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|image=[[File:Save Block Art SMRPG.jpg|170px]]<br>Artwork of a Save Block from ''Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars'' | |image=[[File:Save Block Art SMRPG.jpg|170px]]<br>Artwork of a Save Block from ''Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars'' | ||
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars]]'' ([[List of games by date#1996|1996]]) | |first_appearance=''[[Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars]]'' ([[List of games by date#1996|1996]]) | ||
|latest_appearance=''[[ | |latest_appearance=''[[Super Mario RPG (Nintendo Switch)|Super Mario RPG]]'' ([[Nintendo Switch]]) ([[List of games by date#2023|2023]]) | ||
|effect=Allows the player to save their game progress when activated | |effect=Allows the player to save their game progress when activated | ||
}} | }} | ||
{{quote2|Hit this block to save all of your progress. That way, if your [[Game Over|game ends]], you can start from the last save point. You'll see these blocks all over the place. Use them whenever you see them!|In-game text|[[Super Paper Mario]]}} | {{quote2|Hit this block to save all of your progress. That way, if your [[Game Over|game ends]], you can start from the last save point. You'll see these blocks all over the place. Use them whenever you see them!|In-game text|[[Super Paper Mario]]}} | ||
A '''Save Block''' (or '''save block''') is a [[block]] | A '''Save Block''' (or '''save block''') is a [[block]] in the [[Genre#Role-playing|role-playing games]] that enables the player to save their game progress. | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
===''Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars''=== | ===''Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars''=== | ||
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===''Paper Mario'' series=== | ===''Paper Mario'' series=== | ||
[[File:PMCS Save Block Artwork.png|thumb|Artwork of a Save Block from ''Paper Mario: Color Splash'']] | [[File:PMCS Save Block Artwork.png|thumb|Artwork of a Save Block from ''Paper Mario: Color Splash'']] | ||
Save Blocks are seen again in the ''[[Paper Mario (series)|Paper Mario]]'' series. This time, instead of jumping on top, they need to be hit from underneath like regular blocks. They also have a vastly different appearance, being rainbow-colored blocks labeled with a white "S" with a star inside rather than the ''[[Super Mario Bros.]]''-style blocks with a star on top seen in ''Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars''. In ''[[Paper Mario: Color Splash]]'', the "S" label scrolls sideways like how [[? Block]]s in ''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]'' do. Save Blocks are also commonly found near [[Recovery Block]]s. In ''[[Paper Mario: The Origami King]]'', Save Blocks resemble their appearance from ''Paper Mario: Color Splash'', as they are rainbow-colored with a scrolling "S" label, though rather than shiny rotating squares forming their pattern like in the previous two games, rotating diamonds now form their pattern. | Save Blocks are seen again in the ''[[Paper Mario (series)|Paper Mario]]'' series. This time, instead of jumping on top, they need to be hit from underneath like regular blocks. They also have a vastly different appearance, being rainbow-colored blocks labeled with a white "S" with a star inside rather than the ''[[Super Mario Bros.]]''-style blocks with a star on top seen in ''Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars''. At the end of ''[[Paper Mario]]'', after Mario defeats [[Bowser]], the Save Block near the [[Toad House]] and the [[Toad Town Post Office|Post Office]] in [[Toad Town]] will be removed with its position blocked by [[Bruce]] the [[Bob-omb]] and an unnamed [[Koopa Troopa]]. In ''[[Paper Mario: Color Splash]]'', the "S" label scrolls sideways like how [[? Block]]s in ''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]'' do. Save Blocks are also commonly found near [[Recovery Block]]s. In ''[[Paper Mario: The Origami King]]'', Save Blocks resemble their appearance from ''Paper Mario: Color Splash'', as they are rainbow-colored with a scrolling "S" label, though rather than shiny rotating squares forming their pattern like in the previous two games, rotating diamonds now form their pattern. | ||
