Electric Ball

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Electric Ball
Model of an Electric Ball from Super Mario Galaxy.
Model from Super Mario Galaxy
First appearance Super Mario Galaxy (2007)
Latest appearance Super Mario Galaxy + Super Mario Galaxy 2 (2025)
Variant of Zap Ball

Electric Balls are metallic obstacles in militarized areas of Super Mario Galaxy and its Nintendo Switch port. They always appear in sets of four to six, circling wide rims around planets, especially flying saucer–shaped ones. Their behavior is almost identical to that of Zap Balls. A particular group that surrounds the saucer ridden in "Battlerock Barrage" begins moving and emanating electricity only after Mario (or Luigi) spins a blue screw, which also makes the saucer start moving.

Electric Balls appear in the following list of galaxies and missions:


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Naming[edit ]

Internal names[edit ]

Game File Name Meaning
Super Mario Galaxy ObjectData/ElectricBall.arc ElectricBall Electric Ball
StageData/ObjNameTable.arc/ObjNameTable.tbl ビリビリボール (Biribiri Bōru) Japanese equivalent; compare Zap Ball

Names in other languages[edit ]

Language Name Meaning Note(s) Ref.
Japanese ビリビリボール
Biribiri Bōru
From「ビリビリ」(biribiri, electric onomatopoeia) and "ball"; shared with Zap Ball [1]

References[edit ]

  1. ^ Matsumura, Hideo, editor (2007). 『スーパーマリオギャラクシー コンプリートガイド』. Tokyo: Famitsu (Japanese). ISBN 978-4-7577-3943-7. Page 382.
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