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[[File:Ball DSiWare.png|thumb|left|''Ball''{{'}}s DSiWare icon]]▼
'''''Ball''''' is the very first game of the [[Game & Watch]] series<ref>[http://www.intheattic.co.uk/ball.htm ''Ball'' info page on In The Attic, a website dedicated to classic videogames] Retrieved 13 November 2010</ref> and was released as a part of the Silver series on April 28, 1980. It is one of the games in the [[Museum|Gallery Corner]] in the original ''[[Game & Watch Gallery]]''. It is also an unlockable [[minigame]] in ''[[Game & Watch Gallery 2]]'', which includes an updated "Modern" version of the game. Depending on the publisher, the game has gone by other names as well, including '''''Juggle''''' and '''''Toss-Up'''''.
In ''Game & Watch Gallery 2'', the player starts out with only the Classic version of ''Ball'' (unlike most Game & Watch games in the ''Game & Watch Gallery'' series). In order to unlock the Modern version, they would first have to either obtain five stars on both modes in the Classic version or possess a star count of 25 or more. Easy Mode seems to be like Game A, while Hard Mode is Game B.▼
The goal is to juggle the balls as long as the player can. If one ball breaks, it is [[Game Over]]. Game A has two balls (one point per catch), while Game B uses three balls to juggle with (10 points per catch). This has, unlike the other Game & Watch games, one chance to play, before a Game Over.▼
This Game & Watch was later reworked into the ''Mario''-themed ''[[Mario the Juggler]]''; this remake was the last Game & Watch title produced (not counting ''Parachute × Octopus'' released nearly 10 years later).<ref>[http://www.intheattic.co.uk/mario_the_juggler.htm ''Mario the Juggler'' info page on In The Attic, discussing its ''Ball''-basis] Retrieved 13 November 2010</ref>
''Ball'' appears as a [[microgame]] called [[Game & Watch Toss Up]] in ''[[WarioWare: Touched!]]'' and another called Ball in ''[[Game & Wario]]''.▼
A reissue was made available on the [[Club Nintendo (rewards program)|Club Nintendo]] rewards program for 1,200 coins in 2010.<ref>[https://youtube.com/watch?v=zmP2C3Z9aek]</ref>
==Gameplay==
A ''Mario''-themed version of ''Ball'' was included in ''[[Game & Watch: Super Mario Bros.]]'', which replaces the main character with [[Mario]] or [[Luigi]].▼
===Classic version===
[[File:Ball (Classic version).png|thumb|left|160px|The Classic version of ''Ball'']]
▲The goal is to juggle the balls as long as the player can. If one ball breaks, it is [[Game Over]]. Game A has two balls to juggle (one point per catch), while Game B
▲In ''Game & Watch Gallery 2'', the player starts out with only the Classic version (unlike most Game & Watch games in the ''Game & Watch Gallery'' series). In order to unlock the Modern version, they would first have to either obtain five stars on both modes in the Classic version or possess a star count of 25 or more. Easy Mode seems to be like Game A, while Hard Mode is Game B.
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*{{button|gbc|pad}} (left and right): Move
*{{button|gbc|A}} and {{button|gbc|B}}: Move left or right
==Appearances in other games==
[[File:Game and Watch Ball 2 (DSiWare).jpg|thumb|left|Screenshot of the DSiWare version of ''Ball'']]
▲''Ball'' appears as a [[microgame]] called [[Game & Watch Toss Up]] in ''[[WarioWare: Touched!]]'' and another called Ball in ''[[Game & Wario]]''.
''Ball'' was remade for [[DSiWare]]. It was released on July 15, 2009, in Japan; April 19, 2010, in North America; and April 23, 2010, in Europe and Australia.
▲A ''Mario''-themed version of ''Ball'' was included in ''[[Game & Watch: Super Mario Bros.]]'', which replaces the main character with
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==Gallery==
===Screenshots===
<gallery widths="160px">
Game and Watch Ball 1 (DSiWare).jpg|
Game and Watch Ball 3 (DSiWare).jpg|Yet another screenshot
</gallery>
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