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|image=[[File:PinkBoo.jpg|200px]]<br>Artwork of a Boo Block from ''[[Super Mario Sunshine]]
|image=[[File:PinkBoo.jpg|200px]]<br>Artwork of a Pink Boo from ''[[Super Mario Sunshine]]
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario World]]'' ([[List of games by date#1990|1990]])
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario World]]'' ([[List of games by date#1990|1990]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Super Mario 3D All-Stars]]'' ([[List of games by date#2020|2020]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Super Mario 3D All-Stars]]'' ([[List of games by date#2020|2020]])
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A '''Boo Block'''<ref>Leung, Jason, Terry Munson, and Scott Pelland. ''Yoshi's Story'' Player's Guide. Page 10.</ref><ref name=web>[https://web.archive.org/web/19991009233502/http://www.yoshisstory.com/6-3.html ''Yoshi's Story'' official website (Wayback Archive)]. Retrieved April 22, 2015.</ref> (originally known as a '''Boo Buddy Block'''),<ref name=MM>M. Arakawa. Nintendo ''Mario Mania'' Player's Guide. Page 51.</ref> also known as a '''Block Boo''',<ref name=web/><ref>"'''''Block Boos:''' These Boos turn into blocks when you turn to face them. They are too valuable as blocks, so why bother defeating them?''" - Prima Bath. ''Nintendo 64 Game Secrets, 1999 Edition'', and ''Ultimate Nintendo 64 Pocket Power Guide, 1999 Edition'' Prima's Official Strategy Guide. Page 110 and 79, respectively.</ref> is a type of [[Boo]] capable of transforming into a [[block]] called a Ghost Block<ref name=MM/> when threatened.
A '''Block Boo''',<ref name=web>[https://web.archive.org/web/19991009233502/http://www.yoshisstory.com/6-3.html ''Yoshi's Story'' official website (Wayback Archive)]. Retrieved April 22, 2015.</ref><ref>"'''''Block Boos:''' These Boos turn into blocks when you turn to face them. They are too valuable as blocks, so why bother defeating them?''" - Prima Bath. ''Nintendo 64 Game Secrets, 1999 Edition'', and ''Ultimate Nintendo 64 Pocket Power Guide, 1999 Edition'' Prima's Official Strategy Guide. Page 110 and 79, respectively.</ref> also known as a '''Boo Block'''<ref name=web/><ref>Leung, Jason, Terry Munson, and Scott Pelland. ''Yoshi's Story'' Player's Guide. Page 10.</ref> (originally known as a '''Boo Buddy Block'''),<ref name=MM>M. Arakawa. Nintendo ''Mario Mania'' Player's Guide. Page 51.</ref> is a type of [[Boo]] capable of transforming into a [[block]] called a Ghost Block<ref name=MM/> when threatened.
==History==
==History==
===''Super Mario'' series===
===''Super Mario'' series===
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====''Super Mario Sunshine''====
====''Super Mario Sunshine''====
[[File:SMS Boo Block.png|thumb|A Pink Boo in block form]]
[[File:SMS Boo Block.png|thumb|A Pink Boo in block form]]
In ''[[Super Mario Sunshine]]'', Boo Blocks are known as '''Pink Boos'''<ref>Hodgson, David S J, Bryan Stratton, and Stephen Stratton. ''Super Mario Sunshine'' Prima's Official Strategy Guide. Page 20.</ref> in English, and they bear a resemblance to [[Red Boo]]s due to their color. Like normal Boos in this game, they do not care if Mario looks at them, instead turning into Ghost Blocks only if sprayed with [[F.L.U.D.D.|FLUDD]]'s water or a [[Yoshi (species)|Yoshi]]'s [[juice]]. Ghost Blocks look very similar to [[Yoshi Platform]]s, though their eyes can still be seen on one side. After a lengthy period of time, they revert to their normal form. When not a block, they meanderingly patrol a small area in a similar manner to the Boos in the game, though in a less wide range. They appear solely in [[Hotel Delfino]], specifically around the central pillar in [[The Hotel Lobby's Secret]] and over a large pool-like bathtub under an air vent in [[Mysterious Hotel Delfino]].
In ''[[Super Mario Sunshine]]'', Block Boos<ref>[https://www.nintendo.co.jp/character/mario/archives/sunshine/?lang=en English ''Super Mario Sunshine'' entry on the official Mario Portal]. ''nintendo.co.jp''. Retrieved August 13, 2022. ([https://archive.ph/M7LQb Archived] August 12, 2022 23:33:20 UTC via archive.today.)</ref> are known as '''Pink Boos'''<ref>Hodgson, David S J, Bryan Stratton, and Stephen Stratton. ''Super Mario Sunshine'' Prima's Official Strategy Guide. Page 20.</ref> by [[Prima Games]], and they bear a resemblance to [[Red Boo]]s due to their color. Like normal Boos in this game, they do not care if Mario looks at them, instead turning into Ghost Blocks only if sprayed with [[F.L.U.D.D.|FLUDD]]'s water or a [[Yoshi (species)|Yoshi]]'s [[juice]]. Ghost Blocks look very similar to [[Yoshi Platform]]s, though their eyes can still be seen on one side. After a lengthy period of time, they revert to their normal form. When not a block, they meanderingly patrol a small area in a similar manner to the Boos in the game, though in a less wide range. They appear solely in [[Hotel Delfino]], specifically around the central pillar in [[The Hotel Lobby's Secret]] and over a large pool-like bathtub under an air vent in [[Mysterious Hotel Delfino]].


