Dotted-Line Block

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Dotted-Line Blocks[1] (originally formatted without a hyphen[2]) are transparent objects found in several Mario games such as Super Mario World (and its remake), Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island (and its remake), Yoshi's Island DS, New Super Mario Bros. Wii and Super Mario Run. They represent that they can be solid when a switch is triggered, rather than blocks appearing from nothing. In Super Mario World, they come in four colors and turn into ! Blocks once the player hits the ! Switch in the Switch Palace of the corresponding color. In Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island, Yoshi's Island DS, Yoshi's New Island, and Yoshi's Woolly World, after hitting a nearby ! Switch, the Dotted-Line Blocks will temporarily become ! Blocks and are able to be used as platforms. Dotted-Line Blocks in New Super Mario Bros. Wii can turn into and revert from red blocks after pressing the red ! Switches in World 3. In New Super Mario Bros. and Super Mario Run, red (yellow in Run) ! Switches can change Dotted-Line Blocks into red blocks for a limited time.

Transparent boxes similar to Dotted-Line Blocks appear in Super Mario 64 and its remake Super Mario 64 DS, where they turn solid and are able to be used after hitting the ! or ? Switches in the Tower of the Wing Cap in both versions, and in the N64 version only, [[The Secret Under the Moat|Vanish Cap Under the Moat], and Cavern of the Metal Cap.

In Super Mario Maker 2, they can be triggered by ON/OFF Switches, with only the red blocks becoming solid when they are on, and only the blue blocks becoming solid when they are off. In the Super Mario Bros. 3 style, they are depicted having a smiling face, while every other style depicts them as faceless blocks. As of the version 2.0 update, P Blocks also appear as Dotted-Line Blocks while inactive. Although previously not available in the Super Mario 3D World style, Dotted-Line Blocks were added in the version 3.0.0 update released on April 22, 2020.[3]

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Names in other languages

Language Name Meaning
Japanese 点線ブロック[4]
Tensen Burokku
透明ブロック[5]
Tōmei Burokku

Dotted-Line Block

Transparent Block (Super Mario 64)

Chinese 虚线砖块
Xūxiàn Zhuānkuài
Dotted-Line Block

Dutch Stippellijnblok
Dotted Line Block
German Umriss-Block
Outline Block
Portuguese Bloco Pontilhado
Dotted Block
Russian Пунктирный блок
Punktirnyy blok
Dotted Block

Spanish (NOA) Bloque de puntos
 

References

  1. ^ Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2 instruction booklet, page 49.
  2. ^ Super Mario World English instruction booklet, page 21.
  3. ^ Nintendo (April 21, 2020). Super Mario Maker 2 – World Maker Update – Nintendo Switch. YouTube. Retrieved April 21, 2020.
  4. ^ Super Mario World Japanese instruction booklet (fold-out)
  5. ^ Super Mario 64 Japanese instruction booklet, page 19.
  6. ^ Super Mario World French instruction booklet, page 21.
  7. ^ Super Mario Bros. Deluxe French Nintendo 3DS Virtual Console digital manual, page 12