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[[File:GrabBlock.png|thumb|Mario holding a flashing Grab Block]]
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|image=[[File:SMW Grab Block.jpg|200px]]<br>Artwork from ''Super Mario World''
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario World]]'' ([[List of games by date#1990|1990]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2]]'' ([[List of games by date#2001|2001]])
}}
[[File:SMW Grabblock.gif|frame|left]]
[[File:SMW Grabblock.gif|frame|left]]
'''Grab Blocks''',<ref>''Super Mario World'' English instruction booklet, page 22.</ref> also referred to as '''Blue Blocks''',<ref>M. Arakawa. Nintendo ''Mario Mania'' Player's Guide. Page 51.</ref> are dark-blue [[block]]s resembling [[Rotating Block]]s appearing in ''[[Super Mario World]]''. As their name implies, Grab Blocks can be picked up and carried around by the player, similar to ''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]''{{'}}s [[Ice Block#Super Mario Bros. 3|White Block]]s. Once grabbed, a Grab Block can be kicked away to defeat [[List of enemies|enemies]] or reach distant [[? Block|Prize Block]]s.
'''Grab Blocks''',<ref>{{cite|title=''Super Mario World'' instruction booklet|page=22|language=en-us|date=1991|publisher=Nintendo of America|author=Nintendo}}</ref> also referred to as '''Blue Blocks''',<ref>{{cite|title=Nintendo ''[[Mario Mania]]'' Player's Guide|page=51|date=August 1991|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=en-us}}</ref> are dark-blue [[block]]s resembling [[Rotating Block]]s appearing in ''[[Super Mario World]]''. They first appear in [[Yoshi's Island 2]]. Grab Blocks can be picked up and carried around by [[Mario]] or [[Luigi]], disappearing after a few seconds. Once grabbed, a Grab Block begins to flash colors, and it can be kicked away to defeat [[List of enemies|enemies]] or reach distant [[? Block|Prize Block]]s. [[Yoshi]] can eat Grab Blocks, though only after they have been activated, and he simply [[swallow]]s them. A minor [[glitch]] occurs if the player takes a Grab Block through a [[Warp Pipe|pipe]], causing it to last indefinitely.
 
A similar type of block known as the [[White Block]] has previously appeared in ''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]''. White Blocks can be picked up, carried, and thrown much like a Grab Block, but they resemble white or light-blue [[Brick Block]]s. In ''[[New Super Mario Bros. Wii]]'', a type of [[Ice Block]] has the same role as both, though it is slippery and does not self-destruct.


When [[Mario]] or [[Luigi]] holds a Grab Block, it starts to flash different colors, disappearing after a few seconds. However, a minor [[glitch]] occurs if the player takes a Grab Block through a [[Warp Pipe|pipe]], which causes it to last indefinitely. [[Yoshi]] can also eat Grab Blocks.
==Gallery==
==Gallery==
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SMW Grab Block.jpg|''Super Mario World'' artwork
Grab Block.png|''Super Mario World'' sprite
Grab Block.png|''Super Mario World'' sprite
GrabBlock.png|''Super Mario World'' screenshot of Mario holding a flashing Grab Block
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|Jap=ブルブルブロック<ref>''Super Mario World'' Japanese instruction booklet (fold-out)</ref>
|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
|Jap2=青ブロック<ref name=Daijiten>Shogakukan. 1994.「パーフェクト版 マリオキャラクター大事典」 (''Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten''), [https://i.imgur.com/2QMFw9S.jpeg page 45].</ref>
|JapM=Play on「ブルブル」(''buruburu'', shivering) and「クルクルブロック」(''Kurukuru Burokku'',  [[Rotating Block#Names in other languages|Rotating Block]]); may also incorporate「ブルー」(''burū'', blue)
|Jap2={{ruby|青|あお}}ブロック<ref name=Daijiten>{{cite|publisher=[[Shogakukan]]|date=1994|title=「パーフェクト版 マリオキャラクター大事典」 (''Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten'')|page=[https://i.imgur.com/2QMFw9S.jpeg 45]|language=ja}}</ref>
|Jap2R=Ao Burokku
|Jap2R=Ao Burokku
|JapM=Play on「ブルブル」(''buruburu'', shivering) and「クルクルブロック」(''Kurukuru Burokku'',  [[Rotating Block#Names in other languages|Rotating Block]]); may also incorporate「ブルー」(''burū'', blue)
|Jap2M=Blue Block
|Jap2M=Blue Block
|Fra=Bloc à empoigner<ref name=GBA>''Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2'' European instruction booklet.</ref>
|Fre=Bloc à empoigner<ref name=GBA>''Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2'' European instruction booklet.</ref>{{page needed}}
|FraM=Block to grab
|FreM=Block to grab
|Ger=Nimm mit-Block<ref name=GBA />
|Ger=Nimm mit-Block<ref name=GBA/>
|GerM=
|GerM=Take Me-Block
|Ita=Blocco da afferrare<ref>''Super Mario World'' instruction booklet, page 22.</ref><ref>''[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia]]''; pag. 61</ref><br>Mattoni da presa<ref name=GBA />
|Ita=Blocco da afferrare<ref>{{cite|title=''Super Mario World'' instruction booklet|page=22|publisher=Nintendo|language=it}}</ref><ref>{{cite|title=''[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia]]''|page=61}}</ref>
|ItaM=Grab Block/Block to grab<br>Bricks to grab
|Ita2=Mattoni da presa<ref name=GBA/>
|Por=Bloco de Apanhar<ref>''Super Mario World'' Brazilian instruction booklet, page 22.</ref>
|ItaM=Grab Block/Block to grab
|Ita2M=Bricks to grab
|Por=Bloco de Apanhar<ref>{{cite|title=''Super Mario World'' instruction booklet|page=22|language=pt-br|publisher=Nintendo}}</ref>
|PorM=Catch Block
|PorM=Catch Block
|Spa=Bloque arrojadizo<ref name=GBA />
|Spa=Bloque arrojadizo<ref name=GBA/>
|SpaM=Throwable block
|SpaM=Throwable block
}}
}}

