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{{item infobox
{{item infobox
|title=Spiked ? Block
|title=Spiked ? Block
|image=[[File:SpikedQBlockNSMB.png]]
|image=[[File:SpikedQBlockNSMB.png|100px]]
|description=A red block with spikes and a white question mark.
|first_appearance=''[[New Super Mario Bros.]]'' ([[List of games by date#2006|2006]])
|first_appearance=''[[New Super Mario Bros.]]'' ([[List of games by date#2006|2006]])
|effect=Releases an item when hit or damages player.
|effect=Releases an item when hit or damages the player
||variant_of=[[? Block]]
}}
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'''Spiked ? Blocks'''<ref>Loe, Casey. ''New Super Mario Bros.'' Player's Guide. Page 80. "''Spiked ? Blocks almost always hold power-ups, but they won’t give them up easily. Hit the blocks when the spikes are on the opposite side, or you’ll be impaled.''"</ref> are a type of [[block]] first found in ''[[New Super Mario Bros.]]'' This block is similar to a regular [[? Block]]; however, it has spikes at the top. It also spins around, requiring the player to mind their timing to avoid getting hurt. Hitting or [[Ground Pound|ground-pound]]ing the non-spiked side will turn the block into an [[Empty Block]].
A '''Spiked ? Block'''<ref>{{cite|author=Loe, Casey|title=''New Super Mario Bros.'' Player's Guide|page=80|date=May 15, 2006|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=en-us|isbn=1-59812-009-3|quote=Spiked ? Blocks almost always hold power-ups, but they won’t give them up easily. Hit the blocks when the spikes are on the opposite side, or you’ll be impaled.}}</ref> is a type of [[block]] that appears in ''[[New Super Mario Bros.]]'' It is similar to a regular [[? Block]] but with [[Spike Trap|spikes]] added to the top. It also spins around, requiring the player to mind their timing to avoid getting hurt. Hitting or [[Ground Pound|ground-pound]]ing the non-spiked side turns the block into an [[Empty Block]]. Spiked ? Blocks appear only in [[World 6-3 (New Super Mario Bros.)|World 6-3]], where there are four in total, three containing a power-up.


The blocks appear only in [[World 6-3 (New Super Mario Bros.)|World 6-3]], where four of them are seen, three of which contain power-ups.
==Names in other languages==
==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
{{foreign names
|Jap=トゲハテナブロック<ref>Shogakukan. 2015. ''Super Mario Bros. Hyakka: Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook'', ''New Super Mario Bros.'' section, page 119.</ref>
|Jap=トゲハテナブロック<ref>{{cite|language=ja|publisher=[[Shogakukan]]|date=October 19, 2015|title=''Super Mario Bros. Hyakka: Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook'', ''New Super Mario Bros.'' section|page=119|isbn=978-4-09-106569-8}}</ref>
|JapR=Toge Hatena Burokku
|JapR=Toge Hatena Burokku
|JapM=Spike ? Block
|JapM=Spike ? Block
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==Trivia==
==Trivia==
*If [[Mario]] ground-pounds the block right as it begins to spin around, he will be flung away by the spin.
*If [[Mario]] or [[Luigi]] ground-pounds a Spiked ? Block right as it begins to spin around, he will be flung away by the spin.


==References==
==References==
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[[it:Blocco "?" con spuntoni]]

Latest revision as of 11:51, November 14, 2024

Spiked ? Block
SpikedQBlockNSMB.png
First appearance New Super Mario Bros. (2006)
Effect Releases an item when hit or damages the player
Variant of ? Block

A Spiked ? Block[1] is a type of block that appears in New Super Mario Bros. It is similar to a regular ? Block but with spikes added to the top. It also spins around, requiring the player to mind their timing to avoid getting hurt. Hitting or ground-pounding the non-spiked side turns the block into an Empty Block. Spiked ? Blocks appear only in World 6-3, where there are four in total, three containing a power-up.

Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese トゲハテナブロック[2]
Toge Hatena Burokku
Spike ? Block
French Bloc-?-Piquant[?] Spiky ? Block
German Stachel-?-Block[?] Spike ? Block
Italian Blocco ? con spuntoni[?] ? Block with spikes

Trivia[edit]

  • If Mario or Luigi ground-pounds a Spiked ? Block right as it begins to spin around, he will be flung away by the spin.

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Spiked ? Blocks almost always hold power-ups, but they won’t give them up easily. Hit the blocks when the spikes are on the opposite side, or you’ll be impaled." – Loe, Casey (May 15, 2006). New Super Mario Bros. Player's Guide. Nintendo of America (American English). ISBN 1-59812-009-3. Page 80.
  2. ^ October 19, 2015. Super Mario Bros. Hyakka: Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook, New Super Mario Bros. section. Shogakukan (Japanese). ISBN 978-4-09-106569-8. Page 119.