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{{about|the form|the official [[Super Mario Maker 2]] level created by Nintendo of Japan|[[Superball Mario (level)]]}}
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|image=[[File:SML Superball Mario Artwork.png|200px]]
|image=[[File:SML Superball Mario Artwork.png|200px]]<br>Artwork from ''Super Mario Land''
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'''Superball Mario''' is one of [[Mario]]'s many forms, first appearing in ''Super Mario Land''. Mario becomes Superball Mario by grabbing a [[Superball Flower]].
'''Superball Mario''' is a form [[Mario]] takes when he uses a [[Superball Flower]], first appearing in ''[[Super Mario Land]]''. It allows Mario to shoot Superballs which rebound off surfaces and can defeat enemies.
 
While in artwork Mario’s clothes don’t change, unlike most other powered-up forms, this form was most likely intended as a replacement to [[Fire Mario]], as the Game Boy could not handle the colors of the aforementioned form.


==History==
==History==
===''Super Mario'' series===
===''Super Mario'' series===
====''Super Mario Land''====
====''Super Mario Land''====
This form is first found in ''[[Super Mario Land]]''. 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 {{Button|gb|B}}. Like the similar [[Fire Mario]] form and its [[fireball]]s, the Superballs damage enemies, but also have the unique ability to collect [[coin]]s 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 approximately four seconds after being shot, unless it touches an enemy or Mario, goes off-screen, or is destroyed. Many enemies require multiple Superballs to defeat, unlike fireballs, which typically defeat any non-boss enemy in one hit.
Superball Mario is a form in ''[[Super Mario Land]]''. 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 {{Button|gb|B}}. Like the similar [[Fire Mario]] form and its [[fireball]]s, the Superballs damage enemies, but also have the unique ability to collect [[coin]]s 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 approximately four seconds after being shot, unless it touches an enemy or Mario, goes off-screen, or is destroyed. Many enemies require multiple Superballs to defeat, unlike fireballs, which typically defeat any non-boss enemy in one hit.


====''Super Mario Maker 2''====
====''Super Mario Maker 2''====
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 Coin (Super Mario Maker)|Pink Coins]] and [[Key]]s, activate [[P Switch]]es and [[POW Block]]s, and ignite [[Bob-omb]]s. Rather than keeping the player's colors unchanged, it now changes their colors to dark tones of green, referencing the [[Game Boy]]'s screen colors.
Superball Mario is a form in ''[[Super Mario Maker 2]]''. It can be obtained with the [[Superball Flower]], though in the ''[[Super Mario Bros.]]'' game style only. The Superballs thrown can also collect [[Pink Coin (Super Mario Maker)|Pink Coins]] and [[Key]]s, activate [[P Switch]]es and [[POW Block]]s, and ignite [[Bob-omb]]s. It changes the player character's colors to dark tones of green, referencing the [[Game Boy]]'s screen colors. The form also changes the current theme's music to an arrangement of the ''Super Mario Land'' Ground Theme with a soundfont similar to that of the [[Family Computer]] and [[Nintendo Entertainment System|NES]], and also changes the "level clear" and "lose a life" jingles to their respective ''Super Mario Land'' counterparts. The Superball form can be unlocked in Story Mode by clearing the job [[Spiny Shell Smashers]]. An outfit based on Superball Mario is unlocked alongside the Superball Flower, which has a 3D model of [[Small Mario]] for the head and Mario's overalls, both with the Superball form's colors.
 
The form also changes the current theme's music to an arrangement of the ''Super Mario Land'' Ground Theme with a soundfont similar to that of the [[Nintendo Entertainment System|NES]], and also changes the "level clear" and "lose a life" jingles to their respective ''Super Mario Land'' counterparts. However, if Superball Mario grabs a [[Super Star]], the ''Super Mario Bros.'' invincibility theme is still heard, rather than ''Super Mario Land''{{'}}s.
 
This form is unlocked in Story Mode by clearing the job [[Spiny Shell Smashers]], given by Purple Toad. An outfit based on Superball Mario is unlocked alongside the Superball Flower, which has a 3D model of [[Small Mario]] for the head and Mario's overalls, both with the Superball form's colors.


===''WarioWare Gold''===
===''WarioWare Gold''===
Superball Mario reappears in ''[[WarioWare Gold]]'' in the [[Super Mario Land (WarioWare Gold)|Super Mario Land]] [[microgame]], where it must be used to defeat enemies from the game.
Superball Mario is featured in the [[Super Mario Land (WarioWare Gold)|Super Mario Land]] [[microgame]] of ''[[WarioWare Gold]]'', where he has to defeat all of the enemies.


