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[[File:SMM2-SM3DW-SpikeBlock.png|thumb|right|A yellow Spike Block from ''Super Mario Maker 2'']]
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'''Spike Blocks''' are reoccurring objects that first appeared ''[[Super Mario 3D World]]''.
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|image=[[File:Snake Block.png|160px]]<br>''New Super Mario Bros.'' sprite
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario World]]'' ([[List of games by date#1990|1990]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Super Mario Maker 2]]'' ([[List of games by date#2019|2019]])
|effect=Moves in straight lines, helping the player traverse otherwise impossible-to-reach areas.
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{{quote2|We're working on new and novel ways to use Snake Blocks at our new Snake Block testing facility! Just jump onto a Snake Block and it'll start moving.|Snake Block Enthusiast|''[[Super Mario Maker 2]]''}}
'''Snake Blocks''', originally named '''snake platforms'''<ref>Stratton, Bryan. ''Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2–Prima’s Official Strategy Guide''. Page 70. "''To get the first Dragon Coin of the area, jump onto the “snake platform” to the right of the entrance.''"</ref> and also named '''Caterpillar Blocks'''<ref>von Esmarch, Nick. ''New Super Mario Bros. 2'' PRIMA Official Game Guide. Pages 84, 85, 120, 140, 166, 227.</ref> or simply '''Platforms''',<ref>''Nintendo Power'' volume 28, pages 18 and 20.</ref> are [[block]]s usually found in castle-type levels. They first appear in ''[[Super Mario World]]'', and reappear in ''[[Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3]]'', the [[New Super Mario Bros. (disambiguation)|''New Super Mario Bros.'' games]], and ''[[Super Mario Galaxy 2]]''. They consist of a set of blocks that start out as a normal platform and begin to move like a snake when stepped on by [[Mario]] or [[Luigi]]. Snake Blocks can turn left, right, up, or down as they follow a predetermined course over obstacles such as a wide pool of [[lava]], a bed of [[Spike Trap|spike]]s, or a bottomless [[pit]]. Mario must continue to move and follow it when on these blocks, otherwise they keep moving under Mario's feet, and he may possibly fall off.


Snake Blocks most likely get their name from the classic arcade game ''{{wp|Snake (video game genre)|Snake}}'', in which the player controls a sequence of dots that resembles the snake animal.
==History==
==History==
===''Super Mario 3D World''===
===''Super Mario'' series===
[[File:Deepwater Dungeon.jpg|thumb|right|Several red Spike Blocks in [[Deepwater Dungeon]]]]
====''Super Mario World'' / ''Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2''====
Spike Blocks first appear in ''Super Mario 3D World'' as obstacles. They damage the player when they touch them. There are blue and red variants of Spike Blocks. The blue Spike Blocks are stationary while the red Spike Blocks move. Spike Blocks can be destroyed by [[Mega Mario]], rewarding 200 points when they are destroyed.
In ''[[Super Mario World]]'' and ''[[Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2]]'', snake platforms consist of normal [[Empty Block]]s. They first appear in [[5 Roy's Castle|#5 Roy's Castle]], and reappear in [[7 Larry's Castle|#7 Larry's Castle]]. Originally, they emitted the same SFX as the [[Grinder|Grinders]], [[Chainsaw|Chainsaws]], and [[Rope|Ropes]], but with a faster repeating process; but in the Game Boy Advance remake, they emit their own unique SFX similar to a bubbling sound.
 
====''Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3''====
Snake platforms return in ''[[Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3]]'', where they only appear in the [[World-e]] levels [[A Towering Tour]] and [[Vexing Doors]], and now consist of [[Rotating Block]]s from ''Super Mario World'' rather than Empty Blocks.
 
==== ''New Super Mario Bros.''====
In ''[[New Super Mario Bros.]]'', snake platforms once again resemble Empty Blocks from ''Super Mario World'' but are now bright green rather than brown, and only appear in {{world-link|7|castlen|World 7-Castle (New Super Mario Bros.)}} and {{world-link|8|towern|World 8-Tower 2 (New Super Mario Bros.)}}[[World 8-Tower 2 (New Super Mario Bros.)|2]].
 
