Bramball

Bramballs are a type of enemy found in New Super Mario Bros. Wii, found solely in World 5-3. They appear as orange spherical Pokey-esque enemies with brambles for arms jutting out of their sides and yellow suction cup-like feet. Their sole attack is moving around a set path by flipping themselves around, planting their feet on flat surfaces. When they reach the end of a small island or flat end, they will continue and flip the other way. Touching a Bramball's feet or arms will hurt Mario.

Bramballs can be defeated by jumping on the ball in the center, freezing them as Ice Mario or Penguin Mario and Ground Pounding on them while frozen, being hit by Fire Mario's fireballs and a Star. Hitting them from underneath will release coins and cause them to temporarily stop flipping over. Hitting them while launching out of a Warp Pipe cannon instantly defeats one and causes them to release twenty coins, though this can only be achieved in World 5-3.

Trivia

 * Bramball's name is a play on the words "bramble" (of which its long appendages are made out of) and "ball".
 * In the beta version of New Super Mario Bros. Wii, Bramballs had brown feet instead of yellow feet.
 * Their feet is similar to that of Plungelos.