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'''Dotted-Line Blocks'''<ref>''Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2'' instruction booklet, page 49.</ref> (originally formatted without a hyphen<ref>''Super Mario World'' English instruction booklet, page 21.</ref>) are transparent objects found in several ''[[Mario (franchise)|Mario]]'' games such as ''[[Super Mario World]]'' (and its [[Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2|remake]]), ''[[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]'' (and its [[Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3|remake]]), ''[[Yoshi's Island DS]]'', ''[[New Super Mario Bros. Wii]]'' and ''[[Super Mario Run]]''. They represent that they can be solid when a switch is triggered, rather than blocks appearing from nothing. In ''Super Mario World'', they come in four colors and turn into [[! Block]]s once the player hits the [[! Switch]] in the [[Switch Palace]] of the corresponding color. In ''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island'', ''Yoshi's Island DS'', ''[[Yoshi's New Island]]'', and ''[[Yoshi's Woolly World]]'', after hitting a nearby ! Switch, the Dotted-Line Blocks will temporarily become ! Blocks and are able to be used as platforms. Dotted-Line Blocks in ''New Super Mario Bros. Wii'' can turn into and revert from [[red block]]s after pressing the red ! Switches in [[World 3 (New Super Mario Bros. Wii)|World 3]]. In ''[[New Super Mario Bros.]]'' and ''Super Mario Run'', red (yellow in ''Run'') ! Switches can change Dotted-Line Blocks into red blocks for a limited time.
{{More images|Needs images of the Blue, Off Red, and Off Blue blocks in the ''3D World'' style for ''SMM2''.}}
[[File:SM64 Dotted-Line Block.png|frame|90px|''Super Mario 64'']]
'''Dotted-Line Blocks'''<ref>''Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2'' instruction booklet, page 49.</ref> (originally formatted without a hyphen)<ref>''Super Mario World'' English instruction booklet, page 21.</ref> are transparent objects found in several ''[[Super Mario (franchise)|Mario]]'' games, such as ''[[Super Mario World]]'' (and [[Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2|its reissue]]), ''[[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]'' (and [[Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3|its reissue]]), ''[[Yoshi's Island DS]]'', ''[[New Super Mario Bros. Wii]]'', and ''[[Super Mario Run]]''. They represent that they can be solid when a switch is triggered, rather than blocks appearing from nothing. In ''Super Mario World'', they come in four colors and turn into [[! Block]]s once the player hits the [[! Switch]] in the [[Switch Palace]] of the corresponding color. In ''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island'', ''Yoshi's Island DS'', ''[[Yoshi's New Island]]'', and ''[[Yoshi's Woolly World]]'', after the player hits a nearby ! Switch, the Dotted-Line Blocks temporarily become ! Blocks and are able to be used as [[platform]]s. Dotted-Line Blocks in ''New Super Mario Bros. Wii'' can turn into and revert from [[Red Block|red block]]s after the player presses the red ! Switches in [[World 3 (New Super Mario Bros. Wii)|World 3]]. In ''[[New Super Mario Bros.]]'' and ''Super Mario Run'', red (yellow in ''Run'') ! Switches can change Dotted-Line Blocks into red blocks for a limited time.


Transparent boxes similar to Dotted-Line Blocks appear in ''[[Super Mario 64]]'' and its remake ''[[Super Mario 64 DS]]'', where they turn solid and are able to be used after hitting the [[! Switch|!]] or [[? Switch]]es in the [[Tower of the Wing Cap]] in both versions, and in the N64 version only, [[The Secret Under the Moat|Vanish Cap Under the Moat]], and [[Behind the Waterfall|Cavern of the Metal Cap]].
Similar objects called '''semi-visible blocks'''<ref>''Super Mario 64 Instruction Booklet''. Redmond: [[Nintendo|Nintendo of America]], 1996. page 19.</ref> appear in ''[[Super Mario 64]]'' and its remake, ''[[Super Mario 64 DS]]'', where they turn solid and are able to be used after the player hits the ! Switch or [[? Switch]] on the [[Tower of the Wing Cap]] in both versions and [[The Secret Under the Moat|Vanish Cap Under the Moat]] and the [[Behind the Waterfall|Cavern of the Metal Cap]] in the N64 version only.


In ''[[Super Mario Maker 2]]'', they can be triggered by [[ON/OFF Switch]]es, with only the red blocks becoming solid when they are on, and only the blue blocks becoming solid when they are off. In the ''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]'' style, they are depicted having a smiling face, while every other style depicts them as faceless blocks. As of the version 2.0 update, [[P Block]]s also appear as Dotted-Line Blocks while inactive.
In ''[[Super Mario Maker 2]]'', Dotted-Line Blocks can be triggered by [[ON/OFF Switch]]es, with only the red blocks becoming solid when they are on and only the blue blocks becoming solid when they are off. In the ''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]'' style, they are depicted having a smiling face, while every other style depicts them as faceless blocks. As of the version 2.0 update, [[P Block]]s also appear as an outline like Dotted-Line Blocks while inactive. Although previously not available in the ''[[Super Mario 3D World]]'' style, Dotted-Line Blocks were added in the version 3.0.0 update released on April 22, 2020.