====''New Super Mario Bros. Wii''====
A similar snake platform called the [[Ice Snake Block]] appears in ''[[New Super Mario Bros. Wii]]''. It is found in {{world-link|3|castle|World 3-Castle (New Super Mario Bros. Wii)}}, but unlike regular snake platforms, its icy surface is slippery, though the [[Penguin Suit]] can remedy this fact. Normal snake platforms are [[List of New Super Mario Bros. Wii pre-release and unused content#Unused data|unused]] in ''New Super Mario Bros. Wii''.
 
==== ''Super Mario Galaxy 2'' ====
Snake platforms (localized as '''pink bricks''' or '''pink blocks''')<ref>Catherine Browne. ''Super Mario Galaxy 2: PRIMA Official Game Guide''. Roseville: Random House Inc, 2010. p. 194. ISBN: 978-0-30746-907-6.</ref> appear in ''Super Mario Galaxy 2'' in the [[Boo Moon Galaxy]], [[Bowser's Lava Lair]], and [[Bowser's Galaxy Generator]]. In this game, they make their only 3D appearance, though they are used in the same way, and are colored pink. It is first shown here that they can be of varying widths, instead of only one block wide, as in its previous 2D side-scrolling appearances.
 
====''New Super Mario Bros. 2''====
Under their new name, Snake Blocks reappear in various levels in ''[[New Super Mario Bros. 2]]'', where they have the same appearance they have in ''New Super Mario Bros.'' This is the first time they are seen moving on their own. Also, this is the first time that they are not only used as platforms to cross gaps, but also as obstacles, especially in {{world-link|1|towern2|World 1-Tower (New Super Mario Bros. 2)}}. They are much more common in this game compared to the previous ''New Super Mario Bros.'' games.
 
====''New Super Mario Bros. U'' / ''New Super Luigi U'' / ''New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe''====
Green-colored Snake Blocks reappear in ''[[New Super Mario Bros. U]]'' and ''[[New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe]]'', but are now less commonly used than in previous games. Giant Snake Blocks also appear, being found only in [[Snake Block Tower]]. In ''[[New Super Luigi U]]'', they appear in [[Stone-Snake Tower]]. In addition to the aforementioned levels, normal-sized Snake Blocks appear in the ''New Super Mario Bros. U'' level [[Snaking above Mist Valley]] and the ''New Super Luigi U'' level [[Three-Headed Snake Block]].


===''Super Mario Maker 2''===
==== ''Super Mario Maker'' / ''Super Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DS''====
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In ''[[Super Mario Maker]]'' and ''[[Super Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DS]]'', Snake Blocks can be reproduced by placing a long row of blocks onto a [[track]]. They also make an appearance in [[World 15-4 (Super Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DS)|World 15-4]] of the Super Mario Challenge of the latter version.
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==== ''Super Mario Maker 2''====
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In ''[[Super Mario Maker 2]]'', Snake Blocks make an appearance as a full course element. The path that the Snake Block follows is set by the player. In the ''Super Mario World'' style, Snake Blocks are green, rather than made of regular Empty Blocks as they are in the original game. There is also a blue variety known as '''Fast Snake Block''', which as the name suggests, is faster than the green one. In some styles, the Fast Snake Blocks have steeper-angled eyes, somewhat resembling those of the Empty Blocks in ''[[Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins]]''. Snake Blocks can travel up to a maximum of 120 blocks before breaking down.
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</nowiki>                                                                                                                                                                     
The Spike Block is currently the only course element in ''Super Mario Maker 2'' to have had its category changed via an update. Prior to the version 3.0.0 update, it was part of the "Terrain" category, while version 3.0.0 made it part of the "Gizmos" category instead. This was most likely done to group it with the other ON/OFF Switch-affiliated items (like the [[Dotted-Line Block]], [[Conveyor Belt]], and [[ON/OFF Trampoline]]).


==Profiles==
==Profiles==
===''Super Mario Maker 2''===
===''Super Mario Maker 2''===
*'''North American website bio:''' "''This is one block you do not want to hit. Combine it with the On/Off Switch to set a trap!''"
*'''North American website bio:''' "''Draw a path and the Snake Block will follow!''"
 
