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| {{image|more=yes|Mini-Boost Block and Coin Battle Boost Blocks}}
| | [[File:WiiU NewMarioU 3 scrn12 E3.png|thumb|Mario walking on Boost Blocks.]] |
| [[File:NSMBU E3 Perilous Pokey Cave.png|thumb|Mario walking on Boost Blocks in [[Perilous Pokey Cave]]]] | | A '''Boost Block''' is a block used in ''[[New Super Mario Bros. U]]''. Boost Blocks can be used only in multiplayer mode, and to use one, a player must tap the Wii U GamePad screen. Boost Blocks are intended to serve as platforms to help Mario and co. progress in the level. There are other uses for Boost Blocks, such as placing them above character's heads to prevent falling objects like [[Thwomp]]s to harm them or stopping enemies from exiting a pipe. If a player steps on a Boost Block while a symbol is shown, the block releases three coins while filling the Boost Star meter, though if a player steps on a block without a symbol on it, the Boost Star meter will disappear, no matter how full the meter was before disappearing. If a player steps on 10 Boost Blocks with a symbol shown in a row, a [[Boost Star]] will appear, and the player using the GamePad can tap it to gain Boost Star power. |
| '''Boost Blocks''' are objects in ''[[New Super Mario Bros. U]]'' and ''[[New Super Luigi U]]''. These [[block]]s can be used only in multiplayer mode, and to use one, a player must tap the [[Wii U#Wii U GamePad|Wii U GamePad]] screen. Boost Blocks are intended to serve as platforms to help [[Mario]] and company progress in a [[level]]. There are other uses for Boost Blocks, such as placing them above characters' heads to prevent falling objects such as [[Thwomp]]s from harming them and stopping enemies from exiting a pipe. A Boost Block can even block the [[Mecha Hand]] in [[Boarding the Airship]] ([[Bowser Jr. Showdown]] in ''New Super Luigi U''). If a player steps on a Boost Block while a symbol is shown, the block releases three [[coin]]s while filling the [[Boost Star]] meter, though if a player steps on a block without a symbol on it, the Boost Star meter disappears, no matter how full the meter was before disappearing. If a player steps on 10 Boost Blocks with a symbol shown in a row, a Boost Star appears, and the player using the GamePad can tap it to gain Boost Star power. Boost Blocks cannot be used in ''[[New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe]]''. | |
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| Boost Blocks also appear in the mode [[Coin Battle]], where they are used as platforms for the winning players in a cutscene. This variant features a star icon, and the color is determined by the playable character's color: | | If a player gets 99 lives, the boost blocks are shrunk into small, square '''Mini Boost Blocks''', making them more difficult to land on. However, the Boost Star meter becomes easier to fill because the playing-card symbols does not disappear while Mini Boost Blocks are onscreen. |
| *Red: [[Mario]], [[Mii]] (P1)
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| *Green: [[Luigi]], Mii (P2)
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| *Yellow: [[Yellow Toad and Blue Toad |Yellow Toad]], Mii (P3)
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| *Blue: [[Yellow Toad and Blue Toad|Blue Toad]]
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| *Purple: [[Nabbit]]
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| *Pink: [[Toadette]]
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| If a player gets 99 lives, the Boost Blocks are shrunk into small square '''Mini-Boost Blocks''', making them more difficult to land on. However, the Boost Star meter becomes easier to fill because the playing-card symbols do not disappear while Mini-Boost Blocks are onscreen.
| | ==Boost Block designs== |
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| ==Gallery== | |
| <gallery> | | <gallery> |
| NSMBU Purple Boost Block Artwork.png|A purple Boost Block with a diamond
| | Purpleboostblock.png|The purple one with a diamond. |
| NSMBU Green Boost Block Artwork.png|A green Boost Block with a club
| | Greenboostblock.png|The green one with a club. |
| NSMBU Red Boost Block Artwork.png|A red Boost Block with a heart
| | Redboostblock.png|The red one with a heart. |
| NSMBU Blue Boost Block Artwork.png|A blue Boost Block with a spade
| | Blueboostblock.png|The blue one with a spade. |
| </gallery> | | </gallery> |
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| ==Names in other languages== | | ==Names in other languages== |
| ===Boost Block===
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| {{foreign names | | {{foreign names |
| |Jpn=トランプブロック
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| |JpnR=Toranpu Burokku
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| |JpnM=Trump Block
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| |Dut=Boostblok
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| |DutM=Boost Block
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| |Rus=Блок поддержки | | |Rus=Блок поддержки |
| |RusR=Blok podderzhki | | |RusR=Blok podderzhki |
| |RusM=Boost Block | | |RusM=Boost Block}} |
| |Ger=Boost-Block
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| |GerM=Boost Block
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| |Ita=Blocco assistente<ref>{{cite|title=''[[New Super Mario Bros. U]]'' e-manual|date=2012|page=13|publisher=Nintendo|language=it}}</ref>
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| |Ita2=Blocco Assistente<ref name=SMBE>{{cite|date=November 15, 2018|title=''[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia]]''|publisher=Magazzini Salani|language=it|isbn=889367436X|page=219}}</ref>
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| |ItaM=Assistant block
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| |Ita2M=Assistant Block
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| ===Mini-Boost Block===
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| |Jpn=ミニトランプブロック
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| |JpnR=Mini Toranpu Burokku
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| |JpnM=Mini-Trump Block
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| |Ita=Blocco ridotto
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| |ItaC=<ref>{{cite|author=Canale New Super Mario Bros. U|url=www.youtube.com/watch?v=L64Gdz21avs|title=New Super Mario Bros. U - Giungla gassata TORRE - Arrampicata libera con il Gioco assistito (Wii U)|publisher=YouTube|date=April 25, 2013|language=it}}</ref>
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| |ItaM=Reduced block
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| |ItaN=''New Super Mario Bros. U''
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| |Ita2=Minuscolo Blocco Assistente
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| |Ita2C=<ref name=SMBE/>
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| |Ita2M=Miniscule Assistant Block
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| |Ita2N=''Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia''
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| ==References==
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| {{Blocks}} | | {{Blocks}} |
| {{NSMBU}} | | {{NSMBU}} |
| [[Category:Blocks]] | | [[Category:Blocks]] |
| [[Category:New Super Luigi U objects]] | | [[Category:New Super Luigi U Objects]] |
| [[Category:New Super Mario Bros. U objects]] | | [[Category:New Super Mario Bros. U Objects]] |
| [[it:Blocco Assistente]] | | [[it:Blocco Assistente]] |
| [[de:Boost-Block]] | | [[de:Boost-Block]] |
