Assembly Block
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Assembly Blocks[1] are objects in Super Mario Galaxy and Super Mario Galaxy 2. These platforms appear in red or brown octagons, purple cubes, and green and blue rectangular varieties, the latter being the most common. Assembly Blocks normally float around but move into place around Mario or Luigi when approached, creating a path for him above a bottomless pit.
History
Super Mario Galaxy
Assembly Blocks are first encountered in Space Junk Galaxy, where many appear at the end of the first mission, branching out into five pathways, each with a Silver Star at the end. When an Assembly Block moves to form part of a pathway, it makes a sound effect similar to that of a shrinking platform. Assembly Blocks also appear in the Speedy Comet and the Purple Comet missions, both taking place in the same Assembly Block area. The format for the Space Junk path is different in the Purple Comet mission, to accommodate the 100 Purple Coins.
Pieces of Assembly Blocks appear near the Ice Planet and in the fifth area of Bowser's Galaxy Reactor, being the only means to traverse these areas. These platforms are fragile and shatter several seconds after the path is formed. Towards the end of the planet is cube-shaped Assembly Blocks made of ice that Mario can skate on. The fifth area is composed almost entirely of floating Assembly Blocks in the shape of rectangular prisms. Mario must walk along these platforms in 2D while avoiding Fire Bars and encountering gravity fields.
Super Mario Galaxy 2
Assembly Blocks are encountered in Cloudy Court Galaxy, during the Cosmic Clone mission, and in Rolling Masterpiece Galaxy, on the Palette Planet. In Cloudy Court Galaxy, Assembly Blocks form paths for Mario in lieu of the Cloud Flower, though some act as walls, requiring Mario wall-jump up a specific area instead. In the Rolling Masterpiece Galaxy, Mario is required to ride the Star Ball across a short pathway of Assembly Blocks. Only the green and blue rectangular variety of Assembly Blocks appear in both galaxies.
Additional names
Internal names
| Game | File | Name | Meaning
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Super Mario Galaxy | StageData/ObjNameTable.arc/ObjNameTable.tbl* SystemData/ObjNameTable.arc/ObjNameTable.tbl* |
合体ブロック (Gattai Burokku) | Assembly Block |
* - The equivalent strings of "AssemblyBlockParts" A-E (en_name) is「合体ブロックパーツ」A-E (jp_name).
Names in other languages
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese | フシギブロック[2] Fushigi Burokku |
Mysterious Block | |
| French | Bloc étrange[3] | Strange Block | |
| German | Myst-Block[?] | Mystic Block | |
| Italian | Blocco Misterioso[4] | Mysterious Block |
References
- ^ The internal file names for the blocks call them AssemblyBlockParts, followed by another code name or letter. Full list is on this article's talk page in LinkTheLefty's comment
- ^ Sakai, Kazuya (Ambit), et al. (October 19, 2015). 『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). Tokyo: Shogakukan (Japanese). ISBN 978-4-09-106569-8. Page 137 and 171.
- ^ July 4, 2018. Super Mario Encyclopedia. Soleil Productions (French). ISBN 2302070046. Page 137 and 171.
- ^ November 15, 2018. Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia. Magazzini Salani (Italian). ISBN 889367436X. Page 137 and 171.
