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[[File:SMG2 Beat Block Starting Platform.png|thumb|200px|Beat Blocks in [[Beat Block Galaxy]] in ''Super Mario Galaxy 2''. The green Beat Blocks are presently solid, while the yellow ones are only outlines.]]
{{redirect|Beat Block|the galaxy of the same name|[[Beat Block Galaxy]]}}
{{quote2|The red and blue blocks switch back and forth, so pay close attention to the timing.|Doctor Gizmo|''[[Super Mario Maker 2]]''}}
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'''Blinking Blocks''' (known as '''Beat Blocks''' in ''[[Super Mario Galaxy 2]]'' and '''Beep Blocks''' in ''[[Super Mario 3D World]]'' and ''[[Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury]]'') are a type of [[block]] found in a handful of games in the ''[[Super Mario (series)|Super Mario]]'' series. Blinking Blocks alternate between solid blocks and intangible outlines of various colors to the beat of in-game music. Because of this, Blinking Blocks function both as platforms that [[Mario]] or [[Luigi]] safely can stand on when solid and as deadly pitfalls in their "vanished" state. Depending on the game, both the physical appearance and functions of Blinking Blocks differ.
|image=[[File:Beep Block SM3DW Prima.jpg|x200px]]<br>Artwork from ''[[Super Mario 3D World]]''
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario Galaxy 2]]'' ([[List of games by date#2010|2010]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury]]'' ([[List of games by date#2021|2021]])
|effect=Shifts position with another block in time with the music
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{{quote|The red and blue blocks switch back and forth, so pay close attention to the timing.|Doctor Gizmo|''[[Super Mario Maker 2]]''}}
'''Blinking Blocks''' (also known as '''Beat Blocks''' or '''Beep Blocks''') are a type of [[block]] found in the 3D ''[[Super Mario (series)|Super Mario]]'' series. Blinking Blocks alternate between solid blocks and intangible outlines of various colors to the beat of in-game music. Because of this, Blinking Blocks function both as platforms that the player character can safely stand on when solid and as dangerous pitfalls in their "vanished" state. Depending on the game, both the physical appearance and functions of Blinking Blocks differ.


==History==
==History==
===''Super Mario'' series===
===''Super Mario'' series===
====''Super Mario Galaxy 2''====
====''Super Mario Galaxy 2''====
[[File:SMG2 Beat Block Blinking Block Pyramid.png|thumb|left|200px|Beat Blocks in [[Beat Block Galaxy]] in ''Super Mario Galaxy 2''. The yellow Beat Blocks are presently solid, while the green ones are only outlines.]]
[[File:SMG2 Beat Block Blinking Block Pyramid.png|thumb|left|200px|Beat Blocks in Beat Block Galaxy in ''Super Mario Galaxy 2''. The yellow Beat Blocks are presently solid, while the green ones are only outlines.]]
Beat Blocks are first seen in ''Super Mario Galaxy 2'', appearing exclusively in [[Beat Block Galaxy]]. In this appearance, all Beat Blocks are cube-shaped and alternate between yellow and green. The player's [[Wii#Wii Remote|Wii Remote]] also beeps three times before the Beat Blocks switch. Due to the effects of the [[Prankster Comet#Double Time Comet|Double Time Comet]], the mission [[Silver Stars in Double Time]] causes the Beat Blocks to alternate at four times their regular speed (despite the mission's name).
Beat Blocks are first seen in ''[[Super Mario Galaxy 2]]'', appearing exclusively in [[Beat Block Galaxy]]. In this appearance, all Beat Blocks are cube-shaped and alternate between yellow and green. The player's [[Wii#Wii Remote|Wii Remote]] also beeps three times before the Beat Blocks switch. Due to the effects of the [[Prankster Comet#Double Time Comet|Double Time Comet]], the mission [[Silver Stars in Double Time]] causes the Beat Blocks to alternate at four times their regular speed (despite the mission's name).
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====''Super Mario 3D Land''====
====''Super Mario 3D Land''====
[[File:SM3DL6-4.png|thumb|200px|Beat Blocks appearing in [[World 6-4 (Super Mario 3D Land)|World 6-4]] in ''[[Super Mario 3D Land]]'']]
[[File:SM3DL6-4.png|thumb|200px|Beat Blocks appearing in World 6-4 in ''Super Mario 3D Land'']]
Beat Blocks return in ''[[Super Mario 3D Land]]'', appearing in [[World 6-4 (Super Mario 3D Land)|World 6-4]], [[Special 3-5]], and [[Special 7-2]]. In this appearance, Beat Blocks come in an assortment of shapes and are now red, yellow, and blue. In World 6-4 and Special 7-2, all three colors appear, one by one, then vanish in the same manner, leaving periods where all or none of the Beat Blocks appear solid. However, in Special 3-5, the blocks alternate between one color each time.
