Block

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This article is about the blocks found throughout the Mario franchise. For other uses of the term "Block", see Block (disambiguation).
Block
Pow Block from SMBW Artwork of a ? Block in Super Mario Party. (Originally from the Nintendo Japanese website) Also used as a profile icon for the Nintendo Switch.
Artwork of a Brick Block from Super Mario Bros. Wonder. Block
Various blocks in the Super Mario franchise
First appearance Mario Bros. (1983)
Latest appearance Super Mario Galaxy + Super Mario Galaxy 2 (2025)
Comparable
Notable
“Do you know why blocks exist? For smashing, that's why!”
—Wario , Wario Land: Shake It!

Blocks in the Super Mario franchise are one of the most recurring and ubiquitous types of objects. Though there are various types, most blocks are suspended in the air or are part of the terrain. Due to their tileable nature, blocks are often used as platforming elements, making up large sections of levels in the 2D platform games in the Super Mario series. When hit from below or the sides, most blocks bump up, hitting objects on top of it. This includes other players and, most commonly, enemies. The first block that appeared in the franchise was the POW Block in Mario Bros. , although floors from that game also allow the player to hit enemies by jumping from below.

The appearance and purpose of blocks vary depending on the type of block. Some, such as the ? Blocks, Gold Blocks, and Hidden Blocks, release items such as coins, power-ups, and 1-Up Mushrooms when hit, turning into Empty Blocks afterwards. Others, such as Brick Blocks and Rotating Blocks, can be destroyed, or temporarily disabled, when hit, although some Brick Blocks release items instead. Certain blocks such as Hard Blocks and Donut Blocks act primarily as platforms, while Note Blocks, for example, have special platforming properties and store items within them.

In role-playing games such as those in the Paper Mario series and Mario & Luigi series, blocks largely retain their usual functions, with specific types added to compliment the exploration- and battle-oriented gameplay of those series. Blocks such as Command Blocks in Mario & Luigi are used as the primary way of battling, while Save Blocks and Recovery Blocks, which appear in both series, can save the player's progress and heal their HP, respectively.

While regular blocks appear in the Mario Party series, a special type of block called a Dice Block appears as the primary method players can use to move around boards. Despite usually being six-sided, Dice Blocks can have more than six results, usually the numbers 1 through 10. Different Dice Blocks can have varying effects, such as increasing or decreasing the number of spaces a player can walk, giving or removing items from players and their opponents, or making it easier to land on a specific space.

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Super Mario series[edit ]

Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars[edit ]

Paper Mario series[edit ]

Mario & Luigi series[edit ]

Mario Party series[edit ]

Yoshi franchise[edit ]

Wario franchise[edit ]

Miscellaneous[edit ]

Names in other languages[edit ]

Language Name Meaning Note(s) Ref.
Japanese ブロック
Burokku		 Block [1]
Arabic حجز
Hajz		 "Block", referring to restraining [2]
Catalan Bloc Block [3]
Chinese (Simplified) 砖块
Zhuānkuài (Mandarin)
Jyūnfaai (Cantonese)		 Brick [4]
Chinese (Traditional) 磚塊
Zhuānkuài (Mandarin)
Jyūnfaai (Cantonese)		 Brick [5]
Finnish Lohko Block [6]
French Bloc Block [7]
German Block - [8]
Würfel Cube Super Mario World television series, "Ghosts 'R' Us" [9]
Greek Τούβλο
Toúvlo		 Brick [10]
Εμποδίζω
Empodízo		 Block DIC cartoons [11]
Italian Blocco Block [12] [13]
Cubo Cube Super Mario World television series, "Ghosts 'R' Us" [14]
Korean 차단
Chadan		 Block The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3 [15]
Polish Blok Block [16]
Sześcian Cube Super Mario World television series, "Ghosts 'R' Us" [17]
Romanian Bloc Block [18]
Cub Cube Super Mario World television series, "Ghosts 'R' Us" [19]
Russian Блок
Blok		 Block [20]
Spanish (Latin American) Bloque Block [21]
Cubo Cube Super Mario World television series, "Ghosts 'R' Us" [22]
Spanish (European) Bloque Block [23]
Swedish Block - [24]

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References[edit ]

