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|image=[[File:SMW Magic Ball.png|100px]]<br>A Magic Ball from ''Super Mario World'' | |||
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|image=[[File:SMW Magic Ball.png|100px]]<br>A Magic Ball from '' | |||
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]'' ([[List of games by date#1988|1988]]) | |first_appearance=''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]'' ([[List of games by date#1988|1988]]) | ||
|latest_appearance=''[[Ultimate NES Remix]]'' ([[List of games by date#2014|2014]]) | |latest_appearance=''[[Ultimate NES Remix]]'' ([[List of games by date#2014|2014]]) | ||
|effect=Ends a level when [[Mario]] or [[Luigi]] touches it | |effect=Ends a level when [[Mario]] or [[Luigi]] touches it | ||
}} | }} | ||
{{distinguish|magical ball|? Bubble|Magic Orb}} | |||
A '''Magic Ball''' | A '''Magic Ball'''<ref>''Super Mario All-Stars'' English instruction booklet, page 32.</ref>, also known as a '''Crystal'''<ref>Nintendo ''Mario Mania'' Player's Guide. Pages 134, 136 & 137.</ref>, '''“?” Ball'''<ref>Hodgson, David S J. ''Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3'' Prima's Official Strategy Guide. Page 11.</ref>, or '''Orb'''<ref>''[[Prima Games|Playing With Super Power: Nintendo Super NES Classics eGuide]]'', ''Super Mario World'' Confidential Information Tab.</ref>, is an item in ''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]'' and ''[[Super Mario World]]''. It looks like a round power-up object with a question mark on it and is required to clear certain levels. It automatically activates when [[Mario]] or [[Luigi]] touches it. | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
===''Super Mario Bros. 3''=== | |||
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[[File:SMB3 Udquestionball.png|thumb|The upside down Magic Ball in ''Super Mario Bros. 3'']] | [[File:SMB3 Udquestionball.png|thumb|right|The upside down Magic Ball in ''Super Mario Bros. 3''.]] | ||
Magic Balls first appear in ''Super Mario Bros. 3''. They appear | Magic Balls first appear in ''Super Mario Bros. 3''. They only appear in [[fortress]]es after the player defeats [[Boom Boom]]. Upon his defeat, Boom Boom will drop a Magic Ball, and Mario must touch it to destroy the fortress and therefore complete the level. If [[Invincible Mario]] defeats Boom Boom by touching him, the Magic Ball will appear upside down, in the center of the arena. They later appeared in the game's remakes, playing the same role. | ||
==='' | ===''Super Mario World''=== | ||
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Magic | A Magic Ball reappears in ''Super Mario World'' in the [[Sunken Ghost Ship]]. Touching it beats the level in a similar fashion of beating a boss, although it is left out in the open instead of being held by a mini-boss. There is also a glitch to receive a Magic Ball and use it in any level to instantly complete it. | ||
===''Super Mario- | ===''Super Mario-Kun''=== | ||
In volume 4 of ''[[Super Mario-Kun]]'', whose arc is based on ''Super Mario World'', Mario grabs the Magic Ball to exit the level, and he and his friends are later found on the top of the entrance to the [[Valley of Bowser]]. | |||
In | <gallery> | ||
File:Question Ball SuperMarioKun 4.jpg|''[[Super Mario-Kun]]'' | |||
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==Names in other languages== | ==Names in other languages== | ||
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|Jap=マジックボール<ref>''Super Mario Bros. 3'' Japanese instruction booklet, page 20.</ref><br>''Majikku Bōru''<br>水晶玉<ref>Shogakukan. 2015. ''Super Mario Bros. Hyakka: Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook'', ''Super Mario World'' section, page 60.</ref><br>''Suishōdama'' | |Jap=マジックボール<ref>''Super Mario Bros. 3'' Japanese instruction booklet, page 20.</ref><br>''Majikku Bōru''<br>水晶玉<ref>Shogakukan. 2015. ''Super Mario Bros. Hyakka: Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook'', ''Super Mario World'' section, page 60.</ref><br>''Suishōdama'' | ||
|JapM=Magic Ball<br><br>Crystal Ball | |JapM=Magic Ball<br><br>Crystal Ball | ||
|Ita= | |Ita=Sfera ?<ref>''[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia]]''; pag. 60</ref> | ||
|ItaM= | |ItaM=? Sphere}} | ||
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==References== | ==References== |