Beat Blocks return in ''[[Super Mario 3D Land]]'', appearing in [[World 6-4 (Super Mario 3D Land)|World 6-4]], [[Special 3-5]], and [[Special 7-2]]. In this appearance, Beat Blocks come in an assortment of shapes and are now red, yellow, and blue. In World 6-4 and Special 7-2, all three colors appear one by one, then vanish in the same manner, leaving periods where all or none of the Beat Blocks appear solid. However, in Special 3-5, the blocks alternate between one color each time.
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===''Super Mario Maker 2''===
===''Super Mario Maker 2''===
*'''North American website bio:''' ''"Blinking Blocks phase in and out. Make sure to carefully time those jumps!"''
*'''North American website bio:''' ''"Blinking Blocks phase in and out. Make sure to carefully time those jumps!"''
==Gallery==
<gallery>
SMG2 Screenshot Beat Block.png|Screenshot form ''[[Super Mario Galaxy 2]]''
SMG2 Beat Block Starting Platform.png|Screenshot from ''Super Mario Galaxy 2''
SM3DL Screenshot Blinking Block.png|Screenshot from ''[[Super Mario 3D Land]]''
</gallery>


==Names in other languages==
==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
{{foreign names
|Jap=チカチカブロック (''Super Mario Galaxy 2'')<br>''Chikachika Burokku''<br>てんめつブロック (''Super Mario Maker 2'')<br>''Tenmetsu Burokku''
|Jpn=チカチカブロック
|JapM=Flickering Block
|JpnR=Chikachika Burokku
|Spa=Bloque Rítmico<br>Bloque Parpadeante<br>Bloque Alternante
|JpnM=Flickering Block
|SpaM=Rhythmic Block<br>Blinking Block<br>Alternating Block
|JpnN=''Super Mario Galaxy 2''
|Ita=Blocco intermittente
|JpnC=<ref>{{cite|author=Sakai, Kazuya (Ambit), kikai, Akinori Sao, Junko Fukuda, Kunio Takayama, and Ko Nakahara (Shogakukan), editors|date=2015|title="Super Mario Galaxy 2."『[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|スーパーマリオブラザーズ百科: 任天堂公式ガイドブック]]』|publisher=[[Shogakukan]]|location=Tokyo|language=Japanese|page=170}}</ref>
|ItaM=Intermittent block
|Jpn2=リズム床
|Dut=Knipperblok (''Super Mario Maker 2'')
|Jpn2R=Rizumu Yuka
|Jpn2M=Rhythm Floor
|Jpn2N=''Super Mario 3D Land''
|Jpn2C=<ref>{{cite|author=----|date=2015|title="Super Mario 3D Land."『[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|スーパーマリオブラザーズ百科: 任天堂公式ガイドブック]]』|publisher=[[Shogakukan]]|location=Tokyo|language=Japanese|page=186}}</ref>
|Jpn3=点滅ブロック
|Jpn3R=Tenmetsu Burokku
|Jpn3M=Blinking Block
|Jpn3N=''Super Mario 3D World''
|Jpn3C=<ref>{{cite|author=----|date=2015|title="Super Mario 3D World."『[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|スーパーマリオブラザーズ百科: 任天堂公式ガイドブック]]』|publisher=[[Shogakukan]]|location=Tokyo|language=Japanese|page=233}}</ref>
|Jpn4=てんめつブロック
|Jpn4R=Tenmetsu Burokku
|Jpn4M=^
|Jpn4N=''Super Mario Maker 2''
|Spa=Bloque Rítmico
|SpaM=Rhythmic Block
|Spa2=Bloque Parpadeante
|Spa2M=Blinking Block
|Spa3=Bloque Alternante
|Spa3M=Alternating Block
|Ita=Blocchi Ritmici
|ItaM=Rhythmic Blocks
|ItaN=''Super Mario Galaxy 2''
|Ita2=Blocco intermittente
|Ita2M=Intermittent block
|Ita2N=''Super Mario Maker 2''
|Dut=Knipperblok
|DutM=Blinking Block
|DutM=Blinking Block
|DutN=''Super Mario Maker 2''
|ChiS=闪烁砖块
|ChiS=闪烁砖块
