Editing Cloud Block

{{item infobox
|image=[[File:SMM2 Cloud Block SM3DW icon.png|100px]]<br>A ''[[Super Mario 3D World]]''-styled Cloud Block from ''[[Super Mario Maker 2]]''
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario Bros.]]'' ([[List of games by date#1985|1985]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Super Mario Bros. Wonder]]'' ([[List of games by date#2023|2023]])
}}
'''Cloud Blocks''', originally referred to as '''small clouds''',<ref>{{cite|author=Sase, Shinji, [[Howard Phillips]], and Lynn Griffes, editors|title=''[[How to win at Super Mario Bros.]]''|format=U.S. Edition|date=1987|location=Redmond|publisher=Tokuma Shoten, [[Nintendo|Nintendo of America]]|isbn=4-19-720003-XC|page=42}}</ref> are semisolid [[block]]s mainly used as [[platform]]s for bonus areas above the ground. Cloud Blocks have the same appearance as [[Lakitu's Cloud]], though slightly smaller. [[Cloud Lift]]s usually serve as a bigger version of Cloud Blocks, but unlike Cloud Blocks, Cloud Lifts are not stationary in most games.
==History==
===''Super Mario'' series===
====''Super Mario Bros.''====
Cloud Blocks first appear in ''[[Super Mario Bros.]]'' They appear in [[World 2-1 (Super Mario Bros.)|World 2-1]], in the [[Coin Heaven|bonus area]] accessed by hitting the secret [[beanstalk]] halfway in the [[level]]. Unlike in later games, the Cloud Blocks in this game are solid.

====''Super Mario Bros. 3''====
In ''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]'', Cloud Blocks first appear in the sky in [[World 1-1 (Super Mario Bros. 3)|World 1-1]], reached by [[fly]]ing to the top of the level with a [[Super Leaf]]. From this game onwards, [[Mario]] can pass through them from the bottom.

Giant versions of Cloud Blocks also appear in [[Giant Land|World 4]].

====''Super Mario World''====
In ''[[Super Mario World]]'', Cloud Blocks first appear in [[Yoshi's Island 1]], where they are used to transport a [[1-Up Mushroom]] to Mario or [[Luigi]].

====''Super Mario Maker'' / ''Super Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DS''====
In ''[[Super Mario Maker]]'' and ''[[Super Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DS]]'', Cloud Blocks have a new design for the ''[[New Super Mario Bros. U]]'' game style, and in every game style, they wear goggles in the Underwater theme. Cloud Blocks can be destroyed by [[Thwomp]]s, [[Bowser]]'s [[Ground Pound|ground pound]] in ''Super Mario Bros. 3''-styled levels, and [[Skewer]]s.

====''Super Mario Run''====
Cloud Blocks appear in ''[[Super Mario Run]]''. They have exactly the same appearance as the ''New Super Mario Bros. U'' style of ''Super Mario Maker''. Cloud Blocks appear in a number of courses, often as an accent placed in hard to reach areas. For instance, their first appearance is in [[Up and Over]] while [[Black Coin]]s are present, and they are used to place a Black Coin in an very high position. However, Cloud Blocks are sometimes in other courses as standard blocks. Cloud Blocks make prominent appearances in [[Bullet Bill Barrage]] and [[Big Spiny Blitz]]. Bullet Bill Barrage has most of the course consist of Cloud Blocks. As of version 3.0.4, they also appear as platforms in Remix 10's [[Bonus Medal in Cloud|cloud themed bonus course]].

====''Super Mario Maker 2''====
Cloud Blocks reappear in ''[[Super Mario Maker 2]]'' as placeable course elements under the "[[Super Mario Maker 2#Terrain|Terrain]]" category, having the same behavior of the original game. They are available in the ''[[Super Mario 3D World]]'' game style, having a similar appearance to the [[Cloud Cannon]]s from the source game, and they do not wear goggles in the Underwater theme of that game style. Aside from being able to be destroyed by the same methods of the original [[Wii U]] game, [[Morton]] can also break Cloud Blocks with his Ground Pound attack, and they also can be disintegrated by digging them like [[soft sand]] from ''[[Super Mario Bros. 2]]'' by [[SMB2 Mario]].

