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|description=A red block with spikes and a white question mark.
|description=A red block with spikes and a white question mark.
|first_appearance=''[[New Super Mario Bros.]]'' ([[List of games by date#2006|2006]])
|first_appearance=''[[New Super Mario Bros.]]'' ([[List of games by date#2006|2006]])
|effect=Releases an item when hit.
|effect=Releases an item when hit or damages player.
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'''Spiked ? Blocks'''<ref>''[[Nintendo Power]] [[New Super Mario Bros.]]'' Player's Guide, page 80 - "''Spiked ? Blocks almost always hold power-ups, but they won't give them up easily.''"</ref> are a type of block first found in ''[[New Super Mario Bros.]]'' This block is similar to a regular [[? Block]]; however, it has spikes at the top. It also spins around, requiring the player to mind their timing to avoid getting hurt. Hitting or [[Ground Pound]]ing the nonspiked side will turn the block into a normal [[Empty Block|Block]].
'''Spiked ? Blocks'''<ref>Loe, Casey. The ''New Super Mario Bros.'' Player's Guide. Page 80. "''Spiked ? Blocks almost always hold power-ups, but they won't give them up easily.''"</ref> are a type of [[block]] first found in ''[[New Super Mario Bros.]]'' This block is similar to a regular [[? Block]]; however, it has spikes at the top. It also spins around, requiring the player to mind their timing to avoid getting hurt. Hitting or [[Ground Pound]]ing the nonspiked side will turn the block into an [[Empty Block]].


The blocks only appear in [[World 6-3 (New Super Mario Bros.)|World 6-3]], where four of them are seen, three of which contain power-ups.
The blocks only appear in [[World 6-3 (New Super Mario Bros.)|World 6-3]], where four of them are seen, three of which contain power-ups.


== Trivia ==
==Names in other languages==
* If Mario ground pounds the block right as the block begins to spin around, Mario will be flung away by the spin.
{{foreign names
|Jap=ハテナブロック<ref>Shogakukan. 2015. ''Super Mario Bros. Hyakka: Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook'', ''New Super Mario Bros.'' section, page 119.</ref>
|JapR=Toge Hatena Burokku
|JapM=Spike ? Block
}}
 
==Trivia==
*If Mario ground pounds the block right as the block begins to spin around, Mario will be flung away by the spin.


==References==
==References==
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Revision as of 10:38, May 31, 2019

Template:Item-infobox Spiked ? Blocks[1] are a type of block first found in New Super Mario Bros. This block is similar to a regular ? Block; however, it has spikes at the top. It also spins around, requiring the player to mind their timing to avoid getting hurt. Hitting or Ground Pounding the nonspiked side will turn the block into an Empty Block.

The blocks only appear in World 6-3, where four of them are seen, three of which contain power-ups.

Names in other languages

Language Name Meaning
Japanese ハテナブロック[2]
Toge Hatena Burokku
Spike ? Block

Trivia

  • If Mario ground pounds the block right as the block begins to spin around, Mario will be flung away by the spin.

References

  1. ^ Loe, Casey. The New Super Mario Bros. Player's Guide. Page 80. "Spiked ? Blocks almost always hold power-ups, but they won't give them up easily."
  2. ^ Shogakukan. 2015. Super Mario Bros. Hyakka: Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook, New Super Mario Bros. section, page 119.