Editing Dotted-Line Block

|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)

|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]])

'''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.  

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]].

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.

 

''[[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.

 

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]]'' Features Dotted-Line Blocks with functionality identical to their ''New Super Mario Bros.'' iteration.

 

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]]'' 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.

 

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''===

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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.

File:UnknownDottedLineBlockSolidSMBW.png|''Super Mario Bros. Wonder''

|Jpn={{ruby|点線|てんせん}}ブロック

|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>

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|ChiS=虚线砖块

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|ChiT=虛線磚塊

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|Ita=Blocchi di Contorni/Blocco in un contorno

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|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>

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