Latest revision as of 14:10, May 21, 2024

Grab Block
Artwork of a Grab Block from Super Mario World
Artwork from Super Mario World
First appearance Super Mario World (1990)
Latest appearance Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2 (2001)
SMW Grabblock.gif

Grab Blocks,[1] also referred to as Blue Blocks,[2] are dark-blue blocks resembling Rotating Blocks appearing in Super Mario World. They first appear in Yoshi's Island 2. Grab Blocks can be picked up and carried around by Mario or Luigi, disappearing after a few seconds. Once grabbed, a Grab Block begins to flash colors, and it can be kicked away to defeat enemies or reach distant Prize Blocks. Yoshi can eat Grab Blocks, though only after they have been activated, and he simply swallows them. A minor glitch occurs if the player takes a Grab Block through a pipe, causing it to last indefinitely.

A similar type of block known as the White Block has previously appeared in Super Mario Bros. 3. White Blocks can be picked up, carried, and thrown much like a Grab Block, but they resemble white or light-blue Brick Blocks. In New Super Mario Bros. Wii, a type of Ice Block has the same role as both, though it is slippery and does not self-destruct.

Gallery[edit]

Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning
Japanese ブルブルブロック[3]
Buruburu Burokku
あおブロック[4]
Ao Burokku
Play on「ブルブル」(buruburu, shivering) and「クルクルブロック」(Kurukuru Burokku, Rotating Block); may also incorporate「ブルー」(burū, blue)

Blue Block

French Bloc à empoigner[5][page number needed]
Block to grab
German Nimm mit-Block[5]
Take Me-Block
Italian Blocco da afferrare[6][7]
Mattoni da presa[5]
Grab Block/Block to grab
Bricks to grab
Portuguese Bloco de Apanhar[8]
Catch Block
Spanish Bloque arrojadizo[5]
Throwable block

References[edit]

  1. ^ Nintendo (1991). Super Mario World instruction booklet. Nintendo of America (American English). Page 22.
  2. ^ (August 1991). Nintendo Mario Mania Player's Guide. Nintendo of America (American English). Page 51.
  3. ^ Super Mario World Japanese instruction booklet (fold-out)
  4. ^ (1994). 「パーフェクト版 マリオキャラクター大事典」 (Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten). Shogakukan (Japanese). Page 45.
  5. ^ a b c d Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2 European instruction booklet.
  6. ^ Super Mario World instruction booklet. Nintendo (Italian). Page 22.
  7. ^ Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia. Page 61.
  8. ^ Super Mario World instruction booklet. Nintendo (Brazilian Portuguese). Page 22.