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|title=Rock Block | |||
|image=[[File:Rock Block SM3DW Prima.jpg|200px]]<br>Artwork from ''[[Super Mario 3D World]]'' | |||
|first_appearance=''[[Mario & Wario]]'' ([[List of games by date#1993|1993]]) | |||
|latest_appearance=''[[Super Mario Bros. Wonder]]'' ([[List of games by date#2023|2023]]) | |||
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'''Rock Blocks'''<ref>{{cite|date=November 1993|language=British English|title=''Nintendo Magazine System'' (UK) Issue #14|page=48}}</ref><ref>{{cite|date=April 1994|language=Australian English|title=''Nintendo Magazine System'' (AU) Issue #13|page=16}}</ref><ref>''Wario World'' instruction booklet, page 22 (British English) or page 24 (American English).</ref><ref>{{cite|author=Musa, Alexander; Hatchett, Geson|title=''Super Mario 3D World PRIMA Official Game Guide''|isbn=978-0804162494|date=2013|language=American English||publisher=[[Prima Games]]|page=19}}</ref> (or '''rock blocks''')<ref>{{cite|quote=Rock block, so blue and hard. Break it with eggs, leave it in shards.|author=[[Message Block]]|title=''Yoshi's Story''}}</ref> are a variety of [[block]]s appearing throughout the [[Super Mario (franchise)|''Super Mario'' franchise]]. They are made of stone and typically harder to break than other blocks. They usually require the player to perform a particularly strong move or be under the effect of a specific [[power-up]] to break. In most appearances, Rock Blocks function similarly to the [[Block (Super Mario 64)|Black Bricks]] in ''[[Super Mario 64 DS]]''. | |||
''' | There are similar objects in the [[Super Mario (series)|''Super Mario'' series]] called [[Hard Block]]s, a throwable [[Stone (Super Mario Maker 2)|Stone]] in ''[[Super Mario Maker 2]]'', and an obstruction called the [[stone block]] in ''[[Paper Mario]]'', but they have different properties from the Rock Block. In ''[[Super Mario Odyssey]]'', the [[Brick Block]]s in the [[Wooded Kingdom]] are made of stone but otherwise function normally. | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
===''Mario & Wario''=== | ===''Mario & Wario''=== | ||
[[File:HibiBlock.png|thumb]] | [[File:HibiBlock.png|thumb]] | ||
Rock Blocks | Rock Blocks are nearly identical to later appearances in ''[[Mario & Wario]]'', being hit once to be cracked open. | ||
===''Yoshi's Island'' series=== | ===''Yoshi's Island'' series=== | ||
====''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island''==== | ====''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island''==== | ||
[[File:Rock Block - Yoshi's Island.png|thumb|Rock Blocks near a [[Kaboomba]] in ''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island''.]] | [[File:Rock Block - Yoshi's Island.png|thumb|Rock Blocks near a [[Kaboomba]] in ''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island''.]] | ||
'''Cracked blocks'''<ref>{{cite|language=American English|publisher=Nintendo of America|author=Miller, Kent; Munson, Terry|title=''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island'' Player's Guide|date=1995|page=28}}</ref> are found in many levels of ''[[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]''. In the [[Yoshi (franchise)|''Yoshi'' franchise]], Cracked blocks are large blocks made of a durable type of rock, and can only be destroyed with [[Yoshi's Egg|Yoshi Egg]]s. | |||
====''Yoshi's Island DS''==== | ====''Yoshi's Island DS''==== | ||
Rock Blocks return in ''[[Yoshi's Island DS]]'', and only [[Baby Donkey Kong]] can destroy them with eggs or a [[Ground Pound|ground pound]]. | |||
===''Yoshi's Story''=== | ===''Yoshi's Story''=== | ||
Rock | Rock blocks appear in ''[[Yoshi's Story]]''. They are roughly the same as in ''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island'', as they can only be destroyed by Yoshi Eggs. Golden rock blocks also appear in the game; they cannot be destroyed by any means. | ||
===''Wario World''=== | ===''Wario World''=== | ||
[[File:Rockblock WarioWorld.png|thumb|Wario between two Rock Blocks.]] | [[File:Rockblock WarioWorld.png|thumb|Wario between two Rock Blocks.]] | ||
A different variety of Rock Blocks | A different variety of Rock Blocks appeared as obstacles that [[Wario]] encountered during the events of ''[[Wario World]]''. They can be small or very large, but each has a weak point indicated by a cracked side with a bandage on it. Wario can break these blocks by [[punch]]ing or Ground Pounding the weak side. The blocks can also be destroyed by using a [[Piledriver]], [[Wild Swing-Ding]], or [[Mega Toss]]. In some areas, Rock Blocks can move upward and slam down like a [[Thwomp]] to squash Wario. | ||