===''Yoshi's Story''===
===''Yoshi's Story''===
[[File:YSBooBlock.png|frame|left]]
[[File:YSBooBlock.png|frame|left]]
Boo Blocks return in ''[[Yoshi's Story]]''. They appear solely in Stage 6-3: [[Ghost Castle]]. Their Ghost Block form is redesigned with pink and white stripes rather than being a solid gray block. In addition, they take a different appearance from normal Boos when a Yoshi is looking away.
Block Boos return in ''[[Yoshi's Story]]''. They appear solely in Stage 6-3: [[Ghost Castle]]. Their Ghost Block form is redesigned with pink and white stripes rather than being a solid gray block. In addition, they take a different appearance from normal Boos when a Yoshi is looking away.
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Revision as of 15:59, August 18, 2022

Block Boo
Block Boo
Artwork of a Pink Boo from Super Mario Sunshine
First appearance Super Mario World (1990)
Latest appearance Super Mario 3D All-Stars (2020)
Variant of Boo
Comparable

A Block Boo,[1][2] also known as a Boo Block[1][3] (originally known as a Boo Buddy Block),[4] is a type of Boo capable of transforming into a block called a Ghost Block[4] when threatened.

History

Super Mario series

Super Mario World

A Boo Buddy Block

Boo Buddy Blocks first appear in Super Mario World. When looked at, a Boo Buddy Block seems to be a normal, gray block but with a unique stone design. When Mario or Luigi takes his eyes off it, however, it slowly begins to transform into a Boo and follow him. When the Boo Buddy Block is in its block form, it can be jumped off. Doing this is required to clear a certain Ghost House, the Choco-Ghost House, as Mario or Luigi must lure several Boo Buddy Blocks into the proper positions so that he can jump off them to reach the high ledge where the exit door awaits.

Super Mario Sunshine

A Ghost Block
A Pink Boo in block form

In Super Mario Sunshine, Block Boos[5] are known as Pink Boos[6] by Prima Games, and they bear a resemblance to Red Boos due to their color. Like normal Boos in this game, they do not care if Mario looks at them, instead turning into Ghost Blocks only if sprayed with FLUDD's water or a Yoshi's juice. Ghost Blocks look very similar to Yoshi Platforms, though their eyes can still be seen on one side. After a lengthy period of time, they revert to their normal form. When not a block, they meanderingly patrol a small area in a similar manner to the Boos in the game, though in a less wide range. They appear solely in Hotel Delfino, specifically around the central pillar in The Hotel Lobby's Secret and over a large pool-like bathtub under an air vent in Mysterious Hotel Delfino.

