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[[File:SM64 Dotted-Line Block.png|frame|90px|''Super Mario 64'']]
|image=[[File:SMM2-NSMBU-RedDottedLineBlock.png|70px]][[File:SMM2-NSMBU-RedBlock.png|70px]]<br>the OFF and ON states of red Dotted-Line Blocks in ''[[Super Mario Maker 2]]'' (''[[New Super Mario Bros. U]]'' game style)
'''Dotted-Line Blocks'''<ref>''Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2'' instruction booklet, page 49.</ref> (originally formatted without a hyphen)<ref>''Super Mario World'' English instruction booklet, page 21.</ref> are transparent objects found in several ''[[Super Mario (franchise)|Mario]]'' games, such as ''[[Super Mario World]]'' (and [[Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2|its reissue]]), ''[[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]'' (and [[Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3|its reissue]]), ''[[Yoshi's Island DS]]'', ''[[New Super Mario Bros. Wii]]'', and ''[[Super Mario Run]]''. They represent that they can be solid when a switch is triggered, rather than blocks appearing from nothing. In ''Super Mario World'', they come in four colors and turn into [[! Block]]s once the player hits the [[! Switch]] in the [[Switch Palace]] of the corresponding color. In ''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island'', ''Yoshi's Island DS'', ''[[Yoshi's New Island]]'', and ''[[Yoshi's Woolly World]]'', after the player hits a nearby ! Switch, the Dotted-Line Blocks temporarily become ! Blocks and are able to be used as [[platform]]s. Dotted-Line Blocks in ''New Super Mario Bros. Wii'' can turn into and revert from [[Red Block|red block]]s after the player presses the red ! Switches in [[World 3 (New Super Mario Bros. Wii)|World 3]]. In ''[[New Super Mario Bros.]]'' and ''Super Mario Run'', red (yellow in ''Run'') ! Switches can change Dotted-Line Blocks into red blocks for a limited time.
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario World]]'' ([[list of games by date#1990|1990]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Super Mario Bros. Wonder]]'' ([[list of games by date#2024|2024]])
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'''Dotted-Line Blocks''',<ref>{{cite|title=''Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2'' instruction booklet|page=49|date=2002|publisher=[[Nintendo|Nintendo of America]]|language=en}}</ref> originally formatted without a hyphen<ref>{{cite|title=''Super Mario World'' instruction booklet|page=21|publisher=Nintendo of America|date=August 23, 1991|language=en}}</ref> and known as '''outlined blocks''',<ref>{{cite|title=''Super Mario Bros. Deluxe'' instruction booklet|page=18|publisher=Nintendo of America|date=May 10, 1999|language=en|quote=Smiling blocks are helpful, while blocks with their tongues sticking out make the course more difficult. If you hit a Face Block, all reversible blocks in that world are reversed. You can neither stand on, nor hit an outlined block.|author=Nintendo}}</ref> are transparent objects appearing in a variety of games in the [[Super Mario (series)|''Super Mario'' series]] and [[Yoshi's Island (series)|''Yoshi's Island'' series]]. They are intangible indicators that show where solid blocks will go, typically as the result of a [[! Switch]] or [[ON/OFF Switch]]. They are frequently color-coded to indicate a specific state or corresponding ! Switch, though some appearances are purely black and white and exclusively turn into [[Red Block]]s.
 
==History==
===''Super Mario'' series===
====''Super Mario World'' / ''Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2''====
Dotted-Line Blocks debut in ''[[Super Mario World]]'' and reprise their role in ''[[Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2]]'' under their current name. They come in four colors throughout its levels, which correspond to the four [[Switch Palace]]s. Hitting the respective [[! Switch]] in each palace will cause every Dotted-Line Block of that color to transform into a [[! Block]].
 
====''Super Mario 64'' / ''Super Mario 64 DS''====
Similar objects to the Dotted-Line Blocks in ''Super Mario World'' called '''semi-visible blocks'''<ref>{{cite|language=en|title=''Super Mario 64'' instruction booklet|location=Redmond|publisher=Nintendo of America|date=1996|page=19}}</ref> appear in ''[[Super Mario 64]]'' and its remake, ''[[Super Mario 64 DS]]'', where they turn solid and are able to be used after the player hits the ! Switch or [[? Switch]] on the [[Tower of the Wing Cap]] (both versions) and [[The Secret Under the Moat|Vanish Cap Under the Moat]] and the [[Behind the Waterfall|Cavern of the Metal Cap]] (N64 version only).
 
