Editing Cascading Stone

{{image|more=yes|Sliding Block-type and ''Yoshi's New Island'' appearance}}

[[File:SMW2 KoopaPara.png|thumb|Screenshot of falling stone blocks in ''[[Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3]]'']]

'''Cascading Stones''',<ref>{{cite|author=Black, Fletcher|title=''Yoshi's Island DS'' PRIMA Official Game Guide|page=201|publisher=[[Prima Games]]|date=December 19, 2006|language=en-us|isbn=0-7615-5576-5}}</ref> also described as '''falling stone blocks'''<ref>{{cite|author=Williams, Drew|publisher=Nintendo of America|title=''Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3'' Player's Guide|date=2002|language=en|isbn=1-930206-25-9|page=38}}</ref> or '''falling blocks''',<ref>{{cite|author=Williams, Drew|date=November 6, 2006|title=''Yoshi's Island DS'' Player's Guide|page=85|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=en|isbn=1-59812-016-6}}</ref> are [[platform]]s of various shapes and sizes found in platform games of the [[Yoshi (franchise)|''Yoshi'']] franchise. When stood upon by the player character, they fall down into the ground or off the screen.

===''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island'' / ''Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3''===

Falling stone blocks first appear in ''[[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]''. They initially stand in mid-air, but if a [[Yoshi (species)|Yoshi]] steps on one, it shakes and starts descending continuously. Depending on their positioning, they may either drop down into an abyss or crash onto ground and come to a stop. Yoshi loses a life if he is caught between a stone block and a platform. Falling stone blocks appear in [[Visit Koopa And Para-Koopa]], [[Lakitu's Wall]], and [[Shifting Platforms Ahead]]; in ''[[Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3]]'', they additionally appear in [[Exercise in the Skies]]. The course Visit Koopa And Para-Koopa features a vertically-scrolling section with stone blocks that drop by themselves for above, requiring the Yoshi to navigate them and stay on top of the continually rising tower of blocks in order to progress.

In ''[[Yoshi's Island DS]]'', the typical Cascading Stones mainly appear in [[Rock 'n' Fall]], though other behaviors appear elsewhere; some fall only when terrain under them is destroyed with an [[Yoshi's Egg|egg]], while others stand on solid ground and can be raised with a switch. A type known as '''Sliding Blocks'''<ref>{{cite|author=Black, Fletcher|title=''Yoshi's Island DS'' PRIMA Official Game Guide|page=171|publisher=[[Prima Games]]|date=December 19, 2006|language=en-us|isbn=0-7615-5576-5}}</ref> appears in [[Tap-Tap's Sunken Cave]] and [[Teeth-Chattering Chill Zone]].

 

|JapM=Falling Floor

|JapN=''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island''

|Jap2M=Rumbling Rock;「ゴゴゴ」(''gogogo'') is an onomatopoeic term for a rumbling or whirring object

|Jap3={{ruby|落下|らっか}}ブロック

|Jap3M=Drop Block; shared with [[Drop Block|an object]] from ''[[Wario World]]''

|Jap3N=''Yoshi's New Island''

|Jap3C=<ref>{{cite|language=ja|publisher=[[Shogakukan]]|date=2013|title=「任天堂公式ガイドブック　ヨッシー New アイランド」 (''Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook – Yoshi's New Island'')|page=70}}</ref>

|ItaM=Unstable rock; shared with [[Wobble Rock]]

|Ita2M=Descending big rock

*During development of ''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island'', the stone was dubbed「テトリスブロック」(''Tetorisu Burokku'', [[Tetris]] Block).<ref>{{cite|author=TCRF|title=[[tcrf:Proto:Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island/ys romX 0#World 2|Proto:''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island''/ys romX 0 § World 2]]|publisher=The Cutting Room Floor|accessdate=December 11, 2021}}</ref>