Soft sand

Soft sand^[1]^[2]^[3] is a type of Semisolid Platform that can be destroyed. It first appeared in Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic and Super Mario Bros. 2 where it is found in the deserts of World 2 and World 6. Mario and his friends can dig the sand directly under their feet using as long as they are not carrying anything with their hands. It can also be blown up by Bob-ombs and bombs.

Soft sand reappears in World-e of Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3.

In Super Mario Maker 2, SMB2 Mario can dig Cloud Blocks as if they were soft sand.

References

^ Super Mario Bros. 2 instruction manual, p.13
^ Super Mario All-Stars instruction manual, p.18
^ Super Mario All-Stars Nintendo Player's Guide, p.87

[Edit] Super Mario Bros. 2 / BS Super Mario USA / Super Mario Advance
Protagonists	Mario • Luigi • Toad • Princess Toadstool
Supporting characters	Ōsama^a • Shireikan^a • Subcon • Yoshi^b
Bosses	Birdo • Mouser • Tryclyde • Robirdo^b • Fryguy • Clawgrip • Mask Gate • Wart
8 bits	Albatoss • Autobomb • Beezo • Big Kamēn^a • Big Shy Guy^b • Big Ninji^b • Bob-Omb • Bouncing blade^b • Cobrat • Flurry • Hoopster • Ninji • Ostro • Panser • Phanto • Pidgit • Pokey • Porcupo • Shyguy • Small Fry Guy • Snifit • Spark • Trouter • Tweeter • Whale
Items and objects	1-Up Mushroom • Ace Coin^b • Bomb • Bouncing blade^b • Brick wall • Cherry • Chain • Coin • Crystal Ball • Dream Machine • Egg • Elevator Platform^b • Flying carpet • Giant Vegetable^a,b • Grass • Hidden Item Container^b • Jar • Key • Key Door • Love-Love Fire^a • Magical Potion • Mushroom • Mushroom Block • Ōgon no Mario Zō^a • POW • Rocket • Small heart • Soft sand • Spark Chaser^b • Starman • Stop Watch • Turtle Shell • Vegetable • Yoshi Egg^b
Worlds	World 1 • World 2 • World 3 • World 4 • World 5 • World 6 • World 7
Other locations	Subcon • Subspace
Forms	Invincible Mario • Small Mario • Super Mario
Other	Bonus Chance • Gallery (Advance) • Glitches (Advance) • Ground Theme • Life Meter • Mario Bros.^b • Media (Advance) • Pre-release and unused content (Advance) • Staff (Advance) • Super Mario Advance (book) • Yoshi Challenge^b • Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic
^a Exclusive to BS Super Mario USA ^b Exclusive to Super Mario Advance

