Editing Save Block

{{item infobox
|image=[[File:Save Block Art SMRPG.jpg|170px]]<br>Artwork of a Save Block from ''Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars''
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars]]'' ([[List of games by date#1996|1996]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch)|Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]'' ([[Nintendo Switch]]) ([[List of games by date#2024|2024]])
|effect=Allows the player to save their game progress when activated
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{{quote|[[Mario|You]] look a bit green, so 'ave a wee bit of advice, on me—hit that {{color|Save Block|red}} to save. 'Cause the thing about life is, ya never know when you're gonna kick the ol' bucket.|[[Bob-omb]] in [[Rogueport]]|[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch)|''Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door'' (Nintendo Switch)]]}}
A '''Save Block''' (or '''save block''') is a [[block]] in the [[Genre#Role-playing|role-playing games]] that enables the player to save their game progress.

==History==
===''Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars''===
Save Blocks first appear in ''[[Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars]]'', being golden-colored blocks with a rainbow "S" label and a star on top of them. When Mario jumps on one, the block takes him to the save screen, allowing the player to save their game. Additionally, Save Blocks can always be found inside [[inn]]s. The Save Block's letter S's appear in serif format in the official artwork, but they use the sans-serif format in the Save Block's in-game sprite.

===''Paper Mario'' series===
[[File:PMCS Save Block Artwork.png|thumb|Artwork of a Save Block from ''Paper Mario: Color Splash'']]
Save Blocks are seen again in the ''[[Paper Mario (series)|Paper Mario]]'' series. This time, instead of jumping on top, they need to be hit from underneath like regular blocks. They also have a vastly different appearance, being rainbow-colored blocks labeled with a white "S" with a star inside rather than the ''[[Super Mario Bros.]]''-style blocks with a star on top seen in ''Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars''. At the end of ''[[Paper Mario]]'', after Mario defeats [[Bowser]], the Save Block near the [[Toad House]] and the [[Toad Town Post Office|Post Office]] in [[Toad Town]] will be removed with its position blocked by [[Bruce]] the [[Bob-omb]] and an unnamed [[Koopa Troopa]]. In ''[[Paper Mario: Color Splash]]'', the "S" label scrolls sideways like how [[? Block]]s in ''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]'' do. Save Blocks are also commonly found near [[Recovery Block]]s. In ''[[Paper Mario: The Origami King]]'', Save Blocks resemble their appearance from ''Paper Mario: Color Splash'', as they are rainbow-colored with a scrolling "S" label, though rather than shiny rotating squares forming their pattern like in the previous two games, rotating diamonds now form their pattern.

In the Spanish translations of ''Paper Mario'', ''Paper Mario: Sticker Star'', ''Paper Mario: Color Splash'' and ''Paper Mario: The Origami King'', the letter on the Save Blocks is changed to "G" for ''guardar'' ("to save"). Likewise, in the Dutch version of ''Paper Mario: Color Splash'' and ''Paper Mario: The Origami King'', the letter of the Save Blocks is changed to "O" for ''opslaan'' ("to save").

