Fake Smash Ball

The Fake Smash Ball is an item in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate that resembles a Smash Ball. Like its regular counterpart, a Fake Smash Ball appears at a random time during a battle. It can be hit several times, just like a regular Smash Ball, but if a Fake Smash Ball breaks, it explodes in an "X" formation and inflicts up to 43.2% damage on fighters within its range, 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.

A difference with a Fake Smash Ball's appearance is that its lines are inverted, with the horizontal one being thicker than the vertical one.

The Fake Smash Ball may spawn with Soccer Ball physics, and begin rolling on the ground, in a matter reminiscent of a regular Smash Ball.