Spin Block (New Super Mario Bros.)

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This article is about the platform that appears in New Super Mario Bros. For the block originating from Super Mario World that is also known as a Spinning Block, see Rotating Block.
Mario in the air after using the Spin Block

Spin Blocks[1][2][3] (also formatted as spin blocks)[4] are platforms that are found only in New Super Mario Bros. When Spin Blocks are stepped on, the player starts spinning rapidly. If they jump in this state, they will launch high into the air and slowly glide back down while spinning. This move is similar to what would happen after Mario jumps on a Spindrift or a Fly Guy in Super Mario 64. Pressing +Control Pad down while in the air causes the player to perform the Drill Spin, which causes them to drop more quickly and has the ability to destroy multiple bricks in a row.

Spin Blocks are also found in the Mario vs. Luigi two-player mode. A Spin Block appears only in the ice level, where a Big Star will sometimes spawn. There are always coins hovering above the Spin Block.

Spindrifts were originally going to appear in New Super Mario Bros., but they were replaced by Spin Blocks in the final build.

Spin Blocks were likely replaced by the Propeller Mushroom in New Super Mario Bros. Wii, which functions very similarly, allowing the player to perform both the spinning upward launch and the Drill Spin.

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Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning
Japanese スピンブロック[5]
Supin Burokku
Spin Block; shared with sliding block

Chinese 旋转台[8]
Xuánzhuǎn Tái
Spin Platform

Dutch Draaiblokken[citation needed]
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French Bloc toupie[6]
Router Block
German Drehblock[7]
Rotation/Rotating Block
Italian Blocco avvitamento[9]
Spin block

Trivia[edit]

  • The Spin Block resembles the Countdown Platform from the Yoshi games in its shape and design, being a floating half-sphere with a scale-like platform on top, though the two objects have completely different functions.

References[edit]

  1. ^ New Super Mario Bros. instruction booklet, page 17.
  2. ^ Loe, Casey. New Super Mario Bros. Player's Guide. Page 32.
  3. ^ Knight, Michael. Nintendo DS Pocket Guide. Pages 78 and 88.
  4. ^ Knight, Michael. Nintendo DS Pocket Guide. Page 22.
  5. ^ New Super Mario Bros. Japanese instruction booklet, pg. 17
  6. ^ New Super Mario Bros. European instruction booklet, page 54
  7. ^ Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia; page 118
  8. ^ Official Chinese website for New Super Mario Bros.. Retrieved March 6, 2020.
  9. ^ New Super Mario Bros. European instruction booklet, pag. 82