Ground (block)

Ground

Ground block icon in the Super Mario 3D World style in Super Mario Maker 2

First appearance

Super Mario Bros. (1985)

Latest appearance

WarioWare: Move It! (2023)

Effect

Unbreakable block

Variants
Slope

Ground blocks are solid, indestructible blocks that appear in the Super Mario Maker series and the Mario vs. Donkey Kong series.

History

Super Mario Maker series

Ground blocks in Hello, 3D World!

Ground blocks in the Super Mario Maker series appear in every theme. When placed in the editor, Ground connects with other Ground blocks, and can sometimes appear with background elements on top of it, such as horsehair plants and flowers. In certain level themes, one tile-wide ground blocks can take on the appearance of other objects, such as coral or dead bushes. In Super Mario Maker 2, Ground received new functionality, being able to be connected with Slopes and the Ground tiles at the start and at the end of the course, which previously could not connect in Super Mario Maker and Super Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DS, and getting its own block limit of 4,000.

Original games

In Super Mario Bros., despite it being impossible to reach it from below, Ground tiles in Ground and Underground themes act like Brick Blocks. They can be destroyed with a Super Mushroom or a Fire Flower from below, and change their texture to an Empty Block when hit by Small Mario. Despite looking like Empty Blocks, they still function as Brick Blocks.^[1]

In New Super Mario Bros. U, the Mecha Hand in Boarding the Airship can destroy Ground blocks when it uses its fist attack.

Mario vs. Donkey Kong series

Ground in the Mario vs. Donkey Kong series also acts as an indestructible solid block with no special functionality.

Gallery

Ground theme

Underground theme

Super Mario Bros.
Super Mario Bros. 3
Super Mario World
New Super Mario Bros. U
Super Mario 3D World

Underwater theme

Super Mario Bros.
Super Mario Bros. 3
Super Mario World
Super Mario World (night)
New Super Mario Bros. U
Super Mario 3D World

Castle theme

Super Mario Bros.
Super Mario Bros. 3
Super Mario Bros. 3 (night)
Super Mario World
New Super Mario Bros. U
Super Mario 3D World

Airship theme

Super Mario Bros.
Super Mario Bros. (night)
Super Mario Bros. 3
Super Mario Bros. 3 (night)
Super Mario World
New Super Mario Bros. U
New Super Mario Bros. U (night)
Super Mario 3D World

Ghost House theme

Super Mario Bros.
Super Mario Bros. 3
Super Mario World
New Super Mario Bros. U
Super Mario 3D World

Desert theme

Super Mario Bros.
Super Mario Bros. 3
Super Mario World
New Super Mario Bros. U
Super Mario 3D World

Sky theme

Super Mario Bros.
Super Mario Bros. 3
Super Mario World
New Super Mario Bros. U
Super Mario 3D World

Snow theme

Super Mario Bros.
Super Mario Bros. (night)
Super Mario Bros. 3
Super Mario Bros. 3 (night)
Super Mario World
Super Mario World (night)
New Super Mario Bros. U
New Super Mario Bros. U (night)
Super Mario 3D World

Forest theme

Super Mario Bros.
Super Mario Bros. 3
Super Mario World
New Super Mario Bros. U
Super Mario 3D World

References

^ Secret Worlds in Super Mario Bros?! (World K-1)

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Toggleable blocks	! Block • Color Block • Dotted-Line Block • Flip-Flop Block • Kaeru Block • P Block • Red Block • Shake block • Switch Block (Mario & Wario) • Timer Block • Uncertain Block
Power-ups	Cannon Box • Coin Box • Command Block • Copy Block • Gold Block • Light Box • Propeller Box • Unfurl Block • Vacuum Block
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Miscellaneous	2D block • Anywhere POW • Arrow Cloud • Aurora Block • Block Buster • Bowser Jr. Block • Checkpoint block • CLEAR • Coin counter • Empty Block • Hard Block • Magnet Block • Mystery Box • POW Block • Race Block • Red POW Block • Save Block • Shop Block • Spike Trap • Star Block • Super Guide Block • Super Warp Block • Unbreakable block • Warp Block • Warp Box • Yoshi Block

