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A '''Light Block'''<ref>Bueno, Fernando. ''New Super Mario Bros. Wii'' Prima Official Game Guide. Page 104.</ref><ref>Stratton, Steve. ''New Super Mario Bros. U'' PRIMA Official Game Guide. Page 155.</ref> is a type of [[block]] appearing in the ''New Super Mario Bros.'' subseries.
A '''Light Block'''<ref>{{cite|author=Bueno, Fernando|title=''New Super Mario Bros. Wii'' PRIMA Official Game Guide|page=104|date=November 15, 2009|publisher=[[Prima Games]]|language=en-us|isbn=978-0-307-46592-4}}</ref><ref>{{cite|author=Stratton, Steve|title=''New Super Mario Bros. U'' PRIMA Official Game Guide|page=155|publisher=Prima Games|language=en-us|date=November 18, 2012|isbn=978-0-307-89690-2}}</ref> is a type of [[block]] appearing in the ''New Super Mario Bros.'' subseries.


==History==
==History==
===''Super Mario'' series===
===''Super Mario'' series===
====''New Super Mario Bros. Wii''====
====''New Super Mario Bros. Wii''====
Light Blocks first appear in ''[[New Super Mario Bros. Wii]]'', exclusively in {{world-link|5|ghosthouse|World 5-Ghost House (New Super Mario Bros. Wii)}}. These blocks appear as moving nearly invisible blocks at first (which look similar to [[Empty Block]]s from ''[[Super Mario World]]''), but if [[Mario]] or any other character hits a nearby [[? Switch]], the blocks temporarily glow and keep moving. These blocks can be used for both lighting the way and means of transportation.
Light Blocks first appear in ''[[New Super Mario Bros. Wii]]'. They are encountered in {{world-link|5|ghosthouse|World 5-Ghost House (New Super Mario Bros. Wii)}} only. Light Blocks appear as moving nearly invisible blocks at first (which look similar to [[Empty Block]]s from ''[[Super Mario World]]''), but if [[Mario]] or any other character hits a nearby [[? Switch]], the blocks temporarily glow and keep moving. These blocks can be used for both lighting the way and means of transportation.


====''New Super Mario Bros. U'' / ''New Super Luigi U'' / ''New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe''====
====''New Super Mario Bros. U'' / ''New Super Luigi U'' / ''New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe''====
[[File:NSMBU Light Blocks Dark Tower Screenshot.jpg|thumb|260px|Light Blocks in ''New Super Mario Bros. U'']]
Light Blocks are objects in ''[[New Super Mario Bros. U]]'', ''[[New Super Luigi U]]'', and [[New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe|their port]]. They appear in [[Light Blocks, Dark Tower]] in the former and in [[Light-Up-Lift Tower]] in the latter. Light Blocks function identically as before.
Light Blocks reappear in ''[[New Super Mario Bros. U]]'', ''[[New Super Luigi U]]'', and [[New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe|their port]], behaving exactly the same as in previous appearances. They appear in [[Light Blocks, Dark Tower]] in the former and in [[Light-Up-Lift Tower]] in the latter.


===''Minecraft''===
===''Minecraft''===
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==Gallery==
==Gallery==
<gallery>
<gallery>
NSLU Light-Up-Lift Tower Screenshot.jpg|''[[New Super Luigi U]]''
NSMBU Light Blocks Dark Tower Screenshot.jpg|Screenshot from ''New Super Mario Bros. U''
NSLU Light-Up-Lift Tower Screenshot.jpg|Screenshot from ''New Super Luigi U''
</gallery>
</gallery>


