Water Ball

Water Ball
Model 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. subseries. 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.

HistoryEdit

New Super Mario Bros. WiiEdit

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 DeluxeEdit

In New Super Mario Bros. U and its port, Water Balls 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. Water Balls do not appear in New Super Luigi U.

Super Mario Bros. WonderEdit

In Super Mario Bros. Wonder, Water Balls 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.

GalleryEdit

Screenshot from New Super Mario Bros. Wii
Screenshot from New Super Mario Bros. U
Screenshot from Super Mario Bros. Wonder

Names in other languagesEdit

Language	Name	Meaning	Notes
Japanese	空中水^[2] Kūchū Mizu	Midair Water
Chinese	空中之水^[?] Kōngzhōng zhī Shuǐ	Midair Water
Italian	Palla d'acqua^[3]	Water ball	New Super Mario Bros. U
	Bolla di sapone^[4]	Soap bubble	New Super Mario Bros. Wii
	Bolla d'acqua^[5]	Water bubble	New Super Mario Bros. U

ReferencesEdit

^ Stratton, Steve (November 18, 2012). New Super Mario Bros. U PRIMA Official Game Guide. Prima Games (American English). ISBN 978-0-307-89690-2. Page 181.
^ Sakai, Kazuya (Ambit), kikai, Akinori Sao, Junko Fukuda, Kunio Takayama, and Ko Nakahara (Shogakukan), editors (October 19, 2015). 『スーパーマリオブラザーズ百科: 任天堂公式ガイドブック』. Tokyo: Shogakukan (Japanese). ISBN 978-4-09-106569-8. Page 149, 215.
^ Canale New Super Mario Bros. U (January 30, 2013). New Super Mario Bros. U - Nuvole di meringa 5 - Prendi la stella e via verso gli 1-Up (Wii U). YouTube (Italian).
^ November 15, 2018. Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia. Magazzini Salani (Italian). ISBN 889367436X. Page 149.
^ November 15, 2018. Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia. Magazzini Salani (Italian). ISBN 889367436X. Page 215.

