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“Use Boost Blocks to avoid the icicles, and reach the goal in 100.00 or less.”
—Icicle Falls description

Boost Blocks are objects in New Super Mario Bros. U and New Super Luigi U . These blocks can be used only in multiplayer mode, and to use one, a player must tap the Wii U GamePad screen. Boost Blocks are intended to serve as platforms to help Mario and company progress in a level. There are other uses for Boost Blocks, such as placing them above characters' heads to prevent falling objects such as Thwomps from harming them and stopping enemies from exiting a pipe. A Boost Block can even block the Mecha Hand in Boarding the Airship (Bowser Jr. Showdown in New Super Luigi U). If a player steps on a Boost Block while a symbol is shown, the block releases three coins while filling the Boost Star meter, though if a player steps on a block without a symbol on it, the Boost Star meter disappears, no matter how full the meter was before disappearing. If a player steps on 10 Boost Blocks with a symbol shown in a row, a Boost Star appears, and the player using the GamePad can tap it to gain Boost Star power. Boost Blocks cannot be used in New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe .

Boost Blocks also appear in the mode Coin Battle, where they are used as platforms for the winning players in a cutscene. This variant features a star icon, and the color is determined by the playable character's color:

If a player gets 99 lives, the Boost Blocks are shrunk into small square Mini-Boost Blocks, making them more difficult to land on. However, the Boost Star meter becomes easier to fill because the playing-card symbols do not disappear while Mini-Boost Blocks are onscreen.

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Names in other languages[edit ]

Boost Block[edit ]

Language Name Meaning Note(s) Ref.
Japanese トランプブロック
Toranpu Burokku		 Trump Block [?]
Dutch Boostblok Boost Block [1]
French Bloc coup de pouce Boost Block (Coup de pouce literally meaning "helping hand", "encouragement") [2] [3]
German Boost-Blöcke Boost Block [4]
Italian Blocco assistente Assistant block [5]
Blocco Assistente Assistant Block [6]
Portuguese Bloco Assistente Assistant Block [7]
Russian Блок поддержки
Blok podderzhki		 Boost Block [?]
Spanish (Latin American) Bloque de apoyo Support block [8]
Spanish (European) Bloque de ayuda Assistant block [9]

Mini-Boost Block[edit ]

Language Name Meaning Note(s) Ref.
Japanese ミニトランプブロック
Mini Toranpu Burokku		 Mini-Trump Block [?]
Italian Blocco ridotto Reduced block New Super Mario Bros. U [10]
Minuscolo Blocco Assistente Minuscule Boost Block Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia [6]

References[edit ]

  1. ^ New Super Mario Bros. U eletronic manual (PDF). Nintendo (Dutch). Page 25. Tab 13.
  2. ^ New Super Mario Bros. U eletronic manual (PDF). Nintendo (Canadian French). Page 25. Tab 13.
  3. ^ New Super Mario Bros. U eletronic manual (PDF). Nintendo (French). Page 25. Tab 13.
  4. ^ New Super Mario Bros. U eletronic manual (PDF). Nintendo (German). Page 26. Tab 13.
  5. ^ New Super Mario Bros. U eletronic manual (PDF). Nintendo (Italian). Page 25. Tab 13.
  6. ^ a b November 15, 2018. Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia . Magazzini Salani (Italian). ISBN 889367436X. Page 219.
  7. ^ New Super Mario Bros. U eletronic manual (PDF). Nintendo (European Portuguese). Page 25. Tab 13.
  8. ^ New Super Mario Bros. U eletronic manual (PDF). Nintendo (Latin American Spanish). Page 25. Tab 13.
  9. ^ New Super Mario Bros. U eletronic manual (PDF). Nintendo (European Spanish). Page 25. Tab 13.
  10. ^ Canale New Super Mario Bros. U (April 25, 2013). New Super Mario Bros. U - Giungla gassata TORRE - Arrampicata libera con il Gioco assistito (Wii U). YouTube (Italian).
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