? Panel

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? Panel
A ? Panel from the Mario Party 9 minigame Fungi Frenzy
First appearance Super Mario Kart (1992)
Latest appearance Mario Kart Tour (cameo) (2020)
Effect Releases an item or coin when touched or hit

? Panels (originally known as Question Blocks)[1] are the ground-based version of the ? Block. While ? Blocks hover in midair, ? Panels lie flat against the ground. These objects first appear in Super Mario Kart. ? Panels are replaced by floating Item Boxes in Mario Kart 64 and future Mario Kart installments.

History[edit]

Super Mario Kart[edit]

Yoshi racing at Mario Circuit 3.
Yoshi about to drive over a Question Block

In Super Mario Kart, Question Blocks litter the racetracks of the game. Each course contains one set of twelve Question Blocks, though two courses contain ten in one set, and one contains fifteen. In some courses, one or more Question Blocks can be found far from these sets, such as in Ghost Valley 1 and Koopa Beach 1. When a racer drives over a Question Block, they receive an item. Although normally orange with a black question mark, Question Blocks turn red with a smiley face after driven over, signifying they are deactivated. Red blocks remain deactivated through the rest of the race (unless every Question Block in the course is deactivated, in which case every Question Block turns orange and once again offers items).

Mario Hoops 3-on-3[edit]

Fake ? Panel
Diddy Kong near a ? Panel in Mario Hoops 3-on-3

? Panels reappear in Mario Hoops 3-on-3, now with an updated design matching the current design of ? Blocks. These panels are scattered across the game's various basketball courts. When a player on offense dribbles the ball over a ? Panel, they typically acquire Coins used to boost points, in which case the ? Panel glows when each coin is collected per dribble on them; they may also receive an item that pops out from them. Unlike Super Mario Kart, a ? Panel disappears when it is deactivated. A player on defense always receives a special item if they run over one of these panels. Fake ? Panels also appear in the game and can be used to trip up other players. Purple ? Panels appear in the Jr. Street stage when one of the spotlights shines on the ? Panel. Those contain Slot Coins.

Mario Sports Mix[edit]

Princess Daisy running towards a ? Panel in Mario Sports Mix

? Panels return in Mario Sports Mix. They have the same effect as in Mario Hoops 3-on-3.

Mario Party 9[edit]

Fungi Frenzy
? Panels in Mario Party 9

? Panels reappear in Mario Party 9. They appear in Fungi Frenzy where the players try to earn the highest score by ground-pounding panels with Mushrooms in them. Before each of the three rounds, the panels will briefly show what they contain. Points in this game are solely based on the number of Mushrooms a player collects. Some panels will contain one Mushroom, others contain two, and the rest contain three. Players can stun each other by ground-pounding them. After three rounds, the player with the highest score wins. Deactivated ? Panels are updated matching the current design of Empty Blocks.

Paper Mario: Color Splash[edit]

? Panels in Paper Mario: Color Splash

? Panels reappear in Paper Mario: Color Splash in the mini-game Flippin' Cards! In it, Mario uses his hammer to flip the ? Panels to find matching pairs of Battle Cards. The ? Panels appear in a rectangular card shape with brown borders.

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Sprites[edit]

  • Super Mario Kart

    Super Mario Kart

  • Super Mario Kart

    Super Mario Kart

Screenshots[edit]

See also[edit]

Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese アイテムパネル[2]
Aitemu Paneru
ハテナパネル[3]
Hatena Paneru 		Item Panel

? Panel
French Bloc ?
Point d'interrogation [4] 		? Block
Question mark
Italian Pannello ?[?] ? Panel

References[edit]

