Water Ball

Water Ball
Render of a circular Water Ball from New Super Mario Bros. Wii
First appearance	New Super Mario Bros. Wii (2009)
Latest appearance	Super Mario Bros. Wonder (2023)

Water Balls^[1] are objects in the New Super Mario Bros. sub-series. They are large masses of water that float (and sometimes move) in the air, and they are shaped as either circles or ellipses (horizontal and vertical) and look similar to bubbles.

History

New Super Mario Bros. Wii

Water Balls first appear in New Super Mario Bros. Wii, where they are found only in World 7-2. If the player jumps into one, they start behaving as if they were underwater. This allows the player to swim inside the Water Ball until they exit it, at which point the player falls out. Water Balls are usually used to access high areas or to cross large gaps, but they can also be used to avoid enemies down below, thus providing a safer route for the player to travel through. Bullet Bills also travel slower when they go through a Water Ball.

New Super Mario Bros. U / New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe

Water Balls return in New Super Mario Bros. U and its port, where they are found only in A Quick Dip in the Sky. They behave the same as in New Super Mario Bros. Wii. Koopa Shells are also shown to travel slower while moving through a Water Ball.

Super Mario Bros. Wonder

Water Balls return in Super Mario Bros. Wonder, where they are found during Wonder Bowser Jr.'s boss battle in Sunbaked Desert Palace, and during the wonder effect of Hot-Hot Hot!. Water Balls behave the same as in New Super Mario Bros. Wii. In Sunbaked Desert Palace, Water Balls are produced by Wonder Bowser Jr. after taking damage. In Hot-Hot Hot!, an infinite number of Water Balls floats down and extinguishes Hot-Hot Rocks during the Wonder Effect.

Gallery

New Super Mario Bros. Wii

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	空中水^[2] Kūchū Mizu	Midair Water
Chinese	空中之水^[?] Kōngzhōng zhī Shuǐ	Midair Water
Italian	Bolla d'acqua^[3]	Water Bubble

References

^ Stratton, Steve. New Super Mario Bros. U PRIMA Official Game Guide. Page 181.
^ Shogakukan. 2015. Super Mario Bros. Hyakka: Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook, New Super Mario Bros. U section, page 215.
^ Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia, pag. 215

