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==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
*Due to limitations in the [[Nintendo Entertainment System|NES]] hardware, the unit was unable to portray Samus crawling. The Morph Ball was created to simplify the required animation to the point that the NES could handle it. | *Due to limitations in the [[Nintendo Entertainment System|NES]] hardware, the unit was unable to portray Samus crawling. The Morph Ball was created to simplify the required animation to the point that the NES could handle it. | ||
*The original Metroid calls the morph ball "Maru-Mari", which is simply a transliteration of its Japanese name. " | *The original Metroid calls the morph ball "Maru-Mari", which is simply a transliteration of its Japanese name, まるまり ''marumari''. This is derived from the verb 丸まる ''marumaru'', meaning "to roll into a ball". | ||
[[Category:Alt-Forms]] | [[Category:Alt-Forms]] | ||
[[Category:Power Suit]] | [[Category:Power Suit]] | ||
[[Category:Morph Ball]] | [[Category:Morph Ball]] | ||
