appearance Super Mario Maker 2 (version 2:0) (2019)
Variant of Spike Ball
Variants

Big Spike Balls[1] (sometimes lowercase)[2] are larger versions of Spike Balls. Like their smaller counterparts, Big Spike Balls can destroy blocks and even the smaller Spike Balls. They first appear in New Super Mario Bros.

History

Super Mario series

New Super Mario Bros.

File:NSMBDS Big Spike Ball Screenshot.png
A Big Spike Ball in New Super Mario Bros.

Big Spike Balls debut in New Super Mario Bros., where they appear in various levels. Their first appearance in this game is the second castle.

New Super Mario Bros. Wii

Big Spike Balls return in New Super Mario Bros. Wii in World 8-2.

Near the end of the boss fight in World 8-Airship, Bowser Jr. uses Big Spike Balls with shorter spikes and active fuses that possess the ability to explode, and must be used against him.

Super Mario 3D Land

Big spike balls also appear in Super Mario 3D Land with a purple color.

New Super Mario Bros. 2

In New Super Mario Bros. 2, these spiked In World Mushroom-A and World 4-Castle, large spiked ballsCite error: Closing </ref> missing for <ref> tag (New Super Mario Bros.) |JapR=Kyodai Toge Tekkyū |Jap2=大きな鉄球[3] (New Super Mario Bros. Wii) |Jap2R=Ōkina Toge Tekkyū |Jap3=でかトゲ鉄球[4] (Super Mario 3D Land) |Jap3R=Deka Toge Tekkyū |Jap4=トゲ鉄球てっきゅう (Mario Party 9, Spike Strike) |Jap4R=Toge Tekkyū |JapM=Giant spiked iron ball |Jap2M=Large spiked iron ball |Jap3M=Big spiked iron ball |Jap4M=Spiked iron ball; refer to Spike Ball |Ita=Palla spinosa (Super Mario Bros. Wonder) |ItaM=Spiny ball }}

References

  1. ^ Loe, Casey (May 15, 2006). New Super Mario Bros. Player's Guide. Nintendo of America (American English). ISBN 1-59812-009-3. Page 13.
  2. ^ von Esmarch, Nick. Super Mario 3D Land PRIMA Official Game Guide (November 13, 2011). Prima Games (American English). ISBN 978-0-307-89386-4. Page 102.
  3. ^ October 19, 2015. Super Mario Bros. Hyakka: Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook, New Super Mario Bros. Wii section. Shogakukan (Japanese). ISBN 978-4-09-106569-8. Page 149.
  4. ^ October 19, 2015. Super Mario Bros. Hyakka: Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook, Super Mario 3D Land section. Shogakukan (Japanese). ISBN 978-4-09-106569-8. Page 185.