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Ball

Remake of Game & Watch Ball released as unlockable in Game & Watch Gallery 2. The player must control a Yoshi, Mario, Wario, or King Koopa as they juggle various objects. In Classic Mode, the player needs to…

27 September 1997

Ball is an arcade developed by Million Colors, released 27 September 1997 on Game Boy Color and Game Boy.

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What Ball is

Ball is an arcade game developed by Million Colors and released in 1997. It was published by Nintendo. It is available on Game Boy Color and Game Boy.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Remake of Game & Watch Ball released as unlockable in Game & Watch Gallery 2. The player must control a Yoshi, Mario, Wario, or King Koopa as they juggle various objects. In Classic Mode, the player needs to juggle balls as long as they can.
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How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

Where it sits in the Mario series

Ball is the 176th of 668 entries we hold in the Mario series. The next entry was Wario no Mori: Futatabi in 1997.

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What it launched against

Ball launched on 27 September 1997, within three weeks of Final Fantasy VII, Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee, Resident Evil: Director's Cut and Ultima Online.

Released around the same time: Final Fantasy VII, Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee, Resident Evil: Director's Cut, Ultima Online.

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When did Ball come out?
Ball was released on 27 September 1997 for Game Boy Color and Game Boy.

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