Editing Snake Block

{{rewrite|The name "Snake Block" doesn't seem to have appeared in English sources until 2012, so possibly replace pre-NSMB2 instances with "snake platform".}}

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

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'''Snake Blocks''', originally known as '''snake platforms'''<ref>Stratton, Bryan. ''Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2'' Prima's Official Strategy Guide. Page 70. "''To get the first Dragon Coin of the area, jump onto the “snake platform” to the right of the entrance.''"</ref> and also known as '''Caterpillar Blocks'''<ref>von Esmarch, Nick. ''New Super Mario Bros. 2'' PRIMA Official Game Guide. Pages 84, 85, 120, 140, 166, 227.</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]]'', the [[New Super Mario Bros. (disambiguation)|''New Super Mario Bros.'' games]], 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]].

Snake Blocks 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 Blocks once again resemble Empty Blocks from ''Super Mario World'' but are now bright green rather than brown, and only appear in [[World 7-Castle (New Super Mario Bros.)|World 7-Castle]] and [[World 8-Tower 2 (New Super Mario Bros.)|World 8-Tower 2]].

A similar Snake Block called the [[Ice Snake Block]] appears in ''[[New Super Mario Bros. Wii]]''. It is found in [[World 3 (New Super Mario Bros. Wii)|World 3]]'s Castle, but unlike regular Snake Blocks, its icy surface is slippery, though the [[Penguin Suit]] can remedy this fact. Normal Snake Blocks are [[List of New Super Mario Bros. Wii pre-release and unused content#Unused data|unused]] in ''New Super Mario Bros. Wii''.

The Snake Blocks in ''Super Mario Galaxy 2'' appear in the [[Boo Moon Galaxy]], [[Bowser's Lava Lair]], and [[Bowser's Galaxy Generator]]. In this game, they make their only 3D appearance, though they are used in the same way, and are colored pink. It is first shown here that they can be of varying widths, instead of only one block wide, as in its previous 2D side-scrolling appearances.

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.

In  ''[[Super Mario Maker]]'' and ''[[Super Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DS]]'', Snake Blocks can be reproduced by placing a long row of blocks onto a [[Track (object)|track]]. They also make an appearance in [[World 15-4 (Super Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DS)|World 15-4]] of the Super Mario Challenge of the latter version.

SMM2 Snake Block SM3DW icon.png|''Super Mario Maker 2'' (''[[Super Mario 3D World]]'' style)

SMM2 Fast Snake Block SM3DW icon.png|''Super Mario Maker 2'' (''Super Mario 3D World'' style)

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|Dut=Slangenblok<ref>Nintendo Nederland. (May 15, 2019). [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PUVPXThV-uc\ Super Mario Maker 2 Direct - 16 mei 2019]. ''YouTube''. Retrieved May 16, 2019.</ref>

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|PorE=Bloco serpente<ref> Nintendo Portugal. (May 15, 2019). [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uG5PwoP3Ch8 Super Mario Maker 2 Direct - 15/05/2019]. ''YouTube''. Retrieved January 10, 2021.</ref>

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|ChiT=蛇磚塊<ref>Nintendo HK. (May 17, 2019). [https://youtu.be/SZoM0HopW_g 《Super Mario Maker 2 (超級瑪利歐創作家 2)》Direct 2019.5.16]. ''YouTube''. Retrieved May 21, 2019.</ref>

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