===''Mario & Luigi'' series===
In the [[Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga|first]] [[Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time|two installments]] of the ''[[Mario & Luigi (series)|Mario & Luigi]]'' series, Save Blocks are replaced by [[Save Album]]s; however, Save Blocks are present in most of the locations of ''[[Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story]]'', ''[[Mario & Luigi: Dream Team]]'' and ''[[Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey]]'', as well as in the form of yellow [[Emoglobin]]s in ''Bowser's Inside Story'' and its remake. In all three games, Mario and [[Luigi]] have to hit the blocks from below similar to how it is done in the ''Paper Mario'' games, while in ''Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story'' and ''Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey'', [[Bowser]] has to hit the blocks by punching them. In ''Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story'' and ''Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey'', Save Blocks are dark blue blocks that have rainbow-colored linings and "S" labels, though in ''Mario & Luigi: Dream Team'', they are blue-colored blocks with golden linings and a white-colored "S" label. Save Blocks and Save Albums are completely absent in ''[[Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam]]''; as such, the player must save from the menu.
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==Locations==
{|class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" width="640em"
!colspan=2|''Paper Mario''  &nbsp;
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!rowspan="2" width="30%"|[[Goomba Village (location)|Goomba Village]]
|In the [[Goomba Village (location)#Back area|back area]] where Mario lands
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|Outside the [[Goomba]] house
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![[Goomba Road]]
|At the midpoint between the village and the [[Goomba King's Fortress]]
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!rowspan=3|[[Toad Town]]
|Outside the [[Toad House]] and [[Toad Town Post Office]] (inaccessible during the epilogue)
|-
|Outside [[Club 64]]
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|By the exit leading to [[Forever Forest]]
|-
![[Toad Town Tunnels]]
|In the [[Toad Town Tunnels#Area east of entrance|Area east of the entrance]]
|-
![[Koopa Village]]
|In front of the house with a blue roof
|-
!rowspan=3|[[Koopa Bros. Fortress]]
|Outside the front entrance
|-
|Outside the rear entrance
|-
|Outside of [[Bowser???]]'s chamber
|-
!rowspan=2|[[Mt. Rugged]]
|At the train station
|-
|Near the waterfalls
|-
![[Dry Dry Desert (Paper Mario)|Dry Dry Desert]]
|At the entrance to the desert
|-
![[Dry Dry Outpost]]
|In front of the shop
|-
!rowspan=2|[[Dry Dry Ruins]]
|Inside the entrance
|-
|In the antechamber leading to [[Tutankoopa]]'s chamber
|-
![[Boo's Mansion]]
|Outside the entrance
|-
![[Gusty Gulch]]
|In the area to the right of [[Windy Mill]]
|-
!rowspan=2|[[Tubba Blubba's Castle]]
|Outside the entrance
|-
|In the antechamber leading to [[Tubba Blubba]]'s room
|-
![[Shy Guy's Toy Box]]
|At each of the four colored train stations
|-
![[Yoshi's Village]]
|Outside [[Yoshi's Cabana]]
|-
!rowspan=2|[[Mt. Lavalava]]
|Inside the main cavern
|-
|In the cavern leading to [[Lava Piranha]]'s chamber
|-
![[Flower Fields]]
|In front of the [[Wise Wisterwood]]
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![[Shiver City]]
|Between the [[Toad House]] and [[Shiver Shop]]
|-
![[Starborn Valley]]
|Outside the [[Toad House]]
|-
![[Shiver Mountain]]
|At the base of the mountain
|-
!rowspan=2|[[Crystal Palace]]
|In the room below the entrance hall
|-
|In the antechamber leading to the [[Crystal King]]
|-
![[Star Haven]]
|Near the [[Toad House]]
|-
!rowspan=4|[[Bowser's Castle]]
|In the garage
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|Exterior, near a prison cell
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|In each of the first and second central chambers
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|In the second central chambers
|-
!rowspan=2|[[Peach's Castle]]
|Outside the entrance
|-
|At the base of the central tower
|}

{|class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" width="640em"
!colspan=2|''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door''  &nbsp;
|-
!rowspan=3|[[Rogueport]]
|At [[Rogueport#Rogueport Harbor|Rogueport Harbor]]
|-
|Outside the inn in [[Rogueport#Rogueport Plaza|Rogueport Plaza]]
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|At [[Rogueport#Rogueport Station|Rogueport Station]]
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!rowspan=3|[[Rogueport Sewers]]
|In the [[Rogueport Sewers#Sublevel 1, eastern entrance room|eastern entrance room]]
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|In the [[Rogueport Sewers#Sublevel 1, western entrance room|western entrance room]]
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|In the [[Rogueport Sewers#Sublevel 3, Thousand-Year Door room|Thousand-Year Door room]] (moved to the Pit of 100 Trials entrance room in the Nintendo Switch version)
|-
![[Petal Meadows]]
|Next to the [[Warp Pipe]]
|-
![[Petalburg]]
|Near the shop
|-
![[Shhwonk Fortress]]
|Inside the entrance
|-
!rowspan=3|[[Hooktail Castle]]
|Inside the entrance
|-
|At the bottom of the grand stairwell, near the door to the prison
|-
|Outside [[Hooktail]]'s chamber
|-
!rowspan=2|[[Boggly Woods]]
|Near the [[Warp Pipe]] in the first area (moved to the the second section of the woods in the Nintendo Switch version)
|-
|Inside [[Flurrie's House]]
|-
!rowspan=3|[[The Great Tree]]
|Inside the entrance
|-
|Lower level of the [[Pider]] room, near the shop entrance
|-
|Outside the lowest chamber
|-
![[Glitzville]]
|Outside the [[Glitz Pit]]
|-
!rowspan=2|[[Glitz Pit]]
|Red team side of the backstage corridor
|-
|In front of the champion's room
|-
![[Twilight Town]]
|Outside the inn
|-
![[Twilight Trail]]
|To the right of the fallen tree (Nintendo Switch version only) 
|-
!rowspan=3|[[Creepy Steeple]]
|Outside the entrance
|-
|Upper level of the main hall (moved to spiral stairway room in Nintendo Switch version)
|-
|In the underground connecting chamber beneath the well and the steeple.
|-
![[Keelhaul Key]]
|Outside the shantytown inn
|-
!rowspan=3|[[Pirate's Grotto]]
|Inside the entrance 
|-
|In the cavern to the right of the sluice gate controls
|-
|In front of the [[Black Skull]] (disappears after Chapter 5 is completed)
|-
!rowspan=2|[[Excess Express]]
|To the left of room 005
|-
|Inside the engineer's car
|-
![[Riverside Station]]
|Outside the entrance
|-
![[Poshley Heights]]
|In front of the train station
|-
![[Fahr Outpost]]
|Outside the inn
|-
![[Moon]]
|Near Mario's landing site 
|-
!rowspan=2|[[X-Naut Fortress]]
|Inside the entrance
|-
|Lower level of the [[X-Naut]] factory
|-
!rowspan=6|[[Palace of Shadow]]
|On the large bridge over a lake
|-
|Outside the [[Riddle Tower]]
|-
|Outside [[Gloomtail]]'s chamber
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|In the middle of the deep underground section
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|In the ante-chamber leading to the throne room
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|At the bottom of the stairwell leading to the crypt
|}

