| Giant cannonball | |||
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 A giant cannonball in New Super Mario Bros. Wii | |||
| First appearance | Super Mario Bros. 3 (1988) | ||
| Latest appearance | Super Mario Maker 2 (2019) | ||
| Variant of | Cannonball | ||
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Giant cannonballs,[1] also referred to as huge bullets,[2] giant bullets,[3] or massive cannon balls,[4] are uncommon moving obstacles in the Super Mario series. Giant cannonballs are fired from giant cannons, and they are bigger than regular cannonballs. They first appear in Super Mario Bros. 3, where they appear only in Dark Land's first tank level and the battleship level. In New Super Mario Bros. Wii, they appear only in World 8-
Airship. In New Super Mario Bros. U, they appear only in The Mighty Cannonship from Soda Jungle. Even though normal cannonballs are absent from New Super Luigi U, giant cannonballs reappear in the level Bowser Jr. Showdown.
Giant cannonballs reappear in Super Mario Maker (and its Nintendo 3DS version) and Super Mario Maker 2. The player can enlarge a normal Cannon with a Super Mushroom, turning it into a giant cannon and enabling it to fire giant cannonballs. Unlike previous games, giant cannonballs are not faster than regular cannonballs by default; the cannon has to be changed from black to red in order to reproduce the faster speed. The second official course created by Bowser, named Bowser's Cannonball Run, involves Mario running to keep a red giant cannonball onscreen until the end.
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Names in other languagesEdit
| Language | Name | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | 大きな砲弾[5] Ōkina hōdan |
Large cannonball |
| Italian | Pallottola gigante[6] |
Giant bullet |
ReferencesEdit
- ^ Hodgson, David S J. Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3 Prima's Official Strategy Guide. Page 100. "When you drop to the area on the large turret's right, leap over the giant cannonball before you leap over the water to the next ship."
- ^ Nintendo Power Volume 13, page 75. "Bring Out The Big Guns! This giant cannon shoots two huge bullets in rapid succession. Either jump on its barrel or duck quickly!"
- ^ M. Arakawa. NES Game Atlas. Page 48. "Look out for the giant bullets from the big gun towards the end. Duck or jump quickly as soon as you see the huge barrel!"
- ^ Hodgson, David S J. Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3 Prima's Official Strategy Guide. Page 99. "Leap on the turret that's grazing on the ground, wait for the turret above to fire a massive cannon ball, then land on the turret top and deal with another Rocky Wrench."
- ^ Shogakukan. 2015. Super Mario Bros. Hyakka: Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook. Pages 41, 149, 150, 215.
- ^ Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia. Page 41.