In the Spanish translations of ''Paper Mario'', ''Paper Mario: Sticker Star'', ''Paper Mario: Color Splash'' and ''Paper Mario: The Origami King'', the letter on the Save Blocks is changed to "G" for ''guardar'' ("to save"). | In the Spanish translations of ''Paper Mario'', ''Paper Mario: Sticker Star'', ''Paper Mario: Color Splash'' and ''Paper Mario: The Origami King'', the letter on the Save Blocks is changed to "G" for ''guardar'' ("to save"). Likewise, in the Dutch version of ''Paper Mario: Color Splash'' and ''Paper Mario: The Origami King'', the letter of the Save Blocks is changed to "O" for ''opslaan'' ("to save"). | ||
===''Mario & Luigi'' series=== | ===''Mario & Luigi'' series=== | ||
In the [[Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga|first]] [[Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time|two installments]] of the ''[[Mario & Luigi (series)|Mario & Luigi]]'' series, Save Blocks are replaced by [[Save Album]]s; however, Save Blocks are present in most of the locations of ''[[Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story]]'', ''[[Mario & Luigi: Dream Team]]'' and ''[[Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey]]'', as well as in the form of yellow [[Emoglobin]]s in ''Bowser's Inside Story'' and its remake. In all three games, Mario and [[Luigi]] have to hit the blocks from below similar to how it is done in the ''Paper Mario'' games, while in ''Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story'' and ''Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey'', [[Bowser]] has to hit the blocks by punching them. In ''Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story'' and ''Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey'', Save Blocks are dark blue blocks that have rainbow-colored linings and "S" labels, though in ''Mario & Luigi: Dream Team'', they are blue-colored blocks with golden linings and a white-colored "S" label. Save Blocks and Save Albums are completely absent in ''[[Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam]]''; as such, the player must save from the menu. | In the [[Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga|first]] [[Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time|two installments]] of the ''[[Mario & Luigi (series)|Mario & Luigi]]'' series, Save Blocks are replaced by [[Save Album]]s; however, Save Blocks are present in most of the locations of ''[[Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story]]'', ''[[Mario & Luigi: Dream Team]]'' and ''[[Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey]]'', as well as in the form of yellow [[Emoglobin]]s in ''Bowser's Inside Story'' and its remake. In all three games, Mario and [[Luigi]] have to hit the blocks from below similar to how it is done in the ''Paper Mario'' games, while in ''Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story'' and ''Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey'', [[Bowser]] has to hit the blocks by punching them. In ''Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story'' and ''Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey'', Save Blocks are dark blue blocks that have rainbow-colored linings and "S" labels, though in ''Mario & Luigi: Dream Team'', they are blue-colored blocks with golden linings and a white-colored "S" label. Save Blocks and Save Albums are completely absent in ''[[Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam]]''; as such, the player must save from the menu. | ||
{{br}} | {{br}} | ||
==Locations== | |||
{|class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" width="640em" | |||
!colspan=2|''Paper Mario'' | |||
|- | |||
!rowspan="2" width="30%"|[[Goomba Village (location)|Goomba Village]] | |||
|In the [[Goomba Village (location)#Back area|back area]] where Mario lands | |||
|- | |||
|Outside the [[Goomba]] house | |||
|- | |||
![[Goomba Road]] | |||
|At the midpoint between the village and the [[Goomba King's Fortress]] | |||
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!rowspan=3|[[Toad Town]] | |||
