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|image=[[File:SMM2 Hard Block SM3DW icon.png]]<br>A Hard Block in the ''[[Super Mario 3D World]]'' style from ''[[Super Mario Maker 2]]''.

|latest_appearance=''[[WarioWare: Get It Together!]]'' ([[List of games by date#2021|2021]])

}}{{quote2|AARGH! I can't hit the [[? Block]]s because those annoying Hard Blocks are in the way.|[[Toad (species)|Purple Toad]]|''[[Super Mario Maker 2]]''}}

A '''Hard Block''' is one of the many [[block]]s in the ''[[Mario (franchise)|Mario]]'' universe. They are commonly used to make stair-like structures. Unlike [[? Block]]s and [[Brick Block]]s, Hard Blocks cannot contain [[List of items|items]] or [[Coin]]s. [[Mario]] and [[Luigi]] are not normally able to destroy Hard Blocks, but certain methods, such as entering a [[Mega Mario|Mega]] state or using a [[Big Thwomp]], can be used to destroy them.

[[File:SMB NES World 6-1 Screenshot.png|thumb|right|Hard Blocks in ''Super Mario Bros.'']]

Hard Blocks make their debut in ''[[Super Mario Bros.]]'', and reappear in ''[[Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels]]'' with an identical appearance and purpose. Their most notable use is to create stairs at the end of many levels leading to the top of the [[Goal Pole|flagpole]], which itself has a Hard Block as its base. In some levels, they are used to create much more gently-sloped stairs as a minor obstacle.

[[File:SMB3 Wood Block Sprite.png|frame|left]]

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Hard Blocks also appear in ''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]'', where they are known as '''Wood Blocks'''.<ref>Peterson, Erik. ''Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3'' Player's Guide. Page 31.</ref> Some Wood Blocks are bouncy; these blocks bounce Mario or Luigi away if they run against their sides, and are sometimes found near [[pit]]s as an obstacle. Some of these blocks also hold items, only releasing them if they are bumped into or hit with a [[shell]] or [[Raccoon Mario|tail]] [[Tanooki Mario|whip]].

 

[[Chain Chomp]]s are usually found attached to Wood Blocks. Larger inert Wood Blocks appear in the fourth world, [[Giant Land]].

Hard Blocks, now called '''Gray Blocks'''<ref>M. Arakawa. Nintendo ''Mario Mania'' Player's Guide. Pages 71, 89, 108, 153.</ref> (alternatively '''gray Block'''<ref>M. Arakawa. Nintendo ''Mario Mania'' Player's Guide. Page 57.</ref> or '''Grey Block'''<ref>M. Arakawa. Nintendo ''Mario Mania'' Player's Guide. Page 73.</ref>), appear once again in ''[[Super Mario World]]'' with a different redesign, this time resembling blocks of stone. They reprise their purpose from previous games.{{br}}

Hard Blocks reappear in ''[[New Super Mario Bros.]]'' at the end of most levels like in ''Super Mario Bros.'', used as a staircase to reach the flagpole. The flagpole itself has a new [[fortress]]-styled base instead of a Hard Block. If Mario gains a [[Mega Mushroom]] and turns into [[Mega Mario]], he can destroy Hard Blocks simply by running into them. [[Volcanic debris]] can also destroy Hard Blocks.

Hard Blocks reappear in ''[[New Super Mario Bros. Wii]]'', but only in {{world-link|coin|2|World Coin-2 (New Super Mario Bros. Wii)}}.

Wood Blocks from ''Super Mario Bros. 3'' return in ''[[Super Mario 3D Land]]'', where they are usually twice as large (like those in Giant Land) and have a more yellow color. Hard Blocks with the design from ''Super Mario Bros.'' return at the end of [[World 2-3 (Super Mario 3D Land)|World 2-3]] and [[Special 1-3]].

====''New Super Mario Bros. U'' / ''New Super Luigi U''====

[[File:NSLU Piranha Heights Luigi Sighting.png|thumb|left|An 8-bit Luigi made out of colored stone blocks in ''New Super Luigi U'']]

Hard Blocks return in ''[[New Super Mario Bros. U]]'', referred to as '''stone blocks'''{{ref needed}}. Colored stone blocks also appear in ''[[New Super Luigi U]]'', used mostly for decoration, or to make pixel art such as [[List of Luigi sightings in New Super Luigi U|8-bit Luigi]]s, a common [[Easter egg]] in the game.

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Hard Blocks also appear in ''[[Super Mario Maker 2]]''. They have the same functionality as they did in ''[[Super Mario Maker]]'', except that they cannot be broken by [[Big Mario]] from the side. [[Link]]'s bombs can now also destroy Hard Blocks. Like [[the previous game|Super Mario Maker]], Hard Blocks can be destroyed by [[Big Thwomp]]s, [[Bob-omb]]s, and Big [[Spike Ball]]s. A Big [[Blasta Mechakoopa]]’s missile explosion, a Big [[Zappa Mechakoopa]]’s laser beam, [[Ground Pound]]s from some [[Koopalings]], and Big [[Bowser]]’s [[Fireball]]s and body can destroy hard blocks. Hard blocks can also be given wings and when playing a course, they will fly a few blocks left, then fly twice as many blocks right, then fly that many blocks left, and repeat the latter two. Hard blocks can also stop the screen from scrolling, so it is possible to make a course that requires breaking hard blocks stopping the screen from scrolling to advance.

In the ''[[Super Mario 3D World]]'' style, they take the form of [[Rock Block]]s. If the player uses the [[Super Hammer (Super Mario Maker 2)|Super Hammer]], they can break these blocks with a hammer swing. They can also be broken by [[Banzai Bill]]s. Just like the other styles, [[Big Thwomp]]s, [[Bob-omb]]s, and [[Giant Spiked Ball]]s can break these blocks. A [[Porcupuffer]]’s explosion from [[Fireball]]s and [[Big Bully|Big Bullies]] can also break them.

[[File:HardBlocks W1-2 SSBB.jpg|thumb|right|Hard Blocks in the World 1-2 version of Mushroomy Kingdom in ''Super Smash Bros. Brawl'']]

In ''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]'', ''[[Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS]]'', and ''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]'', Hard Blocks appear as part of the [[Mushroomy Kingdom]] stage. They are arranged just as in [[World 1-1 (Super Mario Bros.)|World 1-1]] (and in ''Brawl'' only, [[World 1-2 (Super Mario Bros.)|World 1-2]]) of ''Super Mario Bros.'' However, they now appear worn, chipped, and cracked, matching the stage's ruined appearance. The block the [[Goal Pole|flagpole]] stood on in World 1-1 is gone, but only in ''Brawl'' and ''for 3DS''; it is in the background in ''Ultimate''. Additionally, Hard Blocks also form the top two layers of the stage's [[Final Destination]] form in the 3DS game, and the [[Battlefield]] form's platforms in ''Ultimate''.

|Jap=木目ブロック<ref>Shogakukan. 2015. ''Super Mario Bros. Hyakka: Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook'', ''Super Mario Bros. 3'' section, page 41.</ref><br>''Mokume Burokku''<br>石ブロック<ref>Shogakukan. 2015. ''Super Mario Bros. Hyakka: Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook'', pages 118, 149, 199, 215.</ref><br>''Ishi Burokku''<br>硬いブロック<br>''Katai Burokku''

|JapM=Woodgrain Block (''Super Mario Bros. 3'')<br><br>Stone Block (''New Super Mario Bros.'' games)<br><br>Hard Block (''Super Mario Maker 2'')

|FraE=Bloc solide

|FraEM=Solid block