Editing Roulette Block

{{distinguish|Slot Block}}
{{item-infobox
|image=[[File:Roulette Block SM3DL.png|200px]]
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario World]]'' ([[List of games by date#1990|1990]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury]]'' ([[List of games by date#2021|2021]])
|effect=Releases the item shown on it when hit.
}}
'''Roulette Blocks'''<ref>Nintendo ''Mario Mania'' Player's Guide. Page 46.</ref>, also referred to as '''Roulette Prize Blocks'''<ref>''Nintendo Power Advance'' V.4, page 50.</ref>, are objects first found in ''[[Super Mario World]]''. These blocks contain a set of items (which vary from game to game) that flicker alternately in a particular order. The item the block displays while it is hit is usually the item that comes out.

==History==
===''Super Mario'' series===
====''Super Mario World'' / ''Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2''====
In ''[[Super Mario World]]'' and ''[[Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2]]'', a [[Super Mushroom]], [[Fire Flower]], [[Cape Feather]], or [[Super Star]] can come out of a Roulette Block. However, once [[Mario]] or [[Luigi]] releases the item out of the block, it bounces around like a Star, but it still cycles from power-up to power-up. [[Mario]] or [[Luigi]] can grab the power-up at the right time to obtain that power-up's effects. [[Yoshi]] can also eat the item straight out of the block without having to release it, transferring the power-up straight to Mario or Luigi.

====''Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3''====
A Roulette Block also appears in ''[[Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3]]'', only appearing in the level "[[Piped Full of Plants]]". It works like the ones in ''Super Mario World'', but the Cape Feather is replaced by a [[Super Leaf]]. In addition, the item stops changing once released, and acts as if it was released from any other block.

====''New Super Mario Bros.''====
Roulette Blocks reappear in ''[[New Super Mario Bros.]]'', working as they did in ''Super Mario Advance 4''. However, they become [[Empty Block]]s when hit in this game, and the items scroll much faster. These Roulette Blocks can give Super Mushrooms, Fire Flowers, Super Stars, [[Mini Mushroom]]s or [[Blue Shell]]s. Also, [[Toad House|Red Toad House]]s contain giant blue Roulette Blocks (that contain the same items as the ones mentioned, besides the Super Star) which Mario can use to [[Item Storage|hold an item in reserve]].

====''New Super Mario Bros. Wii''====
Mid-level Roulette Blocks reappear in ''[[New Super Mario Bros. Wii]]''. The blocks are yellow this time, and they can give items like Super Mushrooms, [[1-Up Mushroom]]s, Super Stars, [[Propeller Mushroom]]s, or [[Penguin Suit]]s.

====''Super Mario 3D Land''====
Roulette Blocks reappear in ''[[Super Mario 3D Land]]'' as transparent glass blocks, like in ''Super Mario World''. They can give Super Mushrooms, Fire Flowers, Super Stars, [[Boomerang Flower]]s (from [[World 5 (Super Mario 3D Land)|World 5]] onwards), and Super Leaves ([[Statue Leaf|Statue Leaves]] in the Special Worlds). '''Flying Roulette Blocks''' are also introduced, and can be found if Mario loses two lives in a row on a normal world course.

====''New Super Mario Bros. 2''====
These blocks return in ''[[New Super Mario Bros. 2]]'', with the same design as in ''Super Mario 3D Land''. They can give Super Mushrooms, Fire Flowers, Super Stars, Super Leaves, [[1-Up Mushroom]]s ([[Gold Mushrooms]] in [[Coin Rush]] mode), and [[Gold Flower]]s. In addition to the normal ones, [[Roulette Coin Block]]s also appear, which produce [[coin]]s instead of power-ups.

====''New Super Mario Bros. U''====
Roulette Blocks also appear in ''[[New Super Mario Bros. U]]'' with the same functions as before, though they retain their ''[[New Super Mario Bros. Wii]]'' designs. They can give Super Mushrooms, Fire Flowers, Super Stars, and [[Super Acorn]]s.