  1. ^ Super Mario Kart instruction booklet, pgs. 12 & 16
  2. ^ https://www.nintendo.co.jp/wii/vc/vc_mk/vc_mk_05.html
  3. ^ https://www.nintendo.co.jp/ds/ab3j/mario3on3/index.html
  4. ^ Super Mario Kart French instruction booklet, pgs. 12 & 16
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Super Mario Kart
Playable characters Bowser • Donkey Kong Jr. • Koopa Troopa • Luigi • Mario • Princess • Toad • Yoshi
Courses Mushroom Cup Mario Circuit 1 • Donut Plains 1 • Ghost Valley 1 • Bowser Castle 1 • Mario Circuit 2
Flower Cup Choco Island 1 • Ghost Valley 2 • Donut Plains 2 • Bowser Castle 2 • Mario Circuit 3
Star Cup Koopa Beach 1 • Choco Island 2 • Vanilla Lake 1 • Bowser Castle 3 • Mario Circuit 4
Special Cup Donut Plains 3 • Koopa Beach 2 • Ghost Valley 3 • Vanilla Lake 2 • Rainbow Road
Battle courses Battle Course 1 • Battle Course 2 • Battle Course 3 • Battle Course 4
Items and objects Question Block items Banana Peel • Feather • Ghost • Green Shell • Lightning • Mushroom • Red Shell • Star
CPU-only items Egg • Fireball • Poison Mushroom
Miscellaneous items and objects Coin • Jump • Kart • Trophy • Zipper
Techniques Drift • Mini-Turbo • Hop • Rocket Start
Species, enemies, and obstacles Big Cheep Cheep • Bullet Bill • Gopher • Flopping Cheep Cheep • Ice • Lakitu • Oil slick • Super Thwomp • Thwomp • Warp Pipe
Music Super Mario Kart • Mario Circuit • Rainbow Road
Miscellaneous Finish line • Gallery • Pre-release and unused content • Staff
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Mario Hoops 3-on-3
Starting characters Mario • Luigi • Princess Peach • Princess Daisy • Yoshi • Wario • Waluigi • Donkey Kong • Diddy Kong • Bowser Jr.
Unlockable characters Paratroopa • Dixie Kong • Bowser • Birdo • Boo • Fly Guy • Moogle • Ninja • White Mage • Black Mage • Cactuar
Non-playable characters Blooper • Bob-omb • Bomb • Cheep Cheep • Dry Bones • Fire Bar • Ghost • Goomba • Gooper Blooper • Lakitu • Lava Bubble • Malboro • Pianta • Petey Piranha • Shy Guy • Sushi • Thwomp • Toad
Courts Mushroom Tourney Mario Stadium • Koopa Beach • Peach Field • Sunset Beach
Flower Tourney DK Cruiser • Luigi's Mansion • Daisy Garden • Malboro Garden
Star Tourney Wario Factory • Jr. Street • Bowser's Castle • Glare Desert
Rainbow Tourney Sherbet Land • Bloocheep Sea • Pirate Ship • Rainbow Ship
Coin Hunter courses Mario Classic 1-1 • Mario Classic 8-4 • Mario Classic 2-2 • Strange Forest
Dribble Race courses Peach's Castle • Sunshine Road • Rainbow Road
Items and objects ? Panel • Banana • Bomb • Coin • Fake ? Panel • Freezie • Green Shell • Lightning • Mimic • Mushroom • Poison Mushroom • Red Coin • Red Shell • Slot Coin • Spiny Shell • Star
Special Shots 1000 Needles • Bomber Dunk • Cannon Shot • Egg Shot • Fire Shot • Flower Shot • Flutter Dunk • Graffiti Shot • Green Fire Shot • Heart Shot • Holy Shot • Jet Shot • Konga Dunk • Leaf Veil • Meteor Shot • Moogle Dance • Move-It Dunk • Thriller Dunk • Thunder Shot • Twist Dunk • Wing Shot
Miscellaneous Dribble Skillz • Gallery • Media • Original Soundtrack • Staff • Superstar Shootout
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Mario Sports Mix
Playable characters All-around Mario • Luigi • Yoshi • Ninja • Mii
Technical Princess Peach • Princess Daisy • Waluigi • White Mage
Powerful Wario • Donkey Kong • Bowser
Speedy Diddy Kong • Bowser Jr. • Toad
Tricky Black Mage • Slime • Moogle • Cactuar
Non-playable characters Behemoth • Behemoth King • Birdo • Blue Yoshi • Boo • Dry Bones • Gold Ghost • Koopa Troopa • Lakitu • Monty Mole • Penguin • Pianta • Purple Puncher • Red Yoshi • Shy Guy
Courts Mario Stadium • Koopa Troopa Beach • Peach's Castle • DK Dock • Toad Park • Luigi's Mansion • Western Junction • Daisy Garden • Wario Factory • Bowser Jr. Blvd. • Bowser's Castle • Waluigi Pinball • Ghoulish Galleon • Star Ship • Sherbet Sea • Rowdy Raft • Fire Mountain
