Editing Super Guide Block

{{about|the block that assists the player in ''[[New Super Mario Bros. Wii]]'' and ''[[New Super Mario Bros. U]]''|the blocks that assist the player in ''[[Super Mario 3D Land]]'', ''[[New Super Mario Bros. 2]]'', and ''[[Super Mario 3D World]]''|[[Assist Block]]|the green [[! Block]] from [[Super Mario 64]]|[[Cap Block]]}}
{{item infobox
|image=[[File:HintblockNSMBU.png|150px]]<br>Artwork of a Super Guide Block from ''[[New Super Mario Bros. U]]''
|first_appearance=''[[New Super Mario Bros. Wii]]'' ([[List of games by date#2009|2009]])
|latest_appearance=''[[New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe]]'' ([[List of games by date#2019|2019]])
|effect=Activates [[Super Guide]] mode when hit
}}
A '''Super Guide Block''' is a special green [[! Block]] that first appears in the single-player modes of ''[[New Super Mario Bros. Wii]]'' and both releases of ''[[New Super Mario Bros. U]]''. It appears when the player has lost multiple lives consecutively in the same [[level]] and is playing alone. If [[Mario]] hits the block, the [[Super Guide]] mode is activated, [[Luigi]] appears, and the computer within the game controls him to clear the stage in place of the player.

==History==
===''New Super Mario Bros. Wii''===
[[File:NSMBW Super Guide Block Artwork.png|thumb|left|Artwork from ''New Super Mario Bros. Wii'']]
[[File:NSMBW Super Guide Block Sprite.png|frame|right]]
In ''New Super Mario Bros. Wii'', the Super Guide Block appears when a player has lost a life eight times in a row on one level, with the block emitting a doorbell sound to alert the player of its presence. If the player presses {{button|wii|1}} on {{button|wii|Wiimote}}, the player can choose to deactivate the Super Guide mode and take control of Luigi. However, if the level is beaten, it does not count as an actual win. Items collected do not count as well. If it appears at all and the player saves the game afterward, the save file's stars [[Missable content|are no longer shiny]].
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=== ''New Super Mario Bros. U'' / ''New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe'' ===
The Super Guide Block returns in ''New Super Mario Bros. U'', working as it did in ''New Super Mario Bros. Wii''. In this game, only five lives need to be lost, rather than eight. In addition, save file stars will lose their shine only if the player hits the block, but the stars' shine will return if the same course is cleared without using the block.

This feature returns in ''[[New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe]]'', acting identically to its appearance in the original [[Wii U]] game, though with a new sound effect. When the player controls Luigi in ''New Super Mario Bros. U'', the block is colored red and summons a computer-controlled Mario in place of Luigi. In addition, after the player uses the Super Guide Block, the stars on the player's save file remain shiny.

===''Mario Kart Tour''===
A Super Guide Block appears in [[Wii Moonview Highway]] in ''[[Mario Kart Tour]]'', replacing the [[List of sponsors debuting in Mario Kart Wii#Green Fuel|Green Fuel]] logo on a sign featuring Mario's sprites from ''[[Super Mario Bros.]]''

==Gallery==
<gallery>
RedhintblockNSMBUDX.png|A Red Super Guide Block from ''New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe''
NSMBUD Item Background.jpg|Background image for ''New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe'' featuring various items
PN Super Guide Block Holiday 2021 Artwork.png|[[Play Nintendo]]
</gallery>

==See also==
*[[Assist Block]]
*[[Cosmic Spirit]]
*[[Super Kong]]

==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jap=おてほんブロック
|JapR=Otehonburokku
|JapM=Example Block
|Dut=Superwegwĳzerblok
|DutM=Super Signpost Block (lit.: ''Super Road Pointer Block'')
|ChiT=遊戲示範磚塊<ref>[https://www.nintendo.com.hk/nsmb/index.htm Official Chinese website for ''New Super Mario Bros. Wii'']. Retrieved March 30, 2020.</ref><br>''Yóuxì Shìfàn Zhuānkuài''<br>示範磚塊<ref>Official Chinese manual for ''New Super Mario Bros. Wii'', page 17.</ref><br>''Yóuxì Shìfàn Zhuānkuài''
|ChiTM=Game Demonstration Block<br><br>Demonstration Block
|Ita=Blocco Super Guida<ref>''[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia]]'', pag. 152</ref>
|ItaM=Super Guide Block
}}

==Trivia==
*When Luigi or Mario completes the Super Guide, he says, ''"Hmm, okay,"'' rather than their respective standard quotes, ''"Phew, made it!"'' (Luigi), or ''"Oh, yeah! Mario time!"'' (Mario).

==References==
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