Rotating Block

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Template:Item-infobox Rotating Blocks,[1] also known as Spinning Blocks[2] or simply Blocks, are yellow blocks with eyes that first appear in Super Mario World. When hit from below or the sides, they briefly spin around, allowing Mario to pass through them.

History

Super Mario series

Super Mario World

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Cape Mario spin-jumping through Star World 1 in Super Mario World
Caped Mario using the Spin Jump to destroy some Rotating Blocks

In Super Mario World, Rotating Blocks replace bricks from previous Super Mario games, and share most of those blocks' attributes. Normal Rotating Blocks spin around for a short time when hit from beneath or attacked as Caped Mario, but some act as ? Blocks and reveal an item. Super Mario can destroy normal Rotating Blocks with a Spin Jump from above. Chargin' Chucks can also destroy Rotating Blocks by charging into them. Also, enemies such as Koopa Troopas and Goombas may hide in Rotating Blocks, and break out to attack Mario once he approaches him.

Super Mario Maker / Super Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DS / Super Mario Maker 2

Block icon in Super Mario Maker 2 (Super Mario World style)

Rotating Blocks appear under the name Block in Super Mario Maker, Super Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DS, and Super Mario Maker 2, Rotating Blocks replace Brick Blocks in the Super Mario World style. To be consistent with the other styles, Rotating Blocks are affected by P Switches instead of Empty Blocks, unlike in Super Mario World.

Super Smash Bros. series

Rotating Blocks appear in the Super Smash Bros. series in Melee's Yoshi's Island stage (in Super Smash Bros. Melee, Super Smash Bros. Brawl, Super Smash Bros. for Wii U, and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate), and in the Super Mario World style of the Super Mario Maker stage (in Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS / Wii U as DLC, and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate), working as they originally did, though they are 3D in Yoshi's Island (they turn 2D when rotating).

Mario Sports Superstars

The dummies that appear in the Ring Challenge mode of the soccer sport in Mario Sports Superstars are made of Rotating Blocks, flipping over when they are struck by the ball.

Other appearances

The blocks from Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars, Bike Pads from Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga, and yellow blocks from Paper Mario resemble Rotating Blocks.

Although actual Rotating Blocks do not appear in Mini Mario & Friends: amiibo Challenge, there are blocks that have an identical design, primarily found in Mini Luigi's world, Moonlight Mansion. They initially appear as transparent Empty Blocks from Super Mario World, referred to as "invisible blocks"[3], but will turn solid and yellow when a nearby candle is lit, allowing the Minis to walk on them.

See also

Names in other languages

Language Name Meaning
Japanese クルクルブロック[4]
Kurukuru Burokku
Spinning Block

Italian Blocco Girevole
Turning Block
Portuguese Bloco Giratório
Spinning Block
Spanish Bloque giratorio[5]
Rotary block

References

  1. ^ Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2 instruction booklet, page 19.
  2. ^ Nintendo Mario Mania Player's Guide. Page 57.
  3. ^ "The candle in this contraption scares Ghosts into covering their eyes, so you can safely walk your Mini right through them. You’ll also be able to see invisible blocks, which may help you reach new places."—Mini Mario & Friends: amiibo Challenge Items. Play Nintendo. Retrieved April 6, 2020.
  4. ^ Super Mario World Japanese instruction booklet (fold-out)
  5. ^ Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2 Spanish instruction booklet.