Rotating Block: Difference between revisions

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'''Rotating Blocks''',<ref>''Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2'' instruction booklet, page 19.</ref> also known as '''Spinning Blocks'''<ref>Nintendo ''Mario Mania'' Player's Guide. Page 57.</ref> or simply '''Blocks''', are yellow [[block]]s with eyes that first appear in ''[[Super Mario World]]''. When hit from below or the sides, they briefly spin around, allowing [[Mario]] or other characters to pass through them.

In ''Super Mario World'', Rotating Blocks replace [[Brick Block|brick]]s from previous ''[[Super Mario (series)|Super Mario]]'' games and share most of those blocks' attributes. Normal Rotating Blocks spin around for a short time when hit from beneath or attacked as [[Cape Mario|Caped Mario]] (or Caped [[Luigi]]), but some act as [[? Block|Prize Blocks]] and reveal an item. [[Super Mario (form)|Super Mario]] can destroy normal Rotating Blocks with a [[Spin Jump]] from above. [[Chargin' Chuck]]s can also destroy Rotating Blocks by charging into them. Also, enemies such as [[Koopa Troopa]]s and [[Galoomba|Goomba]]s may hide in Rotating Blocks, and break out to attack Mario once he approaches him.

Rotating Blocks appear under the name '''Block''' in ''[[Super Mario Maker]]'', ''[[Super Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DS]]'', and ''[[Super Mario Maker 2]]''. Rotating Blocks replace [[Brick Block]]s in the ''Super Mario World'' style. To be consistent with the other styles, Rotating Blocks are affected by [[P Switch]]es instead of [[Empty Block]]s, unlike in ''Super Mario World''.

Rotating Blocks appear in the [[Super Smash Bros. (series)|''Super Smash Bros.'' series]] in [[Yoshi's Island (Super Smash Bros. Melee)|''Melee''{{'}}s Yoshi's Island stage]] (in ''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]'', ''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]'', ''[[Super Smash Bros. for Wii U]]'', and ''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]'') and in the ''Super Mario World'' style of the [[Super Mario Maker (stage)|Super Mario Maker stage]] (in ''[[Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS]]'' / ''Wii U'' as DLC, and ''Super Smash Bros. Ultimate''), working as they originally did, though they are 3D in Yoshi's Island (they turn 2D when rotating).

The [[block (Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars)|block]]s from ''[[Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars]]'', [[Bike Pad]]s from ''[[Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga]]'', and [[yellow block]]s from ''[[Paper Mario]]'' resemble Rotating Blocks.

Although actual Rotating Blocks do not appear in ''[[Mini Mario & Friends: amiibo Challenge]]'', there are blocks that have an identical design, primarily found in [[Mini Luigi]]'s world, [[Moonlight Mansion]]. They initially appear as transparent Empty Blocks from ''Super Mario World'', referred to as '''invisible blocks''',<ref>"''The candle in this contraption scares Ghosts into covering their eyes, so you can safely walk your Mini right through them. You’ll also be able to see '''invisible blocks''', which may help you reach new places.'' &ndash; [https://play.nintendo.com/news-tips/tips-tricks/mini-mario-friends-amiibo-challenge-items/ Mini Mario & Friends: amiibo Challenge Items]. ''[[Play Nintendo]]''. Retrieved April 6, 2020.</ref> but they will turn solid and yellow when a nearby [[candle]] is lit, allowing the [[Mini]]s to walk on them.

|SpaM=Rotary block

|PorM=Spinning Block

|ItaM=Turning block