  1. ^ 1985. スーパーマリオブラザーズ (Sūpā Mario Burazāzu) instruction booklet. Nintendo. Page 9.
  2. ^ سوبر ماريو - سبيس تون
  3. ^ Illumination, Nintendo (2023). Super Mario Bros.: La pel·lícula.
  4. ^ 【720P高清修复】超级马里奥兄弟3 TV版动画【1990年】【中文语音字幕】【全26集】
  5. ^ Derived from the names of various blocks such as "POW磚塊" ("POW Block"), "?磚塊" ("? Block"), "!磚塊" ("! Block"), etc.
  6. ^ The Adventures Of Super Mario Bros. 3 | All Episode In Finnish [2013 DVD Version]
  7. ^ Les aventures de Super Mario Bros 3 015 En avant la musique
  8. ^ The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3 Staffel 1 Folge 15 HD Deutsch
  9. ^ SMW - Ghosts 'R' Us (German - RTL dub)
  10. ^ Greek instruction booklet of Super Mario Land Media:SML manual GRE.png
  11. ^ The Adventures of Super Mario Bros 3 Greek [Επεισόδια 15-16]
  12. ^ Super Mario Bros. 3 (3DS - Virtual Console) Italian e-manual. Page 13.
  13. ^ Super Mario Land (3DS - Virtual Console) Italian e-manual. Page 10.
  14. ^ Le avventure di Super Mario - Episodio 4 - Fantasmi a colazione
  15. ^ The Adventures of Super Mario Brothers 3 Korean Dub 슈퍼마리오 3 VHS Volumes 1 - 6.
  16. ^ Nowe Przygody Braci Mario Odcinek 15 - Koopa Dance
  17. ^ Kapitan N i nowe przygody braci Mario. Odc. 4 - Czuj duch/Totalnie ztetrisowani
  18. ^ McDonald's Romania 2017 Happy Meal box, Super Mario promotion Media:HappyMealMcDonaldsRomania.jpg
  19. ^ May 20, 2015. "Ghosts 'R' Us", dubbed in Romanian by KidsCo. Odnoklassniki (OK.ru). Retrieved January 4, 2016.
  20. ^ Мультфильм Супер Марио - 15 серия
  21. ^ Las Aventuras de los Super hermanos Mario: 15 - Baile En Koopa
  22. ^ Super Mario World (Cap.4 - Los fantasmas) Español
  23. ^ Super Mario Bros 3 (Cap.15 - Koopa baile) Español
  24. ^ The Adventures of Super Mario Bros 3 - Episode 15 - Swedish
Blocks
Carryable blocks Crate • Crazed Crate • Glow Block • Grab Block • Ice Block • Mushroom Block • Propeller Block • Stone • White Block
Color Blocks Bomb Block (Mario vs. Donkey Kong 2: March of the Minis) • Fire Block • Magnetic Block • Pink Block
Destructible blocks Block (Super Mario 64) • Block (Super Mario Odyssey) • Blue block (Wario Land 4) • Blue block (Wario: Master of Disguise) • Bob-omb Block • Bonfire Block • Breakable block • Brick Block • Brick floor • Brick wall • Brown block • Cactus box • Cracked block • Crate • Crystal Block • Domino block • Doughnut block • Enemy Block • Fiery block • Flame block • Fury Block • Ice Wall • Itodama Block • Jewel block • Mega Block • Metal Block • Peanut box • Pinball digital counter • Pumpkin box • Red block (Wario: Master of Disguise) • Rock Block • Rock Block (Wario World) • Rotating Block • Snow sculpture • Snow Block (Super Mario Bros. Wonder) • Snowman Block • Soft rock • Soft sand • Stone Block • Watermelon block • Yellow Block
Dice Blocks 0-1 Dice Block • 1-10 Dice Block • 1-2-3 Dice Block • 1-2-3 Slow Dice Block • 4-5-6 Dice Block • Bowser Dice Block • Brawny Dice Block • Bronze Dice Block • Creepy Dice Block • Custom Dice Block • Cutie Dice Block • Double Dice • Flutter Dice Block • Friendly Dice Block • Gold Dice Block • Greedy Dice Block • Halfway Dice Block • Jumpy Dice Block • Minus Block • Payday Double Dice • Payday Triple Dice • Plus Block • Reverse Dice Block • Risky Dice Block • Silver Dice Block • Slow Block • Slow Dice Block • Speed Block • Speedy Dice Block • Star Block • Super Bowser Dice Block • Super Dice Block • Together Dice • Triple 7 Dice Block • Triple Dice • Turbo Dice • Warp Dice Block • Wondrous Dice Block