Items Banana Peel • Bob-omb • Coin • Green Shell • Mini Mushroom • Red Shell • Super Star
Party games Feed Petey • Harmony Hustle • Bob-omb Dodge • Smash Skate
Further info Image gallery • Pre-release and unused content • Glitches • Media • Staff
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Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games (Wii) / Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games (Nintendo 3DS)
Athletes Super Mario franchise Bowser • Bowser Jr. • Daisy • Donkey Kong • Luigi • Mario • Peach • Waluigi • Wario • Yoshi
Sonic franchise Amy • Blaze • Dr. Eggman • Knuckles • Metal Sonic • Shadow • Silver • Sonic • Tails • Vector
Referees Charmy • Cream • Espio • Lakitu • Shy Guy • Toad
Other characters Animals • Big • Birdo • Cheese • Dino Piranha • Dry Bones • Dry Bowser • Eggman Nega • Froggy • Gooper Blooper • Jet • King Boo • Omega • Omochao • Orbot & Cubot • Rouge
Locations Super Mario franchise Battlerock Galaxy • Cheep Cheep River • Moo Moo Meadows • Synchro Battle Galaxy • Yoshi's Picture Book
Sonic franchise Bingo Highway • Crazy Gadget • Grand Metropolis • Ocean Palace • Windy Valley
Enemies Boo • Bullet Bill • Chain Chomp • Cheep Cheep • Egg Flapper • Egg Pawn • Fly Guy • Imposter • Kiki • Magikoopa • Mega Cheep-Cheep • Monty Mole • Porcupuffer • Spinner • Spiny • Thwomp
Species Bob-omb • Birdo • Chao • Dark Chao • Goomba • Horse • Koopa Troopa • Lakitu • Luma • Moo Moo • Piranha Plant • Toad • Yoshi
Items Banana Peel • Chaos Emerald • Coin • Green Shell • High Speed • Power Core • Red Shell • Ring • Shield • Super Star
Objects ? Balloon • ? Switch • Barrel • Bomb Balloon • Item Box • Warp Pipe • Yoshi egg
Moves Flutter Jump • Ground Pound • Jump • Jump Dash • Special Attack • Spin Attack • Starting Dash
Events Wii 100m • 110m Hurdles • 4x100m Relay • Long Jump • Hammer Throw • Discus Throw • Javelin Throw • Uneven Bars • Trampoline • Rhythmic Ribbon • 100m Freestyle • Synchronized Swimming • Canoe Sprint 1000m • Equestrian - Show Jumping • Badminton - Doubles • Beach Volleyball • Table Tennis - Singles • Football • Shooting - Pistol • Fencing - Epée • Track Cycling - Team Pursuit • Dream Long Jump • Dream Rafting • Dream Discus • Dream Uneven Bars • Dream Hurdles • Dream Equestrian • Dream Sprint • Dream Trampoline • Dream Spacewalk • Dream Fencing
3DS 100m • 110m Hurdles • 1500m • 3000m Steeplechase • 4x100m Relay • Marathon • 20km Race Walk • Long Jump • Triple Jump • Pole Vault • Hammer Throw • Javelin Throw • Shot Put • 100m Freestyle • 100m Backstroke • 100m Breaststroke • 10km Marathon Swim • Platform Diving (Synchronised) • Water Polo • Synchronised Swimming (Duet) • Synchronised Swimming (Team) • Beach Volleyball • Table Tennis (Doubles) • Tennis (Singles) • Hockey • Basketball • Handball • Football • Badminton (Singles) • Badminton (Doubles) • Judo • Boxing • Taekwondo • Fencing - Epée • Wrestling - Freestyle • Horizontal Bar • Balance Beam • Rings • Floor • Trampoline • Rhythmic Ribbon (Team) • Sprint • Omnium • Keirin • BMX • Show Jumping (Team) • Rowing - Quadruple Sculls • 1000m Kayak (Singles) • Canoe Slalom (Pair) • Sailing - 470 (Pair) • Double Trap • 25m Rapid Fire Pistol • Archery (Individual) • Archery (Team) • Weightlifting • Triathlon • Modern Pentathlon
