Editing Soft sand

[[File:SMA4 Digging Minigame.png|thumb|Screenshot from ''Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3'']]
[[File:SMB2 Sprite Soft Sand.png|left]]'''Soft sand''',<ref>{{cite|title=''Super Mario Bros. 2'' instruction booklet|page=13|date=1988|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=en|quote=On the surface of the desert, you can also dig in the soft sand.}}</ref><ref>{{cite|date=1993|language=en|publisher=Nintendo of America|title=''Super Mario All-Stars'' instruction booklet|page=18|quote=On the surface of the desert, you can also dig in the soft sand.}}</ref> also referred to as '''soft desert sand'''<ref>{{cite|date=2001|title=''Super Mario Advance'' instruction booklet|page=9|publisher=Nintendo of Europe|language=en|quote=You’ll also be able to dig holes in the soft desert sand.}}</ref> or simply '''sand''',<ref>{{cite|date=2010|title=''Super Mario All-Stars Limited Edition'' instruction booklet|page=35|publisher=Nintendo of Europe|language=en|quote=Press {{button|wii|1}} to pull grass out of the ground or to dig through sand.}}</ref> is a destructible type of [[Semisolid Platform]] that first appears in the deserts of [[World 2 (Super Mario Bros. 2)|World 2]] and [[World 6 (Super Mario Bros. 2)|World 6]] in ''[[Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic]]'' and ''[[Super Mario Bros. 2]]''. Soft sand can be dug up below [[Mario]] or another playable character by pressing {{button|nes|B}} if they are not carrying anything. Alternatively, soft sand can also be blown up by explosives, including [[Bob-omb|Bob-Omb]]s and [[bomb]]s. All characters dig at the same speed.<ref>{{cite|author=Bismuth|timestamp=17:12|url=youtu.be/v39OFn9Q8qw?si=4QMI2lLRTpcStNvT&t=1032|title=''Super Mario Bros. 2'' Speedrun World Record Explained|publisher=YouTube|language=en|accessdate=January 19, 2024}}</ref>

Soft sand is included within some levels of [[World-e]] in ''[[Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3]]''.

In ''[[Super Mario Maker 2]]'', [[SMB2 Mario]] can dig [[Cloud Block]]s as if they were soft sand.

==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jpn=やわらかい{{ruby|土|つち}}
|JpnC=<ref>{{cite|date=1987|publisher=Nintendo|language=ja|title=''Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic'' instruction booklet|page=20|quote=「{{ruby|砂漠|さばく}}の{{ruby|面|めん}}では、やわらかい{{ruby|土|つち}}を{{ruby|掘|ほ}}っていくこともできるんだよ。」}}</ref><ref>{{cite|date=1993|language=ja|publisher=Nintendo|title=''Super Mario Collection'' instruction booklet|quote=「{{ruby|砂漠|さばく}}では、やわらかい{{ruby|土|つち}}を{{ruby|掘|ほ}}っていくこともできます。」}}</ref><ref>{{cite|language=ja|publisher=Nintendo|title=スーパーマリオアドバンス (''Sūpā Mario Adobansu'') instruction booklet|page=21|date=2001|quote=「{{ruby|砂漠|さばく}}の{{ruby|面|めん}}では、やわらかい{{ruby|土|つち}}を{{ruby|掘|ほ}}っていくこともできるんだよ。」}}</ref>
|JpnR=Yawarakai tsuchi
|JpnM=Soft soil
|Jpn2=砂<ref>{{cite|author=Sakai, Kazuya (Ambit), et al.|language=ja|publisher=[[Shogakukan]]|location=Tokyo|date=October 19, 2015|title=『スーパーマリオブラザーズ百科: 任天堂公式ガイドブック』 (''Super Mario Bros. Hyakka: Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook'')|page=70|isbn=978-4-09-106569-8}}</ref>
|Jpn2R=Suna
|Jpn2M=Sand
|Ita=Sabbia
|ItaC=<ref>{{cite|language=it|date=2010|title=''Super Mario All-Stars'' (Wii) instruction booklet|page=36|publisher=Nintendo of Europe}}</ref>
|ItaM=Sand
}}

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