Spike ball (seed)

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Spike ball
A spike ball in the Bowser's Fury campaign of Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury
A spike ball as it appears in Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury
First appearance Super Mario 3D World (2013)
Latest appearance Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury (2021)
Comparable

Spike balls[1] are giant green seeds with yellow spikes that appear in Super Mario 3D World and its Nintendo Switch port, Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury. They first appear in Clear Pipe Cruise. They are in the interior of Clear Pipes, blocking parts of them. Some Green Stars are among spike balls; if the player hits a spike ball, they not only take damage but are also ejected backwards in the pipe, so its destruction is necessary to pass. They can be destroyed by a fireball from Fire Mario, a baseball, Invincible Mario, or White Tanooki Mario.

Spike balls reappear in Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker and its Nintendo Switch and Nintendo 3DS ports using the same appearance as from Super Mario 3D World and acting in the same way. They are usually seen in levels with Clear Pipes and block the way of the player, such as Clear Pipe Puzzleplex. They can be destroyed by using the Super Pickax power-up.

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Game File Name Meaning

Super Mario 3D World
Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker
content/ObjectData/NeedleSeed.szs NeedleSeed Needle Seed

Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning
Japanese トゲボール[2]
Toge Bōru
Spike Ball; shared with Spike Ball and mine

References[edit]

  1. ^ Musa, Alexander, and Geson Hatchett. Super Mario 3D World PRIMA Official Game Guide. Page 135.
  2. ^ Shogakukan. 2015. Super Mario Bros. Hyakka: Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook, Super Mario 3D World section, page 223.