Editing Mega Block

{{item infobox
|image=[[File:Big Block SM3DW Prima.jpg|200px]]<br>Artwork of a Big Block for ''[[Super Mario 3D World]]''
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]'' ([[List of games by date#1988|1988]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury]]'' ([[List of games by date#2021|2021]])
|variant_of=[[Brick Block]]
|related=[[Mega ? Block]]
}}
'''Mega Blocks''', also known as '''Big Blocks''',<ref>{{cite|author=Musa, Alexander, and Geson Hatchett|title=''Super Mario 3D World'' PRIMA Official Game Guide|page=19|date=November 22, 2013|publisher=Prima Games|language=en-us|isbn=978-0-804-16249-4}}</ref> are large [[Brick Block]]s. They are often tougher than regular Brick Blocks, requiring a number of hits to destroy or being indestructible altogether. However, in some games, namely 2D ''[[Super Mario (series)|Super Mario]]'' titles, they act like their smaller counterparts.

==History==
===''Super Mario'' series===
====''Super Mario Bros. 3'' / ''Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3''====
Big Blocks first appear in ''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]'' and [[Super Mario All-Stars|its]] [[Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3|remakes]], where they are only found in [[Giant Land]]. They are two times bigger than normal Brick Blocks; in spite of their size, they can be destroyed as any other Brick Block by [[Super Mario (form)|Super Mario]] or a regular [[Koopa Shell]]. Exclusively in ''Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3'', they can also be broken by tail-whipping them as [[Raccoon Mario|Raccoon]] or [[Tanooki Mario]].

====''Super Mario Galaxy 2''====
They reappear in ''[[Super Mario Galaxy 2]]''. However, unlike in ''Super Mario Bros. 3'', these Big Blocks are indestructible (as they are too big) and act as platforms rather than Brick Blocks. These are found only in [[Supermassive Galaxy]].

====''New Super Mario Bros. U'' / ''New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe''====
These blocks reappear in ''[[New Super Mario Bros. U]]'', working as they did in ''Super Mario Bros. 3'', as they are able to be destroyed by Super Mario or Koopa Shells. They are found only in [[Soda Jungle]], most notably in the [[Jungle of the Giants]] level.

====''Super Mario 3D World'' / ''Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury''====
Big Blocks return in ''[[Super Mario 3D World]]'' and ''[[Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury]]'', where they are four times bigger than a normal Brick Block. They can be destroyed by jumping beneath them and/or tail-whipping them five times, [[Ground Pound|ground-pounding]] them in [[Super Mario (form)|Super form]] or better, using a [[Mega Mushroom]], or hitting a nearby [[POW Block]]. They only appear in [[Super Block Land]]. Gray variants of Big Blocks known as [[Rock Block]]s also appear, which are slightly smaller but much stronger. These blocks can only be destroyed by [[Mega Mario]], [[Cannon Box]]es, or [[Bob-omb]] explosions.

====''Super Mario Run''====
Mega Blocks appear under their current name in ''[[Super Mario Run]]'', where they are [[List of Kingdom Builder items in Super Mario Run|building]]s in the Kingdom Builder mode. There are two buildings with Mega Blocks: a "Mega Block" building that consists of a single Mega Block, and a Mega Blocks building that consists of two Mega Blocks stacked one on top of the other. Both are ranked 3★ and take up a 2x2 space. Their descriptions note the blocks as obstructions.

===''Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam''===
Big Blocks reappear in ''[[Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam]]'' in the [[Safe by a Sandslide]] mission. They only require a single hammer hit to destroy.

===''Paper Mario'' series===
====''Paper Mario: Color Splash''====
Big Blocks return in ''[[Paper Mario: Color Splash]]'' in [[Mondo Woods]]. They are normal Brick Blocks that were enchanted by [[Kamek]]. Big Blocks cannot be broken unless they are colored. They also appear in the [[Violet Passage]] in the coin segment, where they can be destroyed by [[Cannonball]]s, and in the [[Mustard Café]], where one blocks the orange [[Warp Pipe]] leading to the surface at the end of the underground caves.

