Editing Sand block

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|image=[[File:SandblockSMS.png|100px]]<br>A sand block in ''[[Super Mario Sunshine]]''
|first_appearance=''[[Donkey Kong (Game Boy)|Donkey Kong]]'' ([[Game Boy]]) ([[List of games by date#1994|1994]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Mario vs. Donkey Kong (Nintendo Switch)|Mario vs. Donkey Kong]]'' ([[Nintendo Switch]]) ([[List of games by date#2024|2024]])
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'''Sand blocks'''<ref>Bogenn, Tim, and Doug Walsh. ''Super Mario Sunshine'' Official Strategy Guide. Page 63.</ref><ref>Averill, Alan, and Jennifer Villarreal. ''Super Mario Sunshine'' Player's Guide. Page 82.</ref><ref>Hodgson, David S J, Bryan Stratton, and Stephen Stratton. ''Super Mario Sunshine'' Prima's Official Strategy Guide. Page 14.</ref> (or '''sand-blocks'''),<ref>Bogenn, Tim, and Doug Walsh. ''Super Mario Sunshine'' Official Strategy Guide. Pages 62, 95, 96.</ref> also called '''sand cubes''',<ref>Loe, Casey. ''Super Mario Sunshine'' Perfect Guide. Pages 56, 80.</ref> '''sandy blocks''',<ref name=NP>Averill, Alan, and Jennifer Villarreal. ''Super Mario Sunshine'' Player's Guide. Page 64.</ref> or '''sand stones''',<ref name=NP/> are a type of [[block]] made of grains of sand. They typically disintegrate after the player steps on them.
==History==
===''Donkey Kong'' (Game Boy)===
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[[File:DKGB SandBlock.png|left|frame]]
Sand blocks first appear in ''[[Donkey Kong (Game Boy)|Donkey Kong]]'' for the [[Game Boy]]. They dissolve as soon as [[Mario]] walks over them. They do not return afterwards. In one [[level]] in [[Rocky-Valley]], walking over sand blocks sets a group of [[Chikuchiku]], which are trapped under the sand blocks, free. [[Stage 9-7]] in the [[Tower (world)|Tower]] consists almost entirely of sand blocks.

===''Super Mario Sunshine''===
In ''[[Super Mario Sunshine]]'', sand blocks appear in many [[Super Mario Sunshine#Secret courses|secret courses]]. If Mario walks over them, they collapse and disappear, then reappear after a certain amount of time. Their function is similar to that of the [[shrinking platform]]s that are later found in ''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]'' and the 3D version of the [[Donut Block]]s as they appear in ''[[Super Mario 3D Land]]'' and ''[[Super Mario 3D World]]''. Similar blocks make up the body of the [[Sand Bird]]; however, these do not collapse when Mario walks on them.

===''Mario vs. Donkey Kong''===
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|image2=MvsDK SandBlockFireMountain.png
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|image3=MvsDK SandBlockMysticForest.png
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In ''[[Mario vs. Donkey Kong]]'', sand blocks first appear in [[Donkey Kong Jungle (world)|Donkey Kong Jungle]], where they act essentially the same as in ''Donkey Kong'' for the Game Boy, except they collapse slightly faster. They also appear in [[Fire Mountain]] and [[Mystic Forest]], and have different appearances depending on the world in which they are found.
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==Additional names==
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|name1=BlockDisintegrate
|meaning1=Disintegrate Block
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===Names in other languages===
{{foreign names
|Jap={{ruby|消|き}}えるブロック<ref>「任天堂公式ガイドブック　ドンキーコング」 (''Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook – Donkey Kong''), page 37.</ref>
|JapR=Kieru Burokku
|JapM=Vanishing Block <small>(Game Boy ''Donkey Kong'')</small>
|Jap2=砂ブロック<ref>Shogakukan. 2015. ''Super Mario Bros. Hyakka: Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook'', ''Super Mario Sunshine'' section, page 105.</ref>
|Jap2R=Suna Burokku
|Jap2M=Sand Block <small>(''Super Mario Sunshine'')</small>
|Jap3=崩れる床<ref>[[Media:Mvsdk book i.jpg|''Mario vs. Donkey Kong'' Shogakukan book]]</ref>
|Jap3R=Kuzureru Yuka
|Jap3M=Crumbling Floor <small>(''Mario vs. Donkey Kong'')
|Ger=Sandblock
|GerM=Sand Block
|Ita=Blocco di Sabbia<ref>''[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia]]''; pag. 105</ref>
|ItaM=Sand Block
|Fre=Bloc de sable<ref>''[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|Super Mario Encyclopedia]]''; pag. 105</ref>
|FreM=Sand Block
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