New Super Mario Bros. Wii
Playable characters	Mario • Luigi • Yellow Toad • Blue Toad
Supporting characters	Yoshi • Princess Peach • Toad
Bosses	Bowser Jr. • Koopalings (Larry Koopa · Roy Koopa · Lemmy Koopa · Wendy O. Koopa · Iggy Koopa · Morton Koopa Jr. · Ludwig von Koopa) • Magikoopa • Bowser
Worlds	World 1 • World 2 • World 3 • World 4 • World 5 • World 6 • World 7 • World 8 • World 9 • World Coin
Items and objects	? Block • ? Switch • 1-Up Mushroom • Arrow lift • Balance Lift • Barrel • Blue Coin • Bolt Lift • Brick • Chest • Cog • Coin • Current • Dark • Donut Block • Fire Flower • Flip Panel • Flower • Flying ? Block • Frozen Coin • Fruit • Glow Block • Half-circle rock • Hard Block • Hidden Coin • Hidden goal • Ice Block • Ice Flower • Ice Snake Block • Ice Wall • Invisible Block • Iron Block • Light Block • Limited Lift • Midway point • Mini Mushroom • Mushroom Platform • P Switch • Paddle wheel • Pendulum Platform • Penguin Suit • Pipe Cannon • Pole (goal) • Pole (object) • POW Block • Propeller Block • Propeller Mushroom • Quicksand • Red ! Switch • Red Block • Red Coin • Red Ring • Remote-Control Platform • Remote-Controlled Clown Car • Remote-Controlled Fence • Remote-Controlled Lift • Rolling log • Roulette Block • Sand Geyser • Screw • Screwtop Lift • Screwtop Platform • Screwtop Shroom • Sinking and Rising Mushrooms • Slow falling platform • Small pipe • Spine Coaster • Square cloud • Star • Star Coin • Stretch Block • Stretch Shroom • Super Mushroom • Swing • Swinging Hammer • Tilt Lift • Toad balloon • Trampoline • Turning Floor • Vine • Warp Cannon • Warp Pipe • Water Ball • Wind
Moves	Crouch • Dash • Double Jump • Drill Spin • Fly • Ground Pound • Jump • Midair Spin • Shell Toss • Simultaneous Ground Pound • Slide • Spin Jump • Stomp • Swallow • Swim • Triple Jump • Wall Jump
Enemies	Amp • Banzai Bill • Banzai Bill Cannon • Big Boo • Big Dry Bones • Big Fire Piranha • Big Fuzzy • Big Thwomp • Big Wiggler • Big Urchin • Bill Blaster • Bill Blaster Turret • Blooper • Blooper Baby • Blooper Nanny • Bob-omb • Boo • Boomerang Bro • Bramball • Broozer • Bulber • Bull's-Eye Banzai • Bullet Bill • Buzzy Beetle • Cannon • Cannonball • Chain Chomp • Cheep Cheep • Cheep-Chomp • Circling Boo Buddies • Clampy • Climbing Koopa • Cooligan • Crowber • Deep-Cheep • Dry Bones • Eep Cheep • Fire Bro • Fire Snake • Fish Bone • Flame Chomp • Foo • Fuzzy • Giant cannon • Giant cannonball • Giant Goomba • Goomba • Hammer Bro • Heavy Para-Beetle • Hefty Goomba • Huckit Crab • Ice Bro • Jellybeam • King Bill • Koopa Paratroopa • Koopa Troopa • Lakitu • Lava Bubble • Mechakoopa • Mega Cheep-Cheep • Mega Deep-Cheep • Mini Goomba • Missile Bill • Monty Mole • Muncher • Para-Beetle • Parabomb • Paragoomba • Piranha Flower • Piranha Plant • Pokey • Porcupuffer • Prickly Goomba • Quartet-cannon • River Piranha Plant • Rocky Wrench • Scaredy Rat • Sledge Bro • Spike • Spike Top • Spiny • Spiny Cheep Cheep • Spiny Egg • Stalking Piranha Plant • Stone Spike • Super Piranha Plant • Swoop • Thwomp • Urchin • Venus Fire Trap • Wiggler
Obstacles	Ash • Ball 'N' Chain • Burner • Circus ball • Fire Bar • Ghost Block • Ghost Vase • Giant Spiked Ball • Huge Icicle • Icicle • Jumbo Ray • Lava Geyser • Ring • Skewer • Spiked ball • Volcanic debris
Minigames	1-up Blast • Power-up Panels • Enemy Course
Further info	Paah • Coin Battle • Gallery • Glitches • Hint movies • Media • New Super Mario Bros. Wii: Simplified Piano Solos • Pre-release and unused content • Staff • Time Limit • Trading cards

