Editing Ghost Block

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{{distinguish|[[Block Boo]]}}
{{species infobox
|image=[[File:GhostQuestionBlock.png|200x200px]]<br>Model from ''[[New Super Mario Bros. U]]''
|first_appearance=''[[New Super Mario Bros. Wii]]'' ([[List of games by date#2009|2009]])
|latest_appearance=''[[New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe]]'' ([[List of games by date#2019|2019]])
|relatives=[[Ghost Vase]]
|comparable=[[Fake Block]]
}}
A '''Ghost Block'''<ref>{{cite|publisher=Dark Horse Books|title=''Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia: The Official Guide to the First 30 Years''|page=150 and 215|date=October 23, 2018|language=en|isbn=978-1-50670-897-3}}</ref> is an object introduced in ''[[New Super Mario Bros. Wii]]''. Only four of these possessed [[? Block]] appear in the secret area in {{world-link|7|ghost|World 7-Ghost House (New Super Mario Bros. Wii)}}, guarding a [[Star Coin]]. They resemble normal ? Blocks at first, but they turn purple when approached and float over the player character before throwing themselves at them, similarly to [[Ghost Vase]]s. A Ghost Block breaks apart and releases a [[coin]] if it hits the floor or a platform. Ghost Blocks can be distinguished from real ? Blocks by looking at the question marks; unlike on the real ? Blocks, the question marks do not move, similar to those of [[Blockhopper]]s from ''[[New Super Mario Bros.]]''

Ghost Blocks also appear in ''[[New Super Mario Bros. U]]'' in [[Haunted Shipwreck]] and [[Spinning Spirit House]] and in ''[[New Super Luigi U]]'' in [[Vanishing Ghost House]]. These roles are reprised in ''[[New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe]]''.

Conceptually, Ghost Blocks are much like [[Fake Block]]s, while their method of attack is also very similar to that of the [[Invisighoul]] of ''[[Yoshi's Island DS]]'' throwing furniture—remaining still until approached, then swaying in the air and being thrown directly at the player. A laughing [[Boo]] also implies it was thrown by one, as the furniture was by Invisighouls.

==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jap=おばけブロック<ref>{{cite|author=Sakai, Kazuya (Ambit), et al.|language=ja|publisher=[[Shogakukan]]|location=Tokyo|date=October 19, 2015|title=『スーパーマリオブラザーズ百科: 任天堂公式ガイドブック』 (''Super Mario Bros. Hyakka: Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook'')|page=149 and 215|isbn=978-4-09-106569-8}}</ref>
|JapR={{wp|Obake}} Burokku
|JapM=Ghost Block
|Ita=Blocco Fantasma<ref>{{cite|date=November 15, 2018|title=''[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia]]''|publisher=Magazzini Salani|language=it|isbn=889367436X|page=149 and 215}}</ref>
|ItaM=Ghost Block
}}

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