[Edit] Super Mario Bros. 3 / Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3
Protagonists		Mario • Luigi • Princess Toadstool • Toads • Kings
Bosses		Boom Boom • Big Boo^a • Fake Bowser^a • Koopalings (Larry Koopa • Morton Koopa Jr. • Wendy O. Koopa • Iggy Koopa • Roy Koopa • Lemmy Koopa • Ludwig von Koopa) • Bowser
Items		1-Up Mushroom • 3-Up Moon^a • Advance Coin^a • Anchor • Blue Coin • Boomerang^a • Cape Feather^a • Card • Coin • e-Coin^a • Fire Flower • Frog Suit • Goomba's Shoe • Hammer • Hammer Suit • Lakitu's Cloud • Magic ball • Magic Wand • Magic Whistle • Music Box • P-Wing • Poison Mushroom^a • Starman • Super Leaf • Super Mushroom • Tanooki Suit • Vegetable^a
Objects	Main game	? Block • Beanstalk • Big Block • Bolt Lift • Brick Block • Buzzy Beetle Shell • Cloud Block • Cloud Lift • Coin Block • Coral • Directional Lift • Donut Lift • Empty Block • Flimsy Lift • Frozen Coin • Giant Green Shell • Giant Red Shell • Goal • Green Shell • Hidden Block • Ice Block • Jump Block • Lift • Magic Door • Magic Note Block • Magical ball • Mega ? Block • Mushroom Coin^a • P Warp Door • Quicksand • Red Shell • Rotary Lift • Semisolid Platform • Spiny Shell • Switch Block • Track • Treasure box • Warp Door • Warp Pipe • White Block • Wood Block
Objects	World-e^a	!-Switch • Axe • Balance Lift • Bubble • Control Coin • Dotted-Line Block • Goal Pole • Flipper • Giant Gate • Grass • Jumping Board • Key • Key Door • Power Meter Block • Rock Block • Rotating Block • Roulette Block • Seesaw • Snake platform • Soft sand • Stretch Block • Triangular Block • Vanishing Block
Forms		Small Mario • Super Mario • Fire Mario • Raccoon Mario • Frog Mario • Tanooki Mario (Statue Mario) • Hammer Mario • Invincible Mario • Caped Mario^a
Switch Cards^a		1UP Kinoko ga 3UP Moon ni kawaru! • Blue Green Switch • Luigi Power Up!! • Orange Switch • Sugu ni mantan! Power Meter!! • Teki Power Up! Tokuten x2!! • Timer yukkuri!
Worlds		Grass Land • Desert Land • Water Land • Giant Land • Sky Land • Ice Land • Pipe Land • Dark Land • Warp Zone • World-e^a
Locations		e-Coin Castle^a • Enemy Course • Panel (N-Mark Spade Panel • Spade Panel • Start Panel) • Toad House • Treasure Ship
Enemies	Main game	Angry Sun • Baby Cheep • Big Bertha • Bloober • Bloober baby • Bloober with kids • Bob-omb • "Boo" Diddly • Boomerang Brother • Boss Bass • Bullet Bill • Buster Beetle • Buzzy Beetle • Chain Chomp • Cheep-Cheep • Colossal Koopa Paratroopa • Dry Bones • Fiery Walking Piranha • Fire Brother • Fire Chomp • Firesnake • Giant Koopa • Goomba • Grand Goomba • Hammer Brother • Hot Foot • Jelectro • Koopa Paratroopa • Koopa Troopa • Kuribo's Goomba • Lakitu • Lava Lotus • Micro-Goomba • Missile Bill • Muncher • Para-Beetle • Para-Goomba • Pile Driver Micro-Goomba • Piranha Plant • Piranhacus Giganticus • Podoboo • Ptooie • Rocky Wrench • Scattering Bloober • Sledge Brother • Spike • Spiny Cheep-Cheep • Spiny • Spiny Egg • Stretch • Thwomp • Venus Fire Trap • Walking Piranha
Enemies	World-e^a	Amazing Flyin' Hammer Brother • Big Boo • Bony Beetle • Bowser Statue (Super Mario World) • Bumpty • Chargin' Chuck • Flurry • Goomba (Super Mario World) • Hoopster • Hothead • Jumping Piranha Plant • Lil Sparky • Magikoopa • Monty Mole • Para-Goomba (Super Mario World) • Porcupo • Rip Van Fish • Spike Top • Thwimp • Wiggler
Obstacles		Bowser Statue • Candy ring • Cannon • Cannonball • Diagonal cannon • Falling spike^a • Fire-Bar^a • Giant cannon • Giant cannonball • Lava • Pit • Quartet-cannon • Rocket Engine • Roto-Disc • Spike • Tornado • Turtle Cannon
World-e mini-games^a		Blue Mushroom House • Orange Mushroom House • Red Mushroom House
Music		Map 1 World • Map 3 World • Ground Theme • Athletic Theme • Airship Theme • Enemy Course • Fortress Boss • Spinning Slots • Toad House
Miscellaneous		Game Over • Extra life • P-Meter • Time Limit
Further info		Completion • e-Reader^a • e-Reader cards^a • Gallery (Super Mario Advance 4) • Glitches (Super Mario Advance 4) • Media • Pre-release and unused content (Super Mario Advance 4) • Quotes • References • Staff • Unwinnable state
^a Exclusive to Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3

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