Editing Snake Block

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|image=[[File:Snake Block.png|160px]]<br>''New Super Mario Bros.'' sprites

|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario World]]'' ([[List of games by date#1990|1990]])

|latest_appearance=''[[Super Mario Maker 2]]'' ([[List of games by date#2019|2019]])

|effect=Moves in straight lines, helping the player traverse otherwise impossible-to-reach areas.

{{quote|We're working on new and novel ways to use Snake Blocks at our new Snake Block testing facility! Just jump onto a Snake Block and it'll start moving.|Snake Block Enthusiast|''[[Super Mario Maker 2]]''}}

'''Snake Blocks''', originally named '''snake platforms'''<ref>{{cite|author=Stratton, Bryan|title=''Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2–Prima’s Official Strategy Guide''|page=70|date=February 26, 2002|quote=To get the first Dragon Coin of the area, jump onto the “snake platform” to the right of the entrance.|publisher=[[Prima Games]]|language=en-us|isbn=0-7615-3913-1}}</ref> and also named '''Caterpillar Blocks'''<ref>{{cite|author=von Esmarch, Nick|title=''New Super Mario Bros. 2'' PRIMA Official Game Guide|page=84, 85, 120, 140, 166, 227|language=en-us|publisher=Prima Games|date=2012|isbn=978-0-307-89552-3}}</ref> or simply '''Platforms''',<ref>{{cite|title=''Nintendo Power'' Volume 28|page=18 and 20|date=September 1991|language=en-us|publisher=Nintendo of America}}</ref> are [[block]]s usually found in castle-type levels. They first appear in ''[[Super Mario World]]'', and reappear in ''[[Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3]]'', ''[[New Super Mario Bros.]]'' and its sequels, and ''[[Super Mario Galaxy 2]]''. They consist of a set of blocks that start out as a normal platform and begin to move like a snake when stepped on by [[Mario]] or [[Luigi]]. Snake Blocks can turn left, right, up, or down as they follow a predetermined course over obstacles such as a wide pool of [[lava]], a bed of [[Spike Trap|spike]]s, or a bottomless [[pit]]. Mario must continue to move and follow it when on these blocks, otherwise they keep moving under Mario's feet, and he may possibly fall off.

Snake Blocks most likely get their name from the classic arcade game ''{{wp|Snake (video game genre)|Snake}}'', in which the player controls a sequence of dots that resembles the snake animal.

In ''[[Super Mario World]]'' and ''[[Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2]]'', snake platforms consist of normal [[Empty Block]]s. They first appear in [[5 Roy's Castle|#5 Roy's Castle]], and reappear in [[7 Larry's Castle|#7 Larry's Castle]]. Originally, they emitted the same SFX as the [[Grinder|Grinders]], [[Chainsaw|Chainsaws]], and [[Rope|Ropes]], but with a faster repeating process; but in the Game Boy Advance remake, they emit their own unique SFX similar to a bubbling sound.

Snake platforms return in ''[[Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3]]'', where they only appear in the [[World-e]] levels [[A Towering Tour]] and [[Vexing Doors]], and now consist of [[Rotating Block]]s from ''Super Mario World'' rather than Empty Blocks.

In ''[[New Super Mario Bros.]]'', snake platforms once again resemble Empty Blocks from ''Super Mario World'' but are now bright green rather than brown, and only appear in {{world-link|7|castlen|World 7-Castle (New Super Mario Bros.)}} and {{world-link|8|towern|World 8-Tower 2 (New Super Mario Bros.)}}[[World 8-Tower 2 (New Super Mario Bros.)|2]].

 

 

 

Under their new name, Snake Blocks reappear in various levels in ''[[New Super Mario Bros. 2]]'', where they have the same appearance they have in ''New Super Mario Bros.'' This is the first time they are seen moving on their own. Also, this is the first time that they are not only used as platforms to cross gaps, but also as obstacles, especially in {{world-link|1|towern2|World 1-Tower (New Super Mario Bros. 2)}}. They are much more common in this game compared to the previous ''New Super Mario Bros.'' games.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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