[Edit] Super Mario Maker / Super Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DS
Characters		Mario • Princess Peach • Toad • Bowser • Yoshi • Coursebot • Mary O. • Mr. Eraser • Parakeet • Soundfrog • Undodog • Yamamura • Baker
Game styles		Super Mario Bros. • Super Mario Bros. 3 • Super Mario World • New Super Mario Bros. U
Course styles		Ground • Underground • Underwater • Ghost House • Airship • Castle
Items and objects		? Block/Flying ? Block • 1-Up Mushroom • Arrow Sign/Checkpoint Flag^a • Axe • Big Mushroom^d (SMB) • Block/Rotating Block (SMW) • Bridge • Bumper^b • Buzzy Shell • Cape Feather (SMW) • Checkpoint Flag • Cloud Block • Coin/Pink Coin^c • Coin Block • Conveyor Belt • Donut Block • Fire Flower • Giant Gate (SMW) • Goal (SMB3) • Goal Pole (SMB & NSMBU) • Goomba's Shoe/Stiletto (SMB & SMB3) • Ground • Hard Block • Hidden Block • Ice Block • Koopa Clown Car/Junior Clown Car/Fire Koopa Clown Car/Fire Junior Clown Car^b • Lava Lift • Lakitu's Cloud • Lift/Flimsy Lift • Mushroom Platform • Mystery Mushroom/Costume Mario^d (SMB) • Note Block/Music Block • One-Way Wall • P Switch/Key^c • Pipe • POW Block • Propeller Mushroom (NSMBU) • Semisolid Platform • Spike Trap • Spiny Shell • Starting blocks • Super Leaf (SMB3) • Super Mushroom/Weird Mushroom (SMB) (separated in 3DS) • Super Star • Track • Vine • Trampoline • Warp Door/P Warp Door^b/Key Door^c • Wings • Yoshi's Egg (SMW & NSMBU)
Enemies		Bill Blaster/Bill Blaster (red) • Blooper/Blooper Nanny/Blooper Baby/Mega Blooper • Bob-omb/Mega Bob-omb • Boo/Boo Buddies/Stretch/Big Boo • Bowser/Bowser Jr. • Bullet Bill/Bull's-Eye Bill • Burner • Buzzy Beetle/Big Buzzy Beetle/Buzzy Beetle Tower/Para-Beetle/Heavy Para-Beetle • Cannon/Giant cannon • Cannonball/Giant cannonball • Chain Chomp/Big Chain Chomp/Unchained Chomp • Cheep Cheep/Blurp (SMW)/Deep Cheep (NSMBU)/Big Cheep Cheep/Big Deep Cheep • Dry Bones/Fish Bone/Big Dry Bones/Parabones • Fire Bar • Grinder • Goomba/Paragoomba/Galoomba/Flying Goomba/Big Goomba/Big Paragoomba/Big Galoomba/Goomba Tower/Shoe Goomba/Stiletto Goomba • Hammer Bro/Sledge Bro • Jelectro • Koopa Troopa/Big Koopa Troopa/Koopa Paratroopa/Big Koopa Paratroopa • Lakitu • Lava Bubble/Big Lava Bubble • Magikoopa/Big Magikoopa • Muncher • Piranha Plant/Big Piranha Plant/Fire Piranha Plant/Big Venus Fire Trap/Jumping Piranha Plant (SMW) • Rocky Wrench/Mega Rocky Wrench/Monty Mole/Mega Monty Mole • Sea Urchin • Spike Top/Spiky Parabuzzy • Spiny/Big Spiny/Spiny Egg • Thwomp/Big Thwomp/Skewer^c Unshelled Koopa • Wiggler/Big Wiggler
Moves		Crouch • Dash • Double Jump (NSMBU) • Drill Spin (NSMBU) • Flutter Jump (NSMBU) • Ground Pound (NSMBU) • Jump • Looking up (SMW) • Spin Jump (SMW & NSMBU) • Triple Jump (NSMBU) • Wall Jump (NSMBU)
