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'''Grab Blocks'''<ref>''Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2'' instruction booklet, page 19.</ref> are dark blue Blocks appearing in ''[[Super Mario World]]''. As its name implies, the main feature of a Grab Block is that it can be picked up and carried around by the player, essentially the same way as with ''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]''{{'}}s [[Ice Block]]s. Once grabbed, it can be kicked away, to defeat [[List of enemies|enemies]] or to reach distant [[? Block]]s.  
'''Grab Blocks'''<ref>''Super Mario World'' English instruction booklet, page 22.</ref> are dark blue Blocks appearing in ''[[Super Mario World]]''. As its name implies, the main feature of a Grab Block is that it can be picked up and carried around by the player, essentially the same way as with ''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]''{{'}}s [[Ice Block]]s. Once grabbed, it can be kicked away, to defeat [[List of enemies|enemies]] or to reach distant [[? Block]]s.  


When [[Mario]] or [[Luigi]] holds a Grab Block, it will start to flash different colors, disappearing after a few seconds. However, if the player takes a Grab Block through a [[Warp Pipe|pipe]], then it lasts indefinitely; this is a glitch. [[Yoshi]] can eat Grab Blocks.
When [[Mario]] or [[Luigi]] holds a Grab Block, it will start to flash different colors, disappearing after a few seconds. However, if the player takes a Grab Block through a [[Warp Pipe|pipe]], then it lasts indefinitely; this is a glitch. [[Yoshi]] can eat Grab Blocks.
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==Names in other languages==
==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
{{foreign names
|Jap=ブルブルブロック
|Jap=ブルブルブロック<ref>''Super Mario World'' Japanese instruction booklet (fold-out)</ref>
|JapR=Buruburu burokku
|JapR=Buruburu Burokku
|JapM=Shivering Block; from ''buruburu'', an onomatopoeia for freezing.
|JapM=Shivering Block; from ''buruburu'', an onomatopoeia for freezing.
|Fra=Bloc à empoigner
|Fra=Bloc à empoigner
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|PorM=Catch Block
|PorM=Catch Block
}}
}}
==References==
==References==
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Revision as of 12:09, July 16, 2018

Mario with some Grab Blocks
Mario holding a flashing Grab Block
Grab Block.png
SMW Grabblock.gif

Grab Blocks[1] are dark blue Blocks appearing in Super Mario World. As its name implies, the main feature of a Grab Block is that it can be picked up and carried around by the player, essentially the same way as with Super Mario Bros. 3's Ice Blocks. Once grabbed, it can be kicked away, to defeat enemies or to reach distant ? Blocks.

When Mario or Luigi holds a Grab Block, it will start to flash different colors, disappearing after a few seconds. However, if the player takes a Grab Block through a pipe, then it lasts indefinitely; this is a glitch. Yoshi can eat Grab Blocks.

Names in other languages

Language Name Meaning
Japanese ブルブルブロック[2]
Buruburu Burokku
Shivering Block; from buruburu, an onomatopoeia for freezing.

Portuguese Bloco de Apanhar
Catch Block

References

  1. ^ Super Mario World English instruction booklet, page 22.
  2. ^ Super Mario World Japanese instruction booklet (fold-out)