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{{item infobox 
|image=[[File:SMW2 YI Egg Blocks.png|150px]]<br>Three kinds of Egg Blocks
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]'' ([[List of games by date#1995|1995]])
|latest_appearance=''[[WarioWare: Get It Together!]]'' ([[List of games by date#2021|2021]])
|effect=Releases eggs when hit
}}
{{Quote|Hit the bottom of the Egg Block to get all the eggs Yoshi can carry.|Message Block|Yoshi's Story}}
'''Egg Blocks''', also called '''Egg Boxes''',<ref>{{cite|author=Prima Bath|title=''Nintendo 64 Game Secrets, 1999 Edition'' Prima's Official Strategy Guide|isbn=0-7615-2103-8|publisher=[[Prima Games]]|language=American English|date=April 7, 1999|page=103, 105, 111, 113, 115, and 116}}</ref> are spotted [[block]]s that dispense [[Yoshi's Egg]]s for [[Yoshi (species)|Yoshis]] to use.

==History==
===''Yoshi's Island'' series===
In the [[Yoshi's Island (series)|''Yoshi's Island'' series]], each time an Egg Block is hit from below, a Yoshi's egg is dispensed, unless the Yoshi already has six eggs with him. Besides the common green-spotted Egg Blocks, there are also Yellow, Red, and Flashing Egg Blocks, which, when hit, turn into a single [[Yellow Egg]], [[Red Egg]], or [[Flashing Egg]], respectively. Any Egg Block can be stood on. Hitting an Egg Block from a certain side pushes eggs out in the opposite direction.

In ''[[Yoshi's New Island]]'', two new Egg Block varieties are introduced. One of them releases [[Mega Eggdozer]]s, while the other one releases [[Metal Eggdozer]]s. Both of them are four times bigger than a normal Egg Block (looking like green-spotted [[Expansion Block]]s). The earlier variety is white, while the latter is black.

===''Yoshi's Story''===
All Egg Blocks in ''[[Yoshi's Story]]'' sport green spots and sway slightly. In {{wp|Western world|Western}} releases, the spots on every Egg Block match the color of the Yoshi being played instead.

===''Super Mario Sunshine''===
In ''[[Super Mario Sunshine]]'', Egg Blocks (localized as '''spotted blocks''' and '''spotted boxes''')<ref name>{{cite|author=Averill, Alan; Villarreal, Jennifer|title=Super Mario Sunshine: The Official Nintendo Player's Guide|publisher=[[Nintendo]] of America|location=Redmond, WA|date=2002|page=63 and 73|isbn=1-930206-23-2}}</ref> are platforms in the secret courses of [[Pinna Park]]. Most have green spots, but there are some that have magenta, blue, and black ones.

===''Yoshi's Woolly World'' / {{a|P&YWW}}===
Egg Blocks are replaced by similarly designed objects known as '''Yarn Baskets''' in ''[[Yoshi's Woolly World]]'' and ''[[Poochy & Yoshi's Woolly World]]''. They can pop open halfway when hit, showing they literally contain [[yarn ball]]s. Yarn balls are the game's equivalent to Yoshi eggs. Hitting a Yarn Basket from the bottom releases one yarn ball, and hitting it with a yarn ball from any side releases three at once. This respects the maximum number of yarn balls that a Yoshi can currently carry, so more yarn balls cannot appear if there are as many or more yarn balls in the course as that maximum. The yarn ball used to hit the Yarn Basket despawns in the process, even if it is a [[big yarn ball]]. Sometimes, a Yarn Basket makes a big yarn ball instead of a normal yarn ball. If a Yoshi is using the "Make all yarn balls big!" {{id|Power Badge|YWW}}, Yarn Baskets always release a number of big yarn balls to fill the Yoshi up to the maximum number of yarn balls no matter how they are hit. In {{a|P&YWW}}, if a Yoshi is in [[Easy Mode|Mellow Mode]] or has switched from Mellow Mode to Classic Mode without scrolling the Yarn Basket off the screen at any point afterward, Yarn Baskets appear to be empty. This ties into the functionality of the [[Poochy Pup]]s, who can optionally replace yarn balls in Mellow Mode. While the Poochy Pups are out, Yarn Baskets do not release yarn balls. However, they release yarn balls when the Poochy Pups are in their button, even though they appear to not contain yarn balls. Poochy Pups, unlike yarn balls, bounce off of Yarn Baskets.

===''Yoshi's Crafted World''===
Egg Blocks in ''[[Yoshi's Crafted World]]'' uniquely dispense eggs depending on which direction the Yoshi is facing.