Gnat Attack^d		Fly • Fly Bomb • Fly Child • Fly Parent • King Watinga
Other		Artbook • Course Maker • Fan-made courses highlighted by Nintendo • Gallery (artwork · screenshots · sprites and models) • Glitches • Media • Official courses^b^d • Pre-release and unused content (Nintendo 3DS) • Sound effects • Stamps • Staff (Nintendo 3DS) • Super Mario Challenge^e • Super Mario Maker Software Update!^d • Super Mario Maker: Crash Course
^a In version 1.20 or later ^b In version 1.30 or later ^c In version 1.40 or later ^d Only in the Wii U version ^e Only in the Nintendo 3DS version
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[Edit] Super Mario Maker 2
Characters	Playable characters	Mario • Luigi • Toad • Toadette
Characters	Supporting characters	Coursebot • Worldbot^b • Mr. Eraser • Nina • Princess Peach • Undodog • Yamamura • Partrick • Soundfrog • Toads • Yoshi/Red Yoshi
Course elements	Game styles	Super Mario Bros. • Super Mario Bros. 3 • Super Mario World • New Super Mario Bros. U • Super Mario 3D World
	Themes	Ground • Underground • Underwater • Ghost House • Airship • Castle • Desert • Snow • Forest • Sky
	Terrain	? Block • Brick Block/Rotating Block • Bridge • Clear Pipe • Cloud Block • Crystal Block • Donut Block • Frozen Coin^a • Ground • Hard Block • Hidden Block • Ice • Ice Block • Mushroom Platform • Note Block/Music Block • P Block^a • Warp Pipe • Rock Block • Semisolid Platform • Slope • Spike Block • Spike Trap
	Items	1-Up Mushroom/Rotten Mushroom • 10-Coin/30-Coin/50-Coin • Big Mushroom • Boomerang Flower^b • Bullet Bill Mask^b • Cannon Box^b • Coin • Cape Feather • Fire Flower • Frog Suit^b • Goomba Mask^b • Goomba's Shoe/Stiletto • Master Sword^a • Pink Coin • Power Balloon^b • Propeller Box^b • Propeller Mushroom • Red POW Box^b • SMB2 Mushroom^b • Super Acorn^b • Super Bell • Super Hammer • Super Leaf • Super Mushroom • Super Star • Superball Flower • Yoshi's Egg/Big Red Yoshi's Egg
	Enemies	Angry Sun/Moon • Ant Trooper/Big Ant Trooper • Blooper/Big Blooper/Blooper Nanny/Blooper Baby • Bob-omb/Mega Bob-omb/Parabomb • Boo/Big Boo/Boo Buddies/Stretch • Boom Boom • Bowser/Meowser • Bowser Jr. • Bully/Big Bully • Buzzy Beetle/Big Buzzy Beetle/Buzzy Beetle Tower/Para-Beetle/Heavy Para-Beetle/Buzzy Shell • Chain Chomp/Big Chain Chomp • Charvaargh • Cheep Cheep/Big Cheep Cheep/Blurp (SMW)/Deep Cheep/Big Deep Cheep • Dry Bones/Mega Dry Bones/Parabones/Dry Bones Shell • Fire Bro/Heavy Fire Bro • Fire Piranha Plant/Big Fire Piranha • Fish Bone • Goomba/Mega Goomba/Paragoomba/Big Paragoomba/Galoomba (SMW)/Big Galoomba (SMW)/Flying Goomba (SMW)/Para-Goomba (SMW)/ Goombrat/Hefty Goombrat/Goombud (SMW)/Goomba Tower/Shoe Goomba/Stiletto Goomba • Hammer Bro/Sledge