Missions 2-on-2 Icon Matchup! • 2-on-2 London Tag! • 2-on-2 Shell Showdown! • 2-on-2 Tag! • 2-on-2 Tag, Pipe Style! • 2-on-2 Tablet Tussle! • 3-on-1 Tag! • 3-on-1 Vacant Lot Tag! • All Characters Quiz! • Athlete Characters Quiz! • Boo's Treasure Chest! • Catch the Floating Sticker! • Coin Collectors: Shell Game! • Coin Collectors: Spiny Shock! • Collect Shy Guy's Coins! • Event Quiz! • Follow the Flighty Lakitu! • Get That Crown! • Get That Shy Guy! • Go Away, Boo! • Grab-Bag Quiz! • Guard the Hyde Park Diamonds! • Hero Quiz! • Heroine Quiz! • Highway Goomba Hunt! • Highway Ring Collectors! • Highway Tally! • Hyde Park Coin Collectors! • Hyde Park Sticker Hunt! • London Coin Collectors! • London Quiz! • London Sightseeing Tour! • Olympic Games Quiz! • One-Shot Shell Showdown! • Orbot & Cubot Tag! • Point-Based Shell Showdown! • Shy Guy Tag! • Stay On the Hazardous Highway! • Stay On the Marathon Highway! • Supporting Cast Quiz! • United Kingdom Quiz! • Vacant Lot Espio Search! • Vacant Lot Kiki Hunt! • Rival Showdown: Birdo! • Rival Showdown: Dry Bones! • Rival Showdown: Dry Bowser! • Rival Showdown: Eggman Nega! • Rival Showdown: Jet! • Rival Showdown: King Boo! • Rival Showdown: Omega! • Rival Showdown: Rouge! • Rematch: Birdo! • Rematch: Dry Bones! • Rematch: Eggman Nega! • Rematch: Omega!
Story Mode Main episodes Stadium Blues • Foggy Foes • Morning in Hyde Park • Peach in a Pinch • The Mysterious Thief • Sonic Arrives • The Ghostly Tower • The Blocked Bridge • The Wind Master • Enter Bowser?! • Mario and Sonic • The Secret of the Fog • Waluigi's Ambition • Wario's Scheme • Stop Dr. Eggman! • The Banana Incident • Corner the Koopa King! • A Rainbow In Fog • To the Ruins! • The Promise to Toad • The Grand Showdown
Bonus episodes Junior Hits England • Junior, Super Hero? • Junior Triumphant! • Bowser's Blues • The Life of a Minion • Mario's Defeat?! • Dr. Eggman's Robots • An Old Urn • The Fog Returns • An Innocent Request • A Trick of the Wind • The Real Beginning
Items Fog machine • Phantasmal Fog • Fog urn
Locations Big Ben • British Museum • ExCeL London • Eton Dorney • Horse Guards Parade • Hyde Park • London Tennis Club • Main Stadium • Stonehenge • Tower Bridge • Tower of London
Miscellaneous Badges • Gallery • Quotes • Staff (Wii / Nintendo 3DS)
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Mario Party 9
Main characters Mario • Luigi • Princess Peach • Princess Daisy • Wario • Waluigi • Yoshi • Birdo • Toad • Koopa • Shy Guy • Kamek
Other characters Bowser • Bowser Jr. • Toads • Goombas • Whittles • Piantas • Bob-ombs • Urchins • Boos • Goomba Towers • Dolphins • Mechakoopas • Bullet Bills • Piranha Plants • Spinies • Sushi • Huckit Crabs • Swoops • Monty Moles • Hammer Bros. • Fire Bros. • Buzzy Beetles • Penguins • Mr. Blizzards • Fish Bones • Deep-Cheeps • Thwomps • Scaredy Rat • Big Spiny
Mid-bosses Lakitu • Whomp • Dry Bones • Cheep Cheep • Spike • Bowser Jr. • Diddy Kong
Stage bosses Wiggler • King Bob-omb • King Boo • Blooper • Chain Chomp • Bowser • Donkey Kong
Items Banana • Dice Block • Mini Star • Mini Ztar • Slow Dice Block • Z-Banana • 0-1 Dice Block • 1-2-3 Dice Block • 4-5-6 Dice Block • 1-10 Dice Block
Spaces 1-vs-Rival Space • Almost There! • Back Space • Battle Space • Boss Battle Space • Bowser Space • Bowser Jr. Space • Captain Event Space • Dash Space • Dice Block Space • DK Space • Event Space • Free-for-All Space • Green Space • Jackpot+ Space • Lucky Space • Magma Space • Mini Star Space • Mini Ztar Space • POW Space • Shuffle Space • Spin Space • Unlucky Space
Boards Toad Road • Bob-omb Factory • Boo's Horror Castle • Blooper Beach • Magma Mine • Bowser Station • DK's Jungle Ruins
Minigame modes Step It Up • Garden Battle • Choice Challenge • High Rollers • Time Attack • Boss Rush
Further info Bowser Gate • Gallery • Media • Minigames • Pre-release and unused content • Quotes • Sound test • Staff
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Paper Mario: Color Splash
Main characters Mario • Huey • Peach
