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- This article is about the projectile weapon found in multiple platformers, typically as an obstacle. For the minigame in Mario Party: Island Tour, see Cannonball! For the cannonballs in Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest, see Kannonball.
Cannonballs are heavy metal spheres that are launched from cannons. Mario and Luigi are able to stop the lethal shots by stomping on them in mid-air; they can also be dodged relatively easily.
History
Super Mario series
Super Mario Bros. 3
Two cannons on the ground from
Super Mario Bros. 3 and its
Super Mario All-Stars remake
They appear most prominently in Super Mario Bros. 3 where they are fired from cannons mounted on Bowser's tanks, boats, and airships.
Super Mario Galaxy
Cannonballs reappear in Super Mario Galaxy with a renewed appearance. They sport a white line around their center and two yellow circles on opposite sides. In this game, cannonballs are fired by cannons located in Battlerock Galaxy and Dreadnought Galaxy, as well as from airships in Bowser Jr.'s Airship Armada. One notable difference with these cannonballs is that rather than simply colliding with the hero they explode upon impact. This will knock Mario down and may also result in him being thrown off a platform or into a black hole. To attack a cannonball, the player must jump on it or shoot it with a Star Bit. The first three cannonballs originating from the same cannon to be destroyed this way produce a coin each.
New Super Mario Bros. Wii
Cannonballs make another return in New Super Mario Bros. Wii, in which they only appear in World 8's airship. The giant cannonballs also return from Super Mario Bros. 3. Since the cannons are always found in a group, there is a high chance for the player to earn endless 1-Ups by jumping on each cannonball consecutively without touching the ground.
Super Mario Galaxy 2
Cannonballs make a reappearance in Super Mario Galaxy 2, retaining their function from the predecessor, though they only appear in Bowser Jr.'s Fearsome Fleet.
New Super Mario Bros. U
Cannonballs also appear in the Wii U title, New Super Mario Bros. U, where they act just like the ones in the predecessors. They can only be found in The Mighty Cannonship, from Soda Jungle. There is also a Challenge called Airship 1-Up Rally, which consists of jumping on many Cannonballs without falling to receive many 1-Ups. Cannonballs don't reappear in New Super Luigi U.
Super Mario 3D World
Mario shooting a cannonball out of a Cannon Box
Cannonballs appear again in Super Mario 3D World, in which they are fired out of cannons and Cannon Boxes.
Super Mario Maker / Super Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DS
A Super Mario Bros.-styled Cannonball
A Super Mario Bros.-styled Red Cannonball
Cannonballs reappear in Super Mario Maker and Super Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DS, where they are from cannons. Shaking a cannon will make it produce red cannonballs, which are much faster than normal ones. When a Mushroom is dragged onto a cannon, it will shoot Giant Cannonballs.
The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3
Cannonballs occasionally appear in several episodes of The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3.
Mario is Missing!
In the game Mario is Missing!, Luigi has to return the cannonball of the Emperor's Cannon to the Kremlin. It had been stolen by Koopa Troopas.
Mario & Luigi series
Cannonballs appear again in Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga, where they are fired at the Mario brothers by Gunner Guys in battle.
Wario World
In Wario World, Captain Skull shoots gigantic, white cannonballs with human-like faces on them, which explode upon impact.
Super Smash Bros. series
Cannonballs are shot by Bowser Jr. in his standard special move in Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS / Wii U and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, Clown Cannon.
Paper Mario: Color Splash
Cannonballs appear in Paper Mario: Color Splash, where they are fired from the Toad Captain's ship. When Shy Guys take over the ship, they fire the cannonballs randomly, narrowly missing Huey. Mario can use the cannonballs to hit targets and collect coins in the Violet Passage.
Official profiles and statistics
Super Mario Run
- Notebook bio: "A projectile fired from a cannon, it travels slowly in the air. Its smooth surface can easily be stepped on."