Yoshi's Story

Sprite of a Ghost Block from Yoshi's Story

Block Boos return in Yoshi's Story. They appear solely in Stage 6-3: Ghost Castle. Their Ghost Block form is redesigned with pink and white stripes rather than being a solid gray block. In addition, they take a different appearance from normal Boos when a Yoshi is looking away.

Super Mario World: Mario to Yoshi no Bōken Land

In Super Mario World: Mario to Yoshi no Bōken Land, when the Boos turn into Ghost Blocks, they still show their faces, unlike in the original game, where their faces disappear.

Profiles and statistics

Yoshi's Story

  • Nintendo 64 Spieleberater: Den lass' ich immer warten, bis er steinhart wird, und dann hüpf' ich drauf... voll praktisch! [7](I always let it wait until it becomes hard as a rock, and then I jump on it... fully practical!)

Gallery

Names in other languages

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese ブロックテレサ[8][9]
Burokku Teresa 		Block Boo
German Block-Buu[7]
Rosa Buu Huu (Super Mario Sunshine) 		Block Boo
Pink Boo
Italian Boocco[10] (Super Mario World)
Blocco Boo[11] (Super Mario Sunshine) 		Mix between Boo and Blocco (Block)
Boo Block

Trivia

References

  1. ^ a b Yoshi's Story official website (Wayback Archive). Retrieved April 22, 2015.
  2. ^ "Block Boos: These Boos turn into blocks when you turn to face them. They are too valuable as blocks, so why bother defeating them?" - Prima Bath. Nintendo 64 Game Secrets, 1999 Edition, and Ultimate Nintendo 64 Pocket Power Guide, 1999 Edition Prima's Official Strategy Guide. Page 110 and 79, respectively.
  3. ^ Leung, Jason, Terry Munson, and Scott Pelland. Yoshi's Story Player's Guide. Page 10.
  4. ^ a b M. Arakawa. Nintendo Mario Mania Player's Guide. Page 51.
  5. ^ English Super Mario Sunshine entry on the official Mario Portal. nintendo.co.jp. Retrieved August 13, 2022. (Archived August 12, 2022 23:33:20 UTC via archive.today.)
  6. ^ Hodgson, David S J, Bryan Stratton, and Stephen Stratton. Super Mario Sunshine Prima's Official Strategy Guide. Page 20.
  7. ^ a b Nintendo 64 Yoshi's Story Spieleberater, Template:Media link.
  8. ^ 「ヨッシーストーリー 任天堂公式ガイドブック」 (Yoshi's Story Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook), pages 114 & 116.
  9. ^ Shogakukan. 「スーパーマリオサンシャイン任天堂公式ガイドブック」 (Super Mario Sunshine Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook). Page 21.
  10. ^ Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia; pag. 56
  11. ^ Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia; pag. 100
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Boos
Characters Big Boo • Bigger Boo • Boo (Mario Party 4) • Boo (The Trial Course) • Boo (Three Musty Fears) • Boo Mario • Boo Stack • Boolossus • Boos in Luigi's Mansion • Boos in Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon • Boos in Luigi's Mansion 3 • Bootler • Captain Boo • Franky • Herbert • Igor • King Boo • Lady Bow • Lahla • Papercraft King Boo • Peeka • Phantom • Spooky Speedster • Stanley • The Creepy Steeple Boo
