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{{articleabout|the technique used by Mario and Luigi in ''Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time''|an attack part in ''Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story''|[[Ball Bros.]]}}
[[File:Instructions4.png|thumb|Instructions for the Bros. Ball in ''Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time''.]]
[[Image:Bros._Ball.PNG|thumb|'''Bros. Ball''']]
The '''Bros. Ball'''<ref>"''I've dubbed this the Bros. Ball. Why you ask? Because you are bros. And you form a ball.''" — '''[[Toadsworth the Younger]]''', ''[[Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time]]''</ref> is a move usable by [[Mario]] and [[Luigi]] that only appears in ''[[Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time]]''.
'''Bros. Ball''' is a move learned by [[Mario]] and [[Luigi]] in ''[[Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time]]''. In this move they both turn into a ball and can now move faster. Additionally, the Bros. Ball lets Mario and Luigi go under walls in the game. Later on, Mario and Luigi learn the ability to flatten [[Baby Mario]] and [[Baby Luigi]]. This move is called [[Baby Cakes]].


The Bros. Ball ability was also used much earlier in the game by the [[L33t Hamm3r Broz.]] The two [[Hammer Bros.]] had an attack where one would use their mighty [[Hammer]] to smash another into a sphere before hitting him at the Baby Mario Bros.; this attack is very much like Bros. Ball. Also, one of the L33t Hamm3r Broz.' Hammers may break during an attempt to do this attack, resulting in a bouncy version of the Bros. Ball not used by Baby Mario and Baby Luigi.
==History==
===''Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time''===
[[File:Bros._Ball.png|thumb|Bros. Ball being used in the [[Koopaseum]].]]
[[File:BrosBall.png|frame|left]]
In ''[[Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time]]'', the move is taught to Mario and Luigi by [[Toadsworth]] and [[Toadsworth the Younger]] after [[Yoshi's Island (location)|Yoshi's Island]] is cleared and before the player heads for [[Gritzy Desert]], in which the move is required to clear a minigame in [[Peach's Castle]] to even gain access to the [[time hole]] leading to the area. When using this move, the bros both form themselves into a wheel and start rolling along the ground like a ball, allowing them to traverse through areas faster. Additionally, the Bros. Ball lets Mario and Luigi go under walls and small spaces in the game.


This move may be a nod to ''[[Mario Pinball Land]]''.
Later on in the game, Mario and Luigi learn the ability to temporarily flatten [[Baby Mario]] and [[Baby Luigi]] so they can move under even smaller spaces. This move is called [[Baby Cakes]], and it is learned, along with the [[Baby Spin]], by the two Toadsworths after clearing [[Gritzy Caves]] and before the quartet head out to [[Thwomp Volcano]].


[[Category:Moves]]
===''Super Mario-Kun''===
[[File:BrosBall-4Bros SMKv37.png|thumb|left|Mario, Luigi, Baby Mario, and Baby Luigi rolled up in the four brother version of the ball in the ''Super Mario-Kun'', volume 37.]]
In the ''[[Super Mario-Kun]]'' volumes adapted from ''Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time'', Mario and Luigi use it as an attack rather than a utility move, where they smash into the [[Snoozorb]] in volume 35. Later, in volume 37, a four brother variation of the Bros. Ball is used against the [[Elder Princess Shroob]].
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==See also==
*[[Tube Mode]]
*[[Ball Hop]]
 
==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jap=ブラザーボール
|JapR=Burazā bōru
|JapM=Brother ball
|Spa=Bola dúo
|SpaM=Duo ball
|Ita=Palla Fratelli
|ItaM=Bros. Ball
|Kor=브라더 볼
|KorR=Beuradeo Bol
|KorM=Brother Ball
}}
 
==Trivia==
*Although the move is not present, Mario and Luigi go into a similar ball-shaped formation while inside the [[Chest Station]] in ''[[Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story]]'' and ''[[Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey]]''.
 
==References==
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