Minor characters Action Toad • Barista Toad • Banzai Bill • Bowser • Big Urchin • Birdo • Bloo • Bloo Bay Beach barista • Bridge Kinopio • Card Connoisseur Toad • Chosen Toads (Justice Toad · Mountain Sage · Surfing Kinopio) • Daffodil Peak park ranger • "Deep Cuts" Toad • Draggadon • Five Fun Guys • Foreman • Fort Cobalt barista • Green Energy Plant researcher • Greenie • Guide Toad • Host Snifit • Informant Mūcho • Johnson • Know-it-All Toad • Legendary captain • Lighthouse keeper • Luigi • Mega Bob-omb • Mustard Café chef • Peddler Kinopio • Pentabros • Piper • Port Prisma barista • Princess • Prof. Kinopio • Purp • Redd • Red Shy Guy • Rescue Squad (Red Rescue Squad Apprentice Toad · Rescue Blue · Rescue Green · Rescue Purple · Rescue Red · Rescue Squad Chief · Rescue Yellow) • Rock Paper Wizard • Ruddy Road Paint Guy • Shai Guyz • Sunset Express conductor • Tangerino Grill Chef • Tangerino Grill host • Tea Party Toads • Toad • Toadmaster General • Toads • Thwomp • Violet Passage captain • Wringer • Yella • Yoshi • Yoshis
Bosses Morton • Iggy • Ludwig • Wendy • Larry • Lemmy • Roy • Black Bowser
Mini-bosses Big Lava Bubble • Big Spiny • Kamek • Petea Piranha • The Shy Bandit • Steak
Enemies Blooper (10-Stack · Poison) • Bob-omb • Boo (10-Stack) • Buzzy Beetle (Big · Gang · Small (Gang) · Spike Top · Tower) • Cheep Cheep (Small) • Dino Rhino (Wild) • Dry Bones (5-Stack) • Fuzzy (Stack) • Goomba (Accordion · Bone · Mega · Paper-Cone · Para · Small (Gang · Wheel)) • Hammer Bro (Boomerang · Chariot · Circus · Fire (8-Stack) · Ice · Juggler · Sledge (Shady) · Small) • Koopa Troopa (6-Stack · Para (10-Stack)) • Lava Bubble (Black) • Ninji • Piranha Plant (Fire · Ptooie) • Pokey (Green) • Rocky Wrench • Scaredy Rat (10-Stack) • Shy Guy (4-Stack · 5-Stack · Animal Trainer · Coal · Gold · Laundry · Paint · Pry · Roller · Shield · Shunned · Silver · Slurp · Soggy · Sombrero · Spike · Trampoline · Unicycle) • Snifit (Chariot · Slurp · Spike · Whistle) • Spike • Spiny • Swoop
Locations Red courses Ruddy Road • Cherry Lake • Redpepper Volcano • Redpepper Crater • The Crimson Tower
Yellow courses Daffodil Peak • Sunglow Ridge • Château Chanterelle • Mustard Café • The Golden Coliseum
Blue courses Indigo Underground • Bloo Bay Beach • Dark Bloo Inn • Cobalt Base • Fort Cobalt
Purple courses Plum Park • Violet Passage • Vortex Island • Lighthouse Island • Fortune Island
Orange courses Marmalade Valley • Kiwano Temple • Toad Trainworks • Tangerino Grill • Sunset Express (Starlight Cape)
Green courses Mondo Woods • Sacred Forest • Green Energy Plant • Mossrock Theater • The Emerald Circus
Black course Black Bowser's Castle
Blue, red, and yellow course Port Prisma (Action Command Dojo · Prisma Cardware · Prisma Fountain · Prisma Museum · Prisma Postal Toad)
Other Roshambo Temples
Items Battle Card • Card Max Up • Coins • Heart • Hearty Latte • Paint • Prisma Juice • Roshambo Cards
Key items Birdcage • Blissful Beach Key • Café Key • Caged "Bird" • Excavation Site Permit • Fishing Pole • Fresh Sheets • Hero's Journal • Holo-Peach • "It" • Journal Entries • Letter from Chest • Magma Burger • Mountain Climbing Permit • Paint Star Pieces • Sharp Spike • Snifit's Card Key • Tea Recipe Book • Toad's Pants • Toad's Shoes • Toad's Vest • Trunk Key
Objects ? Block • Big Paint Star • Brick Block • Colorless spot • Empty Block • Invisible Block • Mamma Mia Pizza • Mini Paint Star • POW Block • Prisma Times • Save Block • Science Claw • Super Ludship • Super Ludsub • Super Star • Unfurl Block • Volcanic debris • Warp Pipe
Status effects Blue • Crumpled • Dizzy • Poison • Rage • Rhythm • Self-conscious • Unmotivated
Miscellaneous Bestiary • Block locations (Hidden) • Flip • Gallery • Glitches • Huey's advice • Parade • Pre-release and unused content • Quotes (By character: A–O · P–Z) • Rescue V: Fearless Color Defenders • Snifit or Whiffit • Staff • Super Flag • Super Roshambo
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