==Profiles==
==Profiles==
===''Super Mario Land''===
===''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.<br>'''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.''"
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==Gallery==
==Gallery==
<gallery>
<gallery>
SML Sprite Superball Mario.png|Sprite in ''Super Mario Land''
SML Mario Standing Sprite.png|Sprite in ''Super Mario Land'' (shared with [[Super Mario (form)|Super Mario]])
SMLMario.gif|Mario walking|Sprite in ''Super Mario Land'' (shared with Super Mario)
Mario (Super Mario Land KC Mario art).png|[[Super Mario (Kodansha manga)|Kodansha manga]] Superball Mario
Mario (Super Mario Land KC Mario art).png|[[Super Mario (Kodansha manga)|Kodansha manga]] Superball Mario
KCDeluxe-SMLSuperballvsBunbun.png|Mario defeating a pair of [[Bunbun]] with a Superball, from the Kondansha Super Mario Land manga
KCDeluxe-SMLSuperballvsBunbun.png|Mario defeating a pair of [[Bunbun]] with a Superball, from the Kondansha Super Mario Land manga
SMM2-SMB-SuperballMario.png|Superball [[Mario]] sprite in ''Super Mario Maker 2''
SMM2-SMB-SuperballMario.png|Sprite in ''Super Mario Maker 2''
SMM2-SMB-SuperballMario.gif|Superball Mario walking in ''Super Mario Maker 2''
SMM2-SMB-SuperballMario.gif|Walking sprite in ''Super Mario Maker 2''
SMM2-SMB-SuperballLuigi.png|Superball [[Luigi]] sprite in ''Super Mario Maker 2''
SMM2-SMB-SuperballLuigi.png|Superball [[Luigi]] sprite in ''Super Mario Maker 2''
SMM2-SMB-SuperballToad.png|Superball [[Toad]] sprite in ''Super Mario Maker 2''
SMM2-SMB-SuperballToad.png|Superball [[Toad]] sprite in ''Super Mario Maker 2''
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|SpaE=Mario Superbola
|SpaE=Mario Superbola
|SpaEM=Superball Mario
|SpaEM=Superball Mario
|Fre=Mario Super Boule<ref>''Super Mario Land'' French instruction booklet, [https://i.imgur.com/H0vuK1K.jpg page 9].</ref>
|Fre=Mario Super Boule<ref>{{cite|title=''Super Mario Land'' French instruction booklet|page=[https://i.imgur.com/H0vuK1K.jpg 9]}}</ref>
|FreM=Super Ball Mario
|FreM=Super Ball Mario
|Dut=Super de Super Mario<ref>''Club Nintendo'' (Netherlands) ''Classic'', page 6.</ref> <small>(''Super Mario Land'')</small><br>Superbal-Mario <small>(''Super Mario Maker 2'')</small>
|Dut=Super de Super Mario<ref>{{cite|title=''Club Nintendo'' (Netherlands) ''Classic''|page=6}}</ref>
|DutM=Super-duper Mario<br>Superball Mario
|DutN=''Super Mario Land''
|Dut2=Superbal-Mario
|Dut2N=''Super Mario Maker 2''
|DutM=Super-duper Mario
|Dut2M=Superball Mario
|Ger=Superball-Mario
|Ger=Superball-Mario
|GerM=Superball Mario
|GerM=Superball Mario
|Ita=Mario Super Palla<ref name=SMLita>''[[Super Mario Land]]'' Italian manual, pag. 9</ref><br>Superball Mario<ref name=SMLVCita>''[[Super Mario Land]]'' (3DS - [[Virtual Console]]) Italian e-manual, pag. 7</ref><br>Mario Superpalla<ref name=SMBEita>''[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia]]'', pag. 46</ref><br>Mario Superball <small>(''Super Mario Maker 2'')</small>
|Ita=Mario Super Palla<ref name=SMLita>{{cite|title=''[[Super Mario Land]]'' Italian manual|page=9}}</ref>
|ItaM=Super Ball Mario<br>-<br>Superball Mario<br>-
|Ita2=Superball Mario<ref name=SMLVCita>{{cite|title=''[[Super Mario Land]]'' (3DS - [[Virtual Console]]) Italian e-manual|page=7}}</ref>
|Ita3=Mario Superpalla<ref name=SMBEita>{{cite|date=November 15, 2018|title=''[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia]]''|publisher=Magazzini Salani|language=it|isbn=889367436X|page=46}}</ref>
|Ita4=Mario Superball
|Ita4N=''Super Mario Maker 2''
|ItaM=Super Ball Mario
|Ita3M=Superball Mario
|Rus=Марио с супершаром
|Rus=Марио с супершаром
|RusR=Mario s supersharom
|RusR=Mario s supersharom
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|DutM=Superball
|DutM=Superball
|Ger=Superball
|Ger=Superball
|Ita=Super Palla<ref name=SMLita/><br>Superball<ref name=SMLVCita/><br>Superpalla<ref name=SMBEita/>
|Ita=Super Palla<ref name=SMLita/>
|ItaM=Super Ball<br>-<br>Superball
|Ita2=Superball<ref name=SMLVCita/>
|Ita3=Superpalla<ref name=SMBEita/>
|ItaM=Super Ball
|Ita3M=Superball
|Rus=супершар
|Rus=супершар
|RusR=supershar
|RusR=supershar