===''Super Mario'' series=== | |||
====''Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3''==== | |||
[[File:Grey_Brick_Block.png|frame|left]] | |||
Gray-colored [[Brick Block]]s working like Rock Blocks appear in [[World-e]] of ''[[Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3]]'', a [[reissue]] of ''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]''. These blocks specifically appear in the levels [[A Sky-High Adventure]] and [[Puzzling Pipe Maze]], in which they appear to obstruct certain pathways. These solid blocks cannot be destroyed easily, breaking only by using the [[Hammer Suit]] or the [[Tanooki Suit]]'s [[Statue Mario|statue]] mode. Unlike Brick Blocks and [[White Block]]s, these gray blocks do not glisten. | |||
On the Japanese e-Reader card for Puzzling Pipe Maze, [[Roy Koopa]] claims to have invented these blocks by himself. | |||
===='' | ====''Super Mario Galaxy''==== | ||
[[ | In [[Rolling Gizmo Galaxy]], '''stone blocks'''<ref>{{cite|Fletcher, Black|title=''Super Mario Galaxy: PRIMA Official Game Guide (Collector's Edition)''|location=Roseville|publisher=[[Prima Games]]|language=American English|date=2007|page=313|isbn=978-0-76155-713-5}}</ref> cover holes needed to progress. They are destroyed when Mario collides with them on the [[Star Ball|Rolling Ball]]. | ||
====''Super Mario 3D World'' / ''Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury'' ==== | ====''Super Mario 3D World'' / ''Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury'' ==== | ||
[[File:SM3DW Rock Blocks.jpg|thumb | [[File:SM3DW Rock Blocks.jpg|thumb|Mega Mario breaking Rock Blacks in ''Super Mario 3D World'']] | ||
Rock | Rock Blocks reappear in ''[[Super Mario 3D World]]'' and ''[[Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury]]'' as a gray variation of [[Mega Block|Big Block]]s, thus resembling larger variants of the gray-colored Brick Blocks from ''Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3''. They cannot be destroyed by the player on their own (except when under the effects of a [[Mega Mushroom]]); therefore, the player must make use of other means to break them, such as [[Bob-omb]]s, [[cannonball]]s, having them be hit by a [[Conkdor]], among others. | ||
In the ''Bowser's Fury'' campaign of ''Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury'', throwing a [[Green Shell]] at a Rock Block destroys it. | In the ''[[Bowser's Fury]]'' campaign of ''Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury'', throwing a [[Green Shell]] at a Rock Block destroys it. | ||
====''Super Mario | ====''Super Mario Maker 2''==== | ||
In ''[[Super Mario Maker 2]]'', [[Hard Block]]s take the form of Rock Blocks in the ''Super Mario 3D World'' level style. | |||
====''Super Mario | ====''Super Mario Bros. Wonder''==== | ||
Rock Blocks reappear in ''[[Super Mario Bros. Wonder]]'' in [[Jewel-Block Cave]]'s [[Wonder Effect]], where it can only be destroyed by either [[Big Konk]]s or [[Giant Spiked Ball]]s. | |||
===''Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker''=== | ===''Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker''=== | ||
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===''Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam''=== | ===''Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam''=== | ||
Rock Blocks return in ''[[Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam]]'', as obstacles that can be broken by the [[Trio Hammer]] move. They appear primarily in [[Doop Doop Dunes]]. | Rock Blocks return in ''[[Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam]]'', as obstacles that can be broken by the [[Trio Hammer]] move. They appear primarily in [[Doop Doop Dunes]]. | ||
==Gallery== | |||
<gallery> | |||
SMW2 Rock Block brown.png|''[[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]'' | |||
SMW2 Rock Block tan.png|''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island'' | |||
SMW2 Rock Block maroon.png|''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island'' | |||
SMW2 Rock Block gray.png|''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island'' | |||
SMW2 Rock Block gray smooth.png|''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island'' | |||
SMW2 Rock Block.png|''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island'' | |||
SMW2 Rock Block blue smooth.png|''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island'' | |||
Story Rock Block blue.png|''[[Yoshi's Story]]'' | |||
Story Rock Block yellow.png|''Yoshi's Story'' | |||
SMG Screenshot Stone Block.png|''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]'' | |||