====''Super Mario Bros. Deluxe''====
In the You VS. Boo mode of ''[[Super Mario Bros. Deluxe]]'', many red and white outlined blocks are placed throughout each level which alternate between solid and dotted forms based on the state of [[Face Block (switch)|Face Blocks]] in the level.
 
====''Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3''====
Exclusively in [[World-e]] of ''[[Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3]]'', Dotted-Line Blocks much like those in ''[[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]'' make an appearance.
 
====''New Super Mario Bros.''====
''[[New Super Mario Bros.]]'' features Dotted-Line Blocks that function like the ones in ''[[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]'' and ''[[Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3]]''. Upon hitting a nearby ! Switch, all Dotted-Line Blocks will temporarily become solid platforms, as [[Red Block]]s. The Red Blocks turn back into Dotted-Line Blocks after a short time, and the ! Switch returns to normal, allowing it to be hit again.
 
====''New Super Mario Bros. Wii''====
Dotted-Line Blocks in ''[[New Super Mario Bros. Wii]]'' are more similar to those in ''Super Mario World'', as they must be activated by a ! Switch found on the world map. Unlike ''Super Mario World'', The Dotted-Line Blocks in ''New Super Mario Bros. Wii'' are only one color, and only transform into Red Blocks.
 
====''Super Mario Run''====
''[[Super Mario Run]]'' Features Dotted-Line Blocks with functionality identical to their ''New Super Mario Bros.'' iteration.
 
====''Super Mario Maker 2''====
In ''[[Super Mario Maker 2]]'', Dotted-Line Blocks can be triggered by [[ON/OFF Switch]]es, with only the red blocks becoming solid when they are on and only the blue blocks becoming solid when they are off. In the ''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]'' style, they are depicted having a smiling face, while every other style depicts them as faceless blocks. As of the version 2.0 update, [[P Block]]s also appear as an outline like Dotted-Line Blocks while inactive. Although previously unavailable in the ''[[Super Mario 3D World]]'' style, Dotted-Line Blocks were added in the version 3.0.0 update released on April 22, 2020.
 
====''Super Mario Bros. Wonder''====
''[[Super Mario Bros. Wonder]]'' includes Dotted-Line Blocks that behave much like their appearance in ''Super Mario Maker 2'', colored red and blue and changing state based on ON/OFF Switches. The designs of solid Dotted-Line Blocks are more extravagant, with gold embellishments in the center of each block. Some Dotted-Line Blocks are arranged as vertical walls, and they appear as gold-studded pillars when in their solid state, rather than individual blocks. Some levels also feature Dotted-Line Blocks as part of their [[Wonder Effect]], in which platforms with many colors of block will alternate in time to the music, very similarly to [[Beat Block]]s.


===''Yoshi'' franchise===
Transparent boxes similar to Dotted-Line Blocks appear in ''[[Super Mario 64]]'' and its remake, ''[[Super Mario 64 DS]]'', where they turn solid and are able to be used after the player hits the ! Switch or [[? Switch]] on the [[Tower of the Wing Cap]] in both versions and [[The Secret Under the Moat|Vanish Cap Under the Moat]] and the [[Behind the Waterfall|Cavern of the Metal Cap]] in the N64 version only.
In ''[[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]'', ''[[Yoshi's Island DS]]'', ''[[Yoshi's New Island]]'', and ''[[Yoshi's Woolly World]]'', after [[Yoshi]] hits a nearby [[! Switch]], the Dotted-Line Blocks temporarily become [[! Blocks]] and are able to be used as [[platform]]s.


===''Mario vs. Donkey Kong''===
In ''[[Super Mario Maker 2]]'', Dotted-Line Blocks can be triggered by [[ON/OFF Switch]]es, with only the red blocks becoming solid when they are on and only the blue blocks becoming solid when they are off. In the ''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]'' style, they are depicted having a smiling face, while every other style depicts them as faceless blocks. As of the version 2.0 update, [[P Block]]s also appear as an outline like Dotted-Line Blocks while inactive. Although previously not available in the ''[[Super Mario 3D World]]'' style, Dotted-Line Blocks were added in the version 3.0.0 update released on April 22, 2020.
{{main|Color Block}}
Though no Dotted-Line Blocks appear in ''[[Mario vs. Donkey Kong]]'' or the [[Nintendo Switch]] [[Reissue#Remakes|remake]] [[Mario vs. Donkey Kong (Nintendo Switch)|of the same name]], inactive [[Color Block]]s in the remake are redesigned to look similarly to Dotted-Line Blocks.