Latest revision as of 00:14, September 22, 2024

Not to be confused with Spike-Ball Mario.
This article is about the form. For the official Super Mario Maker 2 level created by Nintendo of Japan, see Superball Mario (level).
"Super Ball" redirects here. For the object in Yoshi's Story, see Bumper Ball.
Superball Mario
Artwork of Superball Mario in Club Nintendo Classic.
Artwork from Super Mario Land
Applies to Mario, Luigi, Toad, Toadette
Item needed Superball Flower
Power(s) given Throw Superballs
First appearance Super Mario Land (1989)
Latest appearance Super Mario Maker 2 (2019)

Superball Mario is a form Mario takes when he uses a Superball Flower, first appearing in Super Mario Land. It allows Mario to shoot Superballs which rebound off surfaces and can defeat enemies.

History[edit]

Super Mario series[edit]

Super Mario Land[edit]

Superball Mario is a form in Super Mario Land. 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 B Button. 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 approximately four seconds after being shot, unless it touches an enemy or Mario, goes off-screen, or is destroyed. Many enemies require multiple Superballs to defeat, unlike fireballs, which typically defeat any non-boss enemy in one hit.

Super Mario Maker 2[edit]

Superball Mario is a form in Super Mario Maker 2. It can be obtained with the Superball Flower, though in the Super Mario Bros. game style only. The Superballs thrown can also collect Pink Coins and Keys, activate P Switches and POW Blocks, and ignite Bob-ombs. It changes the player character's colors to dark tones of green, referencing the Game Boy's screen colors. The form also changes the current theme's music to an arrangement of the Super Mario Land Ground Theme with a soundfont similar to that of the Family Computer and NES, and also changes the "level clear" and "lose a life" jingles to their respective Super Mario Land counterparts. The Superball form can be unlocked in Story Mode by clearing the job Spiny Shell Smashers. An outfit based on Superball Mario is unlocked alongside the Superball Flower, which has a 3D model of Small Mario for the head and Mario's overalls, both with the Superball form's colors.

WarioWare Gold[edit]

Superball Mario is featured in the Super Mario Land microgame of WarioWare Gold, where he has to defeat all of the enemies.

Profiles[edit]

Super Mario Land[edit]

  • Nintendo 3DS Virtual Console manual description:
    • English:
      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.[page number needed]

Gallery[edit]

Names in other languages[edit]

Superball Mario[edit]

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese スーパーボールマリオ[?]
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.
Chinese (simplified) 弹力球马力欧[?]
Tánlìqiú Mǎlì'ōu
Elastic ball Mario
Chinese (traditional) 彈力球瑪利歐[?]
Tánlìqiú Mǎlì'ōu
Elastic ball Mario
Dutch Super de Super Mario[2] Super-duper Mario Super Mario Land
Superbal-Mario[?] Superball Mario Super Mario Maker 2
French Mario Super Boule[1] Super Ball Mario
German Superball-Mario[?] Superball Mario
Italian Mario Super Palla[3] Super Ball Mario
Superball Mario[4] -
Mario Superpalla[5] Superball Mario
Mario Superball[?] - Super Mario Maker 2
Russian Марио с супершаром[?]
Mario s supersharom
Mario with superball
Spanish Super Marioball (Super Mario Land)[?] Super Marioball
Spanish (NOA) Mario superbola[?] Superball Mario
Spanish (NOE) Mario Superbola[?] Superball Mario

Superball[edit]

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese スーパーボール[?]
Sūpā Bōru
Super Ball (as in "bouncy ball")
Chinese (simplified) 弹力球[?]
Tánlìqiú
Bouncy Ball
Chinese (traditional) 彈力球[?]
Tánlìqiú
Bouncy Ball
Dutch Superbal[?] Superball
French Super Boule[?] Super Ball
German Superball[?] -
Italian Super Palla[3] Super Ball
Superball[4] -
Superpalla[5] Superball
Russian супершар[?]
supershar
superball
Spanish superbola[?] Superball

References[edit]

  1. ^ Super Mario Land French instruction booklet. Page 9.
  2. ^ Club Nintendo (Netherlands) Classic. Page 6.
  3. ^ a b Super Mario Land Italian manual. Page 9.
  4. ^ a b Super Mario Land (3DS - Virtual Console) Italian e-manual. Page 7.
  5. ^ a b November 15, 2018. Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia. Magazzini Salani (Italian). ISBN 889367436X. Page 46.