Brick Block

A Brick Block is a block that has made an appearance in every Mario platformer to date. As its name implies, Brick Blocks are blocks made of bricks. Their first appearance was Super Mario Bros.

In all side-scrolling games, Mario or Luigi could only break this block as Super Mario (or Super Luigi) or another form of Super Mario, such as Fire Mario. By jumping into it from beneath, the Brick Block would shatter, giving the player ten points.

In the Mario Party series, these bricks would rarely appear. They were very rare. If a character landed on any space, there is a very small chance that a brick will appear over his or her face. If it does appear, the character must jump and hit the brick a couple times. If lucky enough, the character would get a Star, or usually just a few coins.

In Super Mario Sunshine Brick Blocks appeared again, only this time filled with sand. However, they are otherwise no different from their earlier counterparts. Starting in New Super Mario Bros., Brick Blocks could also be Ground Pounded to break them.