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|image=[[File:Platform Blocks NSMB.png|200x200px]]<br>Sprite of an extended face block from ''New Super Mario Bros.''
{{distinguish|Face Block}}
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|image=[[File:Platform Blocks NSMB.png|20px]]<br>A four block-tall face block from ''[[New Super Mario Bros.]]''
|first_appearance=''[[New Super Mario Bros.]]'' ([[List of games by date#2006|2006]])
|first_appearance=''[[New Super Mario Bros.]]'' ([[List of games by date#2006|2006]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Super Mario 3D World]]'' ([[List of games by date#2013|2013]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Super Mario 3D Land]]'' ([[List of games by date#2011|2011]])
|effect=Expands into a series of blocks when hit.
|effect=Expands into a series of blocks when hit
|related=[[Stretch Block]]
}}
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'''Face blocks'''<ref>von Esmarch, Nick. ''Super Mario 3D Land'' PRIMA Official Game Guide. Page 11.</ref> (or '''face Blocks'''<ref>von Esmarch, Nick. ''Super Mario 3D Land'' PRIMA Official Game Guide. Page 164.</ref>) are objects that first appear in ''[[New Super Mario Bros.]]'' Each time [[Mario]] hits the [[block]], another block pops out of the previous one. By hitting it multiple times, Mario can use the series of blocks to reach higher platforms. However, if Mario takes too long, the blocks will collapse back to normal.
'''Face blocks'''<ref>{{cite|author=von Esmarch, Nick|title=''Super Mario 3D Land: PRIMA Official Game Guide''|page=11|publisher=[[Prima Games]]|date=November 13, 2011|language=en-us|isbn=978-0-307-89386-4}}</ref> (or '''face Blocks''')<ref>{{cite|author=von Esmarch, Nick|title=''Super Mario 3D Land'' PRIMA Official Game Guide|page=164|publisher=Prima Games|date=November 13, 2011|language=en-us|isbn=978-0-307-89386-4}}</ref> are a series of platforming [[block]]s in the ''[[Super Mario (series)|Super Mario]]'' series that first appear in ''[[New Super Mario Bros.]]'' They appear within courses as a single block, but striking them repeatedly underneath causes a row of succeeding blocks to extend from it for a brief period of time. These form bridges and walls that can be used to reach high platforms, cross gaps, and access secrets. ''New Super Mario Bros.'' is the only game in which the struck block as the same design as the ones that extend from it. In ''[[Super Mario 3D Land]]'' and ''[[Super Mario Maker 2]]'', it is a large [[! Block]]. In ''[[Super Mario 3D World]]'' and ''[[Bowser's Fury]]'', the struck block typically resembles a [[Mega ? Block]].


==History==
==History==
===''New Super Mario Bros.''===
===''New Super Mario Bros.''===
[[File:Platform Block.png|thumb|Mario hitting a face block in ''New Super Mario Bros.'']]
In ''New Super Mario Bros.'', these blocks first appear as a single faced block. Each time [[Mario]] or [[Luigi]] hits the block, another face block pops out above the previous one, creating up to four face blocks piled on one another. This can help Mario or Luigi reach higher platforms, enter horizontal [[Warp Pipe|pipes]], or block enemies. However, if Mario or Luigi takes too long, the blocks will collapse back into a single face block.
Face blocks are introduced in ''[[New Super Mario Bros.]]'', starting out as a single block with a face on it. Up to four blocks can be stacked, and they can also be used to enter horizontal pipes or block enemy attacks. After a while, they will revert back into a single block.


===''Super Mario 3D Land''===
===''Super Mario 3D Land''===
[[File:! Block and face blocks scene SM3DL.png|thumb|left|Mario creating face blocks in ''Super Mario 3D Land'']]
Face blocks return in ''[[Super Mario 3D Land]]'', where they are spawned from red [[! Block]]s. They have the same design, are often spawned in different paths, and allow Mario or Luigi to access out-of-reach locations and collectibles, though they appear for only a period of time before they disappear.
The blocks return in ''[[Super Mario 3D Land]]'', where the main block is an [[! Block]]. It can conjure more or less than four blocks. The blocks do not always go straight up, they go in some paths as well. The face blocks even have the same design, and the ! Block is sometimes the size of regular blocks or sometimes bigger.