|Outside the [[Toad House]] and [[Toad Town Post Office]] (inaccessible during the epilogue) | |||
|- | |||
|Outside [[Club 64]] | |||
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|By the exit leading to [[Forever Forest]] | |||
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![[Toad Town Tunnels]] | |||
|In the [[Toad Town Tunnels#Area east of entrance|Area east of the entrance]] | |||
|- | |||
![[Koopa Village]] | |||
|In front of the house with a blue roof | |||
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!rowspan=3|[[Koopa Bros. Fortress]] | |||
|Outside the front entrance | |||
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|Outside the rear entrance | |||
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|Outside of [[Bowser???]]'s chamber | |||
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!rowspan=2|[[Mt. Rugged]] | |||
|At the train station | |||
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|Near the waterfalls | |||
|- | |||
![[Dry Dry Desert (Paper Mario)|Dry Dry Desert]] | |||
|At the entrance to the desert | |||
|- | |||
![[Dry Dry Outpost]] | |||
|In front of the shop | |||
|- | |||
!rowspan=2|[[Dry Dry Ruins]] | |||
|Inside the entrance | |||
|- | |||
|In the antechamber leading to [[Tutankoopa]]'s chamber | |||
|- | |||
![[Boo's Mansion]] | |||
|Outside the entrance | |||
|- | |||
![[Gusty Gulch]] | |||
|In the area to the right of [[Windy Mill]] | |||
|- | |||
!rowspan=2|[[Tubba Blubba's Castle]] | |||
|Outside the entrance | |||
|- | |||
|In the antechamber leading to [[Tubba Blubba]]'s room | |||
|- | |||
![[Shy Guy's Toy Box]] | |||
|At each of the four colored train stations | |||
|- | |||
![[Yoshi's Village]] | |||
|Outside [[Yoshi's Cabana]] | |||
|- | |||
!rowspan=2|[[Mt. Lavalava]] | |||
|Inside the main cavern | |||
|- | |||
|In the cavern leading to [[Lava Piranha]]'s chamber | |||
|- | |||
![[Flower Fields]] | |||
|In front of the [[Wise Wisterwood]] | |||
|- | |||
![[Shiver City]] | |||
|Between the [[Toad House]] and [[Shiver Shop]] | |||
|- | |||
![[Starborn Valley]] | |||
|Outside the [[Toad House]] | |||
|- | |||
![[Shiver Mountain]] | |||
|At the base of the mountain | |||
|- | |||
!rowspan=2|[[Crystal Palace]] | |||
|In the room below the entrance hall | |||
|- | |||
|In the antechamber leading to the [[Crystal King]] | |||
|- | |||
![[Star Haven]] | |||
|Near the [[Toad House]] | |||
|- | |||
!rowspan=4|[[Bowser's Castle]] | |||
|In the garage | |||
|- | |||
|Exterior, near a prison cell | |||
|- | |||
|In each of the first and second central chambers | |||
|- | |||
|In the second central chambers | |||
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!rowspan=2|[[Peach's Castle]] | |||
|Outside the entrance | |||
|- | |||
|At the base of the central tower | |||
|} | |||
{|class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" width="640em" | |||
!colspan=2|''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door'' | |||
|- | |||
!rowspan=3|[[Rogueport]] | |||
|At [[Rogueport#Rogueport Harbor|Rogueport Harbor]] | |||
|- | |||
|Outside the inn in [[Rogueport#Rogueport Plaza|Rogueport Plaza]] | |||
|- | |||
|At [[Rogueport#Rogueport Station|Rogueport Station]] | |||
|- | |||
!rowspan=4|[[Rogueport Sewers]] | |||
|In the [[Rogueport Sewers#Sublevel 1, eastern entrance room|eastern entrance room]] | |||
|- | |||
|In the [[Rogueport Sewers#Sublevel 1, western entrance room|western entrance room]] | |||
|- | |||
|In the [[Rogueport Sewers#Sublevel 3, Thousand-Year Door room|Thousand-Year Door room]] | |||
|- | |||
|In the [[Rogueport Sewers#Sublevel 3, Pit of 100 Trials entrance room|Pit of 100 Trials entrance room]] (Nintendo Switch [[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch)|version]] only) | |||
|- | |||
!rowspan=2|[[Petal Meadows]] | |||
|Next to the [[Warp Pipe]] | |||
|- | |||
|Inside [[Shhwonk Fortress]] | |||
|- | |||
![[Petalburg]] | |||
|Near the shop | |||
|- | |||
!rowspan=3|[[Hooktail Castle]] | |||
|Inside the entrance | |||
|- | |||
|In the stairwell before the prison | |||
|- | |||
|Outside [[Hooktail]]'s chamber | |||
|- | |||
!rowspan=2|[[Boggly Woods]] | |||
|Near the [[Warp Pipe]] | |||
|- | |||
|Inside [[Flurrie's House]] | |||
|- | |||
!rowspan=3|[[The Great Tree]] | |||