|ChiSR=Shǎnshuò Zhuānkuài
|ChiSR=Shǎnshuò Zhuānkuài
|ChiSM=Flickering Block
|ChiSM=Flickering Block
|ChiT=炫目方塊 (''Super Mario Galaxy 2'')<br>''Xuànmù Fāngkuài''<br>閃爍磚塊 (''Super Mario Maker 2'')<ref>Nintendo HK. (May 17, 2019). [https://youtu.be/SZoM0HopW_g 《Super Mario Maker 2 (超級瑪利歐創作家 2)》Direct 2019.5.16]. ''YouTube''. Retrieved May 21, 2019.</ref><br>''Shǎnshuò Zhuānkuài''
|ChiT=炫目方塊
|ChiTM=Dazzling Cube<br><br>Flickering Block<br><br>
|ChiTR=Xuànmù Fāngkuài
|Ger=Ticktack-Block (''Super Mario Galaxy 2'')<br>Rhythmusboden (''Super Mario 3D Land'')<br>Blink-Block (newer games)
|ChiTM=Dazzling Cube
|GerM=Ticktack Block<br>Rhythm Floor<br>Blinking Block
|ChiTN=''Super Mario Galaxy 2''
|FraA=Blocs tic-tac (''Super Mario Galaxy 2'')<br>Bloc intermittent (''Super Mario Maker 2'')
|ChiT2=閃爍磚塊
|FraAM=Tick-tock blocks<br>Sporadic block
|ChiT2R=Shǎnshuò Zhuānkuài
|FraE=Blocs tac-tic (''Super Mario Galaxy 2'')<br>Bloc intermittent (''Super Mario Maker 2'')
|ChiT2M=Flickering Block
|FraEM=Tock-tick blocks (also a pun on ''tactic'')<br>Sporadic block
|ChiT2N=''Super Mario Maker 2''
|ChiT2C=<ref>Nintendo HK. (May 17, 2019). [https://youtu.be/SZoM0HopW_g 《Super Mario Maker 2 (超級瑪利歐創作家 2)》Direct 2019.5.16]. ''YouTube''. Retrieved May 21, 2019.</ref>
|Ger=Ticktack-Block
|GerM=Tick-Tock Block
|GerN=''Super Mario Galaxy 2''
|Ger2=Rhythmusboden
|Ger2M=Rhythm Floor
|Ger2N=''Super Mario 3D Land''
|Ger3=Blink-Block
|Ger3M=Blinking Block
|Ger3N=newer games
|FreA=Blocs tic-tac
|FreAM=Tick-Tock Blocks
|FreAN=''Super Mario Galaxy 2''
|FreA2=Bloc intermittent
|FreA2M=Sporadic Block
|FreA2N=''Super Mario Maker 2''
|FreE=Blocs tac-tic
|FreEM=Tock-Tick Blocks (also a pun on ''tactic'')
|FreEN=''Super Mario Galaxy 2''
|FreE2=Bloc intermittent
|FreE2M=Sporadic Block
|FreE2N=''Super Mario Maker 2''
|Rus=Мерцающий блок
|Rus=Мерцающий блок
|RusR=Mertsayushchiy blok
|RusR=Mertsayushchiy blok
|RusM=Flickering Block
|RusM=Flickering Block
|PorE=Bloco intermitente<ref>Nintendo Portugal. (May 15, 2019). [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uG5PwoP3Ch8 Super Mario Maker 2 Direct - 15/05/2019]. ''YouTube''. Retrieved January 10, 2021.</ref>
|PorE=Bloco intermitente
|PorEM=Intermittent block
|PorEM=Intermittent Block
|Kor=깜빡블록<ref>한국닌텐도 공식 채널 (May 16, 2019). [https://youtu.be/GPn-xZbmZ2Q  슈퍼 마리오 메이커 2 Direct 2019.5.16]. ''YouTube''. Retrieved November 11, 2022.</ref>
|PorEC=<ref>Nintendo Portugal. (May 15, 2019). [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uG5PwoP3Ch8 Super Mario Maker 2 Direct - 15/05/2019]. ''YouTube''. Retrieved January 10, 2021.</ref>
|Kor=깜빡블록
|KorR=Kkamppak-beullok
|KorR=Kkamppak-beullok
|KorM=Blinking Block
|KorM=Blinking Block
|KorC=<ref>한국닌텐도 공식 채널 (May 16, 2019). [https://youtu.be/GPn-xZbmZ2Q  슈퍼 마리오 메이커 2 Direct 2019.5.16]. ''YouTube''. Retrieved November 11, 2022.</ref>
}}
}}
==See also==
*[[Paah]]


==References==
==References==
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[[Category:Super Mario 3D World objects]]
[[Category:Super Mario 3D World objects]]
[[Category:Super Mario Maker 2 objects]]
[[Category:Super Mario Maker 2 objects]]
[[it:Blocco intermittente]]