MLPJTrioHammer.png|''[[Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam]]'' | |||
SMM2 Hard Block SM3DW icon.png|''[[Super Mario Maker 2]]'' ([[Hard Block]] in ''[[Super Mario 3D World]]'' style) | |||
</gallery> | |||
==Names in other languages== | ==Names in other languages== | ||
{{foreign names | {{foreign names | ||
|Jap=ひびブロック<ref>''Mario & Wario'' instruction booklet, page 8.</ref> | |Jap=ひびブロック<ref>''Mario & Wario'' instruction booklet, page 8.</ref> | ||
|JapM=Cracked Block | |JapR=Hibi Burokku | ||
|Jap2=岩ブロック | |||
|Jap2R=Iwa Burokku | |||
|Jap3=ロックブロック<ref>{{cite|language=Japanese|publisher=Shogakukan|date=2015|title=''Super Mario Bros. Hyakka: Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook'', ''Super Mario 3D World'' section|page=234}}</ref> | |||
|Jap3R=Rokku Burokku | |||
|JapM=Cracked Block | |||
|Jap2M=Stone Block | |||
|Jap3M=Rock Block | |||
|Ger=Fels-Block | |Ger=Fels-Block | ||
|GerM=Rock Block | |GerM=Rock Block | ||
|Ita=Blocco Roccia<ref>''[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia]]''; pag. 234</ref> | |Ita=Blocco di Roccia<ref>''[[Wario World]]'' Italian manual, pag. 22</ref> | ||
|ItaM=Rock Block | |Ita2=Blocco pietra <small>(''Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker'')</small> | ||
|Ita3=Blocco roccia<ref>''[[Mini Mario & Friends: amiibo Challenge]]'' Italian e-manual, section 9</ref> | |||
|Ita4=Blocco Roccia<ref>''[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia]]''; pag. 234</ref> | |||
|ItaM=Block [made out] of Rock | |||
|Ita2M=Stone block | |||
|Ita3M=Rock block | |||
|Ita4M=Rock Block | |||
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{{Yoshi's Story}} | {{Yoshi's Story}} | ||
{{Wario World}} | {{Wario World}} | ||
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{{YIDS}} | {{YIDS}} | ||
{{ | {{SMG}} | ||
{{SM3DW}} | {{SM3DW}} | ||
{{CTTT}} | {{CTTT}} | ||
{{M&LPJ}} | {{M&LPJ}} | ||
{{ | {{SMM2}} | ||
{{ | {{SMBW}}}} | ||
[[Category:Blocks]] | [[Category:Blocks]] | ||
[[Category:Hazardous objects]] | [[Category:Hazardous objects]] | ||
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[[Category:Super Mario 3D World objects]] | [[Category:Super Mario 3D World objects]] | ||
[[Category:Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3 objects]] | |||
[[Category:Super Mario Bros. Wonder objects]] | |||
[[Category:Super Mario Maker 2 objects]] | [[Category:Super Mario Maker 2 objects]] | ||
[[Category:Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island objects]] | [[Category:Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island objects]] |
Latest revision as of 17:12, March 30, 2024
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Rock Block | |
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![]() Artwork from Super Mario 3D World | |
First appearance | Mario & Wario (1993) |
Latest appearance | Super Mario Bros. Wonder (2023) |
Rock Blocks[1][2][3][4] (or rock blocks)[5] are a variety of blocks appearing throughout the Super Mario franchise. They are made of stone and typically harder to break than other blocks. They usually require the player to perform a particularly strong move or be under the effect of a specific power-up to break. In most appearances, Rock Blocks function similarly to the Black Bricks in Super Mario 64 DS.
There are similar objects in the Super Mario series called Hard Blocks, a throwable Stone in Super Mario Maker 2, and an obstruction called the stone block in Paper Mario, but they have different properties from the Rock Block. In Super Mario Odyssey, the Brick Blocks in the Wooded Kingdom are made of stone but otherwise function normally.
History[edit]
Mario & Wario[edit]
Rock Blocks are nearly identical to later appearances in Mario & Wario, being hit once to be cracked open.
Yoshi's Island series[edit]
Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island[edit]
![A Kaboomba and some Rock Blocks.](https://mario.wiki.gallery/images/3/3b/Rock_Block_-_Yoshi%27s_Island.png)
Cracked blocks[6] are found in many levels of Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island. In the Yoshi franchise, Cracked blocks are large blocks made of a durable type of rock, and can only be destroyed with Yoshi Eggs.
Yoshi's Island DS[edit]
Rock Blocks return in Yoshi's Island DS, and only Baby Donkey Kong can destroy them with eggs or a ground pound.
Yoshi's Story[edit]
Rock blocks appear in Yoshi's Story. They are roughly the same as in Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island, as they can only be destroyed by Yoshi Eggs. Golden rock blocks also appear in the game; they cannot be destroyed by any means.