Names in other languages
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Name
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Meaning
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| Dutch |
Kanonskogel
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Cannonball
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| German |
Kanonenkugel
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Cannonball
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| Italian |
Palla di cannone
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Cannonball
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| Portuguese |
Bola de canhão
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Cannonball
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| Russian |
Ядро
Yadro
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Cannonball
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| Spanish (NOA) |
Bola de cañón
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Cannonball
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| Spanish (NOE) |
Bala de cañón
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Cannonball
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Trivia
- In Mario vs. Donkey Kong, Mario will not get struck by a cannonball if he makes contact with one during certain frames of the backflip animation.
See also
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| Super Mario 3D World / Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury / Bowser's Fury
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| Playable characters
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Mario • Luigi1,2 • Peach1,2 • Toad1,2 • Rosalina1,2 • Captain Toad1,2 • Bowser Jr.3 • Hint Toad2 • Banktoad2 • Yellow Toad2
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| Non-playable characters
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Kittens3 • Mii1 • Neko Parent3 • Plessie • Rabbits (Mega Rabbits) • Sprixie Princesses1,2 • Sprixies1,2 • Toads • Toadette3
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| Worlds1,2
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Sprixie Kingdom • World 1 • World 2 • World 3 • World 4 • World 5 • World 6 • World Castle • World Bowser • World Star • World Mushroom • World Flower • World Crown
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| Lake Lapcat locations3
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Fur Step Island • Scamper Shores • Pounce Bounce Isle • Fort Flaptrap • Slipskate Slope • Clawswipe Colosseum • Trickity Tower • Crisp Climb Castle • Risky Whisker Island • Pipe Path Tower • Roiling Roller Isle • Mount Magmeow • Lucky Isle
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| Bosses
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Bowser (Meowser1,2 · Fury Bowser3 · Giant Bowser3) • Boom Boom • Pom Pom • Hisstocrat1,2 • Boss Brolder1,2 • King Ka-thunk1,2 • Prince Bully • Motley Bossblob1,2
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| Items and objects
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+ Clock1,2 • ? Block • 1-Up Mushroom1,2 • Arrow platform1,2 • Arrow Sign • Assist Block1,2 • Baseball • Beep Block1,2 • Big Block1,2 • Blue Coin • Brick Block • Board1,2 • Bomb • Boomerang Flower • Cage3 • Cannon Box1,2 • Cat Shine3 • Cat Shine Shard3 • Cat Wheel • Chain-Link • Character Switch1,2 • Checkpoint Flag1,2 • Clear Pipe • Clear Pipe Cannon • Cloud Cannon • Cloud Lift • Cog1,2 • Coin • Coin Block • Coin Box • Coin pile • Color Panel1,2 • Crate • Crystal Block1,2 • Dark1,2 • Dash Panel • Double Cherry • Elevator1,2 • Fire Flower • Fling Pole3 • Floating couch1,2 • Flower1,2 • Fluff1,2 • Fury Block3 • Fury Sun3 • Giga Bell3 • Goal Pole1,2 • Gold Ring • Goomba Mask1,2 • Gong1,2 • Graffiti3 • Green Coin1,2 • Green Star1,2 • Green Star Ring1,2 • Ground-Pound Switch3 • Grumblump1,2 • Hexagon1,2 • Hidden Block • Ice Skate • Illusion1,2 • Invincibility Bell2,3 • Invincibility Leaf • Item storage • Jump Panel • Key Coin • Kick Bomb • Lift1,2 • Light Box1,2 • Lighthouse3 • Lucky Bell • Mega ? Block • Mega Mushroom1,2 • Multi-Vator1,2 • Mushroom Trampoline • Mystery Box1,2 • Plessie Medal3 • P Panel1,2 • P Switch1,2 • Pixel Luigi1, 2 • Potted Piranha Plant • POW Block • Propeller Box • Propeller Platform1 • Red-Blue Panel • Red Coin1,2 • Red POW Block1,2 • Red Ring1,2 • Rising pillar1,2 • Rock Block1,2 • Rotating Panel1,2 • Seagull3 • Searchlight1,2 • Shelf1,2 • Slamming block1,2 • Sliding door1,2 • Slot Block1,2 • Small birds1,2 • Snowball • Springboard1,2 • Stamp1,2 • Super Star • Super Bell • Super Jump Panel3 • Super Leaf • Super Mushroom • Switch Block1,2 • Switch Panel1,2 • Switchboard • Timer Gate3 • Touchstone1,2 • Trapeze1,2 • Tree • Turning Floor • Warp Box1,2 • Warp Box (With Key)1,2 • Warp Pipe • World Warp Pipe1, 2 • Zipline lift1,2
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| Moves
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Crawl • Crouch • Crouch Jump • Dash • Dive2,3 • Ground Pound • Ground Pound Jump2,3 • Jump • Long Jump • Roll • Shell dash • Side Somersault • Slide • Spin Jump • Swim • Synchro Ground-Pound1,2 • Wall Jump
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| Forms
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Small Mario • Super Mario • Fire Mario • Cat Mario (Lucky Cat Mario · Giga Cat Mario3 · White Cat Mario2,3) • Double Mario • Tanooki Mario (White Tanooki Mario) • Boomerang Mario • Mega Mario • Invincible Mario
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| Enemies and obstacles
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Ant Trooper1,2 • Baddie Box1,2 • Banzai Bill1,2 • Banzai Bill Cannon1,2 • Beach Koopa • Biddybud • Big Boo1,2 • Big Ant Trooper1,2 • Big Galoomba1,2 • Bill Blaster • Blockstepper • Blooper1,2 • Blurker1,2 • Bob-omb • Boo1,2 • Boomerang Bro • Brolder1,2 • Bullet Bill • Bully • Cannon1,2 • Cannonball1,2 • Cat Banzai Bill1,2 • Cat Bullet Bill • Cat Goomba1,2 • Chargin' Chuck1,2 • Charvaargh1,2 • Cheep Cheep • Coin Coffer • Conkdor • Disaster Neko3 • Falling spike3 • Fire Bar1,2 • Fire Bro • Fire Piranha Plant • Fizzlit1,2 • Flopter • Fury Shadow3 • Fuzzler • Fuzzy • Fuzzy Horde1,2 • Galoomba1,2 • Goomba • Goomba Tower • Hammer Bro • Hop-Chop1,2 • Horned Ant Trooper1,2 • Innertube Goomba • Ka-thunk1,2 • Koopa Troopa • Lava Bubble1,2 • Madpole1,2 • Magikoopa • Mega Piranha Plant • Mini Goomba1,2 • Octoomba1,2 • Para-Biddybud • Parabones1,2 • Peepa1,2 • Piranha Creeper • Piranha Plant • Porcupuffer1,2 • Rammerhead • Ring Burner1,2 • Skating Goomba • Skipsqueak • Snow Pokey • Spike • Spike ball1,2 • Spike Block1,2 • Spike Trap • Spiked roller • Spiny1,2 • Spiny Skipsqueak1,2 • Splorch1,2 • Splotchy goop3 • Splounder • Stingby • Thwomp1,2 • Ty-foo1,2 • Walleye1,2
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| Miscellaneous
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Captain Toad's Adventures1,2 • Enemy Battles1,2 • Mystery House1,2 • Luigi Bros.1,2 • Luigi sightings1,2 • Sprixie House1,2 • Lucky House1,2 • Snapshot Mode2,3 • Stamps
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| Further info
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Cat Shine names3 • Completion (Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury) • Gallery (Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury · Bowser's Fury) • Glitches (Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury) • Media (Bowser's Fury) • Pre-release and unused content • Playable characters' statistics (Bowser's Fury) • Staff (Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury) • Super Mario 3D World Original Soundtrack
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