Egg Block
Egg Block | |
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Three kinds of Egg Blocks | |
First appearance | Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island (1995) |
Latest appearance | WarioWare: Get It Together! (2021) |
Effect | Releases eggs when hit |
- “Hit the bottom of the Egg Block to get all the eggs Yoshi can carry.”
- —Message Block, Yoshi's Story
Egg Blocks, also called Egg Boxes,[1] are spotted blocks that dispense Yoshi's Eggs for Yoshis to use.
History
Yoshi's Island series
In the Yoshi's Island series, each time an Egg Block is hit from below, a Yoshi's egg is dispensed, unless the Yoshi already has six eggs with him. Besides the common green-spotted Egg Blocks, there are also Yellow, Red, and Flashing Egg Blocks, which, when hit, turn into a single Yellow Egg, Red Egg, or Flashing Egg, respectively. Any Egg Block can be stood on. Hitting an Egg Block from a certain side pushes eggs out in the opposite direction.
In Yoshi's New Island, two new Egg Block varieties are introduced. One of them releases Mega Eggdozers, while the other one releases Metal Eggdozers. Both of them are four times bigger than a normal Egg Block (looking like green-spotted Expansion Blocks). The earlier variety is white, while the latter is black.
Yoshi's Story
All Egg Blocks in Yoshi's Story sport green spots and sway slightly. In Western releases, the spots on every Egg Block match the color of the Yoshi being played instead.
Super Mario Sunshine
In Super Mario Sunshine, Egg Blocks (localized as spotted blocks and spotted boxes)[2] are platforms in the secret courses of Pinna Park. Most have green spots, but there are some that have magenta, blue, and black ones.
Yoshi's Woolly World
Egg Blocks are replaced by similarly designed objects known as Yarn Baskets in Yoshi's Woolly World and Poochy & Yoshi's Woolly World. They release yarn balls, the game's equivalent to Yoshi eggs, and sometimes even bigger ones for the Yoshis to use. Hitting a Yarn Basket from the bottom releases one yarn ball at a time, and hitting it with a yarn ball from any side releases several at once.
Yoshi's Crafted World
Egg Blocks in Yoshi's Crafted World uniquely dispense eggs depending on which direction the Yoshi is facing.
WarioWare: Get It Together!
Egg Blocks appear in levels 2 and 3 of the Yoshi's Story microgame in WarioWare: Get It Together![3][4]
Other appearances
Egg Blocks appear in the Yoshi's Island Zone stage of Sonic Lost World, though three Yoshi Eggs can ever emerge from them, regardless of how many are following Sonic.
Profiles and statistics
Yoshi's Story
- Instruction booklet description:
Yoshi's Woolly World / Poochy & Yoshi's Woolly World
- Instruction manual description: Bump it from below or shoot it with a yarn ball to make yarn balls come flying out.
- You can hold up to six yarn balls.
Gallery
- For this subject's image gallery, see Gallery:Egg Block.
Names in other languages
Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
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Japanese | タマゴブロック[?] Tamago Burokku |
Egg Block | |
French (NOA) | Bloc Œuf[?] | Egg Block | |
French (NOE) | Boite à Œufs[6] | - | |
Bloc tacheté[7] | Spotted block | Yoshi's Story | |
Bloc à Œufs[8] | Egg block | ||
Italian | Blocco uovo[?] | Egg Block | |
Dado uovo[9] | Egg cube | Yoshi's Story | |
Russian | Яйцеблок[?] Yaytseblok |
Egg Block |
Trivia
- In Super Princess Peach, the design of the breakable blocks in Hoo's Wood greatly resembles that of Egg Blocks.[10]
References
- ^ Prima Bath (April 7, 1999). Nintendo 64 Game Secrets, 1999 Edition Prima's Official Strategy Guide. Prima Games (American English). ISBN 0-7615-2103-8. Page 103, 105, 111, 113, 115, and 116.
- ^ Averill, Alan; Villarreal, Jennifer (2002). Super Mario Sunshine: The Official Nintendo Player's Guide. Redmond, WA: Nintendo of America. ISBN 1-930206-23-2. Page 63 and 73.
- ^ UTAGaming (April 7, 2022). WarioWare Get It Together! - ALL Microgames (Nintendo Classics Enthusiast) (1:09:34). YouTube (English).
- ^ WarioWare Get It Together! - ALL Microgames (Nintendo Classics Enthusiast) (1:09:43). YouTube.
- ^ 1998. Yoshi Story instruction booklet (PDF). Nintendo of Europe (English). Page 25.
- ^ a b 1998. Yoshi Story instruction booklet (PDF). Nintendo of Europe (French). Page 59.
- ^ Omniwalk FR (March 4, 2019). Walkthrough FR l Yoshi Story l Mode Entraînement. YouTube (French).
- ^ 1998. Nintendo Magazine : Le seul magazine officiel Nintendo 64 Issue 4. Nintendo and EMAP France (French). Page 23.
- ^ 1998. Yoshi's Story manual. Nintendo of Europe (Italian). Page 123.
- ^ WhiteKhakis (May 19, 2016). 11. (Native 60 FPS DS) Hoo's Wood 2-4 - Super Princess Peach. YouTube (English).