Editing ? Panel

{{item infobox
|image=[[File:MP9 Question Mark Panel.png]]
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario Kart]]'' ([[List of games by date#1992|1992]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Mario Kart Tour]]'' (cameo) ([[List of games by date#2020|2020]])
|effect=Releases an item or coin when touched or hit.
}}

'''? Panels''' (originally known as '''Question Blocks'''<ref>''Super Mario Kart'' instruction booklet, pgs. 12 & 16</ref>) are the ground-based version of the [[? Block]]. While ? Blocks hover in mid-air, ? Panels lay flat against the ground. These objects first appear in ''[[Super Mario Kart]]''. ? Panels are replaced by floating [[Item Box]]es in ''[[Mario Kart 64]]'' and future [[Mario Kart (series)|''Mario Kart'' installments]].

==History==
===''Super Mario Kart''===
[[File:SMK Mario Circuit 3 Item Panels.png|thumb|left|150px|[[Yoshi]] about to drive over a Question Block]]
In ''Super Mario Kart'', Question Blocks litter the racetracks of the game. Each course contains one set of twelve Question Blocks, though two courses contain ten in one set, and one contains fifteen. In some courses, one or more Question Blocks can be found far from these sets, such as in [[SNES Ghost Valley 1|Ghost Valley 1]] and [[Koopa Beach 1]]. When a racer drives over a Question Block, they receive an item. Although normally orange with a black question mark, Question Blocks turn red with a smiley face after driven over, signifying they are deactivated. Red blocks remain deactivated through the rest of the race (unless every Question Block in the course is deactivated, in which case every Question Block turns orange and once again offers items). 
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===''Mario Hoops 3-on-3''===
[[File:MH33 Fake Question Mark Panel.png|thumb|[[Diddy Kong]] near a ? Panel in ''Mario Hoops 3-on-3'']]
? Panels reappear in ''[[Mario Hoops 3-on-3]]'', now with an updated design matching the current design of ? Blocks. These panels are scattered across the game's various basketball courts. When a player on offense dribbles the ball over a ? Panel, they typically acquire [[Coin]]s used to boost points, in which case the ? Panel glows when each coin is collected per dribble on them; they may also receive an item that pops out from them. Unlike ''Super Mario Kart'', a ? Panel disappears when it is deactivated. A player on defense always receives a special item if they run over one of these panels. [[Fake ? Panel]]s also appear in the game and can be used to trip up other players. Purple ? Panels appear in the [[Jr. Street]] stage when one of the spotlights shines on the ? Panel. Those contain [[Slot Coin]]s.

===''Mario Sports Mix''===
[[File:BehemothKingBattle-MarioSportsMix.png|thumb|left|[[Princess Daisy]] running towards a ? Panel in ''Mario Sports Mix'']]
? Panels return in ''[[Mario Sports Mix]]''. They have the same effect as in ''Mario Hoops 3-on-3''.
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===''Mario Party 9''===
[[File:MP9 4-Player Fungi Frenzy.png|thumb|? Panels in ''[[Mario Party 9]]'']]
? Panels reappear in ''[[Mario Party 9]]''. They appear in [[Fungi Frenzy (minigame)|Fungi Frenzy]] where the players try to earn the highest score by ground-pounding panels with [[Mushroom]]s in them. Before each of the three rounds, the panels will briefly show what they contain. Points in this game are solely based on the number of Mushrooms a player collects. Some panels will contain one Mushroom, others contain two, and the rest contain three. Players can stun each other by ground-pounding them. After three rounds, the player with the highest score wins. Deactivated ? Panels are updated matching the current design of [[Empty Block]]s.

===''Paper Mario: Color Splash''===
[[File:FlippinCards PMCS.png|thumb|left|? Panels in ''[[Paper Mario: Color Splash]]'']]
? Panels reappear in ''[[Paper Mario: Color Splash]]'' in the mini-game [[Flippin' Cards!]] In it, [[Mario]] uses his [[hammer]] to flip the ? Panels to find matching pairs of [[Battle Card (Paper Mario: Color Splash)|Battle Card]]s. The ? Panels appear in a rectangular card shape with brown borders.
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==Gallery==
===Artwork and scans===
<gallery>
SMK QuestionBlock.png|''[[Super Mario Kart]]''
SMK Main Artwork.jpg|''Super Mario Kart''
SMK Group Art.jpeg|''Super Mario Kart''
Item Panel SuperMarioKun.jpg|''[[Super Mario-kun]]''
MP9 Toad and Yoshi Playing Fungi Frenzy Artwork.png|''[[Mario Party 9]]''
MP9 Toad Playing Fungi Frenzy Artwork.png|''Mario Party 9''
MP9 Yoshi Playing Fungi Frenzy Artwork.png|''Mario Party 9''
</gallery>

===Sprites===
<gallery>
Question Panel SMK sprite.png|''Super Mario Kart''
Activatedquestionpanel.png|''Super Mario Kart''
</gallery>

===Screenshots===
<gallery>
SMK Battle Mode.png|''Super Mario Kart''
MarioStadiumHoopsShot.png|''[[Mario Hoops 3-on-3]]''
QuestionPanelMH-3-o-3.png|''Mario Hoops 3-on-3''
WaluigiPinball-Volleyball-2vs2-MarioSportsMix.png|''[[Mario Sports Mix]]''
PMCS Q Panel.png|''[[Paper Mario: Color Splash]]''
</gallery>

==See also==
*[[? Block]]
*[[Item Box]]
*[[Fake ? Panel]]
*[[Flipswitch Panel]]

==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names	
|Jap=アイテムパネル<ref>https://www.nintendo.co.jp/wii/vc/vc_mk/vc_mk_05.html</ref><br>''Aitemu Paneru''<br>ハテナパネル<ref>https://www.nintendo.co.jp/ds/ab3j/mario3on3/index.html</ref><br>''Hatena Paneru''
|JapM=Item Panel<br><br>? Panel
|Fre=Bloc ?<br>Point d'interrogation <ref>''Super Mario Kart'' French instruction booklet, pgs. 12 & 16</ref>
|FreM=? Block<br>Question mark
|Ita=Pannello ?
|ItaM=? Panel
}}

==References==
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[[Category:Mario Sports Mix]]
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