==Gallery==
===Sprites and models===
<gallery>
SMW SnakeBlock.png|''[[Super Mario World]]''
SMM2-SMB-SnakeBlock.png|''[[Super Mario Maker 2]]'' (''[[Super Mario Bros.]]'' style)
SMM2 SMB Blue Snake Block.png|''Super Mario Maker 2'' (''Super Mario Bros.'' style)
SMM2 SMB3 Snake Block.png|''Super Mario Maker 2'' (''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]'' style)
SMM2-SMB3-BlueSnakeBlock.png|''Super Mario Maker 2'' (''Super Mario Bros. 3'' style)
SMM2-SMW-SnakeBlock.png|''Super Mario Maker 2'' (''[[Super Mario World]]'' style)
SMM2-SMW-BlueSnakeBlock.png|''Super Mario Maker 2'' (''Super Mario World'' style)
SMM2 Snake Block NSMBU icon.png|''Super Mario Maker 2'' (''[[New Super Mario Bros. U]]'' style)
SMM2 Fast Snake Block NSMBU icon.png|''Super Mario Maker 2'' (''New Super Mario Bros. U'' style)
SMM2 Snake Block SM3DW icon.png|''Super Mario Maker 2'' (''[[Super Mario 3D World]]'' style)
SMM2 Fast Snake Block SM3DW icon.png|''Super Mario Maker 2'' (''Super Mario 3D World'' style)
</gallery>
 
===Screenshots===
<gallery widths=180>
SMW RoyCastle.png|''[[Super Mario World]]''
NSMB Snake Block.png|''[[New Super Mario Bros.]]''
SMG2 Screenshot Snake Block.png|''[[Super Mario Galaxy 2]]''
SMG2 Boo Moon Swamp Planet.png|''Super Mario Galaxy 2''
NSMBW World 3-C Screenshot.png|''[[New Super Mario Bros. Wii]]''
NSMB2 Flower-1 Silver Luigi.png|''[[New Super Mario Bros. 2]]''
NSMBU Snake Block Tower Screenshot.jpg|''[[New Super Mario Bros. U]]''
Snake Block Party.png|''[[Mario Party 10]]''
W15-4 SMM3DS.png|Recreation of a Snake Block in ''[[Super Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DS]]''
SMM2screenshot3.png|''[[Super Mario Maker 2]]''
</gallery>


==Names in other languages==
==Names in other languages==
{{Foreign names
===Snake Block===
|Jap=トゲブロック
{{foreign names
|JapR=Toge Burokku
|Jap=スネークブロック
|JapM=Spike Block
|JapR=Sunēku Burokku
|SpaA=Bloque de picos
|JapM=Snake Block
|SpaAM=Spike Block
|Fre=Bloc Serpent
|Fra=Bloc à épines
|FreM=Snake Block
|FraM=Spike Block
|Dut=Slangenblok<ref>Nintendo Nederland. (May 15, 2019). [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PUVPXThV-uc\ Super Mario Maker 2 Direct - 16 mei 2019]. ''YouTube''. Retrieved May 16, 2019.</ref>
|Dut=Spijkerblok
|DutM=Snake Block
|DutM=Nail Block
|Spa=Bloque Serpiente
|Ger=Stachelblock
|SpaM=Snake Block
|GerM=Spike Block
|Ita=Blocco serpentino
|Ita=Blocco spinoso
|ItaM=Serpentine Block
|ItaM=Spiky Block
|PorE=Bloco serpente<ref> Nintendo Portugal. (May 15, 2019). [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uG5PwoP3Ch8 Super Mario Maker 2 Direct - 15/05/2019]. ''YouTube''. Retrieved January 10, 2021.</ref>
|Rus=Блок с шипами
|PorEM=Snake block
|RusR=Blok s shipami
|Rus=Блок-змейка
|RusM=Block with spikes
|RusR=Blok-zmeyka
|Kor=가시블록
|RusM=Block-snake
|KorR=Gasi Beullok
|Kor=스네이크블록
|KorM=Spike Block
|KorR=Seuneikeu Beullok
|Chi=尖刺砖块 (Simplified)<br>尖刺磚塊 (Traditional)
|KorM=Snake Block
|ChiR=Jiāncì Zhuānkuài  
|ChiS=蛇砖块
|ChiM=Sharp Spike Block
|ChiSR=Shé Zhuānkuài
|PorE=Bloco espinhoso<ref>Nintendo Portugal. (May 15, 2019). [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uG5PwoP3Ch8 Super Mario Maker 2 Direct - 15/05/2019]. ''YouTube''. Retrieved January 10, 2020.</ref>
|ChiSM=Snake Block
|PorEM=Spiky block
|ChiT=蛇磚塊<ref>Nintendo HK. (May 17, 2019). [https://youtu.be/SZoM0HopW_g 《Super Mario Maker 2 (超級瑪利歐創作家 2)》Direct 2019.5.16]. ''YouTube''. Retrieved May 21, 2019.</ref>
|ChiTR=Shé Zhuānkuài
|ChiTM=Snake Block
|Ger=Schlangenblock
|GerM=Snake Block
}}
}}
===Fast Snake Block===
{{foreign names
|Jap=こうそくスネークブロック
|JapR=Kōsoku Sunēku Burokku
|JapM=High-Speed Snake Block
|Fre=Bloc serpent rapide
|FreM=Fast Snake Block
|Dut=Snel slangenblok
|DutM=Fast Snake Block
|SpaA=Bloque serpiente rápido
|SpaAM=Fast snake block
|Chi=高速蛇砖块 (Simplified)<br>高速蛇磚塊 (Traditional)
|ChiR=Gāosù Shé Zhuānkuài
|ChiM=High-Speed Snake Block
|Ita=Blocco serpentino veloce
|ItaM=Fast snake block
}}
==See also==
*[[Flip Panel (platform)]]