|Inside the entrance | |||
|- | |||
|Lower level of the [[Pider]] room | |||
|- | |||
|Outside the lowest chamber | |||
|- | |||
![[Glitzville]] | |||
|Outside the [[Glitz Pit]] | |||
|- | |||
!rowspan=2|[[Glitz Pit]] | |||
|Red team side of the backstage corridor | |||
|- | |||
|In front of the champion's room | |||
|- | |||
![[Twilight Town]] | |||
|Outside the inn | |||
|- | |||
!rowspan=2|[[Creepy Steeple]] | |||
|Outside the entrance | |||
|- | |||
|Upper level of the main hall | |||
|- | |||
![[Keelhaul Key]] | |||
|Outside the shantytown inn | |||
|- | |||
!rowspan=3|[[Pirate's Grotto]] | |||
|Inside the entrance | |||
|- | |||
|In the cavern to the right of the sluice gate controls | |||
|- | |||
|In front of the [[Black Skull]] (cannot be used after Chapter 5 is completed) | |||
|- | |||
!rowspan=2|[[Excess Express]] | |||
|To the left of room 005 | |||
|- | |||
|Inside the engineer's car | |||
|- | |||
![[Riverside Station]] | |||
|Outside the entrance | |||
|- | |||
![[Poshley Heights]] | |||
|In front of the train station | |||
|- | |||
![[Fahr Outpost]] | |||
|Outside the inn | |||
|- | |||
![[Moon]] | |||
|Near Mario's landing site | |||
|- | |||
!rowspan=2|[[X-Naut Fortress]] | |||
|Inside the entrance | |||
|- | |||
|Lower level of the [[X-Naut]] factory | |||
|- | |||
!rowspan=6|[[Palace of Shadow]] | |||
|On the large bridge over a lake | |||
|- | |||
|Outside the [[Riddle Tower]] | |||
|- | |||
|Outside [[Gloomtail]]'s chamber | |||
|- | |||
|In the middle of the deep underground section | |||
|- | |||
|In the ante-chamber leading to the throne room | |||
|- | |||
|At the bottom of the stairwell leading to the crypt | |||
|} | |||
==Gallery== | ==Gallery== | ||
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PMTOK Save Block.jpg|''[[Paper Mario: The Origami King]]'' | PMTOK Save Block.jpg|''[[Paper Mario: The Origami King]]'' | ||
PMTOK Save Block crop.png|''Paper Mario: The Origami King'' | PMTOK Save Block crop.png|''Paper Mario: The Origami King'' | ||
PMTOK Save Block Dutch.jpg|''Paper Mario: The Origami King'' (Dutch) | |||
SaveBlock MarioRPGswitch.png|[[Super Mario RPG (Nintendo Switch)|''Super Mario RPG'' (Nintendo Switch)]] | |||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
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|Spa=Bloque de guardado | |Spa=Bloque de guardado | ||
|SpaM=Save Block | |SpaM=Save Block | ||
| | |Fre=Bloc sauvegarde | ||
| | |FreM=Save Block | ||
|Ita=Album Salvataggio ('' | |Ita=Blocco di salvataggio<ref>''Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars'', Italian e-manual, pag. 13</ref><ref>''Super Mario RPG'' (Nintendo Switch), Italian in-game help section, saves</ref> <small>(''Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars'' and ''Super Mario RPG'')</small><br>Album Salvataggio <small>(''Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga'', ''Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time'')</small><br>Blocco Salvataggio <small>(''Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door'', ''Mario & Luigi: Bowser Inside Story'')</small><br>Blocco salvataggio <small>(recent games)</small> | ||
|ItaM=Save Album<br>Save Block<br>Save block | |ItaM=Block of saving<br>Save Album<br>Save Block<br>Save block | ||
|ChiS=保存砖块<ref>[https://ia601606.us.archive.org/BookReader/BookReaderImages.php?zip=/34/items/iQuePaperMarioManual/IQUE%20PAPER%20MARIO_jp2.zip&file=IQUE%20PAPER%20MARIO_jp2/IQUE%20PAPER%20MARIO_0005.jp2&scale=4&rotate=0 iQue's ''Paper Mario'' instruction booklet, page 9]</ref> | |ChiS=保存砖块<ref>[https://ia601606.us.archive.org/BookReader/BookReaderImages.php?zip=/34/items/iQuePaperMarioManual/IQUE%20PAPER%20MARIO_jp2.zip&file=IQUE%20PAPER%20MARIO_jp2/IQUE%20PAPER%20MARIO_0005.jp2&scale=4&rotate=0 iQue's ''Paper Mario'' instruction booklet, page 9]</ref> | ||
|ChiSR=Bǎocún Zhuānkuài | |ChiSR=Bǎocún Zhuānkuài | ||
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|Por=Bloco de gravação | |Por=Bloco de gravação | ||
|PorM=Saving Block | |PorM=Saving Block | ||
|Ger=Speicher-Block | |||
|GerM=Save Block | |||
|Dut=opslagblok | |||
|DutM=save-block | |||
|Kor=저장블록 | |||
|KorR=Jeojang Beullog | |||
|KorM=Save Block | |||
}} | }} | ||