===''Super Mario 3D World''===
===''Super Mario 3D World'' / ''Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury''===
There are certain [[? Block]]s in ''[[Super Mario 3D World]]'' that act as face blocks, which produce Empty Blocks. In [[Bowser's Bob-omb Brigade]] and [[Super Block Land]], there are larger versions of them. They can also be activated by tapping on the [[Wii U#Wii U GamePad|Wii U GamePad]].
The same blocks appear in ''[[Super Mario 3D World]]'' and [[Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury|its port]], but they resemble [[Empty Block]]s and lack faces in this game. The struck block in most appearances resembles a [[Mega ? Block]] and their dimensions are the same as the face blocks from ''Super Mario 3D Land''. The only exception is the one in [[Double Cherry Pass]], which resembles and is the same size as a normal [[? Block]].  
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===''Super Mario Maker 2''===
The larger blocks are encountered in [[Bowser's Bob-omb Brigade]] and [[Super Block Land]]. Hitting the block makes several rows of blocks extend out of it, allowing the player character to reach otherwise unreachable areas. In the [[Prima Games]] guidebook, this is referred to as a '''? Block tower'''.<ref>{{cite|author=Musa, Alexander, and Geson Hatchett|date=2013|title=''Super Mario 3D World: PRIMA Official Game Guide''|format=eGuide|location=Roseville|publisher=Prima Games|page=76}}</ref> In the port's ''[[Bowser's Fury]]'' mode, these blocks are used to scale [[Clawswipe Colosseum]] after defeating Cat [[Boom Boom|Cat Boom Boom]] and [[Pom Pom|Cat Pom Pom]] once.
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[[File:SMM2 Platform Block.png|thumb|A ! Block in ''Super Mario Maker 2'' in the ''Super Mario 3D World'' style]]
==Gallery==
In ''[[Super Mario Maker 2]]'', giant, yellow ! Blocks that act as face blocks appear as course elements. When hit multiple times, they produce giant [[Empty Block]]s.<ref>Nintendo. (February 13, 2019). [https://youtu.be/AjJWzJC8Kfk Super Mario Maker 2 – Announcement Trailer – Nintendo Switch]. ''YouTube''. Retrieved on February 14, 2019.</ref>
<gallery>
! Block and face blocks scene SM3DL.png|''[[Super Mario 3D Land]]''
Super Block Land.jpg|''[[Super Mario 3D World]]''
SM3DWBF Mega Question Block.png|''[[Bowser's Fury]]''
</gallery>


==Names in other languages==
==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
{{foreign names
|Jap=伸び縮みブロック<ref>Shogakukan. 2015. ''Super Mario Bros. Hyakka: Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook'', ''New Super Mario Bros.'' section, page 119.</ref><br>''Nobichidimi Burokku''<br>ビックリボックス<ref>Shogakukan. 2015. ''Super Mario Bros. Hyakka: Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook'', ''Super Mario 3D Land'' section, page 186.</ref><br>''Bikkuri Bokkusu''<br>伸びるブロック<ref>Shogakukan. 2015. ''Super Mario Bros. Hyakka: Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook'', ''Super Mario 3D World'' section, page 233.</ref><br>''Nobiru Burokku''
|Jpn=伸び縮みブロック
|JapM=[[Stretch Block]] (''New Super Mario Bros.'')<br><br>Surprise Box (''Super Mario 3D Land'' and ''Super Mario Maker 2'')<br><br>Expand Block (''Super Mario 3D World'')
|JpnR=Nobichijimi Burokku
|Spa=Bloque Amarillo{{ref needed}}
|JpnM=[[Stretch Block]]
|JpnN=''New Super Mario Bros.''
|JpnC=<ref>{{cite|author=Sakai, Kazuya (ambit), kikai, Akinori Sao, Junko Fukuda, Kunio Takayama, and Ko Nakahara (Shogakukan), editors|date=2015|title="New Super Mario Bros." in 『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』|language=ja|location=Tokyo|publisher=Shogakukan|isbn=978-4-09-106569-8|page=119}}</ref>
|Jpn2=伸びるブロック
|Jpn2R=Nobiru Burokku
|Jpn2M=^
|Jpn2N=''Super Mario 3D World''
|Jpn2C=<ref>{{cite|author=Sakai, Kazuya (Ambit), kikai, Akinori Sao, Junko Fukuda, Kunio Takayama, and Ko Nakahara (Shogakukan), editors|date=2015|title="Super Mario 3D World" in 『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』|language=ja|location=Tokyo|publisher=Shogakukan|isbn=978-4-09-106569-8|page=233}}</ref>
|Jpn3=ビックリブロックス
|Jpn3R=Bikkuri Burokkusu
|Jpn3M=Surprise Blocks; compare with [[! Block#Names in other languages|! Block]]
|Jpn3N=''Super Mario 3D Land''
|Jpn3C=<ref>{{cite|author=Sakai, Kazuya (ambit), kikai, Akinori Sao, Junko Fukuda, Kunio Takayama, and Ko Nakahara (Shogakukan), editors|date=2015|title="Super Mario 3D Land" in 『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』|language=ja|location=Tokyo|publisher=Shogakukan|isbn=978-4-09-106569-8|page=186}}</ref>
|Ita=Blocco fisarmonica
|ItaM=[[Stretch Block]]
|ItaN=''New Super Mario Bros.''
|ItaC=<ref>{{cite|date=November 15, 2018|title=''[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia]]''|publisher=Magazzini Salani|language=it|isbn=889367436X|page=119}}</ref>
|Ita2=Cassa !
|Ita2M=! Crate
|Ita2N=''Super Mario 3D Land''
|Ita2C=<ref>{{cite|date=November 15, 2018|title=''[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia]]''|publisher=Magazzini Salani|language=it|isbn=889367436X|page=186}}</ref>
|Spa=Bloque Amarillo
|SpaM=Yellow Block
|SpaM=Yellow Block
|Dut=!-blok<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>
|DutM=! block
}}
}}
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Face block
Face block
Sprite of an extended face block from New Super Mario Bros.
First appearance New Super Mario Bros. (2006)
Latest appearance Super Mario 3D Land (2011)
Effect Expands into a series of blocks when hit
Related