==Gallery==
==Gallery==
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SMW Red Dotted Line Block.png|''Super Mario World''
SMW Red Dotted Line Block.png|''Super Mario World''
DottedLineBlock SuperMarioKun 4.jpg|''[[Super Mario-kun]]''
DottedLineBlock SuperMarioKun 4.jpg|''[[Super Mario-kun]]''
SMBDX VS Game obstacle block in active state.png|''[[Super Mario Bros. Deluxe]]'' (VS Game)
SMW2 Dotted Line Block.png|''[[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]''
SMW2 Dotted Line Block.png|''[[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]''
SM64 Dotted-Line Block.png|''Super Mario 64''
SMA4 Dotted Line Block.png|''[[Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3]]''
SMA4 Dotted Line Block.png|''[[Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3]]''
NSMB Asset Sprite Dotted-Line Block.png|''[[New Super Mario Bros.]]''
NSMB Asset Sprite Red Block.png|''New Super Mario Bros.''
NSMBW Dotted-Line Block Sprite.png|''[[New Super Mario Bros. Wii]]''
NSMBW Dotted-Line Block Sprite.png|''[[New Super Mario Bros. Wii]]''
YNI Dotted-Line Block.png|''[[Yoshi's New Island]]''
YNI Dotted-Line Block.png|''[[Yoshi's New Island]]''
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SMM2-SMW-RedBlock.png|''Super Mario Maker 2'' (''Super Mario World'' style)
SMM2-SMW-RedBlock.png|''Super Mario Maker 2'' (''Super Mario World'' style)
SMM2-SMW-BlueBlock.png|''Super Mario Maker 2'' (''Super Mario World'' style)
SMM2-SMW-BlueBlock.png|''Super Mario Maker 2'' (''Super Mario World'' style)
SMM2-NSMBU-RedDottedLineBlock.png|''Super Mario Maker 2'' (''[[New Super Mario Bros. U]]'' style)
SMM2-NSMBU-BlueDottedLineBlock.png|''Super Mario Maker 2'' (''New Super Mario Bros. U'' style)
SMM2-NSMBU-BlueDottedLineBlock.png|''Super Mario Maker 2'' (''New Super Mario Bros. U'' style)
SMM2-NSMBU-RedBlock.png|''Super Mario Maker 2'' (''New Super Mario Bros. U'' style)
SMM2-NSMBU-BlueBlock.png|''Super Mario Maker 2'' (''New Super Mario Bros. U'' style)
SMM2-NSMBU-BlueBlock.png|''Super Mario Maker 2'' (''New Super Mario Bros. U'' style)
SMM2-SM3DW-RedBlock.png|''Super Mario Maker 2'' (''Super Mario 3D World'' style)
SMM2-SM3DW-RedBlock.png|''Super Mario Maker 2'' (''Super Mario 3D World'' style)
DottedLineBlockRedMVDK.png|''[[Mario vs. Donkey Kong (Nintendo Switch)|Mario vs. Donkey Kong]]'' ([[Nintendo Switch]])
DottedLineBlockYellowMVDK.png|''Mario vs. Donkey Kong'' (Nintendo Switch)
DottedLineBlockBlueMVDK.png|''Mario vs. Donkey Kong'' (Nintendo Switch)
File:UnknownDottedLineBlockSMBW.png|''[[Super Mario Bros. Wonder]]''
File:UnknownDottedLineBlockSolidSMBW.png|''Super Mario Bros. Wonder''
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==Names in other languages==
==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
{{foreign names
|Jpn={{ruby|点線|てんせん}}ブロック
|Jap={{hover|点線|てんせん}}ブロック<ref>''Super Mario World'' Japanese instruction booklet (fold-out)</ref><br>''Tensen Burokku''<br>{{hover|透明|とうめい}}ブロック<ref>''Super Mario 64'' Japanese instruction booklet, page 19.</ref><br>''Tōmei Burokku''
|JpnR=Tensen Burokku
|JapM=Dotted-Line Block<br><br>Transparent Block (''Super Mario 64'')
