|first_appearance=''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]'' ([[List of games by date#2018|2018]])
|effect=Explodes and damages players when broken.
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The '''Fake Smash Ball''' is an item in ''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]'' that resembles a [[Smash Ball]], but with the lines on the ''Super Smash Bros.'' logo inverted (the horizontal line being thicker than the vertical line) as a way of deceiving players into thinking it is the real Smash Ball. It appears at a random time in the stage and can be hit similar to a regular Smash Ball; however, once it is broken, it explodes in an "X" formation and inflicts up to 43.2% damage on nearby fighters, launching them away. A Fake Smash Ball may even appear alongside a genuine Smash Ball, and unlike it, which moves arbitrarily around the stage, the Fake Smash Ball moves towards fighters, increasing their chances of accidentally breaking it.
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The Fake Smash Ball may spawn with [[Soccer Ball]] physics, and begin rolling on the ground, in a matter reminiscent of the original.
==Gallery==
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Fake Smash Ball.jpg|A Fake Smash Ball to the left of a real Smash Ball
SSBU Fake Smash Ball explosion.jpg|The explosion caused by the Fake Smash Ball
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==Names in other languages==
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|Jap=スマッシュボーム<ref>Nintendo. (June 12, 2018). [https://youtu.be/VjAsmfiIK3E 大乱闘スマッシュブラザーズ SPECIAL <nowiki>[E3 2018]</nowiki>]. ''YouTube''. Retrieved June 16, 2018.</ref>
|JapR=Sumasshu Bōmu
|JapM=A pun on "Smash Ball" (スマッシュボール, ''Sumasshu Bōru'') and "bomb" (ボム, ''bomu'')