Editing Dotted-Line Block

{{image|more=yes|Needs images of the Blue, Off Red, and Off Blue blocks in the ''3D World'' style for ''Super Mario Maker 2''.}}
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|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]])
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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> also 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 [[level]]s, which correspond to the four [[Switch Palace]]s. Hitting the respective ! Switch in each palace causes 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), [[The Secret Under the Moat|Vanish Cap Under the Moat]], and the [[Behind the Waterfall|Cavern of the Metal Cap]] (both for 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, alternating 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 the player hitting a nearby ! Switch, all Dotted-Line Blocks 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 in ''Super Mario World'', the Dotted-Line Blocks in ''New Super Mario Bros. Wii'' are only one color and transform only 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 alternate in time to the music, very similarly to [[Beat Block]]s.

===''Yoshi'' franchise===
In ''[[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]'', ''[[Yoshi's Island DS]]'', ''[[Yoshi's New Island]]'', and ''[[Yoshi's Woolly World]]'', after a [[Yoshi (species)|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 [[Mario vs. Donkey Kong (Nintendo Switch)|Nintendo Switch remake of the same name]], inactive [[Color Block]]s in the remake are redesigned to look similar to Dotted-Line Blocks.

==Gallery==
<gallery>
DottedLineBlock.png|''[[Super Mario World]]''
SMW Yellow Dotted Line Block.png|''Super Mario World''
SMW Blue Dotted Line Block.png|''Super Mario World''
SMW Red Dotted Line Block.png|''Super Mario World''
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]]''
SM64 Dotted-Line Block.png|''Super Mario 64''
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]]''
YNI Dotted-Line Block.png|''[[Yoshi's New Island]]''
Dotted Line Blocks SMR.png|''[[Super Mario Run]]''
SMM2-SMB-RedBlock-Off.png|''[[Super Mario Maker 2]]'' (''[[Super Mario Bros.]]'' style)
SMM2-SMB-BlueBlock-Off.png|''Super Mario Maker 2'' (''Super Mario Bros.'' style)
SMM2-SMB-RedBlock.png|''Super Mario Maker 2'' (''Super Mario Bros.'' style)
SMM2-SMB-BlueBlock.png|''Super Mario Maker 2'' (''Super Mario Bros.'' style)
SMM2-SMB3-RedDottedLineBlock.png|''Super Mario Maker 2'' (''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]'' style)
SMM2-SMB3-BlueDottedLineBlock.png|''Super Mario Maker 2'' (''Super Mario Bros. 3'' style)
SMM2-SMB3-RedBlock.png|''Super Mario Maker 2'' (''Super Mario Bros. 3'' style)
SMM2-SMB3-BlueBlock.png|''Super Mario Maker 2'' (''Super Mario Bros. 3'' style)
SMM2-SMW-RedDottedLineBlock.png|''Super Mario Maker 2'' (''Super Mario World'' style)
SMM2-SMW-BlueDottedLineBlock.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-NSMBU-BlueDottedLineBlock.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)
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''
</gallery>

==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jpn={{ruby|点線|てんせん}}ブロック
|JpnR=Tensen Burokku
|JpnM=Dotted-Line Block
|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>
|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
|DutM=Dotted Line Block
|Fre=Bloc en pointillés
|FreM=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
|GerM=Outline Block
|Ita=Blocchi di Contorni/Blocco in un contorno
|ItaM=Outline blocks/Block in the outline
|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
|RusR=Punktirnyy blok
|RusM=Dotted Block
|SpaA=Bloque de puntos
|SpaAM=Dotted block
}}

==See also==
*[[Switch Block (Mario & Wario)|Switch Block]] (''[[Mario & Wario]]'')
*[[P Block]]

==References==
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