==References==
==References==
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Latest revision as of 05:10, March 20, 2024

Not to be confused with Platform.
Snake Block
Snake Block.png
New Super Mario Bros. sprite
First appearance Super Mario World (1990)
Latest appearance Super Mario Maker 2 (2019)
Effect Moves in straight lines, helping the player traverse otherwise impossible-to-reach areas.
“We're working on new and novel ways to use Snake Blocks at our new Snake Block testing facility! Just jump onto a Snake Block and it'll start moving.”
Snake Block Enthusiast, Super Mario Maker 2

Snake Blocks, originally named snake platforms[1] and also named Caterpillar Blocks[2] or simply Platforms,[3] are blocks usually found in castle-type levels. They first appear in Super Mario World, and reappear in Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3, the New Super Mario Bros. games, and Super Mario Galaxy 2. They consist of a set of blocks that start out as a normal platform and begin to move like a snake when stepped on by Mario or Luigi. Snake Blocks can turn left, right, up, or down as they follow a predetermined course over obstacles such as a wide pool of lava, a bed of spikes, or a bottomless pit. Mario must continue to move and follow it when on these blocks, otherwise they keep moving under Mario's feet, and he may possibly fall off.

Snake Blocks most likely get their name from the classic arcade game Snake, in which the player controls a sequence of dots that resembles the snake animal.

History[edit]

Super Mario series[edit]

Super Mario World / Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2[edit]

In Super Mario World and Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2, snake platforms consist of normal Empty Blocks. They first appear in #5 Roy's Castle, and reappear in #7 Larry's Castle. Originally, they emitted the same SFX as the Grinders, Chainsaws, and Ropes, but with a faster repeating process; but in the Game Boy Advance remake, they emit their own unique SFX similar to a bubbling sound.

Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3[edit]

Snake platforms return in Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3, where they only appear in the World-e levels A Towering Tour and Vexing Doors, and now consist of Rotating Blocks from Super Mario World rather than Empty Blocks.

New Super Mario Bros.[edit]

In New Super Mario Bros., snake platforms once again resemble Empty Blocks from Super Mario World but are now bright green rather than brown, and only appear in World 7-Castle and World 8-Tower2.

New Super Mario Bros. Wii[edit]

A similar snake platform called the Ice Snake Block appears in New Super Mario Bros. Wii. It is found in World 3-Castle, but unlike regular snake platforms, its icy surface is slippery, though the Penguin Suit can remedy this fact. Normal snake platforms are unused in New Super Mario Bros. Wii.

Super Mario Galaxy 2[edit]

Snake platforms (localized as pink bricks or pink blocks)[4] appear in Super Mario Galaxy 2 in the Boo Moon Galaxy, Bowser's Lava Lair, and Bowser's Galaxy Generator. In this game, they make their only 3D appearance, though they are used in the same way, and are colored pink. It is first shown here that they can be of varying widths, instead of only one block wide, as in its previous 2D side-scrolling appearances.