Species Balloon Boo • Big Boo • Big Frame Boo • Big & Little Boo • Blindfold Boo • Block Boo • Bomb Boo • Boo • Boo 10-Stack • Boo Balloon • Boo Buddies • Boo Buddy Snake • Boo Crew • Boo Guy • Boohemoth • Broozer • C. Fishing Boo • Dark Boo • Dark Dark Boo • Disappearing Boo Buddy • Eerie • Fishing Boo • Frame Boo • Ghost Goomba • Gold Big Boo • Gold Boo • Hammer Knight • High Boo • Jelly Ghost • Mad Big Boo • Mad Boo • Mega Boo • Mini Boo • Octoboo • Paper Boo • Paper Broozer • Paper Macho Boo • Peepa • Red Boo • Sleepy Boo • Stretch • Tail Boo
Related items Boo Ball • Boo Bell • Boo Mushroom • Boo Radar • Boo Repellant • Boo-Away Orb • Boo-ray Machine • Boo's Sheet • Pink Boo Orb
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Super Mario World / Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2
Protagonists Mario • Luigi • Princess Toadstool • Yoshi • Red Yoshi • Blue Yoshi • Yellow Yoshi • Baby Yoshi • Dolphin
Bosses Koopalings (Iggy Koopa · Morton Koopa Jr. · Lemmy Koopa · Ludwig von Koopa · Roy Koopa · Wendy O. Koopa · Larry Koopa) • Bowser • Reznor • Big Boo
Items 1-Up Mushroom • 3-Up Moon • Berry • Bonus Coin • Cape Feather • Coin • Control Coin • Dragon Coin • Yoshi's Egg • Fire Flower • Gray Coin • Lakitu's Cloud • Magic Ball • Power Balloon • Super Mushroom • Super Star • Yoshi's Wings
Objects ! Switch • Arrow Sign • Beanstalk • Blue Door • Bonus block • Bridge • Empty Block • Bubble • Cloud Block • Coin Block • Coin countera • Count-Lift • Diagonal platform • Dotted-Line Block • ! Block • Fence • Flimsy Lift • Flying Platform • Flying Prize Block • Grab Block • Gray Block • Gray P Switch • Hidden Block • Ice Block • Note Block • Jumping Board • Key • Lift • Message Block • ON/OFF Switch • Piston Lift • Prize Block • Revolving Door • Rope • Rotating Block • Roulette Block • Semisolid Platform • Single Swing Lift • Skull Raft • Snake platform • Spring platform • Star Road • Stretch Block • Switch Block • Triangular Block • Triple Swing Lift • Yellow Door • Yoshi Cloud
Worlds of Dinosaur Land Yoshi's Island • Donut Plains • Vanilla Dome • Twin Bridges • Forest of Illusion • Chocolate Island • Valley of Bowser • Star World • Special Zone
Moves Crouch • Dash • Fly • Jump • Shell Toss • Slide • Spin Jump • Stomp • Swallow • Swim
Enemies and obstacles Amazing Flyin' Hammer Brother • Ball 'N' Chain • Banzai Bill • Big Boo • Big Bubble • Big Steely • Blargg • Blurp • Bob-omb • Bony Beetle • Boo Buddy • Boo Buddy Block • Boo Buddy Snake • Boo Crew • Bowser Statue • Bullet Bill • Buzzy Beetle • Chainsaw • Chargin' Chuck • Cheep Cheep • Circling Boo Buddies • Climbing Koopa • Dino-Rhino • Dino-Torch • Disappearing Boo Buddy • Dry Bones • Eerie • Falling spike • Fire Snake • Fishbone • Fishin' Boo • Fishin' Lakitu • Floating Mine • Flying Goomba • Fuzzy • Goomba • Grinder • Hothead • Jumping Fire Piranha Plant • Jumping Piranha Plant • Koopa Paratroopa • Koopa Troopa • Lakitu • Lakitu in a Pipe • Lava • Lava Bubble • Lil Sparky • Magikoopa • Mechakoopa • Mega Mole • Monty Mole • Muncher • Ninji • Para-bomb • Para-Goomba • Pillar • Piranha Plant • Pit • Pokey • Porcu-Puffer • Rex • Rip Van Fish • Shell (flashing) • Skewer • Spike • Spike (Super Mario World) • Spike Top • Spiny • Spiny Egg • Sumo Brother • Super Koopa • Swooper • Thwimp • Thwomp • Torpedo Ted • Torpedo tube • Turtle Cannon • Unshelled Koopa • Urchin • Volcano Lotus • Wiggler