Bro • Hop-Chops • Horned Ant Trooper • Jelectro • Jumping Piranha Plant • Koopa Clown Car/Junior Clown Car/Fire Koopa Clown Car/Fire Junior Clown Car • Koopa Troopa/Big Koopa Troopa/Koopa Paratroopa/Big Koopa Paratroopa • Koopa Troopa Car • Koopalings^b (Larry · Morton · Wendy · Iggy · Roy · Lemmy · Ludwig) • Lakitu • Lava Bubble/Big Lava Bubble • Magikoopa/Big Magikoopa • Mechakoopa^b/Blasta Mechakoopa^b/Zappa Mechakoopa^b/Mega Mechakoopa^b • Monty Mole/Big Monty Mole • Muncher • Peepa • Piranha Creeper • Piranha Plant/Big Piranha Plant • Pokey^a/Snow Pokey^a • Pom Pom • Porcupuffer • Rocky Wrench/Mega Rocky Wrench • Skipsqueak • Spike^a/Mega Spike^a • Spike Ball^a/Giant Spiked Ball^a/Snowball^a • Spike Top/Spiky Parabuzzy • Spiny/Big Spiny/Spiny Shell • Spiny Egg • Spiny Skipsqueak • Stingby/Mega Stingby • Thwomp/Big Thwomp • Unshelled Koopa • Wiggler/Big Wiggler
	Gizmos	! Block • Arrow Sign • Banzai Bill • Bill Blaster/Bull's-Eye Blaster • Blinking Block • Bumper • Bull's-Eye Banzai/Cat Banzai Bill • Bull's-Eye Bill/Cat Bullet Bill • Bullet Bill • Burner • Cannon/Giant cannon • Cannonball/Giant cannonball • Conveyor Belt • Checkpoint Flag • Crate • Dash Block^a • Fire Bar • Grinder • Icicle • Mushroom Trampoline/ON/OFF Trampoline^b • Key/Cursed Key^b • Lava Lift • Lift/Flimsy Lift/Cloud Lift • ON/OFF Switch/Dotted-Line Block • One-Way Wall • P Switch • POW Block • Red POW Block • Seesaw • Skewer • Snake Block • Swinging Claw • Track • Track Block • Trampoline • Tree • Twister • Vine • Warp Box/Warp Box (With Key) • Warp Door/P Warp Door/Key Door
	Miscellaneous	Starting blocks • Stone (Story Mode) • Toad (Story Mode) • Wings
Mario's moves		Charge jump^b (SMB) • Crawl (SM3DW) • Crouch • Crouch Jump (SM3DW) • Dash • Dive (SM3DW) • Double Jump (NSMBU) • Drill Spin (NSMBU & SM3DW^b) • Ground Pound (NSMBU & SM3DW) • Jump • Long Jump (SM3DW) • Looking up (SMW) • Midair Spin (NSMBU) • Roll (SM3DW) • Slide (all except SMB) • Spin Jump (SMW, NSMBU, & SM3DW) • Swim • Triple Jump (NSMBU) • Wall Jump (NSMBU & SM3DW)
Miscellaneous		Assist parts • Course Maker • Fan-made courses highlighted by Nintendo • Gallery • Glitches • Media • Mii outfits • Minigames^b (Catch & Win! • Match & Win! • Pop & Win!) • Ninji* • Peach's Castle • Phanto^b • Quotes • Sound effects • Staff • Yamamura's Dojo
^a In version 2.0 or later ^b In version 3.0 or later

Ground (block)

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History

Super Mario Maker series

Original games

Mario vs. Donkey Kong series

Gallery

Ground theme

Underground theme

Underwater theme

Castle theme

Airship theme

Ghost House theme

Desert theme

Sky theme

Snow theme

Forest theme

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