Editing Triangular Block

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|image=[[File:SMW Mario Triangular Block Artwork.jpg|200px]]<br>Artwork of [[Mario]] using a Triangular Block to [[dash|run]] up a [[Warp Pipe]] from ''Super Mario World''
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario World]]'' ([[list of games by date#1990|1990]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3]]'' ([[list of games by date#2003|2003]])
}}
'''Triangular Blocks'''<ref>{{cite|title=''Super Mario World'' instruction booklet|page=13|date=1991|publisher=Nintendo of America|author=Nintendo|language=en-us}}</ref> are magenta triangle-shaped blocks with faces that are located at the bases of certain walls. They are primarily found throughout [[Dinosaur Land]] and first appear in ''[[Super Mario World]]''. If the Mario Bros. [[dash|run]] onto a Triangular Block, they are able to continue their sprint by running up the wall that the block is placed against. This technique is required for getting over tall walls that they are unable to [[fly]] over. [[Yoshi]] is unable to use Triangular Blocks, but if he runs onto one, he bounces high up. If a [[Koopa Shell]] hits a Triangular Block, it also bounces up.

A prototype sprite sheet revealed in a 2017 interview revealed that circular and square variants of a Triangular Block were originally going to appear.<ref>{{cite|author=Wawro, Alex|date=September 28, 2017|url=www.gamasutra.com/view/news/306745/Have_a_look_at_Nintendos_early_prototype_for_Yoshi.php|title=Have a look at Nintendo's early prototype for Yoshi|publisher=Gamasutra|accessdate=December 8, 2017|language=en}}</ref>

Triangular Blocks are also found in [[World-e]] in ''[[Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3]]'', more specifically in the levels [[Slidin' the Slopes]], [[Sea to Sky]], [[Castle Dash]], and [[Caped Escape]]. In this game, they would be recolored pink. In addition to appearing at the bases of certain walls, Triangular Blocks also appear between walls and ceilings, allowing [[Mario]] and [[Luigi]] to run up walls ''and'' onto ceilings.

Triangular Blocks appear in three episodes of the [[Super Mario World (television series)|''Super Mario World'' cartoon]]. One is first featured in "[[Ghosts 'R' Us]]," where Yoshi (who can, staying consistent with the games, only bounce on the block) briefly uses it to travel into [[Wizenheimer]]'s [[Ghost House|haunted house]] and save Mario, Luigi, [[Princess Peach|Princess Toadstool]], and [[Oogtar]]. During a later episode, "[[King Scoopa Koopa]]," in an attempt to escape from the [[Chickendactyl]]-turned [[Cave People]], Mario and Princess Toadstool run up a Triangular Block leading to a [[Star Road (Super Mario World)|Star Road]]. In the episode "[[Born to Ride]]," Mario, Luigi, Princess Toadstool, and Yoshi use a Triangular Block to drive up the wall in their motorbikes to avoid [[Dino Riders|Duke, Lulu, and Rockman]]. Rockman attempts to drive up the wall by using the block, but he fails and crashes (the block is also shown to frown as soon as Rockman fails).

In ''[[Hotel Mario]]'', while Triangular Blocks do not appear, [[Roy Koopa]] runs up the wall of [[Roy's HardBrick Hotel|his HardBrick Hotel]] without the use of a Triangular Block, something he also does in [[Roy's Rowdy Rooftop|his boss battle]]. In ''[[New Super Mario Bros. U]]'', [[Mini Mario (form)|Mini Mario]] has the ability to run up walls as well as run straight down walls.

==Gallery==
<gallery>
SMW Mario Yoshi Jump.jpg|Artwork of Yoshi jumping off a Triangular Block
SMW TriangularBlock.png|''[[Super Mario World]]''
SMWCartoonTriangleBlock.png|Yoshi near a Triangular Block in the ''Super Mario World'' television series episode "Ghosts 'R' Us"
SMA2 Triangular Block sprite.png|''[[Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2]]''
SMA4 Triangular Block sprite.png|''[[Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3]]''
Slidin' the Slopes.png|Triangular Blocks as seen in ''Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3''
</gallery>

==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jap={{hover|三角|さんかく}}ブロック<ref>{{cite|url=www.nintendo.co.jp/clvs/manuals/ja/pdf/CLV-P-VAAAJ.pdf|title=''Super Mario World'' Japanese instruction booklet, Mario controls section}}</ref>{{page needed}}
|JapR=Sankaku Burokku
|JapM=Triangular Block
|Fre=Bloc triangulaire
|FreM=Triangular Block
|Ger=Dreieckblock
|GerM=Triangle Block
|Ita=Blocco Triangolo<ref>{{cite|title=''[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia]]''|page=64}}</ref>
|ItaM=Triangle Block
|PorA=Bloco Triangular <small>(''Super Mario World'' instruction booklet)</small><br>Bloco Triângulo <small>(''Super Mario World'' television series)</small>
|PorAM=Triangular Block<br>Triangle Block
|Rom=Piese triunghi{{footnote|main|1}} <small>(''Super Mario World'' television series)</small>
|Rom2=Bucăți triunghi{{footnote|main|1}} <small>(''Super Mario World'' television series)</small>
|RomM=Triangle pieces
|Rom2M=Triangle pieces
}}
{{footnote|note|1|In the dubbed version of the episode [[Ghosts 'R' Us]], Yoshi inexplicably uses two different names at their plural to refer to a singular Triangular Block as he prepares to enter Wizenheimer's haunted house, despite consistently calling it a "triangle blockety" in the English version.
*English: "'''''Triangle blockety'''! Ooh, I so scared! Yoshi never go in haunted house before. Yoshi be brave and find friends. I go up '''triangle blockety'''.''"
*Romanian: "'''''Piesele triunghi'''! Oh, așa speriat! Yoshi nu intrat într-o casă bântuită înainte. Yoshi, fii curajos și găsește prietenii. Urcat pe '''bucățile triunghi'''.''"}}

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