==Gallery==
===Sprites===
<gallery>
SMRPGSaveBlock.png|''[[Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars]]''
SaveBlock.gif|''Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars''
PM Save Block Render.png|''[[Paper Mario]]''
PMTTYDSaveBlock.png|''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]''
SPM Save Block.png|''[[Super Paper Mario]]''
MLBISSaveBlock.gif|''[[Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story]]''
MLBISSaveBlockAlt.gif|''Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story''
PMSSSaveBlock.png|''[[Paper Mario: Sticker Star]]''
MLBISBJJSaveBlock.png|''[[Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey]]''
</gallery>

===Screenshots===
<gallery>
HiddenChest39.png|''[[Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars]]''
PM Save Block Screenshot.png|''[[Paper Mario]]''
PMTTYD Petalburg screenshot.png|''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]''
SPM Merlon's House.png|''[[Super Paper Mario]]''
MLBIS SaveBlockScreenshot.png|''[[Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story]]''
OutlookpointPMSS.png|''[[Paper Mario: Sticker Star]]''
MLDT Save Block.jpg|''[[Mario & Luigi: Dream Team]]''
PMCS Save Block screenshot.png|''[[Paper Mario: Color Splash]]''
PMCS Save Block Spanish.png|''Paper Mario: Color Splash'' (Spanish)
MLBISDX SaveBlock.png|''[[Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey]]''
MLBISDX SaveBlockBowser.png|''Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey''
MLBISDX SaveBlockInsideBowser.png|''Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey''
PMTOK Save Block.jpg|''[[Paper Mario: The Origami King]]''
PMTOK Save Block crop.png|''Paper Mario: The Origami King''
PMTOK Save Block Dutch.jpg|''Paper Mario: The Origami King'' (Dutch)
SaveBlock MarioRPGswitch.png|[[Super Mario RPG (Nintendo Switch)|''Super Mario RPG'' (Nintendo Switch)]]
</gallery>

==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jap=セーブブロック
|JapR=Sēbu Burokku
|JapM=Save Block
|Spa=Bloque de guardado
|SpaM=Save Block
|Fre=Bloc sauvegarde
|FreM=Save Block
|Ita=Blocco di salvataggio<ref>''Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars'', Italian e-manual, pag. 13</ref><ref>''Super Mario RPG'' (Nintendo Switch), Italian in-game help section, saves</ref> <small>(''Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars'' and ''Super Mario RPG'')</small><br>Album Salvataggio <small>(''Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga'', ''Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time'')</small><br>Blocco Salvataggio <small>(''Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door'', ''Mario & Luigi: Bowser Inside Story'')</small><br>Blocco salvataggio <small>(recent games)</small>
|ItaM=Block of saving<br>Save Album<br>Save Block<br>Save block
|ChiS=保存砖块<ref>[https://ia601606.us.archive.org/BookReader/BookReaderImages.php?zip=/34/items/iQuePaperMarioManual/IQUE%20PAPER%20MARIO_jp2.zip&file=IQUE%20PAPER%20MARIO_jp2/IQUE%20PAPER%20MARIO_0005.jp2&scale=4&rotate=0  iQue's ''Paper Mario'' instruction booklet, page 9]</ref>
|ChiSR=Bǎocún Zhuānkuài
|ChiSM=Save Block
|Por=Bloco de gravação
|PorM=Saving Block
|Ger=Speicher-Block
|GerM=Save Block
|Dut=opslagblok
|DutM=save-block
|Kor=저장블록
|KorR=Jeojang Beullog
|KorM=Save Block
}}

==Trivia==
*In ''[[Paper Mario]]'', after [[Mario]] defeats [[Bowser]], the Save Block near the [[Toad Town Post Office]] disappears, making it impossible for the player to save the game in its "completed" state.

==References==
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