====''Super Mario Bros. Wonder''====
Cloud Blocks appear in ''[[Super Mario Bros. Wonder]]'', first appearing in [[Welcome to the Flower Kingdom!]] in an area accessed using a [[Propeller Flower]], which is found in a [[Hidden Block]].

===''Yoshi's Story''===
[[File:Story Rail Lift.png|frame]]
In ''[[Yoshi's Story]]'', Cloud Blocks are used as [[Lift|Rail Lift]]s in [[Rail Lift|the stage of the same name]]. As such, they never appear stationary.

===''Super Paper Mario''===
In ''[[Super Paper Mario]]'', a line of Cloud Blocks can be found floating above [[Mount Lineland]] and are accessed by hitting an obscured [[Brick Block]] to climb up a [[ladder]]. Each cloud has a [[Coin]] on top and can be stood on in both 2-D and 3-D.

===''The Super Mario Bros. Movie''===
In ''[[The Super Mario Bros. Movie]]'', two Cloud Blocks can be seen for a brief moment floating beside several [[Brick Block]]s while [[Princess Peach]] is running through the [[Training Course]].

==Gallery==
{{Main-gallery}}
<gallery>
Clouddraw.png|''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]'' (DOS demo)
SMAS-SMB-CloudBlock.png|''[[Super Mario All-Stars]]'' (''[[Super Mario Bros.]]'')
SMAS-SMB3-CloudBlock.png|''Super Mario All-Stars'' (''Super Mario Bros. 3'')
SMAS-SMB3-MegaCloudBlock.png|''Super Mario All-Stars'' (''Super Mario Bros. 3'', [[Giant Land]])
SMA2 Cloud Block.png|''[[Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2]]''
SMM-SMB-CloudPlatform.png|''[[Super Mario Maker]]'' (''Super Mario Bros.'' style)
SMM-SMB-CloudPlatform-Underwater.png|''Super Mario Maker'' (''Super Mario Bros.'' style, Underwater theme)
SMM-SMB3-CloudPlatform.png|''Super Mario Maker'' (''Super Mario Bros. 3'' style)
SMM-SMB3-CloudPlatform-Underwater.png|''Super Mario Maker'' (''Super Mario Bros. 3'' style, Underwater theme)
SMM-SMW-CloudBlock.png|''Super Mario Maker'' (''[[Super Mario World]]'' style)
SMM-SMW-CloudPlatform-Underwater.png|''Super Mario Maker'' (''Super Mario World'' style, Underwater theme)
SMM-NSMBU-CloudBlock.png|''Super Mario Maker'' (''[[New Super Mario Bros. U]]'' style)
SMM-NSMBU-CloudPlatform-Underwater.png|''Super Mario Maker'' (''New Super Mario Bros. U'' style, Underwater theme)
SMM2-SMB-CloudBlock.gif|''[[Super Mario Maker 2]]'' (''Super Mario Bros.'' style)
File:CloudBlock2SMBW.png|''[[Super Mario Bros. Wonder]]''
</gallery>

==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jap=雲ブロック
|JapR=Kumo Burokku
|JapM=Cloud Block; shared with [[square cloud]]
|ChiS=云朵砖块
|ChiSR=Yúnduǒ Zhuānkuài
|ChiSM=Cloud Block
|ChiT=雲朵磚塊
|ChiTR=Yúnduǒ Zhuānkuài
|ChiTM=Cloud Block
|FreE=Bloc nuage
|FreE2=Nuage<ref>{{cite|url=www.nintendo64ever.com/Tests-Jeu-Nintendo-64,394,Yoshis-Story,2.html|title=Official French Nintendo magazine}}{{better source}}{{page needed}}</ref>
|FreEM=Cloud block
|FreE2M=Cloud
|Ita=Blocco nuvola
|ItaM=Cloud Block
|SpaA=Bloque nube
|SpaAM=Cloud block
}}

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