==Gallery==
==Gallery==
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<gallery>
DottedLineBlock.png|[[Super Mario World]]
DottedLineBlock.png|''[[Super Mario World]]''
SMW Yellow Dotted Line Block.png|Super Mario World
SMW Yellow Dotted Line Block.png|''Super Mario World''
DottedLineBlock SuperMarioKun 4.jpg|''[[Super Mario-Kun]]''
SMW Blue Dotted Line Block.png|''Super Mario World''
NSMBW Dotted-Line Block Sprite.png|[[New Super Mario Bros. Wii]]
SMW Red Dotted Line Block.png|''Super Mario World''
DottedLineBlock SuperMarioKun 4.jpg|''[[Super Mario-kun]]''
SMW2 Dotted Line Block.png|''[[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]''
SMA4 Dotted Line Block.png|''[[Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3]]''
NSMBW Dotted-Line Block Sprite.png|''[[New Super Mario Bros. Wii]]''
YNI Dotted-Line Block.png|''[[Yoshi's New Island]]''
Dotted Line Blocks SMR.png|''[[Super Mario Run]]''
SMM2-SMB-RedBlock-Off.png|''[[Super Mario Maker 2]]'' (''[[Super Mario Bros.]]'' style)
SMM2-SMB-RedBlock-Off.png|''[[Super Mario Maker 2]]'' (''[[Super Mario Bros.]]'' style)
SMM2-SMB-BlueBlock-Off.png|''Super Mario Maker 2'' (''Super Mario Bros.'' style)
SMM2-SMB-BlueBlock-Off.png|''Super Mario Maker 2'' (''Super Mario Bros.'' style)
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SMM2-NSMBU-RedBlock.png|''Super Mario Maker 2'' (''New Super Mario Bros. U'' style)
SMM2-NSMBU-RedBlock.png|''Super Mario Maker 2'' (''New Super Mario Bros. U'' style)
SMM2-NSMBU-BlueBlock.png|''Super Mario Maker 2'' (''New Super Mario Bros. U'' style)
SMM2-NSMBU-BlueBlock.png|''Super Mario Maker 2'' (''New Super Mario Bros. U'' style)
SMM2-SM3DW-RedBlock.png|''Super Mario Maker 2'' (''Super Mario 3D World'' style)
DottedLineBlockRedMVDK.png|''[[Mario vs. Donkey Kong (Nintendo Switch)|Mario vs. Donkey Kong]]'' ([[Nintendo Switch]])
DottedLineBlockYellowMVDK.png|''Mario vs. Donkey Kong'' (Nintendo Switch)
DottedLineBlockBlueMVDK.png|''Mario vs. Donkey Kong'' (Nintendo Switch)
</gallery>
</gallery>


==Names in other languages==
==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
{{foreign names
|Jap=<span class="explain" title="てんせん">点線</span>ブロック<ref>''Super Mario World'' Japanese instruction booklet (fold-out)</ref><br>''Tensen Burokku''<br><span class="explain" title="とうめい">透明</span>ブロック<ref>''Super Mario 64'' Japanese instruction booklet, page 19.</ref><br>''Tōmei Burokku''
|Jap={{ruby|点線|てんせん}}ブロック<ref>''Super Mario World'' Japanese instruction booklet (fold-out)</ref>
|JapM=Dotted-Line Block<br><br>Transparent Block (''Super Mario 64'')
|JapR=Tensen Burokku
|Fra=Bloc en pointillés (''Super Mario World'')<ref>[http://manuelsjeux.free.fr/manuels/snes/smw20.htm ''Super Mario World'' French instruction booklet, page 21].</ref><br>Bloc réversible (''Super Mario Bros. Deluxe'')<ref>''Super Mario Bros. Deluxe'' French Nintendo 3DS [[Virtual Console]] digital manual, page 12</ref>
|JapM=Dotted-Line Block
|FraM=Dotted block<br>Reversible block
|Jap2={{ruby|透明|とうめい}}ブロック<ref>''Super Mario 64'' Japanese instruction booklet, page 19.</ref> <small>(''Super Mario 64'')</small>
|Jap2R=Tōmei Burokku
|Jap2M=Transparent Block
|Fre=Bloc en pointillés<ref>[http://manuelsjeux.free.fr/manuels/snes/smw20.htm ''Super Mario World'' French instruction booklet, page 21].</ref><small>(''Super Mario World'', ''Super Mario Maker 2'')</small>
|FreM=Dotted block
|Fre2=Bloc réversible<ref>''Super Mario Bros. Deluxe'' French Nintendo 3DS [[Virtual Console]] digital manual, page 12</ref> <small>(''Super Mario Bros. Deluxe'')</small>
|Fre2M=Reversible block
|Dut=Stippellijnblok
|Dut=Stippellijnblok
|DutM=Dotted Line Block
|DutM=Dotted Line Block
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|Ger=Umriss-Block
|Ger=Umriss-Block
|GerM=Outline Block
|GerM=Outline Block
|Ita=Blocchi di Contorni<ref>''[[Super Mario Bros. Deluxe]]'' European instruction manual, pag. 112</ref> <small>(''Super Mario Bros. Deluxe'')</small>
|Ita2=Blocco semivisibile<ref>''[[Super Mario 64]]'' European manual, pag. 38</ref> <small>(''Super Mario 64'')</small>
|Ita3=Blocco Trasparente<ref>''[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia]]'', pag. 92</ref> <small>(''Super Mario 64'', alternative name)</small>
|Ita4=Blocco tratteggiato <small>(''Super Mario Maker 2'')</small>
|ItaM=Outline block
|Ita2M=Semi-visible block
|Ita3M=Transparent block
|Ita4M=Dotted block
|Rus=Пунктирный блок
|Rus=Пунктирный блок
|RusR=Punktirnyy blok
|RusR=Punktirnyy blok
|RusM=Dotted Block
|RusM=Dotted Block
|SpaA=Bloque de puntos
|SpaA=Bloque de puntos
|SpaAM=
|SpaAM=Dotted block
|Chi=虚线砖块 <small>(Simplified)</small><br>虛線磚塊 <small>(Traditional)</small>
|ChiR=Xūxiàn Zhuānkuài
|ChiM=Dotted-Line Block
}}
}}


