Editing Star Ball

{{distinguish|Star Sphere}}
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{{item infobox
|image=[[File:SMG Mario Star Ball.png|150px]]<br>Artwork from ''Super Mario Galaxy''
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]'' ([[List of games by date#2007|2007]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Super Mario 3D All-Stars]]'' ([[List of games by date#2020|2020]])
}}
{{quote2|Hey, now! If [[Mario|you]]'re thinking about just rolling that ball away, you'd better listen to old Bill Board here. If anything gets in your way, smoosh it! Anyway, you'll learn more by doing it yourself. Good luck!|[[Boards (Super Mario Galaxy)|Bill Board]]|[[Super Mario Galaxy]]}}
[[File:SMG2 Rolling Coaster Rainbow Road Roll.png|thumb|left|Mario breaking open the Star Ball in ''Super Mario Galaxy 2'']]
'''Star Balls''',<ref>''Super Mario Galaxy 2'' English instruction booklet, page 20.</ref> originally known as '''Rolling Balls''',<ref>''Super Mario Galaxy'' English instruction booklet, page 19.</ref> are large, rideable spheres in ''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]'' and ''[[Super Mario Galaxy 2]]''. One appears in the [[Rolling Green Galaxy]], the [[Rolling Gizmo Galaxy]], and [[Melty Molten Galaxy]] during [[Through the Meteor Storm]] in ''Super Mario Galaxy''. In ''Super Mario Galaxy 2'', it is found in the [[Rolling Masterpiece Galaxy]] and the [[Rolling Coaster Galaxy]]. Star Balls are visually similar to {{wp|Super Ball}}s, complete with shards of glitter. In nearly all contexts, Star Balls contain a [[Power Star]]. In the mission [[Purple Coins on the Rainbow Road]], the Star Ball is purplish and instead contains a [[Purple Coin]].

The player can control the Star Ball by first [[jump]]ing on top of it, pointing {{button|Wii|Wiimote}} straight up, and then tilting it in a direction while trying to move at a steady pace. Once [[Mario]] (or [[Luigi]]) is on the Star Ball, he cannot dismount it. Mario's objective is to ride the Star Ball into a [[divot]] marked by a yellow flag, which is similar to a golf hole. To get to the flag, Mario must bypass numerous obstacles, including narrow ledges and moving [[platform]]s. Any enemies in the path of the Star Ball are crushed. Additionally, the speed at which Mario rolls affects the speed and the pitch of the background music being played.

Once Mario rolls the Star Ball into the divot, the ball explodes, and the Power Star within is released. The Power Star moves itself to a flagpole found at the end of the course, where Mario must climb up in order to collect it. In Purple Coins on the Rainbow Road, the purple Star Ball releases one of the 100 Purple Coins needed to make a Power Star appear. This is the 110th coin, assuming the player successfully collected all of the other ones on the course.

==Gallery==
<gallery>
SMG Asset Model Star Ball.png|Model
SMG Rolling Green Rolling in the Clouds.png|Mario rolling in the [[Rolling Green Galaxy]]
Gizmo3.png|Mario rolling in the [[Rolling Gizmo Galaxy]]
SMG Melty Molten Lava Ball Rolling Area.png|Mario about to roll in the [[Melty Molten Galaxy]]
SMG2 Rolling Masterpiece Galaxy 2.png|Mario rolling in the [[Rolling Masterpiece Galaxy]]
SMG2 Rolling Coaster Starting Path.png|Mario rolling in the [[Rolling Coaster Galaxy]]
PurpleCoinBall.png|The ball in the Rolling Coaster Galaxy containing a [[Purple Coin]]
</gallery>

==Additional names==
===Internal names===
{{internal names
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|name1=Tamakoro
|meaning1=Portmanteau of「玉」(''tama'', ball) and「コロコロ」(''korokoro'', onomatopoeia for rolling)
|game2=''Super Mario Galaxy''<br>''Super Mario Galaxy 2''
|file2=<tt>StageData/ObjNameTable.arc/ObjNameTable.tbl</tt>
|name2=たまころ (''Tamakoro'')
|meaning2=Portmanteau of「玉」(''tama'', ball) and「コロコロ」(''korokoro'', onomatopoeia for rolling)
}}

===Names in other languages===
{{foreign names
|Jap=タマコロ<ref>''Super Mario Galaxy'' Japanese instruction booklet, page 23.</ref><ref>''Super Mario Galaxy 2'' Japanese instruction booklet, page 26.</ref>
|JapR=Tamakoro
|JapM=Portmanteau of「玉」(''tama'', ball) and「コロコロ」(''korokoro'', onomatopoeia for rolling)
|Spa=Bola
|SpaM=Ball
|Ita=Astrosfera
|ItaM=Astro Ball
|Chi=星星球
|ChiR=Xīngxīng Qiú
|ChiM=Star Ball
|Ger=Sternenball
|GerM=Star Ball
}}

==Trivia==
*[[Bandai Namco Entertainment|Bandai]] produced Super Ball toys for ''Super Mario Galaxy'', each one containing an [[Super Mario Galaxy#Items|item]] from the game. The one containing a Power Star incidentally makes the whole toy resemble a Star Ball. It is viewable [[:File:SMGSuperBalls.jpg|here]] in the upper left.
*There are three themes used for riding on the Star Ball. The first one is used in the Rolling Green Galaxy, Rolling Gizmo Galaxy, and Rolling Masterpiece Galaxy; the second one is used in the second mission of the Melty Molten Galaxy; and the third one is an arranged version of the song "[[Slider]]," which plays in [[The Princess's Secret Slide]], [[Tick Tock Clock]], and [[Rainbow Ride]] in ''[[Super Mario 64]]'', used in the Rolling Coaster Galaxy.

==References==
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