Spiked Rollers (also called Spike Rollers or Spiky Rollers) are a recurring object in the Mario franchise. They first appear in Super Mario 3D Land.
Description[]
Spiked Rollers are spiked rolling pin-like obstacles that roll along the ground causing damage to those who make contact with them. Spiked Rollers can come in a wide range of different forms such as simply rolling around, swinging along chains, or even spinning around (in a similar fashion to a Spike Bar). Spiked Rollers can also be tossed by Spikes as an alternative to their usual Spiked Ball attacks. Spiked Rollers cannot be destroyed by any up front attacks however they are vulnerable to invincibility power-ups such as the Starman.
In Super Mario series[]
Super Mario 3D Land[]
Mario near some rolling Spiked Rollers.
Spiked Rollers are first seen in Super Mario 3D Land where they are commonly seen in building-themed levels such as World 7-2 and Special 5-2. Spiked Rollers can come in two forms, in the first form, they are attached to two chains and constantly swing around. Most Spiked Rollers swing at 180º but there are also some (most commonly found in latter levels that can even swing at 360º). Spiked Rollers can also be found on tilting platforms being held in slots but as soon as Mario/Luigi walks on the platform balancing it in one direction, the Spiked Roller is released rolling until it either hits the next slot or the balance is evened out (making it impossible for the Spiked Roller to fall off the edge). There are some Spike Rollers (such as those in World 5-2) which are capable of rolling on their own at rather fast speeds. Spiked Rollers can only be destroyed with the effects of a Starman, Statue Leaf, or Invincibility Leaf.
Super Mario 3D World / Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury[]
A set of Spiked Rollers.
Spiked Rollers return in Super Mario 3D World as well as Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury, in these games, they are more common than they were in Super Mario 3D Land, Spike Rollers can come in many different forms in this game as well which include being attached to swinging chains as seen on The Bowser Express and Champion's Road, rolling round on balancing sifting platforms as seen in Spooky Seasick Wreck and Gigantic Seasick Wreck, in Footlight Lane, sets of Spike Rollers roll around circular platforms in an axis and some are also seen turning around block platforms in a similar fashion to the Spike Bars (and to an extent, Firebars). Some Spiked Rollers are capable of rolling around on their own as seen in Red Hot Run, and most importantly, Spikes also toss down Spiked Rollers at the heroes as their primary weapon rather than the Spiked Balls from earlier games. In the Bowser's Fury side of the remake, Cat Spikes also toss down Spiked Rollers. The Spiked Rollers can only be destroyed with the effects of a Starman, Lucky Bell, Invincibility Leaf, or Invincibility Bell.
In Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker[]
A Spike after tossing a Spiked Roller from above.
Spiked Rollers function similarly as in Super Mario 3D World, although they are only tossed down by Spikes and they are only seen in one level, Windup Stairs as in other levels, Spikes use their usual Spiked Ball weapons.
In Mario Party: Star Rush[]
A Spike holding a Spiked Roller.
Spiked Rollers return in the minigame Roller Revenge. During the minigame, Spikes are seen tossing Spiked Rollers at the players which they must avoid, if a player is hit by an incoming Spiked Roller three times, they are immediately eliminated from the minigame.
In Mario Tennis Aces[]
Spike with his Spiked Roller Racket.
A Spiked Roller appears as apart of Spike's Special Shot, during his special shot, Spike will pull out a Spiked Roller and as the ball approaches, he will give it a hard whack sending it flying past his opponent(s) thus scoring a point.
In Paper Mario: The Origami King[]
Spiked Rollers with some Spiked Balls in Spike's Room.
Several Spiked Rollers can be seen inside Spike's Quarters in Bowser's Castle alongside some Spiked Balls suggesting that this is where the Spikes keep their weapons however the Spiked Rollers have no effect on the gameplay and cannot cause damage to Mario upon contact, Spiked Rollers aren't seen anywhere else in the game either.
Crossover appearances[]
Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle[]
A Spiked Roller in the Spooky Trails.