Wario World[edit]
A different variety of Rock Blocks appeared as obstacles that Wario encountered during the events of Wario World. They can be small or very large, but each has a weak point indicated by a cracked side with a bandage on it. Wario can break these blocks by punching or Ground Pounding the weak side. The blocks can also be destroyed by using a Piledriver, Wild Swing-Ding, or Mega Toss. In some areas, Rock Blocks can move upward and slam down like a Thwomp to squash Wario.
Super Mario series[edit]
Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3[edit]
Gray-colored Brick Blocks working like Rock Blocks appear in World-e of Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3, a reissue of Super Mario Bros. 3. These blocks specifically appear in the levels A Sky-High Adventure and Puzzling Pipe Maze, in which they appear to obstruct certain pathways. These solid blocks cannot be destroyed easily, breaking only by using the Hammer Suit or the Tanooki Suit's statue mode. Unlike Brick Blocks and White Blocks, these gray blocks do not glisten.
On the Japanese e-Reader card for Puzzling Pipe Maze, Roy Koopa claims to have invented these blocks by himself.
Super Mario Galaxy[edit]
In Rolling Gizmo Galaxy, stone blocks[7] cover holes needed to progress. They are destroyed when Mario collides with them on the Rolling Ball.
Super Mario 3D World / Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury[edit]
Rock Blocks reappear in Super Mario 3D World and Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury as a gray variation of Big Blocks, thus resembling larger variants of the gray-colored Brick Blocks from Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3. They cannot be destroyed by the player on their own (except when under the effects of a Mega Mushroom); therefore, the player must make use of other means to break them, such as Bob-ombs, cannonballs, having them be hit by a Conkdor, among others.
In the Bowser's Fury campaign of Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury, throwing a Green Shell at a Rock Block destroys it.
Super Mario Maker 2[edit]
In Super Mario Maker 2, Hard Blocks take the form of Rock Blocks in the Super Mario 3D World level style.
Super Mario Bros. Wonder[edit]
Rock Blocks reappear in Super Mario Bros. Wonder in Jewel-Block Cave's Wonder Effect, where it can only be destroyed by either Big Konks or Giant Spiked Balls.
Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker[edit]
Rock Blocks reappear in Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker and its Nintendo Switch and Nintendo 3DS ports, where they are identical to the Super Mario 3D World version.
Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam[edit]
Rock Blocks return in Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam, as obstacles that can be broken by the Trio Hammer move. They appear primarily in Doop Doop Dunes.
Gallery[edit]
Super Mario Maker 2 (Hard Block in Super Mario 3D World style)
Names in other languages[edit]
Language | Name | Meaning |
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Japanese | ひびブロック[8] Hibi Burokku 岩ブロック Iwa Burokku ロックブロック[9] Rokku Burokku |
Cracked Block Stone Block Rock Block |
German | Fels-Block |
Rock Block |
Italian | Blocco di Roccia[10] Blocco pietra (Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker) Blocco roccia[11] Blocco Roccia[12] |
Block [made out] of Rock Stone block Rock block Rock Block |
References[edit]
- ^ (November 1993). Nintendo Magazine System (UK) Issue #14. Page 48.
- ^ (April 1994). Nintendo Magazine System (AU) Issue #13. Page 16.
- ^ Wario World instruction booklet, page 22 (British English) or page 24 (American English).
- ^ Musa, Alexander; Hatchett, Geson (2013). Super Mario 3D World PRIMA Official Game Guide. Prima Games (American English). ISBN 978-0804162494. Page 19.
- ^ "Rock block, so blue and hard. Break it with eggs, leave it in shards." – Message Block. Yoshi's Story.
- ^ Miller, Kent; Munson, Terry (1995). Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island Player's Guide. Nintendo of America (American English). Page 28.
- ^ (2007). Super Mario Galaxy: PRIMA Official Game Guide (Collector's Edition). Roseville: Prima Games (American English). ISBN 978-0-76155-713-5. Page 313.
- ^ Mario & Wario instruction booklet, page 8.
- ^ (2015). Super Mario Bros. Hyakka: Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook, Super Mario 3D World section. Shogakukan (Japanese). Page 234.
- ^ Wario World Italian manual, pag. 22
- ^ Mini Mario & Friends: amiibo Challenge Italian e-manual, section 9
- ^ Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia; pag. 234
- Blocks
- Hazardous objects
- Bowser's Fury objects
- Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker objects
- Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam objects
- Mario & Wario
- Super Mario 3D World objects
- Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3 objects
- Super Mario Bros. Wonder objects
- Super Mario Maker 2 objects
- Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island objects
- Wario World objects
- Yoshi's Island DS objects
- Yoshi's Story objects