Editing Rotating Block

{{Distinguish|rotating platform}}
{{item infobox
|image=[[File:SMW Rotating Block.jpg]]<br>Artwork from ''Super Mario World''
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario World]]'' ([[List of games by date#1990|1990]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Mario Kart World]]'' (cameo) ([[List of games by date#2025|2025]])
|effect=Spins around when hit
|variant_of=[[Block]]
|variants=[[Atchi Muite Block]]<br>[[Grab Block]]
|related=[[Stretch Block]]
|comparable=[[Brick Block]]<br>[[Hourglass Block]]
}}
'''Rotating Blocks''',<ref>{{cite|title=''Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2'' instruction booklet|page=19|language=en-us|date=2002|publisher=Nintendo of America}}</ref> also known as '''Spinning Blocks''',<ref>{{cite|title=Nintendo ''[[Mario Mania]]'' Player's Guide|page=57|date=August 1991|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=en-us}}</ref> '''Turn Blocks''',<ref>{{cite|author=von Esmarch, Nick, and Reepal Parbhoo|title=''Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS/Wii U'' Prima Official Game Guide|date=November 21, 2014|page=233|isbn=978-0-804-16356-9|publisher=[[Prima Games]]|language=en-us}}</ref> or simply '''Blocks''', are yellow [[block]]s with eyes that first appear in ''[[Super Mario World]]''. When hit from below or the sides, they briefly spin around, allowing [[Mario]] or other characters to pass through them.
==History==
===''Super Mario'' series===
====''Super Mario World''====
Rotating Blocks are objects in ''Super Mario World''. They replace [[Brick Block|brick]]s from previous entries of the ''[[Super Mario (series)|Super Mario]]'' series and share most of their attributes with them. Normal Rotating Blocks spin around for a short time when hit from beneath or attacked as [[Cape Mario|Caped Mario]] (or Caped [[Luigi]]), but some act as [[? Block|Prize Blocks]] and reveal an item. [[Super Mario (form)|Super Mario]] can destroy normal Rotating Blocks with a [[Spin Jump]] from above. [[Chargin' Chuck]]s can also destroy Rotating Blocks by charging into them. Enemies such as green [[Unshelled Koopa]]s, [[Galoomba|Goomba]]s, and [[Cheep Cheeps]] may hide in Rotating Blocks, and break out to attack Mario once he approaches them. These Rotating Blocks have the sheen on the opposite side, making them distinguishable from safe Rotating Blocks from afar. If something causes Rotating Blocks to spin, no more than four can do so at a time.

====''Super Mario Maker'' / ''Super Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DS'' / ''Super Mario Maker 2''====
Rotating Blocks appear under the name '''Block''' in ''[[Super Mario Maker]]'', ''[[Super Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DS]]'', and ''[[Super Mario Maker 2]]''. Rotating Blocks replace [[Brick Block]]s (themselves simply called "Blocks") in the ''Super Mario World'' style. To be consistent with the other styles, these Blocks are affected by [[P Switch]]es instead of [[Empty Block]]s, unlike in the original game. In ''Super Mario Maker 2'', if the player presses a P Switch, any [[Ice Block]]s with a [[coin]] frozen inside temporarily become frozen versions of these Blocks (resembling the Ice Blocks' design from the original ''Super Mario World''). However, when hit from below or the sides, they do not spin.

In the Japanese script, these Blocks are referred to as "Renga Block" (Brick Block) along with the Brick Blocks themselves despite being functionally distinct from each other.

====''Super Mario Bros. Wonder''====
Rotating Blocks are objects in ''[[Super Mario Bros. Wonder]]'', where they can no longer be broken using a Spin Jump. They appear in [[Pipe-Rock Plateau Palace]] and [[Color-Switch Dungeon]]. Wider Rotating Blocks similar to [[? Block|Long ? Block]]s also appear in Pipe-Rock Plateau Palace and [[Taily's Toxic Pond]].

===''Super Smash Bros.'' series===
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Turn Blocks appear in the [[Super Smash Bros. (series)|''Super Smash Bros.'' series]] in [[Yoshi's Island (Super Smash Bros. Melee)|''Melee''{{'}}s Yoshi's Island stage]] (in ''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]'', ''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]'', ''[[Super Smash Bros. for Wii U]]'', and ''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]'') and in the ''Super Mario World'' style of the [[Super Mario Maker (stage)|Super Mario Maker stage]] (in ''[[Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS]]'' / ''Wii U'' as DLC, and ''Super Smash Bros. Ultimate''), working as they originally did, though they are 3D in Yoshi's Island (they turn 2D when rotating). Unlike in ''Super Mario World'', when hit, the Rotating Blocks spin at a fast speed before slowing down, as opposed to spinning at a steady pace, and also spin individually, instead of them spinning in unison.
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===''Mario Sports Superstars''===
[[File:MSpS Soccer Training Dummies.png|thumb|The training dummies based on Rotating Blocks and Empty Blocks]]
The dummies that appear in the Ring Challenge mode of the soccer sport in ''[[Mario Sports Superstars]]'' resemble Rotating Blocks. When struck by a ball, they flip sideways revealing their back side resembles [[Empty Block]]s in their design from ''Super Mario World''.