====''Super Mario 3D World'' / ''Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury''====
[[File:RouletteBlockSM3DW.jpg|thumb|left|150px|Roulette Block in ''Super Mario 3D World'']]
Roulette Blocks reappear in ''[[Super Mario 3D World]]'' and ''[[Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury]]'' with the same look as in ''Super Mario 3D Land''. They can give Super Mushrooms, Fire Flowers, Super Stars, Super Leaves, Boomerang Flowers (from [[World 5 (Super Mario 3D World)|World 5]] onwards), and [[Super Bell]]s. Similar-looking [[Slot Block]]s are introduced in this game in [[Lucky House]]s, though they do not give items. Instead, they give coins depending on how many images are matched, from 10 (no matches) to 777 (four-of-a-kind) coins.
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===''Super Mario World'' television series===
[[File:SMW Roulette Block.png|thumb|A Roulette Block in the ''Super Mario World'' television series]]
A yellow Roulette Block appeared in the [[Super Mario World (television series)|''Super Mario World'' television series]] in the episode "[[King Scoopa Koopa]]". After [[Princess Peach|Princess Toadstool]] spots the Roulette Block and suggests that Mario should hit it, he hit the block and obtained a Cape Feather.

===''Mario Party'' series===
====''Mario Party 9''====
These blocks reappear in ''[[Mario Party 9]]'' in the [[Sock It to Lakitu]] minigame. Here the items are a [[Bullet Bill]], two Bullet Bills, three Bullet Bills and a [[Spiny Egg]]. The Bullet Bills damage [[Lakitu]] while the Spiny Egg may damage the player.

====''Mario Party: Island Tour''====
Roulette Blocks reappear in ''[[Mario Party: Island Tour]]'' in [[Bowser's Tower]]. They only appear after either making it to a certain floor or failing the same floor three times. A Roulette Block will then appear with one, two or three [[Mini Star]]s on it. [[Green Toad]] will then hit the block. The number of Mini Stars shown on the block will get rid of Bowser's minions in the next minigame. Getting three Mini Stars from the block skips the minigame entirely.

===''Paper Mario: Color Splash''===
In ''[[Paper Mario: Color Splash]]'', three Roulette Blocks appear in the [[Spinning-Door]] minigame [[Blockstopper!]] Each block cycles through the following icons: a [[coin]], [[heart (item)|heart]], boot, [[hammer]], [[Mushroom]], and a question mark. After Mario hits one, he will receive a prize based on the icon displayed on the block; however, if Mario matches all three blocks, the prize will be multiplied.

===''Yoshi's Crafted World''===
Roulette Blocks<ref>''Yoshi's Crafted World'' internal filename (<tt>RouletteBlock</tt>)</ref> also appear infrequently in ''[[Yoshi's Crafted World]]'', typically granting amounts of one, three, five, ten, or twenty coins, hearts, or types of [[Yoshi's Egg|egg]]s when hit. Each Roulette Block is personalized to the level they appear in, with some being coin-exclusive like a Roulette Coin Block.

==Gallery==
<gallery>
SMW Rouletteblock.gif|''Super Mario World''
SMA2 Roulette Block.gif|''Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2''
SMA4 Roulette Block.gif|''Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3''
NSMB Rouletteblock.gif|''New Super Mario Bros.''
NSMB Toadhouse rouletteblock.gif|''New Super Mario Bros.'' (Mushroom House version)
NSMBW Rouletteblock.gif|''New Super Mario Bros. Wii''
Roulette Block SM3DL.png|''Super Mario 3D Land''
NSMBU Roulette Block Sprite.gif|''New Super Mario Bros. U''
Roulette Block SM3DW Prima.jpg|''Super Mario 3D World''
SM3DL Shot - Flying Roulette Block.jpeg|A Flying Roulette Block in ''Super Mario 3D Land''
</gallery>

==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jap=ルーレットブロック<ref>''Super Mario World'' Shogakukan Book 1 (pg. 34)</ref>
|JapR=Rūretto Burokku
|JapM=Roulette Block
|Spa=Bloque ruleta
|SpaM=Roulette Block
|Fre=Bloc roulette
|FreM=Roulette Block
|Ger=Roulette-Block
|GerM=Roulette Block
|Chi=輪盤磚塊<ref>[https://www.nintendo.com.hk/ssqj/minigame/index.html Official Chinese website for ''Mario Party 9'']. Retrieved February 12, 2020.</ref>
|ChiR=Lúnpán Zhuānkuài
|ChiM=Roulette Block
|Ita=Blocco Roulette
|ItaM=Roulette Block}}

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