====''Paper Mario: The Origami King''====
Mega Blocks appear in ''[[Paper Mario: The Origami King]]'', working like they did in ''Super Mario 3D World''. They come in two sizes: twice as big (which take three hits to destroy) and even bigger (which take seven hits to break); successful hammer [[Action Command]]s lessen the amount of hits needed to break them. They appear during the [[Trial of Power]] on [[Diamond Island (Paper Mario: The Origami King)|Diamond Island]].

===''Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle''===
Mega Blocks also appear in ''[[Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle]]'', as the most basic form of cover in the game. They normally take three hits to destroy, but some weapons may destroy them instantly.

==Gallery==
===Sprites and models===
<gallery>
SMB3 NES Big Block.png|''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]''
SMAS SMB3 Big Block.png|''[[Super Mario All-Stars]]'' (''Super Mario Bros. 3'')
SMA4 Mega Block.png|''[[Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3]]''
NSMBU Ground Big Brick Block.png|''[[New Super Mario Bros. U]]'' (ground)
NSMBU Underground Big Brick Block.png|''New Super Mario Bros. U'' (underground)
NSMBU Castle Big Brick Block.png|''New Super Mario Bros. U'' (castle)
NSMBU Lava Big Brick Block.png|''New Super Mario Bros. U'' (lava)
</gallery>

===Screenshots===
<gallery>
SMB3 4-1.png|A Big Block in the NES version of ''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]''
SMAS SMB3 World 4-3 Screenshot.png|Two Big Blocks in the ''[[Super Mario All-Stars]]'' version of ''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]''
SMG2 GiantLuma.png|Big Blocks in ''Super Mario Galaxy 2''
NSMBU Bridge Over Poisoned Waters Screenshot.jpg|A Big Block in ''New Super Mario Bros. U''
Super Block Land.jpg|Big Blocks in ''Super Mario 3D World''
SafebyaSandslide.png|[[Mario]] destroys a Big Block in the Safe by a Sandslide mission in ''Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam''.
PMCS Mondo Woods Mario near coin.png|Mario stands on a row of Big Blocks in ''Paper Mario: Color Splash''.
</gallery>

==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jap=巨大レンガブロック<ref>{{cite|author=Sakai, Kazuya (Ambit) et al.|language=ja|publisher=[[Shogakukan]]|date=October 19, 2015|title=''Super Mario Bros. Hyakka: Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook'', ''Super Mario Bros. 3'' section|page=41|isbn=978-4-09-106569-8}}</ref>
|JapR=Kyodai Renga Burokku
|Jap2=大きなレンガブロック<ref>{{cite|author=Sakai, Kazuya (Ambit) et al.|language=ja|publisher=[[Shogakukan]]|date=October 19, 2015|title=''Super Mario Bros. Hyakka: Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook'', ''New Super Mario Bros. U'' section|page=215|isbn=978-4-09-106569-8}}</ref>
|Jap2R=Ōkina Renga Burokku
|Jap3=でかレンガブロック<ref>{{cite|author=Sakai, Kazuya (Ambit) et al.|language=ja|publisher=[[Shogakukan]]|date=October 19, 2015|title=''Super Mario Bros. Hyakka: Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook'', ''Super Mario 3D World'' section|page=233|isbn=978-4-09-106569-8}}</ref>
|Jap3R=Deka Renga Burokku
|JapM=Giant Brick Block
|Jap2M=Large Brick Block
|Jap3M=Big Brick Block
|Ger=Riesenblock
|GerN=''Super Mario Bros. 3''
|GerM=Giant Block
|Ger2=Riesen-Block
|Ger2N=''Super Mario 3D World''
|Ger2M=Giant Block
|Ita=Blocco mattone gigante<ref>{{cite|date=November 15, 2018|title=''[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia]]''|publisher=Magazzini Salani|language=it|isbn=889367436X|page=41 and 215}}</ref>
|ItaN=''Super Mario Bros. 3'', ''New Super Mario Bros. U''
|Ita2=Mega blocco<ref>{{cite|date=November 15, 2018|title=''[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia]]''|publisher=Magazzini Salani|language=it|isbn=889367436X|page=233}}</ref>
|Ita2N=''Super Mario 3D World'', ''Super Mario Run''
|ItaM=Giant brick block
|Ita2M=Mega block
}}

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