===''WarioWare: Get It Together!''===
Egg Blocks appear in levels 2 and 3 of the [[Yoshi's Story (microgame)|Yoshi's Story]] microgame in ''[[WarioWare: Get It Together!]]''<ref>{{cite|url=youtu.be/PZCpX86R9xQ?feature=shared&t=4174|title=''WarioWare Get It Together!'' - ALL Microgames (Nintendo Classics Enthusiast)|timestamp=1:09:34|publisher=YouTube|language=en|author=UTAGaming|date=April 7, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite|url=youtu.be/PZCpX86R9xQ?feature=shared&t=4183|title=''WarioWare Get It Together!'' - ALL Microgames (Nintendo Classics Enthusiast)|timestamp=1:09:43|publisher=YouTube}}</ref>

===Other appearances===
Egg Blocks appear in the [[Yoshi's Island Zone]] stage of ''[[Sonic Lost World]]'', though only three Yoshi Eggs can ever emerge from them, regardless of how many are following Sonic.

==Profiles and statistics==
===''Yoshi's Story''===
{{Multilang profile
|type=manual
|Eng=A maximum of six eggs will come out.<ref>{{cite|format=PDF|url=fs-prod-cdn.nintendo-europe.com/media/downloads/games_8/emanuals/nintendo_8/Manual_Nintendo64_YoshisStory_EN.pdf|title=''Yoshi Story'' instruction booklet|page=25|publisher=Nintendo of Europe|language=en|date=1998}}</ref>
|Fre=Il peut contenir un maximum de six œufs.<ref name=YSFR/> (''It can contain a maximum of six eggs.'')
}}

===''Yoshi's Woolly World'' / ''Poochy & Yoshi's Woolly World''===
*'''Instruction manual description:''' ''Bump it from below or shoot it with a yarn ball to make yarn balls come flying out.''
**''You can hold up to six yarn balls.''

==Gallery==
{{Main-gallery}}
<gallery>
SMW2 Egg Block duo art.png|''[[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]''
SMW2_Egg_Blocks.png|''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island''
YS Egg Block Artwork.png|''[[Yoshi's Story]]''
SMS Asset Model Yoshi Egg Block.png|''[[Super Mario Sunshine]]''
YNI Egg Block.png|''[[Yoshi's New Island]]''
</gallery>

==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jpn=タマゴブロック
|JpnR=Tamago Burokku
|JpnM=Egg Block
|FreA=Bloc Œuf
|FreAM=Egg Block
|FreE=Boite à Œufs
|FreEC=<ref name=YSFR>{{cite|format=PDF|url=fs-prod-cdn.nintendo-europe.com/media/downloads/games_8/emanuals/nintendo_8/Manual_Nintendo64_YoshisStory_FR.pdf|title=''Yoshi Story'' instruction booklet|page=59|publisher=Nintendo of Europe|language=fr|date=1998}}</ref>
|FreE2=Bloc tacheté
|FreE2C=<ref>{{cite|url=www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3DHV6Z6C9w&t=67s|title=Walkthrough FR l Yoshi Story l Mode Entraînement|author=Omniwalk FR|date=March 4, 2019|publisher=YouTube|language=fr}}</ref>
|FreE2N=''Yoshi's Story''
|FreM=Egg Box
|FreE2M=Spotted block
|FreE3=Bloc à Œufs
|FreE3C=<ref>{{cite|title=''Nintendo Magazine : Le seul magazine officiel Nintendo 64'' Issue 4|date=1998|publisher=Nintendo and {{wp|Arnoldo Mondadori Editore|EMAP France}}|language=fr|url=download.abandonware.org/magazines/Nintendo%20magazine/nintendomagazine_numero04/Le%20Magazine%20Officiel%20Nintendo%20N%C2%B004%20-%20Page%20023%20%281998%20Mars-Avril%29.jpg|page=23}}</ref>
|FreE3M=Egg block
|Ita=Blocco uovo
|Ita2=Dado uovo
|Ita2C=<ref>{{cite|title=''[[Yoshi's Story]]'' manual|date=1998|publisher=Nintendo of Europe|language=it|page=123}}</ref>
|Ita2N=''Yoshi's Story''
|ItaM=Egg Block
|Ita2M=Egg cube
|Rus=Яйцеблок
|RusR=Yaytseblok
|RusM=Egg Block
}}

==Notes==
*In ''[[Super Princess Peach]]'', the design of the [[Brick Block|breakable blocks]] in [[Hoo's Wood]] greatly resembles that of Egg Blocks.<ref>{{cite|url=youtu.be/4xs_wDT7QMQ?feature=shared&t=391|title=11. (Native 60 FPS DS) Hoo's Wood 2-4 - ''Super Princess Peach''|publisher=YouTube|language=en|author=WhiteKhakis|date=May 19, 2016}}</ref> 

==References==
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