New Super Mario Bros. 2[edit]

Under their new name, Snake Blocks reappear in various levels in New Super Mario Bros. 2, where they have the same appearance they have in New Super Mario Bros. This is the first time they are seen moving on their own. Also, this is the first time that they are not only used as platforms to cross gaps, but also as obstacles, especially in World 1-Tower. They are much more common in this game compared to the previous New Super Mario Bros. games.

New Super Mario Bros. U / New Super Luigi U / New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe[edit]

Green-colored Snake Blocks reappear in New Super Mario Bros. U and New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe, but are now less commonly used than in previous games. Giant Snake Blocks also appear, being found only in Snake Block Tower. In New Super Luigi U, they appear in Stone-Snake Tower. In addition to the aforementioned levels, normal-sized Snake Blocks appear in the New Super Mario Bros. U level Snaking above Mist Valley and the New Super Luigi U level Three-Headed Snake Block.

Super Mario Maker / Super Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DS[edit]

In Super Mario Maker and Super Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DS, Snake Blocks can be reproduced by placing a long row of blocks onto a track. They also make an appearance in World 15-4 of the Super Mario Challenge of the latter version.

Super Mario Maker 2[edit]

In Super Mario Maker 2, Snake Blocks make an appearance as a full course element. The path that the Snake Block follows is set by the player. In the Super Mario World style, Snake Blocks are green, rather than made of regular Empty Blocks as they are in the original game. There is also a blue variety known as Fast Snake Block, which as the name suggests, is faster than the green one. In some styles, the Fast Snake Blocks have steeper-angled eyes, somewhat resembling those of the Empty Blocks in Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins. Snake Blocks can travel up to a maximum of 120 blocks before breaking down.

Mario Party 10[edit]

Snake Blocks reappear in Mario Party 10 in the minigame Snake Block Party.

Profiles[edit]

Super Mario Maker 2[edit]

  • North American website bio: "Draw a path and the Snake Block will follow!"

Gallery[edit]

Sprites and models[edit]

Screenshots[edit]

Names in other languages[edit]

Snake Block[edit]

Language Name Meaning
Japanese スネークブロック
Sunēku Burokku
Snake Block

Chinese (simplified) 蛇砖块
Shé Zhuānkuài
Snake Block

Chinese (traditional) 蛇磚塊[7]
Shé Zhuānkuài
Snake Block

Dutch Slangenblok[5]
Snake Block
French Bloc Serpent
Snake Block
German Schlangenblock
Snake Block
Italian Blocco serpentino
Serpentine Block
Korean 스네이크블록
Seuneikeu Beullok
Snake Block

Portuguese (NOE) Bloco serpente[6]
Snake block
Russian Блок-змейка
Blok-zmeyka
Block-snake

Spanish Bloque Serpiente
Snake Block

Fast Snake Block[edit]

Language Name Meaning
Japanese こうそくスネークブロック
Kōsoku Sunēku Burokku
High-Speed Snake Block

Chinese 高速蛇砖块 (Simplified)
高速蛇磚塊 (Traditional)
Gāosù Shé Zhuānkuài
High-Speed Snake Block

Dutch Snel slangenblok
Fast Snake Block
French Bloc serpent rapide
Fast Snake Block
Italian Blocco serpentino veloce
Fast snake block
Spanish (NOA) Bloque serpiente rápido
Fast snake block

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Stratton, Bryan. Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2–Prima’s Official Strategy Guide. Page 70. "To get the first Dragon Coin of the area, jump onto the “snake platform” to the right of the entrance."
  2. ^ von Esmarch, Nick. New Super Mario Bros. 2 PRIMA Official Game Guide. Pages 84, 85, 120, 140, 166, 227.
  3. ^ Nintendo Power volume 28, pages 18 and 20.
  4. ^ Catherine Browne. Super Mario Galaxy 2: PRIMA Official Game Guide. Roseville: Random House Inc, 2010. p. 194. ISBN: 978-0-30746-907-6.
  5. ^ Nintendo Nederland. (May 15, 2019). Super Mario Maker 2 Direct - 16 mei 2019. YouTube. Retrieved May 16, 2019.
  6. ^ Nintendo Portugal. (May 15, 2019). Super Mario Maker 2 Direct - 15/05/2019. YouTube. Retrieved January 10, 2021.
  7. ^ Nintendo HK. (May 17, 2019). 《Super Mario Maker 2 (超級瑪利歐創作家 2)》Direct 2019.5.16. YouTube. Retrieved May 21, 2019.