Editing Block (Super Mario 64)

{{split|Box (object)|Black Brick}}
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{{item infobox
|image=[[File:Mario climbing on a Block SM64 artwork.jpg|200px]]
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario 64]]'' ([[List of games by date#1996|1996]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Super Mario 3D All-Stars]]'' ([[List of games by date#2020|2020]])
|effect=Breaks apart and may contain [[coin]]s, a [[Super Mushroom]], a [[Red Coin]], or a [[1-Up Mushroom]]
}}
'''Blocks''',<ref>"''Press the Z button while jumping to squash enemies or to destroy blocks.''" &ndash; ''Super Mario 64'' English instruction booklet, pg. 15</ref> also known as '''boxes''',<ref>"''Break the mountain of stacked boxes. You can find Coins inside.''" &ndash; ''Mario Party'', Box Mountain Mayhem instructions</ref> are, as the name entails, plain-looking [[block]]s (one described as a "sand block"<ref>Official UK Nintendo Magazine. ''Super Mario 64'' The Essential Player's Guide. Page 15.</ref> in the context of [[Shifting Sand Land]]) that first appear in ''[[Super Mario 64]]''. They are scattered throughout the game's various courses and can be broken by most of [[Mario]]'s attacks. Some of them contain three [[coin]]s, but this is rather uncommon and most are empty. In this game, they look identical to the game's throwable [[Crate]]s, though they are much larger. Unlike Crates, they cannot be thrown, though Mario is able to stand on top of them. Blocks are occasionally activated by [[! Switch#Super Mario 64 / Super Mario 64 DS|Purple Switch]]es in courses such as [[Wet-Dry World]] and [[Dire, Dire Docks]]. In these cases, the blocks are always empty and they are used more as platforms than containers.

In ''[[Super Mario 64 DS]]'', "block" is now used as an umbrella term for several similar objects.<ref name=DS>''Super Mario 64 DS'' instruction booklet, pg. 28</ref> The functional equivalents to the original blocks are known as '''Bricks'''<ref name=DS/> and have an appearance similar to orange [[Brick Block|brick block]]s, no longer sharing their cork-like texture with Crates. They are also much more common than before. Some Bricks contain [[Super Mushroom|mushroom]]s, but this is quite rare. Mario, [[Luigi]], and [[Wario]] can also break Bricks, but [[Yoshi]] cannot break them with any of his attacks unless he has eaten a mushroom. In addition, '''Black Bricks'''<ref name=DS/> are introduced as a variant of block that can be broken only by Wario. However, any player character can break them with the help of a mushroom. The other two types of block are the Crate and the [[Ice Block|Ice]]. Despite the original design not appearing in the game, it can be seen in reused artwork of Mario's actions in the manual.

In ''[[Mario Party]]'', boxes appear in the minigame [[Box Mountain Mayhem]]. The goal of this [[minigame]] is to destroy as many boxes as possible, as many of them contain coins and [[coin bag]]s. However, among the large "mountain," there are also [[Crazed Crate|Whomp Block]]s disguised as these boxes, which move the characters who attack them away from the mountain.<br>

In ''[[Super Mario Galaxy 2]]'', in the [[Throwback Galaxy]], the blocks from the original [[Whomp's Fortress]] have been replaced by functionally identical crates.

==Gallery==
<gallery>
Mario Cork Block Artwork - Super Mario 64.jpg|Artwork of Mario and a block from ''[[Super Mario 64]]''
SM64 Asset Model Block.png|Model from ''Super Mario 64''
HazyMazeElevator.png|A block in the [[Hazy Maze Cave]] in ''Super Mario 64''
SM64 SSL Pokey.png|Blocks in [[Shifting Sand Land]] in ''Super Mario 64''
SM64 Wet-Dry World Downtown.png|Blocks in [[Wet-Dry World]] in ''Super Mario 64''
SM64 TTM Star 5.png|A block on [[Tall, Tall Mountain]] in ''Super Mario 64''
BoxMountainMayhem MP1.png|Boxes in ''[[Mario Party]]''
Cork Block DS.png|Bricks in ''[[Super Mario 64 DS]]''
Black Brick.png|Two Black Bricks on [[Tall, Tall Mountain]] in ''Super Mario 64 DS''
</gallery>

==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jap=ブロック<ref>''Super Mario 64'' Japanese instruction booklet, pg. 15</ref><ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7tn4LjKfvEk Japanese ''Mario Party'' gameplay]</ref><ref name=JPDS>[https://m1.nintendo.net/docvc/NTR/JPN/ASMJ/ASMJ_J.pdf ''Super Mario 64 DS'' Japanese instruction booklet], pg. 28</ref><br>''Burokku''<br>レンガ<ref name=JPDS/><br>''Renga''<br><span class="explain" title="くろ">黒</span>いレンガ<ref name=JPDS/><br>''Kuroi Renga''
|JapM=Block (''Super Mario 64'' and ''Mario Party'' object, and ''Super Mario 64 DS'' group)<br><br>Brick (''Super Mario 64 DS'', orange type)<br><br>Black Brick (''Super Mario 64 DS'', black type)
|Ita=Blocco
|ItaM=Block
|Fre=Bloc<ref name=DSFRA>''Super Mario 64 DS'' Instruction booklet, French side [https://fs-prod-cdn.nintendo-europe.com/media/downloads/games_8/emanuals/nintendo_ds_21/Manual_NintendoDS_SuperMario64DS_FR.pdf page 68].</ref><br>Caisse<ref name=DSFRA></ref><ref>"''Brise la montagne de caisses empilées. Tu y trouveras des pièces.''" &ndash; [https://imgur.com/75a8Qr3 ''Mario Party'' "Déliro-Caisses" instructions].</ref><br>Briques<ref name=DSFRA></ref><br>Briques noires<ref name=DSFRA></ref>
|FreM=Block (''Super Mario 64 DS. group'')<br>Box (''Super Mario 64 (DS) and Mario Party object'')<br>Brick (Orange Brick in ''Super Mario 64.'')<br>Black Brick (''Super Mario 64 DS.'')
}}

==References==
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