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|FreEM=Luminous Block
|FreEM=Luminous Block
|Ita=Cubo luminoso<ref>[[Light-Up-Lift Tower|Salita sui cubi luminosi]]</ref> <small>(''New Super Luigi U'')</small>
|Ita=Cubo luminoso<ref>[[Light-Up-Lift Tower|Salita sui cubi luminosi]]</ref> <small>(''New Super Luigi U'')</small>
|Ita2=Blocco Luce<ref>''[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia]]'', pag. 151</ref> <small>(''New Super Mario Bros. Wii'')</small>
|Ita2=Blocco Luce<ref>{{cite|date=November 15, 2018|title=''[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia]]''|publisher=Magazzini Salani|language=it|isbn=889367436X|page=151}}</ref> <small>(''New Super Mario Bros. Wii'')</small>
|Ita3=Blocco luminoso<ref>''[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia]]'', pag. 216</ref> <small>(''New Super Mario Bros. U'')</small>
|Ita3=Blocco luminoso<ref>{{cite|date=November 15, 2018|title=''[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia]]''|publisher=Magazzini Salani|language=it|isbn=889367436X|page=216}}</ref> <small>(''New Super Mario Bros. U'')</small>
|ItaM=Bright/Glowing cube
|ItaM=Bright/Glowing cube
|Ita2M=Light Block; shared with [[Glow Block]] in the [[List of New Super Mario Bros. Wii trading cards|trading card]] album
|Ita2M=Light Block; shared with [[Glow Block]] in the [[List of New Super Mario Bros. Wii trading cards|trading card]] album

Revision as of 22:16, June 28, 2024

This article is about the block that illuminates dark areas in the New Super Mario Bros. games. For the light-elemental Baddie Blocks in Puzzle & Dragons: Super Mario Bros. Edition, see Baddie Block § Light Block.
Not to be confused with Light Box or Glow Block.
Light Block
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Renders of an on and off Light Block from New Super Mario Bros. Wii
First appearance New Super Mario Bros. Wii (2009)
Latest appearance New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe (2019)

A Light Block[1][2] is a type of block appearing in the New Super Mario Bros. subseries.

History

Super Mario series

New Super Mario Bros. Wii

Light Blocks first appear in New Super Mario Bros. Wii'. They are encountered in World 5-Ghost House only. Light Blocks appear as moving nearly invisible blocks at first (which look similar to Empty Blocks from Super Mario World), but if Mario or any other character hits a nearby ? Switch, the blocks temporarily glow and keep moving. These blocks can be used for both lighting the way and means of transportation.

New Super Mario Bros. U / New Super Luigi U / New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe

Light Blocks are objects in New Super Mario Bros. U, New Super Luigi U, and their port. They appear in Light Blocks, Dark Tower in the former and in Light-Up-Lift Tower in the latter. Light Blocks function identically as before.

Minecraft

In the Super Mario Mash-up in Minecraft, Redstone Lamps are replaced by Light Blocks.

Gallery

See also

Names in other languages

Language Name Meaning
Japanese 光る足場
Hikaru Ashiba
Light Foothold

Chinese (simplified) 发光砖块
Fāguāng Zhuānkuài
Glowing Block

Chinese (traditional) 發光磚塊
Fāguāng Zhuānkuài
Glowing Block

French (NOE) Bloc lumineux
Luminous Block
German Leuchtplattform
Light Platform
Italian Cubo luminoso[3] (New Super Luigi U)
Blocco Luce[4] (New Super Mario Bros. Wii)
Blocco luminoso[5] (New Super Mario Bros. U)
Bright/Glowing cube
Light Block; shared with Glow Block in the trading card album
Bright/Glowing block
Russian Светящийся блок
Svetyashchiysya blok
Glowing Block

Spanish (NOA) Bloque Brillante
Glow Block
Spanish (NOE) Bloque Luminoso
Light Block

References

  1. ^ Bueno, Fernando (November 15, 2009). New Super Mario Bros. Wii PRIMA Official Game Guide. Prima Games (American English). ISBN 978-0-307-46592-4. Page 104.
  2. ^ Stratton, Steve (November 18, 2012). New Super Mario Bros. U PRIMA Official Game Guide. Prima Games (American English). ISBN 978-0-307-89690-2. Page 155.
  3. ^ Salita sui cubi luminosi
  4. ^ November 15, 2018. Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia. Magazzini Salani (Italian). ISBN 889367436X. Page 151.
  5. ^ November 15, 2018. Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia. Magazzini Salani (Italian). ISBN 889367436X. Page 216.