New Super Mario Bros. U / New Super Luigi U / New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe
Playable characters	Mario^a • Luigi • Yellow Toad • Blue Toad • Mii • Nabbit^b • Toadette^c
Supporting characters	Princess Peach • Toad • Green Yoshi • Baby Yoshi (Balloon Baby Yoshi · Bubble Baby Yoshi · Glowing Baby Yoshi)
Bosses	Bowser • Bowser Jr. • Koopalings (Lemmy Koopa · Morton Koopa Jr. · Larry Koopa · Wendy O. Koopa · Iggy Koopa · Roy Koopa · Ludwig von Koopa) • Boom Boom • Boss Sumo Bro • Magikoopa
Worlds and areas	Acorn Plains • Layer-Cake Desert • Sparkling Waters • Frosted Glacier • Soda Jungle • Rock-Candy Mines • Meringue Clouds • Peach's Castle • Superstar Road • Secret Island • Coin Courses^a
Items and objects	! Switch • ? Block • ? Switch • 1-Up Mushroom • 3-Up Moon • 3-Up Moon Block • Arrow lift • Bean Platform • Big Block • Blue Coin • Blue Ring^b • Boost Block • Boost Star • Brick Block • Bridge • Checkpoint Flag^a • Chest • Cloud Lift^a • Coin • Coin Block • Cross Lift^a • Dark • Donut Block • Fire Flower • Floor • Flower • Flying ? Block • Frozen Coin • Fruit • Goal Pole (secret) • Goal ring^a • Green Coin • Green Ring • Hammer Pendulum • Hidden Block • Hidden Coin • Ice Block • Ice Chunk^a • Ice Flower • Iron Block • Leaf Platform • Light Block • Limited Lift • Luigi Block^b • Mega ? Block • Mini Mushroom • Mushroom Platform • Note Block • Nut • P Switch • P-Acorn • Paddle Platform^a • Pendulum Platform • Penguin Suit • Pole • POW Block • Propeller Mushroom • Red Coin • Red Ring • Remote-Control Platform^a • Rolling log^a • Scale Lift • Screwtop • Screwtop Lift • Screwtop Platform • Screwtop Shroom^a • Seesaw Log Bridge • Seesaw Shroom^a • Seesaw Shroom (blue)^b • Slide Lift^a • Small pipe • Snake Block • Spine Coaster • Star Lift • Stretch Block • Stretch Shroom^a • Stone block • Super Acorn • Super Crown^c • Super Guide Block^a • Super Mushroom • Super Star • Switch-Lift^b • Trampoline • Tree • Turning Floor • Warp Pipe • Water Ball^a • Wobble Rock^a • Yoshi egg
Moves	Crouch • Dash • Double Jump • Drill Spin • Fly • Ground Pound • Jump • Midair Spin • Simultaneous Ground Pound • Slide • Spin Jump • Stomp • Swallow • Swim • Triple Jump • Wall Jump
Enemies and obstacles	Amp^a • Banzai Bill • Banzai Bill Cannon • Big Amp^a • Big Boo • Big Buzzy Beetle^a • Big Cheep Cheep • Big Dry Bones • Big Deep Cheep^b • Big Eep Cheep^b • Big Fuzzy • Big Goomba • Big Koopa Troopa • Big Piranha Plant • Big Thwomp • Big Urchin • Big Venus Fire Trap^b • Big Wiggler • Bill Blaster • Bill Blaster Turret • Blooper • Blooper Baby^a • Blooper Nanny^a • Bob-omb • Bomb • Bony Beetle • Boo • Boomerang Bro • Bowser Stunner • Bramball • Broozer • Bulber^a • Bullet Bill • Burner • Buzzy Beetle • Cannon • Cannonball^a • Chain Chomp • Cheep Cheep • Cheep Chomp • Circling Boo Buddies • Cooligan • Deep Cheep^b • Dragoneel • Dry Bones • Eep Cheep • Energy ring • Fire Bro • Fire Snake • Fire Bar • Fire Piranha Plant • Fish Bone • Flame Chomp • Fliprus • Foo • Frost Piranha • Fuzzy • Ghost Block • Giant cannon • Giant cannonball • Giant Clam^a • Goomba • Goombrat • Grrrol • Hammer Bro • Heavy Para-Beetle • Hefty Goomba • Huckit Crab • Huge Fire Bar • Huge Icicle • Ice Bro • Icicle • Jellybeam^a • King Bill • Koopa Troopa • Lakitu • Lava Bubble • Lava Geyser^a • Magmaargh • Magmaw • Mecha Cheep^a • Mecha Hand • Mechakoopa • Mega Grrrol • Meteor • Mini Goomba • Missile Bill • Monty Mole • Muncher • Nabbit • Para-Beetle • Parabomb • Paragoomba^a • Paratroopa • Piranha Plant • Piranha Pod • Pokey • Porcupuffer • Prickly Goomba • River Piranha Plant • Rocky Wrench^a • Rubber ball • Scaredy Rat^a • Skewer • Sledge Bro • Spike • Spike Top • Spiked ball • Spinner • Spiny • Spiny Cheep Cheep • Spiny Egg • Stalking Piranha Plant • Stone Spike • Sumo Bro • Swoop^a • Targeting Ted • Thwimp^a • Thwomp • Torpedo tube^a • Torpedo Ted • Torpedo Base (Targeting Ted) • Urchin • Waddlewing • Wiggler
Others	Ash • Current • Enemy Course • Lava • Poison • Quicksand • Sand Geyser • Stone-Eye • Time Limit • Water Geyser
Game modes	Boost Mode • Challenge Mode^a • Boost Rush^a • Coin Battle^a
Further info	Paah • Gallery (New Super Mario Bros. U · New Super Luigi U · New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe) • Glitches • Media • New Super Mario Bros. U + New Super Luigi U • Pre-release and unused content • Staff (New Super Mario Bros. U · New Super Luigi U · New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe)
^a Exclusive to New Super Mario Bros. U ^b Exclusive to New Super Luigi U ^c Exclusive to New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe

Super Mario Bros. Wonder
Playable characters		Mario • Luigi • Princess Peach • Princess Daisy • Yellow Toad • Blue Toad • Toadette • Yoshi • Red Yoshi • Yellow Yoshi • Light-Blue Yoshi • Nabbit
Other characters		Ancient Dragon • Captain Toad • Kamek • Poplin (Angler Poplin · Loyal Poplin · Master Poplin) • Prince Florian • Professor Connect • Racing Wiggler • Talking Flower
Locations	Worlds	Pipe-Rock Plateau • Fluff-Puff Peaks • Shining Falls • Sunbaked Desert • Fungi Mines • Deep Magma Bog • Petal Isles • Special World
Locations	Other	Flower Kingdom • Petal Isles • Poplin Shop
Bosses		Bowser (Castle Bowser) • Bowser Jr. (Wonder Bowser Jr.)
Objects	Collectibles	1-Up Mushroom • 10-flower coin • Blue Coin • Bubble Flower • Coin • Drill Mushroom • Elephant Fruit • Fire Flower • Flower coin • Key • Royal Seed • Super Mushroom • Super Star • Wonder Seed
Objects	Other	! Block • ? Block • ? Switch • Arrow Sign • Atchi Muite Block • Badge • Beacon • Beanstalk • Brick Block • Bridge • Bubble • Bumper • Candy Block • Checkpoint Flag • Cloud Block • Cloud Lift • Conveyor Belt • Crate • Dark • Domino Iwa • Donut Block • Dotted-Line Block • Downpour Cloud • Dropdown Countdown Lift • Empty Block • Frozen Coin • Goal Pole (secret) • Handle • Hard Block • Hidden Block • Hidden Character Block • Hidden Coin • Ice Block • Inchworm Pipe • Iron Block • Item Balloon • Item storage • Jewel block • Key Door • Lakitu's Cloud • Light-Switch • Lift • Lifting Shabon • Linking Lift • Long ? Block • Long Empty Block • Marimba Block • Mushroom Platform • Mushroom Trampoline • ON/OFF Switch • P Switch • Peanut box • Pole Block • POW Block • Propeller Flower • Puffy Lift • Pumpkin • Race Block • Red POW Block • Rock Block • Rotating Block • Roulette Block • Semisolid Platform • Snow block • Spike Trap • Standee • Timer-Switch • Track • Treasure chest • Tree • Warp Door • Warp Pipe • Water Ball • Water spout • Wonder Flower • Wonder Token • Wow Bud • Zip Track
Enemies and obstacles		Anglefish • Armad • Baboom • Big Fire Piranha • Big Mokumokumo • Big Note Piranha Plant • Big Piranha Plant • Big Run Run Packun • Bill Blaster • Blewbird • Bloomp • Bob-omb • Bone Goomba • Bone Piranha Plant • Bone Run Run Packun • Boo • Bowser cannon • Bowser Statue • Bull's-Eye Blaster • Bullet Bill • Bulrush • Burner • Buzzy Beetle • Cannon • Cheep Cheep • Cloud Piranha • Condart • Condrop • Dark Nokonoko • Deka Chase Killer • Deka Hoppin • Deka Korobū • Dry Bones • Electricity Block • Fire Bar • Fire Piranha Plant • Fire Gabon • Flying Mechakoopa • Gamboo • Giant Mokumokumo • Giant Spiked Ball • Gnawsher • Goomba • Goombrat • Hammer Bro • Hefty Goomba • Hoppo • Hoppycat • Hot-Hot Rock • Hothead • Kerpop • King Boo • Kodeka Kakibō • Kodeka Maimai • Konk • Koopa Paratroopa • Koopa Troopa • Lakitu • Lakitu trio • Lava Blobble • Lava Bubble • Li'l Scorcher • Lil Sparky • Maw-Maw • Mechakoopa • Mecha Maker • Mega Goomba • Melon Piranha Plant • Metal Takebō • Missile Meg • Mumsy • Muncher • Ninji • Nipper Plant • Noknok • Note Piranha Plant • Outmaway • Piranha Plant • Piston • Pokey • Pokipede • Raargh • Renketsu Search Killer • Revver • Rift • Rift Mario • Robbird • Rolla Koopa • Rrrumba • Seeker Bullet Bill • Serpont • Shoomp • Shova • Skedaddler • Sluglug • Smackerel • Smogrin • Snootle • Snortoise • Spike • Spike Ball • Spike Trap • Spiny • Spiny Egg • Sproing • Sugarstar • Swirlypod • Taily • Thwomp • Trompette • Trottin' Piranha Plant • Urchin • Whohoo • Wonder Būsuke • Wonder Gottsun • Wonder Haiden • Wonder Hoppin • Wonder Koronporin • Wonder Packun • Wubba • Zip-Zap
Moves		Crouch • Dash • Flutter Jump • Ground Pound • Jump • Midair Spin • Shell Toss • Slide • Spin Jump • Stomp • Swallow • Swim • Wall Jump
Other		Gallery • Media • Quotes • Staff