Editing Super Guide Block

{{about|the block that assists the player in ''[[New Super Mario Bros. Wii]]'' and ''[[New Super Mario Bros. U]]''|the blocks that assist the player in ''[[Super Mario 3D Land]]'', ''[[New Super Mario Bros. 2]]'', and ''[[Super Mario 3D World]]''|[[Assist Block]]|the green [[! Block]] from [[Super Mario 64]]|[[Cap Block]]}}
{{item infobox
|image=[[File:HintblockNSMBU.png|150px]]<br>Artwork of a Super Guide Block from ''[[New Super Mario Bros. U]]''
|first_appearance=''[[New Super Mario Bros. Wii]]'' ([[List of games by date#2009|2009]])
|latest_appearance=''[[New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe]]'' ([[List of games by date#2019|2019]])
|effect=Activates [[Super Guide]] mode when hit
|comparable=[[Assist Block]]
}}
A '''Super Guide Block''' is a special green [[! Block]] that first appears in the single-player modes of ''[[New Super Mario Bros. Wii]]'' and both releases of ''[[New Super Mario Bros. U]]''. It appears when the player has lost multiple lives consecutively in the same [[level]] and is playing alone. If [[Mario]] hits the block, the [[Super Guide]] mode is activated, [[Luigi]] appears, and the computer within the game controls him to clear the stage in place of the player.

==History==
===''New Super Mario Bros. Wii''===
[[File:NSMBW Super Guide Block Artwork.png|thumb|left|Artwork from ''New Super Mario Bros. Wii'']]
[[File:NSMBW Super Guide Block Sprite.png|frame|right]]
In ''New Super Mario Bros. Wii'', the Super Guide Block appears when a player has lost a life eight times in a row on one level, with the block emitting a doorbell sound to alert the player of its presence. If the player presses {{button|wii|1}} on {{button|wii|Wiimote}}, the player can choose to deactivate the Super Guide mode and take control of Luigi. However, if the level is beaten, it does not count as an actual clear. Items collected do not count as well. If it appears at all and the player saves the game afterward, the save file's stars [[Missable content|stop sparking permanently]]. The Super Guide Block does not appear in [[World 9 (New Super Mario Bros. Wii)|World 9]].
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=== ''New Super Mario Bros. U'' / ''New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe'' ===
The Super Guide Block returns in ''New Super Mario Bros. U'', working as it did in ''New Super Mario Bros. Wii''. In this game, only five lives need to be lost, rather than eight. In addition, save file stars will lose their shine only if the player hits the block, but the stars' shine will return if the same course is cleared without using the block.

This feature returns in ''[[New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe]]'', acting identically to its appearance in the original [[Wii U]] game, though with a new sound effect. When the player controls Luigi in ''New Super Mario Bros. U'', the block is colored red and summons a computer-controlled Mario in place of Luigi. In addition, if the player uses the Super Guide Block, the stars on their save file still remain shiny.

==Gallery==
<gallery>
RedhintblockNSMBUDX.png|A red Super Guide Block from ''New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe''
NSMBUD Item Background.jpg|Background image for ''New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe'' featuring various items
PN Super Guide Block Holiday 2021 Artwork.png|[[Play Nintendo]]
NSMBWiiTC-47-Front.png|[[New Super Mario Bros. Wii trading cards|''New Super Mario Bros. Wii'' trading card]]
</gallery>

==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jpn=おてほんブロック
|JpnR=Otehonburokku
|JpnM=Example Block
|ChiT=遊戲示範磚塊
|ChiTR=Yóuxì Shìfàn Zhuānkuài
|ChiTM=Game Demonstration Block
|ChiTC=<ref>{{cite|deadlink=y|archive=web.archive.org/web/20100618144456/http://www.nintendo.com.hk/nsmb/index.htm|title=新 超級瑪利歐兄弟 Wii - 香港任天堂網站|publisher=Nintendo of HK|language=zh-hant|accessdate=August 6, 2024}}</ref>
|ChiT2=示範磚塊
|ChiT2R=Yóuxì Shìfàn Zhuānkuài
|ChiT2M=Demonstration Block
|ChiT2C=<ref>{{cite|language=ko|date=2010|title=뉴 슈퍼 마리오브라더스 Wii (''Nyu Syupeo Mario Beuradeoseu Wii'') instruction booklet|page=17|publisher=Nintendo of Korea}}</ref>{{better source}}
|Dut=Superwegwĳzerblok
|DutM=Super Signpost Block (lit.: ''Super Road Pointer Block'')
|Ita=Blocco super guida rosso
|ItaM=Red super guide block
|ItaC=<ref>{{cite|date=February 22, 2026|quote=Se Luigi perde cinque vite in un livello, apparirà un blocco super guida rosso.|title=[[Super Mario Guess the game!|Super Mario Indovina il gioco! (24)]]|publisher=[[Nintendo Today!]]|language=it|accessdate=February 22, 2026}}</ref>
|Ita2=Blocco Super Guida
|Ita2M=Super Guide Block
|Ita2N=''Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia''
|Ita2C=<ref>{{cite|date=November 15, 2018|title=''[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia]]''|publisher=Magazzini Salani|language=it|isbn=889367436X|page=152}}</ref>
|Rus=Блок суперпомощи
|RusR=Blok superpomoshchi
|RusM=Block of the Super-Help
}}

==Notes==
*When Luigi or Mario completes the Super Guide, he says, ''"Hmm, okay"'', rather than their respective standard quotes, ''"Phew, made it!"'' (Luigi), or ''"Oh, yeah! Mario time!"'' (Mario).

==See also==
*[[Cosmic Spirit]]
*[[Super Kong]]

==References==
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