Other 1-Up Chamber • Bonus game • Bonus Star • Fall • Giant Gate • Item Stock • Keyhole • Midway Gate • Sand cloud • Timer • Tourist Tips
Miscellaneous Glitches • Mario Bros.a • Pre-release and unused content • Super Mario World (soundtrack album) • Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook Super Mario World • SNES Staff • GBA Staff
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Yoshi's Story
Playable characters Yoshis
Bosses Cloud N. Candy • Inviso • Cloudjin • Don Bongo • Baby Bowser
Mini-bosses Bone Dragon • Snorkel Snake • Slug
Allies Balloon Bully • Dragon • Ghost Rider • Ghost Stream • Huffin Puffin • Miss Warp • Neuron • Poochy • Power Bee • Snake • White Shy Guy
Items Bob-bomb • Bumber 'Chute • Coin • Coin (hopping) • Giant Egg • Key • Power Flower • Special Heart • Tulip • Yoshi egg
Objects ? Bubble • ? Switch • Arrow Sign • Bubble • Cloud Puffer • Delay Switch • Egg Block • Falling spike • Flatbed Ferry • Locked door • Message Block • Mystery Crate • Pipe • Post • Propeller Lift • Rock block • Seesaw • Spring • Super Happy Tree • Surprise Ball • Swing • Vase • Vine*
Fruits Apple • Bananas • Bomb Berry • Favorite Fruit • Grapes • Heart Fruit • Lucky Fruit • Melon • Pepper • Watermelon
Obstacles Ball 'N' Chain • Ball and chain • Beehive • Blaster • Bocci Ball • Bumper Ball • Buzz saw • Chain Gate • Direction Switch • Flaming urn • Jelly • Piston • Pit • Rail Lift • Shy Guy Galleon • Spike • Spiked ball • Sprocket • Sword
Moves Crouch • Dash • Egg Throw • Flutter Jump • Ground Pound • Jump • Sniff • Swallow • Swim
Enemies Air Bag • Attacky Sack • Bamboo dancers • Bee • Big & Little Boo • Black Shy Guy • Blargg • Blindfold Boo • Block Boo • Blurp • Bob-bomb • Bone Dragon • Boo • Bullet Bill • Bumblebee • Bumpty • Burner Heihō • Clam • Centipede • Cheep Cheep • Chomp • ComBat • Do-Drop • Flying Shy Guy • Frog • Fuzzy Wiggler • Gabon • Ghost • Goonie • Ick Worm • Jelly Ghost • Jellyfish • Lava Ghost • Little Boo • Mr. Eel • Nipper Plant • Nipper Spore • Pak E. Derm • Para-bomb • Peeper • Piranha Pest • Piranha Plant • Piranha Sprout • Puffer • Raven • Sea Anemone • Sea cactus • Sensuikan Heihō • Shy Guy • Shy Guy On Stilts • Shy Guys on Pogo Sticks • Snow Guy • Spark Spook • Spider • Spike • Spiked Fun Guy • Spiny Fish • Spiked stone • Tehee Butterfly • Toady • Vine Slime*
Levels P. 1-Beginning Treasure Hunt • Surprise!! • Rail Lift • Tower Climb
P. 2-Cavern Bone Dragon Pit • Blargg's Boiler • Jelly Pipe • Torrential Maze
P. 3-Summit Cloud Cruising • The Tall Tower • Poochy & Nippy • Frustration
P. 4-Jungle Jungle Hut • Jungle Puddle • Piranha Grove • Neuron Jungle
P. 5-Ocean Lots O'Jelly Fish • Lots O'Fish • Shy Guy Limbo • Shy Guy's Ship
P. 6-Finale Mecha Castle • Lift Castle • Ghost Castle • Magma Castle
Miscellaneous Practice
Minigames Broad Jump • Catch the Coins • Melon Race • Special Delivery
Further info ♥ • Fruit Frame • Gallery • Pre-release and unused content • Smile Meter • Staff • Super Happy • Yoshi's mood
Albums Music to Pound the Ground to: Yoshi's Story Game Soundtrack • Love, Peace & Happiness: The Original Yoshi's Story Soundtrack • Yoshi Story Original Soundtrack
* Exclusive to international versions
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Super Mario Sunshine