|JpnM=Dotted-Line Block
|Fra=Bloc en pointillés (''Super Mario World, Super Mario Maker 2'')<ref>[http://manuelsjeux.free.fr/manuels/snes/smw20.htm ''Super Mario World'' French instruction booklet, page 21].</ref><br>Bloc réversible (''Super Mario Bros. Deluxe'')<ref>''Super Mario Bros. Deluxe'' French Nintendo 3DS [[Virtual Console]] digital manual, page 12</ref>
|JpnC=<ref>{{cite|title=スーパーマリオワールド (''Sūpā Mario Wārudo'' instruction booklet, fold-out)|publisher=Nintendo|language=ja}}</ref>
|FraM=Dotted block<br>Reversible block
|Jpn2={{ruby|透明|とうめい}}ブロック
|Jpn2R=Tōmei Burokku
|Jpn2M=Transparent Block
|Jpn2N=''Super Mario 64''
|Jpn2C=<ref>{{cite|title=スーパーマリオ{{ruby|64|六十四(ろくじゅうよん)}} (''Sūpā Mario Rokujūyon'') instruction booklet|publisher=Nintendo|date=1996|page=19}}</ref>
|ChiS=虚线砖块
|ChiSR=Xūxiàn Zhuānkuài
|ChiSM=Dotted-Line Block
|ChiT=虛線磚塊
|ChiTR=Xūxiàn Zhuānkuài
|ChiTM=Dotted-Line Block
|Dut=Stippellijnblok
|Dut=Stippellijnblok
|DutM=Dotted Line Block
|DutM=Dotted Line Block
|Fre=Bloc en pointillés
|Por=Bloco Pontilhado
|FreM=Dotted block
|PorM=Dotted Block
|FreN=''Super Mario World'', ''Super Mario Maker 2''
|FreC=<ref>{{cite|url=manuelsjeux.free.fr/manuels/snes/smw20.htm|title=''Super Mario World'' instruction booklet|page=21|language=fr|publisher=Nintendo|website=manuelsjeux.free.fr|deadlink=y}}</ref>
|Fre2=Bloc réversible
|Fre2M=Reversible block
|Fre2N=''Super Mario Bros. Deluxe''
|Fre2C=<ref>{{cite|title=''Super Mario Bros. Deluxe'' French Nintendo 3DS [[Virtual Console]] digital manual|page=12}}</ref>
|Ger=Umriss-Block
|Ger=Umriss-Block
|GerM=Outline Block
|GerM=Outline Block
|Ita=Blocchi di Contorni/Blocco in un contorno
|Ita=Blocco tratteggiato<br>Blocchi di Contorni<ref>''[[Super Mario Bros. Deluxe]]'' European instruction manual, pag. 112</ref>
|ItaM=Outline blocks/Block in the outline
|ItaM=Dotted block<br>Outline block
|ItaN=''Super Mario Bros. Deluxe''
|ItaC=<ref>{{cite|title=''[[Super Mario Bros. Deluxe]]'' European instruction manual|page=112|publisher=Nintendo of Europe|date=1999|language=it}}</ref>
|Ita2=Blocco semivisibile
|Ita2M=Semi-visible block
|Ita2N=''Super Mario 64''
|Ita2C=<ref>{{cite|title=''Super Mario 64'' European manual|page=38|date=1997|publisher=Nintendo of Europe|language=it}}</ref>
|Ita3=Blocco Trasparente
|Ita3M=Transparent block
|Ita3N=''Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia''
|Ita3C=<ref>{{cite|date=November 15, 2018|title=''[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia]]''|publisher=Magazzini Salani|language=it|isbn=978-88-9367-436-2|page=92}}</ref>
|Ita4=Blocco tratteggiato
|Ita4M=Dotted block
|Ita4N=''Super Mario Maker 2''
|Por=Bloco Pontilhado
|PorM=Dotted Block
|Rus=Пунктирный блок
|Rus=Пунктирный блок
|RusR=Punktirnyy blok
|RusR=Punktirnyy blok
|RusM=Dotted Block
|RusM=Dotted Block
|SpaA=Bloque de puntos
|SpaA=Bloque de puntos
|SpaAM=Dotted block
|SpaAM=
|Chi=虚线砖块 (Simplified)<br>虛線磚塊 (Traditional)
|ChiR=Xūxiàn Zhuānkuài
|ChiM=Dotted-Line Block
}}
}}
==See also==
*[[Switch Block (Mario & Wario)|Switch Block]] (''[[Mario & Wario]]'')
*[[P Block]]


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