White Block



White Blocks, also referred to as Ice Blocks  or blue blocks, are a type of icy block that appears in Super Mario Bros. 3 and its reissue, Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3. They resemble white or light-blue Brick Blocks and first show up in Water Land, but they also appear in Ice Land along with another kind of Ice Block. Unlike the other Ice Block, the White Block is not slippery when players walk over it, and instead, they are able to pick it up and carry it with them. When doing so, they can hold it for only a short time before it disappears. When thrown, it can defeat multiple enemies, like a Koopa Shell, though it breaks upon hitting a wall. White Blocks can also be picked up by a Buster Beetle, which will throw it at high speeds towards Mario or Luigi if it gets its hands on one of these blocks. In Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3, kicked White Blocks can bounce back from flippers and damage the player.

A similar type of block known as a Grab Block appears in Super Mario World. While Grab Blocks resemble dark-blue Rotating Blocks, they can be picked up, carried, and thrown by players as well. In New Super Mario Bros. Wii, a standard type of Ice Block has the same role as both, though they do not self-destruct.