[Edit] New Super Mario Bros. Wii
Playable characters		Mario • Luigi • Yellow Toad and Blue Toad
Forms		Small Mario • Super Mario • Fire Mario • Propeller Mario • Ice Mario • Penguin Mario • Mini Mario • Invincible Mario
Non-playable characters		Yoshi • Yellow Yoshi • Light Blue Yoshi • Pink Yoshi • Princess Peach • Toads • Jumbo Rays
Enemies		Amp • Banzai Bill • Big Boo • Big Chain Chomp • Big Dry Bones • Big Fuzzy • Big Thwomp • Big Urchin • Big Wiggler • Blooper • Blooper Baby • Blooper Nanny • Bob-omb • Boo • Boomerang Bro • Bramball • Broozer • Bulber • Bull's-Eye Banzai • Bullet Bill • Chain Chomp • Cheep Cheep • Cheep-Chomp • Clampy • Climbing Koopa • Cooligan • Crowber • Deep-Cheep • Dry Bones • Eep Cheep • Fire Bro • Fire Snake • Flame Chomp • Foo • Fuzzy • Giant Goomba • Goomba • Huckit Crab • Hammer Bro • Heavy Para-Beetle • Hefty Goomba • 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 • 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 • Wet Bones • Wiggler
Obstacles		Ash • Ball 'n' Chain • Banzai Bill Cannon • Big gun • Bill Blaster • Bill Blaster Turret • Bowser's Fireball • Burner • Cannon • Cannonball • Electrical field • Fire • Fire Bar • Ghost Block • Ghost Vase • Giant cannonball • Giant Spiked Ball • Huge Icicle • Ice • Icicle • Junior Clown Car • Lava • Lava Geyser • Lava swell • Lava tide • Moving torch • Pit • Poisonous swamp • Quartet-cannon • Quicksand • Sandstorm • Shifting wall • Skewer • Spell • Spike Ball • Spikes • Volcanic debris • Volcano
Bosses	The Koopalings	Larry • Roy • Lemmy • Wendy • Iggy • Morton • Ludwig
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[Edit] New Super Mario Bros. U / New Super Luigi U / New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe
Playable characters		Mario • Luigi • Yellow Toad • Blue Toad • Mii • Nabbit^c • Toadette^e
Forms		Small Mario • Super Mario • Flying Squirrel Mario • Fire Mario • Ice Mario • Mini Mario • Propeller Mario • Penguin Mario • Invincible Mario • Power Squirrel Mario • Peachette^e
Yoshis		Yoshi • Balloon Baby Yoshi • Bubble Baby Yoshi • Glowing Baby Yoshi
Non-playable characters		Princess Peach • Toads
Enemies		Amp^a • Banzai Bill • Big Amp^a • Big Boo • Big Buzzy Beetle^a • Big Cheep Cheep • Big Deep Cheep^b • Big Dry Bones • Big Eep Cheep^b • Big Fire Piranha^b • Big Fuzzy • Big Goomba^a • Big Koopa Troopa^a • Big Piranha Plant • Big Pokey • Big Thwomp • Big Urchin • Big Wiggler • Blooper • Blooper Baby^a • Blooper Nanny^a • Bob-omb • Bony Beetle • Boo • Boomerang Bro • Bramball • Broozer • Bulber^a • Bullet Bill • Buzzy Beetle • Chain Chomp • Cheep Cheep • Cheep Chomp • Clampy^a • Cooligan • Deep Cheep^b • Dragoneel • Dry Bones • Eep Cheep • Fire Bro • Fire Piranha Plant • Fire Snake • Fish Bone • Flame Chomp • Fliprus • Foo • Fuzzy • Goomba • Goombrat • Grrrol • Hammer Bro • Heavy Para-Beetle • Hefty Goomba • Huckit Crab • Ice Bro • Ice Piranha Plant • Jellybeam^a • King Bill • Koopa Paratroopa • Koopa Troopa • Lakitu • Lava Bubble • Magmaargh • Magmaw • Mecha Cheep^a • Mechakoopa • Mega Grrrol • Mini Goomba • Missile Bill • Monty Mole • Muncher • Para-Beetle • Parabomb • Paragoomba^a • Piranha Plant • Piranha Pod • Pokey • Porcupuffer • Prickly Goomba • River Piranha Plant • Rocky Wrench^a • Scaredy Rat^a • Sledge Bro • Spike • Spike Top • Spiny • Spiny Cheep Cheep • Spiny Egg • Stalking Piranha Plant • Stone Spike • Sumo Bro • Swoop^a • Targeting Ted • Thwimp^a • Thwomp • Torpedo Ted • Urchin • Waddlewing • Wiggler
