Rock Block
- This article is about the recurring block type in the Super Mario franchise. For the block in Wario World, see Rock Block (Wario World).
Rock Block | |
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First appearance | Mario & Wario (1993) |
Latest appearance | Super Mario Bros. Wonder (2023) |
Variant of | Brick Block |
Rock Blocks[1][2][3] (or rock blocks)[4] 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 larger than normal and 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 series[edit]
Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island[edit]

Cracked blocks[5] are found in many levels of Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island. They are large blocks made of a durable type of rock, and can only be destroyed with Yoshi Eggs.
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, however.
Yoshi's Island DS[edit]
Rock Blocks return in Yoshi's Island DS, and only Baby DK can destroy them with eggs or a ground pound.
Yoshi's New Island[edit]
Rock Blocks reappear in Yoshi's New Island. Like in Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island, they can be destroyed Yoshi Eggs; however, Jackhammer Yoshi can also destroy Rock Blocks with ease.
Super Mario series[edit]
Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3[edit]
The subject of this section has not been officially identified, so it has been conjecturally merged into this article.
If an acceptable name is found for this section's subject, it may need to be split into a new article.
Gray-colored Brick Blocks working like Rock Blocks appear in World-e of Super Mario Advance 4: 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[6] 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 Nintendo Switch port's Bowser's Fury campaign only, 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 the Wonder Konk or Giant Spiked Balls.
Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker[edit]
Rock Blocks reappear in Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker and its enhanced Nintendo Switch and Nintendo 3DS port of the same name, 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. In the E3 2015 build of the game, they resembled their appearance in Super Mario 3D World, but were changed to stone blocks in the final game.
Profiles[edit]
Yoshi's Story[edit]
- Message Block:
Gallery[edit]
Super Mario Maker 2 (Hard Block in Super Mario 3D World style)
Names in other languages[edit]
Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
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Japanese | ひびブロック[8] Hibi Burokku |
Cracked Block | Mario & Wario |
いわブロック[9] Iwa Burokku |
Stone Block | Yoshi's Story | |
ロックブロック[10] Rokku Burokku |
Rock Block | Super Mario 3D World | |
French | Gros rocher[7] | Big rock | Yoshi's Story |
Bloc bleu[11] | Blue block | ||
German | Steinblock[12] | Stone block | Yoshi's Story |
Fels-Block[?] | Rock Block | ||
Italian | Blocco pietra[?] | Stone block | Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker |
Blocco roccia[13] | Rock block | ||
Blocco Roccia[14] | Rock Block |
References[edit]
- ^ November 1993. Nintendo Magazine System (UK) Issue #14 (Mario & Wario section). British English. Page 48.
- ^ April 1994. Nintendo Magazine System (AU) Issue #13 (Mario & Wario section). Australian English. Page 16.
- ^ Musa, Alexander; Hatchett, Geson (2013). Super Mario 3D World PRIMA Official Game Guide. Prima Games (American English). ISBN 978-0-804-16249-4. Page 19.
- ^ a b Yoshi's Story in-game name (Uploaded 1 Oct. 2017 on YouTube by Lollie)
- ^ Miller, Kent and Terry Munson (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.
- ^ a b Yoshi's Story in-game name from French localization (Uploaded 4 Mar. 2019 on YouTube by Omniwalk FR)
- ^ 1993. Mario & Wario instruction booklet. Nintendo (Japanese). Page 8.
- ^ 「かたそうな いわブロック。でも、タマゴで かんたんにこわれてしまう。 ヘボ!」– Message Block in Practice level. Yoshi's Story. Japanese.
- ^ October 19, 2015. Super Mario Bros. Hyakka: Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook, Super Mario 3D World section. Shogakukan (Japanese). ISBN 978-4-09-106569-8. Page 234.
- ^ 1998. Nintendo Magazine : Le seul magazine officiel Nintendo 64. Issue 5. Nintendo and EMAP France (French). Page 62.
- ^ „Die blauen Steinblöcke kannst Du mit einem gezielten Eierwurf in tausend Teile zerbröseln.“ – Message Block in Practice level. Yoshi's Story. German.
- ^ Mini Mario & Friends: amiibo Challenge Italian e-manual, section 9
- ^ November 15, 2018. Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia. Magazzini Salani (Italian). ISBN 889367436X. Page 234.
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