Marimba Block

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Marimba Block
Colorful note blocks from Super Mario Bros. Wonder
First appearance Super Mario Bros. Wonder (2023)
Latest appearance Tetris 99 (38th Maximus Cup, cameo) (2023)
Variant of Note Block
“Love that sound!”
Talking Flower, Super Mario Bros. Wonder
The second 10-flower coin in Piranha Plants on Parade in Super Mario Bros. Wonder
Mario running on top of Marimba Blocks

Marimba Blocks are a colored variant of Note Blocks that appear in Super Mario Bros. Wonder. They share a more wooden-like appearance with two beamed eighth notes engraved rather than a quarter note, always appearing with the color pattern: green, blue, yellow, and red. Much like Note Blocks, they bounce the player higher; however, it is only when the player jumps, rather than bouncing instantly upon landing. When walked on, the blocks play a xylophone or metallophone sound, increasing in pitch the more the player walks. During Wonder Effects, they are pitched to the music's melody instead of being pitched to a specific scale.

In Tetris 99, if the Super Mario Bros. Wonder theme is applied, the Z-Tetriminos take the form of red Marimba Blocks, with the music notes also colored a slightly lighter red.

Naming[edit]

Internal names[edit]

Game File Name Meaning

Super Mario Bros. Wonder G:/romfs/Mals/USen.Product.100.sarc.zs/GameMsg/Name_Gimmick.msbt/ Marimba Block -
G:/romfs/Pack/Actor/ObjectXylophoneBridge.pack.zs XylophoneBridge Xylophone Bridge
G:/romfs/Model/ObjectBlockSound.bfres.zs BlockSound Sound Block
G:/romfs/Sound/Resource/ObjectKeyboardBlock.bars.zs KeyboardBlock Keyboard Block

Internal localized names[edit]

The following names were found in the same file, but in the other languages.

Language Name Meaning Note(s) Ref.
Chinese (Simplified) 木琴砖块
Mùqín Zhuānkuài
Xylophone Brick [?]
Chinese (Traditional) 木琴磚塊
Mùqín Zhuānkuài
Xylophone Brick [?]
Dutch Marimbablok Marimba block [?]
French Bloc marimba Marimba block [?]
German Marimbablock Marimba block [?]
Italian Blocco xilofono Xylophone block [?]
Korean 목관블록
Mokgwan Beullok
Woodwind block [?]
Portuguese Bloco xilofone Xylophone block [?]
Russian Блок-ксилофон
Blok-ksilofon
Xylophone block [?]
Spanish Bloque xilófono Xylophone block [?]

Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning Note(s) Ref.
Japanese 木琴ブロック
Mokkin Burokku
Xylophone Block [1]

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