Item blocks ! Block • ? Block • 3-Up Moon Block • 4-Bros. Random Block • 99 Block • Adult Shine Block • Assist Block • Attack Piece Block • Bead jar • Bonus ? Block • Bonus block • Bros. Block • Camera Block • Cap Block • Chance Cube • Chance wheel • Coin Block • Coin Box • Copy Block • Egg Block • Flying ? Block • Flying Gold Block • Gold Block • Hidden Block • Hidden Block (Mario Party series) • Hidden Character Block • Invisible Flying ? Block • L Block • M Block • Mega ? Block • Moving ? Block • Nozzle box • O/X Block • P Block (Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam) • Rally Block • Random Block • Recovery Block • Red Coin Block • Roulette Block • Roulette Coin Block • Shell block • Shine Block • Shiny Block • Sliding block • Small Shine Block • Spiked ? Block • Square cloud • Super Block • Time Block • Warp Block (Mario & Luigi series) • Warp Pipe Block
Platform/floor blocks Arrow Block (Super Mario Land 2 - 6 Golden Coins) • Arrow Block (Wario World) • Backflip Block • Bike Pads • Blinking Block • Bomb Block (Wario Land: Shake It!) • Boost Block • Cascading Stone • Cloud Block • Cosmic block • Crumble Block • Dash Block • Donut Block • Drop Block • Dropdown Countdown Lift • Dropping lift • Electricity Block • Elevator block • Expansion Block • Face block (platform) • Flip block • Foothold • Fūsen Block • Ground • Hourglass Block • Ice Block • Ice Donut Block • Ice Snake Block • Invisible/flashing block • Jump Transporter • Korogari Ice Block • Lift Block • Light-Up-Lift • Long Jump Block • Magical platform • Marimba Block • Marshmallow Block • Moving block • Music Block • Nebaneba Block • Note Block • Pause Block • Power Meter Block • Push-Block • Rhythm Block • Rivet • Rotating Block • Rotating platform • Sand block • Skull Platform • Slow Block • Snake Block • Spike Block • Spin Block (Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga) • Spin Block (New Super Mario Bros.) • Spring-Up • Squishy block • Start Block • Stretch Block • Super Note Block • Surprise Ball • Tile • Track Block • Trampoline Block • Triangular Block • Turn Around Block • Ugoku Leather Block • Unbreakable block • Vanishing Block • Vanishing platform • Yureru Block
Switch Blocks ! Switch • ? Switch • 3-2-1 Block • Arrow block • Blue Coin Block • Cap Switch • Certainty Switch • Character Switch • Control Block • Face Block (switch) • Gray P Switch • Kamek Block • Laser Block • Light-Switch • Luigi Block • ON/OFF Switch • P Panel • P Switch • Pole Block • Red-and-yellow block • Simu-Block • Star Switch • Switch (Wario Land II) • Switch Block (Super Mario 3D World) • Tatami Block • Timer-Switch
Toggleable blocks ! Block • Color Block • Dotted-Line Block • Flip-Flop Block • Frog Block • P Block • Red Block • Shake block • Switch Block (Mario & Wario) • Timer Block • Uncertain Block
Power-ups Cannon Box • Coin Box • Gold Block • Light Box • Propeller Box • Unfurl Block
Living blocks Blitty • Block Boo • Blockhopper • Blokkablok • Brock (Brickle · Britchard · Britta · Broque Madame · Broque Monsieur) • Broggy • Dark Block • Fake Block • Ghost Block • Hot-Hot Rock • Kerai • Message Block • Partrick • Pile Driver Micro-Goomba • Thwack • Thwack Totem • Wonder Thwack
Miscellaneous 2D block • Anywhere POW • Arrow Cloud • Aurora Block • Block (Wario Blast: Featuring Bomberman!) • Block Buster • Bowser Jr. Block • Checkpoint block • CLEAR • Coin counter • Command Block • Empty Block • Hard Block • Launching ? Block • Launching Block • Magnet Block • Mystery Box • POW Block • Race Block • Rail Block • Red POW Block • Save Block • Shop Block • Snow block (Mario Kart series) • Spike Trap • Star Block • Super Guide Block • Super Warp Block • Vacuum Block • Warp Block • Warp Box • Wonder POW Block • Yoshi Block