Editing Fake Smash Ball

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Like a true [[Smash Ball]], the Fake Smash Ball slowly floats through the air, although it tends to drift towards fighters and action instead. Also unlike the Smash Ball, it will occasionally zip by very quickly, usually to interfere with an attack, making it quite devious to deal with. It can be distinguished from a true Smash Ball by carefully looking at its black lines, whose thickness is switched around. When broken, it slows down time slightly and yields a colorful X-shaped explosion which deals very strong knockback to nearby players, likely including the player who broke it. The Fake Smash Ball is much less durable than a real one, likely to make the item more effective since if too much screen time is given to the item then players would likely just stop interacting with it after a few attacks, rendering it pointless.

Although the Fake Smash Ball is an original Smash Bros. universe item, the inspiration for the item can be traced back to the Mario Kart series, which features [[mariowiki:Fake Item Box|Fake Item Box]]es. These items made their debut in ''Mario Kart 64''. As with the Fake Smash Ball, Fake Item Boxes are obstacles designed to look like the real thing, distinguishable only by an upside-down question mark, lack of spinning, reddish sheen, or some other mark.

* The Japanese name of the Fake Smash Ball, "Smash Bomb", is possibly also a pun on "Smash Ball" ({{ja|スマッシュボーム|Sumasshubōmu}} and {{ja|スマッシュボール|Sumasshubōru}} , respectively), as they only differ by one syllable.