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Revision as of 04:20, February 18, 2024

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A Dotted-Line Block from Super Mario 64
Super Mario 64

Dotted-Line Blocks[1] (originally formatted without a hyphen)[2] are transparent objects found in several Mario games, such as Super Mario World (and its reissue), Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island (and its reissue), Yoshi's Island DS, New Super Mario Bros. Wii, and Super Mario Run. They represent that they can be solid when a switch is triggered, rather than blocks appearing from nothing. In Super Mario World, they come in four colors and turn into ! Blocks once the player hits the ! Switch in the Switch Palace of the corresponding color. In Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island, Yoshi's Island DS, Yoshi's New Island, and Yoshi's Woolly World, after the player hits a nearby ! Switch, the Dotted-Line Blocks temporarily become ! Blocks and are able to be used as platforms. Dotted-Line Blocks in New Super Mario Bros. Wii can turn into and revert from red blocks after the player presses the red ! Switches in World 3. In New Super Mario Bros. and Super Mario Run, red (yellow in Run) ! Switches can change Dotted-Line Blocks into red blocks for a limited time.

Similar objects called semi-visible blocks[3] appear in Super Mario 64 and its remake, Super Mario 64 DS, where they turn solid and are able to be used after the player hits the ! Switch or ? Switch on the Tower of the Wing Cap in both versions and Vanish Cap Under the Moat and the Cavern of the Metal Cap in the N64 version only.

In Super Mario Maker 2, Dotted-Line Blocks can be triggered by ON/OFF Switches, with only the red blocks becoming solid when they are on and only the blue blocks becoming solid when they are off. In the Super Mario Bros. 3 style, they are depicted having a smiling face, while every other style depicts them as faceless blocks. As of the version 2.0 update, P Blocks also appear as an outline like Dotted-Line Blocks while inactive. Although previously not available in the Super Mario 3D World style, Dotted-Line Blocks were added in the version 3.0.0 update released on April 22, 2020.

Gallery

Names in other languages

Language Name Meaning
Japanese 点線てんせんブロック[4]
Tensen Burokku
透明とうめいブロック[5] (Super Mario 64)
Tōmei Burokku
Dotted-Line Block

Transparent Block

Chinese 虚线砖块 (Simplified)
虛線磚塊 (Traditional)
Xūxiàn Zhuānkuài
Dotted-Line Block

Dutch Stippellijnblok
Dotted Line Block
French Bloc en pointillés[6](Super Mario World, Super Mario Maker 2)
Bloc réversible[7] (Super Mario Bros. Deluxe)
Dotted block
Reversible block
German Umriss-Block
Outline Block
Italian Blocchi di Contorni[8] (Super Mario Bros. Deluxe)
Blocco semivisibile[9] (Super Mario 64)
Blocco Trasparente[10] (Super Mario 64, alternative name)
Blocco tratteggiato (Super Mario Maker 2)
Outline block
Semi-visible block
Transparent block
Dotted block
Portuguese Bloco Pontilhado
Dotted Block
Russian Пунктирный блок
Punktirnyy blok
Dotted Block

Spanish (NOA) Bloque de puntos
Dotted block

References

  1. ^ Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2 instruction booklet, page 49.
  2. ^ Super Mario World English instruction booklet, page 21.
  3. ^ Super Mario 64 Instruction Booklet. Redmond: Nintendo of America, 1996. page 19.
  4. ^ Super Mario World Japanese instruction booklet (fold-out)
  5. ^ Super Mario 64 Japanese instruction booklet, page 19.
  6. ^ Super Mario World French instruction booklet, page 21.
  7. ^ Super Mario Bros. Deluxe French Nintendo 3DS Virtual Console digital manual, page 12
  8. ^ Super Mario Bros. Deluxe European instruction manual, pag. 112
  9. ^ Super Mario 64 European manual, pag. 38
  10. ^ Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia, pag. 92