Obstacles		Ash • Banzai Bill Cannon • Big gun • Bill Blaster • Bill Blaster Turret • Bob-omb Cannon^b • Bowser Stunner • Bowser's Flame • Burner • Cannon^a • Cannonball^a • Current • Fire Bar • Ghost Block • Giant cannonball • Huge Fire Bar • Huge Icicle • Ice • Icicle • Junior Clown Car • Lava • Lava Geyser • Lava swell • Lava tide • Mecha Hand • Moving block • Moving torch • Pit • Poison Bog • Quicksand • Skewer • Spell • Spike Ball • Spikes • Spinner • Torpedo Base • Torpedo tube^a
Bosses	Tower bosses	Boom Boom • Boss Sumo Bro • Magikoopa
	The Koopalings	Lemmy • Morton • Larry • Wendy • Iggy • Roy • Ludwig
	Other bosses	Bowser Jr. • Magikoopa • Bowser • Giant Bowser
Items and power-ups		1-Up Mushroom • 3-Up Moon • Barrel • Blue Coin • Boost Star • Buzzy Shell • Coin • Fire Flower • Fruit • Green Coin • Hidden Coin • Ice block • Ice Flower • Koopa Shell • Mini Mushroom • P-Acorn • Penguin Suit • POW Block • Propeller Mushroom • Red Coin • Star Coin • Super Acorn • Super Crown^e • Super Mushroom • Super Star • Trampoline • Yoshi's Egg
Objects		! Switch • ? Block • ? Switch • 3-Up Moon Block^d • 10-Coin Block • Airship • Arrow lift • Bean Platform • Beanstalk • Big Block • Blue Ring^b • Bone bridge • Boost Block^d • Boss cannon • Bouncy Cloud • Brick Block • Bridge • Checkpoint Flag^a • Clockwork Block • Cloud Lift • Cog • Conveyor Belt • Cracked block • Crate • Cross Lift • Donut Block • Door • Empty Block • False wall • Floor • Flower • Flying ? Block • Giant Shell • Goal Pole • Goal Pole (secret) • Goal ring • Green Ring • Hanging chain • Hanging vine • Hidden Block • Ice Chunk • Ice platform • Iron Block • Jet Pipe • Leaf Platform • Lift • Light-Up-Lift • Limited Lift • Limited Lift (Remote-Control) • Luigi Block^b • Magical platform • Mega ? Block • Mist • Moving Fence • Mushroom Platform • Note Block • Nut • P Switch • Paddle Platform^a • Palm tree • Pendulum Platform • Pole • Pipe • Pipe Cannon • Red Ring • Remote-Control Platform • Rocking Platform • Rocky wall • Rolling log • Rope ladder • Roulette Block • Sand Geyser • Scale Lift • Screwtop • Screwtop Lift • Screwtop Platform • Screwtop Shroom • Seesaw Log Bridge • Seesaw Shroom • Seesaw Shroom (blue)^b • Semisolid Platform • Slide Lift • Small pipe • Snake Block • Spine Coaster • Star Lift • Start Block • Stone block • Stone-Eye • Stretch Block • Stretch Shroom • Super Guide Block^a • Swinging Hammer • Switch-Lift^b • Tilting mushroom^a • Track Block • Treasure chest • Trick door • Turning Floor • Water • Water Ball • Water Geyser • Water tide • Wobble Rock
Locations	Worlds	Acorn Plains • Layer-Cake Desert • Sparkling Waters • Frosted Glacier • Soda Jungle • Rock-Candy Mines • Meringue Clouds • Peach's Castle • Superstar Road
Locations	Other	Mushroom Kingdom • Secret Island • Coin Courses^a • Toad Houses
Moves		Crouch • Dash • Double Jump • Drill Spin • Floaty Jump^e • Flutter Jump • Ground Pound • Jump • Midair Jump^e • Midair Spin • Propeller Jump • Scuttle^b • Shell Toss • Simultaneous Ground Pound • Slide • Spin Jump • Stomp • Swallow • Swim • Triple Jump • Wall Jump
Gameplay elements		Boost Mode • Boost Rush^a • Challenge Mode^a • Coin Battle^a • Enemy Course • Extra life • Luigi sightings^b • Paah • Point • Secret exit • Time Limit • Tower
Music		"Coin Edit" • "Ground Theme" • "Secret Island Record Room"
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^a Exclusive to the New Super Mario Bros. U campaign ^b Exclusive to the New Super Luigi U campaign ^c Present in both campaigns, but has different roles in each ^d Only in the Wii U release ^e Only in the Nintendo Switch release