===''The Super Mario Bros. Movie''===
[[File:TheSMBMovie ObstacleCoursePoster.jpg|thumb|150px|A poster for ''[[The Super Mario Bros. Movie]]'' featuring Rotating Blocks (lower top right)]]
A poster for ''[[The Super Mario Bros. Movie]]'' of [[Mario]] on the [[Training Course]] features some Rotating Blocks in the background. In the movie itself, Rotating Blocks are scattered all around the Training Course among [[Brick Block]]s and [[Empty Block]]s. When Mario or [[Princess Peach]] [[Wall Jump|wall-jump]]s off them, they light up.

===Other appearances===
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The [[tile]]s from ''[[Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars]]'', [[Yellow Block]]s from ''[[Paper Mario]]'', and [[Bike Pads]] from ''[[Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga]]'' resemble Rotating Blocks.

Although actual Rotating Blocks do not appear in ''[[Mini Mario & Friends: amiibo Challenge]]'', there are blocks that have an identical design, primarily found in [[Mini Luigi]]'s world, [[Moonlight Mansion]]. They initially appear as transparent [[Empty Block|Brown Block]]s from ''Super Mario World'', referred to as '''invisible blocks''',<ref>{{cite|quote=The candle in this contraption scares Ghosts into covering their eyes, so you can safely walk your Mini right through them. You’ll also be able to see '''invisible blocks''', which may help you reach new places.|url=play.nintendo.com/news-tips/tips-tricks/mini-mario-friends-amiibo-challenge-items|title=Mini Mario & Friends: amiibo Challenge Items|publisher=[[Play Nintendo]]|accessdate=April 6, 2020|language=en-us}}</ref> but they turn solid and yellow when a nearby [[candle]] is lit, allowing a [[Mini|Mini Toy]] to walk on top of them, jump on top of them, or reverse direction against tall configurations of them, as with all kinds of solid blocks.

==Profiles==
===''Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2''===
*'''European instruction manual description:''' ''Hit these blocks to make them spin for a fixed amount of time.''

==See also==
*[[Hourglass Block]]
*[[Stretch Block]]

==Gallery==
<gallery>
SMW RotatingBlock.png|''[[Super Mario World]]''
SMWRotatingBlockRotating.gif|''Super Mario World''
SMWEnemyInBlock.png|''Super Mario World'' (containing an enemy)
Forest of Illusion 1 SMW.png|''Super Mario World'' ([[Forest of Illusion 1]])
Star World 1.png|''Super Mario World'' ([[Star World 1]])
SMW Popcorn.jpg|''[[Super Mario World Popcorn]]''
G&WG Modern Oil Panic Rotating Block.png|''[[Game & Watch Gallery]]'' (''[[Oil Panic]]'')
G&WG2 Modern Donkey Kong Rotating Block.png|''[[Donkey Kong (Game & Watch)|Donkey Kong]]'' (Modern), ''[[Game & Watch Gallery 2]]''
SMA2_Rotating_Block_sprite.png|''[[Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2]]''
SMM SMW Rotating Block.png|''Super Mario Maker'' (''Super Mario World'' style)
SMM2 Block SMW icon.png|''Super Mario Maker 2'' (''Super Mario World'' style)
SMBW Rotating Block.jpg|''Super Mario Bros Wonder''
SMBW Long Rotating Block.jpg|thumb|right|100px|The longer variant from ''Super Mario Bros. Wonder''
</gallery>

==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jpn=クルクルブロック
|JpnR=Kurukuru Burokku
|JpnM=Spinning Block
|JpnC=<ref>''Super Mario World'' Japanese instruction booklet (fold-out)</ref>
|Jpn2=レンガブロック
|Jpn2R=Renga Burokku
|Jpn2M=[[Brick Block]]
|Jpn2N=''Super Mario Maker 2'' parts menu (''Super Mario World'' style)
|Fre=Bloc pivotant
|FreM=Rotating Block
|Fre2=Bloc
|Fre2M=Block
|Fre2N=''Super Mario Maker 2''
|Ger=Rotierender Block
|GerM=Rotating block
|GerC=<ref name=GBA>''Super Mario Advance 2: Super Mario World'' European instruction booklet{{page needed}}</ref>
|Ita=Blocco girevole
|ItaM=Spinning block
|Ita2=Mattone girevole
|Ita2M=Spinning brick
|Ita2C=<ref name=GBA />
|PorA=Bloco Giratório
|PorAM=Spinning Block
|PorAC=<ref>{{cite|title=''Super Mario World'' instruction booklet|page=22|language=pt-br|publisher=Nintendo}}</ref>
|PorE=Bloco Rotativo
|PorEM=Rotating Block
|PorEN=''Super Smash Bros. for Wii U'' tips
|Spa=Bloque giratorio
|SpaM=Spinning block
|SpaC=<ref>''Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2'' Spanish instruction booklet{{page needed}}</ref>
}}

==References==
{{NIWA|SmashWiki=Block#Rotating Blocks}}
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