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'''Falling blocks'''<ref>M. Arakawa. Nintendo ''Game Boy'' Player's Guide. Page 7. "''The fortress level of World One features pseudo-Egyptian graphics and a great soundtrack. You can use Lift Blocks to bypass some danger, but watch for falling blocks in this rickety old place!''"</ref> are slab-like obstacles that appear in ''[[Super Mario Land]]''. They are tiles that appear identical to the surrounding landscape of a [[level]], but they fall when [[Mario]] comes close to them, in a similar fashion to [[falling spike]]s. Falling blocks appear only in [[World 1-3 (Super Mario Land)|World 1-3]] and [[World 4-1 (Super Mario Land)|World 4-1]] and cannot be defeated by any means.
'''Falling blocks'''<ref>{{cite|date=1991|title=Nintendo ''Game Boy'' Player's Guide|page=7|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=en-us|quote=The fortress level of World One features pseudo-Egyptian graphics and a great soundtrack. You can use Lift Blocks to bypass some danger, but watch for falling blocks in this rickety old place!}}</ref> are slab-like obstacles in ''[[Super Mario Land]]'' that appear identical to the surrounding landscape of a [[level]], but they fall when [[Mario]] comes close to them, in a similar fashion to [[falling spike]]s. Falling blocks appear only in [[World 1-3 (Super Mario Land)|World 1-3]] and [[World 4-1 (Super Mario Land)|World 4-1]].


==Names in other languages==
==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
{{foreign names
|Jap=落ちてくる天井<ref>Shogakukan. 2015. ''Super Mario Bros. Hyakka: Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook'', ''Super Mario Land'' section, page 48.</ref>
|Jap=落ちてくる天井<ref>{{cite|language=ja|publisher=[[Shogakukan]]|date=October 19, 2015|title=''Super Mario Bros. Hyakka: Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook'', ''Super Mario Land'' section|page=48|isbn=978-4-09-106569-8}}</ref>
|JapR=Ochitekuru Tenjō
|JapR=Ochitekuru Tenjō
|JapM=Falling Ceiling
|JapM=Falling Ceiling
|Ita=Soffitto cadente<ref>''[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia]]'', pag. 48</ref>
|Ita=Soffitto cadente<ref>{{cite|date=November 15, 2018|title=''[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia]]''|publisher=Magazzini Salani|language=it|isbn=889367436X|page=48}}</ref>
|ItaM=Falling ceiling
|ItaM=Falling ceiling
}}
}}

Latest revision as of 19:19, June 4, 2024

This article is about the obstacle from Super Mario Land. For the object from the same game also known as a falling block, see dropping lift. For the recurring object from the Super Mario franchise also known as a Falling Block, see Donut Block. For the recurring object from the Yoshi franchise also known as a falling block, see Cascading Stone.
Falling block
A pair of falling blocks from the Super Mario Kodansha manga.
First appearance Super Mario Land (1989)
A falling block as seen in Super Mario Land

Falling blocks[1] are slab-like obstacles in Super Mario Land that appear identical to the surrounding landscape of a level, but they fall when Mario comes close to them, in a similar fashion to falling spikes. Falling blocks appear only in World 1-3 and World 4-1.

Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese 落ちてくる天井[2]
Ochitekuru Tenjō
Falling Ceiling
Italian Soffitto cadente[3] Falling ceiling

References[edit]

  1. ^ "The fortress level of World One features pseudo-Egyptian graphics and a great soundtrack. You can use Lift Blocks to bypass some danger, but watch for falling blocks in this rickety old place!" – 1991. Nintendo Game Boy Player's Guide. Nintendo of America (American English). Page 7.
  2. ^ October 19, 2015. Super Mario Bros. Hyakka: Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook, Super Mario Land section. Shogakukan (Japanese). ISBN 978-4-09-106569-8. Page 48.
  3. ^ November 15, 2018. Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia. Magazzini Salani (Italian). ISBN 889367436X. Page 48.