A single Spiked Roller is seen at the Underwater Village, a location in Spooky Trails. It is seen stuck between some plants grown away from the main path. Beep-0 notes that whoever owned the Spiked Roller left the area quickly, claiming it is "an ominous sign". The weapons Spike Strike and Big Spike are modeled after Spiked Rollers, however despite this, their description refers to them as Skewers which is ironic as "Skewer" is one of the alternate names for the Spike Pillars.
Trivia[]
- Spiked Roller are similar to both Spike Bars and Ball 'n' Chains as both can either sway or spin around respectively similarly to the Spiked Roller.
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| Characters | Protagonists | Captain Toad • Captain Toadette |
| Antagonists | Wingo | |
| Levels | Episode 1 | Plucky Pass Beginnings • Walleye Tumble Temple • Touchstone Trouble • Mushroom Mesa • Double Cherry Palace • Shy Guy Heights • Spinwheel Library • Mine Cart Tunnel Throwdown • Spinwheel Bullet Bill Base • The King of Pyropuff Peak • Piranha Creeper Cove • Briny Bowl Swimming Hole • Turnip Cannon Jungle • Pop-Up Prairie Town • Drop-Road Dash • Bizarre Doors of Boo Mansion • Blizzard on the Star Express • Wingo's Watchtower |
| Episode 2 | Chute Scoot Slopes • Stumper Sneakaround • Mine Cart Sunset Rundown • Sinister Street Signs • Floaty Fun Water Park • Drift-Along Canyon • Sliding Slab Shuffle • Spooky Specters at Shadow Manor • Draggadon's Revenge • Spinwheel Cog Ruins • Windup Stairs • Up 'n' Down Terrace • Clear Pipe Puzzleplex • Midnight in the Wandering Woods • Double Cherry Spires • Bullet Bill's Touchy Trials • Spinwheel Sky Fort • Battle Tower Blitz | |
| Episode 3 | Rolling Inferno • Seesaw Sizzle • Beep Block Sky Plaza • Pickax Cave Plummet • Stumpy Springs Sanctuary • Biddybud Snow Stroll • Cagey Condor Caper • Up 'n' Down Desert • Mine Cart Ruins Rumble • Multi-Vator Mayhem • Flip Panel Footpath • Rock Block Badlands • Secret of the Golden Realm • Shy Guy Shadow Den • Razzle-Dazzle Slider • Poison Canal Cannon Run • Fright Train Fight • No Sleep at Magikoopa Keep • Retro Ramp-Up • Twisty-Turny Planet • Ghost Gallery Gambit • Touchstone Turmoil • Color Crate Carousel • Trick-Track Hall • Deep-Space Gyromajig • Magma Road Marathon • Scalding Scaffold Sinkhole • Wingo's Whackdown | |
| Bonus Episode | Super Bell Hill • Conkdor Canyon • Shadow-Play Alley • Clear Pipe Cruise • Toad Brigade to Mushroom Mesa! • Toad Brigade to Trick-Track Hall! • Toad Brigade to Bullet Bill Base! • Toad Brigade to Magikoopa Keep! • Mummy-Me on Flip Panel Footpath • Mummy-Me on Drop-Road Dash • Mummy-Me at Pyropuff Peak • Episode 1 Prologue • Episode 2 Prologue • Episode 3 Prologue • Mummy-Me Maze Forever • Coins Galore • More Coins Galore • Even More Coins Galore | |
| Bosses | Main Bosses | Wingo • Draggadon |
| Enemies | Enemies | Ant Trooper • Bullet Bill • Cat Goomba • Conkdor • Flaptor • Piranha Plant • Shy Guy • Walleye |
| Items and objects | Items and objects | 1-Up Mushroom • ? Block • Beep Block • Boost Pad • Brick Block • Cannon • Cart • Clear Pipe • Coin • Coin Stack • Donut Lift • Double Cherry • Flip Panel • Gold Mushroom • Invincibility Mushroom • Key • Ladder • Mystery Box • P-Switch • Pluck Patch • Potted Piranha Plant • POW Block • Power Star • Stamp • Super Gem • Super Mushroom • Super Pickax • Turnip • Warp Pipe • Spinwheel • Turnip Cannon |