[Edit] Super Mario Bros. Wonder / Super Mario Bros. Wonder – Nintendo Switch 2 Edition + Meetup in Bellabel Park
Playable characters		Mario • Luigi • Peach • Daisy • Yellow Toad • Blue Toad • Toadette • Yoshi • Red Yoshi • Yellow Yoshi • Light-Blue Yoshi • Nabbit
Forms		Small Mario • Super Mario • Fire Mario • Invincible Mario • Elephant Mario • Bubble Mario • Drill Mario • Hoppycat Mario • Goomba Mario • Balloon Mario • Spike-Ball Mario • Wubba Mario • Sproing Mario^b • Puffy Lift Mario^a • Metal Mario
Non-playable characters		Prince Florian • Talking Flowers • Poplins • Angler Poplin • Master Poplin • Loyal Poplin • Professor Connect • Captain Toad • Hint Toad* • Ancient Dragon
Enemies		Anglefish • Armad • Baboom • Big Fiery Note Piranha^a • Big Fire Piranha Plant • Big Goomba • Big Hoppycat • Big Piranha Plant • Big Seeker Bullet Bill • Big Shoomp • Big Smogrin • Big Snootle • Big Trottin' Piranha Plant • Blewbird • Bloomp • Bob-omb • Bone Goomba • Bone Piranha Plant • Boo • Bull's-Eye Billet Train • Bull's-Eye Gnawsher • Bullet Bill • Bulrush • Buzzy Beetle • Castle Bowser • Cheep Cheep • Cloud Piranha • Condart • Condrop • Dry Bones • Fiery Note Piranha • Fire Piranha Plant • Fire Spike • Flying Mechakoopa • Gamboo • Gnawsher • Goomba • Goombrat • Hammer Bro • Hefty Goomba • Hefty Goombrat • Hefty Smogrin • Hefty Swirlypod • Hoppo • Hoppycat • Hothead • Kamek • Kerpop • King Boo • Konk • Koopa Paratroopa • Koopa Troopa • Lakitu • Lakitu trio^a • Lava Blobble • Lava Bubble • Li'l Scorcher • Li'l Sparky • Maw-Maw • Mechakoopa • Melon Piranha Plant • Metal Gamboo • Missile Meg • Mumsy • Muncher • Ninji • Nipper Plant • Noknok • Outmaway • Piranha Plant • Pokey • Pokipede • Raargh • Racing Wiggler • Revver • Rift Koopa • Rift Mario • Robbird • Rolla Koopa • Rrrumba • Seeker Bullet Bill • Serpont • Shoomp • Shova • Skedaddler • Sluglug • Smackerel • Smogrin • Snootle • Snortoise • Spike • Spiny • Spiny Egg • Sproing • Swirlypod • Sugarstar • Taily • Thwomp • Trompette • Trottin' Bone Piranha Plant • Trottin' Piranha Plant • Urchin • Whohoo • Wonder Anglefish • Wonder Blewbird • Wonder Bloomp • Wonder Bulrush herd • Wonder Gnawsher • Wonder Hoppo • Wonder Hoppycat • Wonder Konk • Wonder Missile Meg • Wonder Piranha^b • Wonder Shova • Wonder Smackerel • Wubba • Zip-Zap
Obstacles		Bill Blaster • Bob-omb Cannon • Bowser statue • Bull's-Eye Blaster • Burner • Būsuke Hōdai • Electricity Block • Electricity Cloud • Fire Bar • Fire Knuckle • Fire Wheel • Fireball • Flying battleship (Wonder Effect) • Giant Spiked Ball • Honey • Hot-Hot Rock • Ice • Lava • Lava Geyser • Lava tide • Lightning • Mecha Maker • Moving torch • Ōgata no Burner • Piston • Pit • Poison swamp • Poison tide • Rift • Sand • Spike-Ball • Spike Trap • Volcanic debris
Bosses		Bowser Jr. / Wonder Bowser Jr. • Koopalings* • Bowser / Wonder Bowser
Items and power-ups		1-Up Mushroom • 10-flower coin • Badge • Big shell • Blue Coin • Bubble Flower • Buzzy Shell • Coin • Drill Mushroom • Elephant Fruit • Fire Flower • Flower coin • Hidden Coin • Jar • Key • Koopa Shell • Red POW Block • Royal Seed • Small flower coin^b • Standee • Standee Surprise • Super Mushroom • Super Star • Swirlypod Shell^b • Water • Wonder Flower • Wonder Seed • Wonder Token
Objects	Blocks	! Block • ? Block • 10-Coin Block • Atchi Muite Block • Brick Block • Cactus box • Cloud Block • Crate • Donut Block • Dotted-Line Block • Empty Block • Hard block • Hidden Character Block • Icy block • Invisible block • Iron Block • Jewel block • Light-Switch • Linking Block^b • Linking Lift • Long Donut Block • Long Rotating Block^a • Marimba Block • ON/OFF Switch • Peanut box • POW Block • Pumpkin box • Race Block • Rhythm Block • Rock Block • Rotating Block • Roulette Block • Semisolid Block^b • Shoot ? Block^b • Shoot Block • Snow Block^b • Spring Block^b • Timer-Switch • Wonder POW Block • Yureru Block
Objects	Other objects	! Switch • ? Capsule^b • ? Switch • Aka-Ao Block • Akatō Lift • Arrow Sign • Beacon • Bomb • Bone Lift • Bridge • Bowser Switch • Bubble • Bumper • Cannon • Chandelier • Checkpoint Flag • Cloud • Cloud Lift • Coin blaster^a • Conveyor Belt • Cork • Current • Door • Dropdown Countdown Lift • Downpour Cloud • Fossilized dragon • Fune • Goal (Wiggler Race) • Goal Pole • Goal Pole (secret) • Goo • Handle • Hip Tree • Inchworm Pipe • Item Balloon • Jet Pipe • Key Door • Lakitu's Cloud • Large ! Switch • Lift • Lifting Shabon • Marui Ki • Mienai Ashiba • Mushroom Platform • Mushroom Trampoline • Oseru Ashiba • Oseru Dokan • P Switch • Pipe • Pole • Propeller Flower • Puffy Lift • Pump Lift • Rhythm Floor^b • Sankaku Trampoline • Semisolid Platform • Shikaku Trampoline • Sign • Sinkin' Pipe • Spotlight • Topple Rock • Totchī • Treasure chest • Ugoku Ashiba • Vine • Water tide • Wilted flower • Wow Bud • Zip Track
Locations	Worlds	Pipe-Rock Plateau • Fluff-Puff Peaks • Shining Falls • Sunbaked Desert • Fungi Mines • Deep Magma Bog • Petal Isles • Special World
	Level types	Badge Challenge • Break Time! • KO Arena • Search Party • Wiggler Race
	Other	Flower Kingdom • Poplin Shop
Moves		Boosting Spin Jump • Crouch • Crouching High Jump • Dash • Floating High Jump • Flutter Jump • Ground Pound • Jump • Looking up • Midair Spin • Shell Toss • Slide • Spin Jump • Stomp • Swallow • Swim • Wall Jump
Gameplay elements		Beat • Coin Heaven • Completion • Extra life • Player shadow • Secret exit • Sub-area • Wonder Effect
Music		"Coast Theme" • "Medley-Mix Wonder" • "Poplin House" • "Snowy-Mountain Theme" • "Starry-Staff Wonder"
Further info		Gallery • Multimedia • Nintendo Music (soundtrack) • Quotes • Staff
^a Uses a conjectural name ^b Uses a derived name * Exclusive to Nintendo Switch 2 Edition
Related Play Nintendo activities All about Super Mario Bros. Wonder • Badge bunch