Playable characters Mario
Rideable characters Yoshi • Blooper Racer
Non-playable characters FLUDD • Princess Peach • Toadsworth • Toads • Piantas (Big Daddy of Blooper-surfing · Cannon Pianta · Captain · Chucksters · Crate guy · Doot-Doot Sisters · Duck-ring riders · Hotel manager · Isle Delfino Police · Mayor · Mushroom dealer Pianta · Pianta judge · Pianta prosecutor · Sunglasses vendor) • Raccoons • Nokis (Buckies · Noki elder · Noki grandson · Park director) • Sand Bird • Il Piantissimo • Great Sunflower • Sunflower Kids
Enemies Bee • Block Boo • Bloopad • Blooper • Bob-omb • Boo • Bullet Bill • Bullet Bill (Gold) • Cataquack • Chain Chomp • Chain Chomplet • Cheep-Cheep • Electro-Koopa King • Electro-Koopa (Blue) • Electro-Koopa (Red) • Glorpedo • Gooble • Klamber • Lava Cheep Cheep • Piranha Plant • Piranhabon • Plurp • Poink • Pokey • Pokey Pod • Pondskater • Seedy Pod • Sleepy Boo • Smolderin' Stu • Snooza Koopa • Strollin' Stu • Swipin' Stu • Wind Spirit • Winged Strollin' Stu • Wire Trap
Obstacles Bramble • Burner • Burning goop • Cheep Cheep (bird) • Electric goop • Goop • Hot water • Magma • Orange Juice Generator • Poison • Puncher • Slimy water • Spike Trap
Bosses Proto Piranha • Shadow Mario • Petey Piranha • Gooper Blooper • Plungelo • Wiggler • Mecha-Bowser • Monty Mole • Phantamanta • King Boo • Eely-Mouth • Bowser • Bowser Jr.
Items 1-Up Mushroom • Banana • Blue coin • Bomb • Coconut • Coin • Durian • Helmet • Hover Nozzle • Mario's cap • Papaya • Pepper • Pineapple • Red coin • Rocket Nozzle • Shine Sprite • Springboard • Turbo Nozzle • Water Barrel • Water Bottle • Water rocket • Yoshi's Egg
Objects Arrow sign • Big Windmill • Birds • Brick Block • Butterflies • Cannon • Cloud • Coin Fish • Crate • Dune Bud • Flagpole • Flipping platform • Flower • Fluff • Graffiti • Hook • Ice block • Jar • Jellyfish • Jump Mushroom • Leaf boat • Manhole cover • Metal screen • Mudboat • Multicolored block • Mushroom • Nail • Nozzle box • Orange block • Pipe • Pole • Portrait • Revolving Gate • Rope • Sand block • Scale • Seagull • Shine Painting • Sign • Slots • Spotted block • Stone slab • Swing • Trampoline • Tree • Turbo-bashable doors • Wall painting • Watermelon • Watermelon block • White box • Yoshi Platform • Yoshi-Go-Round
Locations Main courses Bianco Hills • Ricco Harbor • Gelato Beach (Sand Cabana · Shine Tower · Surf Cabana) • Pinna Park • Sirena Beach (Hotel Delfino · Casino Delfino) • Noki Bay • Pianta Village • Corona Mountain
Secret courses Lily Pad Ride • Pachinko Game • Red Coin Field • Super Slide • Turbo Track
Other Isle Delfino • Delfino Plaza • Bianco Square • Boathouse • Shine Gate • Delfino Airstrip
Moves Backward Somersault • Dash • Dive • Double Jump • Flutter Jump • Ground Pound • Jump • Side Somersault • Spin Jump • Super Whirl Jump • Swallow • Swim • Triple Jump • Wall Jump
Gameplay elements Completion • Delfino Emergency Broadcast System • Episodes • Gadd Science, Incorporated • Guide Book • Life meter • Magic Paintbrush
Music compositions "Isle Delfino" • "Ricco Harbor" • "Secret Course"
Further info Gallery • Glitches • Media • Original soundtrack • Pre-release and unused content • Quotes • Staff
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