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| Characters | Playable | Mario • Luigi • Princess Peach • Princess Daisy • Wario • Waluigi • Yoshi • Toad (Toads: Red • Blue • Green • Yellow) • Toadette • Rosalina • Donkey Kong • Diddy Kong |
| Bosses | Mega Goomba • King Bob-omb • King Boo • Petey Piranha • Mega Blooper • Mega Dry Bones • Mega Monty Mole • Kamek • Bowser Jr. • Bowser • Bowser's mech | |
| Others | Amp • Blooper • Bob-omb • Boo • Bullet Bill • Chain Chomp • Cheep Cheep • Conkdor • Fuzzy • Galoomba • Gold Bullet Bill • Gold Cheep Cheep • Gold Piranha Plant • Goomba • Goombrat • Hammer Bro • Huckit Crab • Koopa Troopa • Lakitu • Magmaargh • Monty Mole • Peepa • Piranha Creeper • Piranha Plant • Podoboo • Shy Guy • Spike • Spiny • Swooper • Urchin • Wiggler | |
| Features | Dice Blocks | Standard Dice Block • Super Dice Block • Jumpy Dice Block • Speedy Dice Block • Friendly Dice Block • Greedy Dice Block • Risky Dice Block • Flutter Dice Block • Cutie Dice Block • Wondrous Dice Block • Brawny Dice Block • Triple 7 Dice Block |
| Items | Coinado • Dash Mushroom • Double Card • Double Star Card • Double Dice Block • Duel Glove • Fling Spring • Golden Dash Mushroom • Gold Dice Block • Poison Mushroom • Silver Dice Block • Warp Box | |
| Coinathlon items | Blooper • Coin Bag • Coin Trio • Double Medal • Kamek • Lava Bubble • Lightning Bolt | |
| Board features | ? Block • Cannon Space • Coin Balloon • Duel Balloon • Lakitu • Shy Guy Shop • Star Balloon | |
| Maps | Toad Scramble | World 0 • World 1 • World 2 • World 3 • World 4 |
| Balloon Bash | Map 1 • Map 2 • Map 3 | |
| Worlds | World 0 | World 0-1 • World 0-2 • World 0-3 |
| World 1 | World 1-1 • World 1-2 • World 1-3 | |
| World 2 | World 2-1 • World 2-2 • World 2-3 | |
| World 3 | World 3-1 • World 3-2 • World 3-3 | |
| World 4 | World 4-1 • World 4-2 • World 4-3 | |
| Minigames | Free-for-All | Acornucopia • Block Busters • Blowboat Battle • Bridgesaw Puzzle • Bumper Bugs • Conkdor de Force • Corkscrew Climb • Dodge Fuzzy, Get Dizzy • Fruit or Foe • Fruit Parade • Goomba Guess • Greedy Eats • Haunted Hallways • Jewel Janitors • Jump to Conclusion • Lava Labyrinth • Parkour War • Piranha Plantemonium • Piece of Cake • Pop Quiz • Roller Revenge • Rolls for Moles • Shooting Stars • Splat-a-Stamp • Top It Off • Wheelin' and Wigglin' |
| Boss Battle | Bowser's Hit-or-Missile Mania • Bowser's Shocking Slipup • Bowser's Space Race • Bowser Jr.'s Pound for Pound • Kamek's Card Tricks • King Bob-omb's Boom D'état • King Boo's Light Smite • Mega Blooper's Bayside Bop • Mega Dry Bones's Femur Fever • Mega Goomba's Bad Dream • Mega Monty Mole's in the Hole • Petey Piranha's Shell Smackdown | |
| Coin Chaos | Cheep Cheep Reach • Conveyor Meltdown • Goomba Gold Rush • House of Boos • Leafboard Hoard • One-Stop Toad Shop • Pinball Brawl • Rolling Rumble • Samurai Smackdown • Silver Lining • Steal Diver • Tiles and Tribulations | |
| Bowser's Gauntlet | Bowser's Fence Fury • Bowser's Fire Hazard • Bowser's Power Bomb | |
| Miscellaneous | Other | Balloon Bash • Boo's Block Party • Challenge Tower • Character Museum • Coinathlon • Rhythm Recital • Toad Scramble |
| Other | Character Museum • Gallery • Minigames • Staff | |