Face blocks[1] (or face Blocks)[2] are a series of platforming blocks in the Super Mario series that first appear in New Super Mario Bros. They appear within courses as a single block, but striking them repeatedly underneath causes a row of succeeding blocks to extend from it for a brief period of time. These form bridges and walls that can be used to reach high platforms, cross gaps, and access secrets. New Super Mario Bros. is the only game in which the struck block as the same design as the ones that extend from it. In Super Mario 3D Land and Super Mario Maker 2, it is a large ! Block. In Super Mario 3D World and Bowser's Fury, the struck block typically resembles a Mega ? Block.

History[edit]

New Super Mario Bros.[edit]

In New Super Mario Bros., these blocks first appear as a single faced block. Each time Mario or Luigi hits the block, another face block pops out above the previous one, creating up to four face blocks piled on one another. This can help Mario or Luigi reach higher platforms, enter horizontal pipes, or block enemies. However, if Mario or Luigi takes too long, the blocks will collapse back into a single face block.

Super Mario 3D Land[edit]

Face blocks return in Super Mario 3D Land, where they are spawned from red ! Blocks. They have the same design, are often spawned in different paths, and allow Mario or Luigi to access out-of-reach locations and collectibles, though they appear for only a period of time before they disappear.

Super Mario 3D World / Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury[edit]

The same blocks appear in Super Mario 3D World and its port, but they resemble Empty Blocks and lack faces in this game. The struck block in most appearances resembles a Mega ? Block and their dimensions are the same as the face blocks from Super Mario 3D Land. The only exception is the one in Double Cherry Pass, which resembles and is the same size as a normal ? Block.

The larger blocks are encountered in Bowser's Bob-omb Brigade and Super Block Land. Hitting the block makes several rows of blocks extend out of it, allowing the player character to reach otherwise unreachable areas. In the Prima Games guidebook, this is referred to as a ? Block tower.[3] In the port's Bowser's Fury mode, these blocks are used to scale Clawswipe Colosseum after defeating Cat Cat Boom Boom and Cat Pom Pom once.

Gallery[edit]

Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese 伸び縮みブロック[4]
Nobichijimi Burokku
Stretch Block New Super Mario Bros.
伸びるブロック[5]
Nobiru Burokku
Super Mario 3D World
ビックリブロックス[6]
Bikkuri Burokkusu
Surprise Blocks; compare with ! Block Super Mario 3D Land
Italian Blocco fisarmonica[7] Stretch Block New Super Mario Bros.
Cassa ![8] ! Crate Super Mario 3D Land
Spanish Bloque Amarillo[?] Yellow Block

References[edit]

  1. ^ von Esmarch, Nick (November 13, 2011). Super Mario 3D Land: PRIMA Official Game Guide. Prima Games (American English). ISBN 978-0-307-89386-4. Page 11.
  2. ^ von Esmarch, Nick (November 13, 2011). Super Mario 3D Land PRIMA Official Game Guide. Prima Games (American English). ISBN 978-0-307-89386-4. Page 164.
  3. ^ Musa, Alexander, and Geson Hatchett (2013). Super Mario 3D World: PRIMA Official Game Guide (eGuide). Roseville: Prima Games. Page 76.
  4. ^ Sakai, Kazuya (ambit), kikai, Akinori Sao, Junko Fukuda, Kunio Takayama, and Ko Nakahara (Shogakukan), editors (2015). "New Super Mario Bros." in 『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』. Tokyo: Shogakukan (Japanese). ISBN 978-4-09-106569-8. Page 119.
  5. ^ Sakai, Kazuya (Ambit), kikai, Akinori Sao, Junko Fukuda, Kunio Takayama, and Ko Nakahara (Shogakukan), editors (2015). "Super Mario 3D World" in 『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』. Tokyo: Shogakukan (Japanese). ISBN 978-4-09-106569-8. Page 233.
  6. ^ Sakai, Kazuya (ambit), kikai, Akinori Sao, Junko Fukuda, Kunio Takayama, and Ko Nakahara (Shogakukan), editors (2015). "Super Mario 3D Land" in 『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』. Tokyo: Shogakukan (Japanese). ISBN 978-4-09-106569-8. Page 186.
  7. ^ November 15, 2018. Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia. Magazzini Salani (Italian). ISBN 889367436X. Page 119.
  8. ^ November 15, 2018. Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia. Magazzini Salani (Italian). ISBN 889367436X. Page 186.