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|image=[[File:SMM2-PinkBlock.png|200px]]<br>Model from the ''[[Super Mario 3D World]]'' gamestyle of ''[[Super Mario Maker 2]]''
|image=[[File:SMM2-PinkBlock.png|200px]]<br>Model from the ''[[Super Mario 3D World]]'' game style of ''[[Super Mario Maker 2]]''
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario Maker]]'' ([[List of games by date#2015|2015]])
|first_appearance=''[[New Super Mario Bros. U]]'' ([[List of games by date#2012|2012]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Super Mario Maker 2]]'' ([[List of games by date#2019|2019]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Super Mario Maker 2]]'' ([[List of games by date#2019|2019]])
|effect=Serves as a platform that disappears after you stop touching it
|effect=Serves as a platform that disappears upon losing physical contact with the player
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An '''Editor Block''' is a type of [[block]] that debuted in ''[[Super Mario Maker]]'', and made further appearances in ''[[Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS]]''/''[[Super Smash Bros. for Wii U]]'', ''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]'' and ''[[Super Mario Maker 2]]''. In ''Super Mario Maker'' and ''Super Mario Maker 2'', they only appear when testing a level and there are no platforms below the player, spawning underneath the player and disappearing when the player jumps or walks off. In ''Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS''/''Super Smash Bros. for Wii U'' and ''Super Smash Bros. Ultimate'', they appear in the beginning of a battle in the stage [[Super Mario Maker (stage)|Super Mario Maker]], where they spawn underneath every player and fade out when the match begins.  
'''Starting blocks''' are a set of three pink [[block]]s that debuted in ''[[New Super Mario Bros. U]]'', and made further appearances in ''[[Super Mario Maker]]'', ''[[Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS]]'' / ''[[Super Smash Bros. for Wii U|Wii U]]'', ''[[Super Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DS]]'', ''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]'', ''[[New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe]]'', and ''[[Super Mario Maker 2]]''. They are similar in function to the respawn platforms in ''[[Mario Bros. (game)|Mario Bros.]]'' and the ''[[Super Smash Bros. (series)|Super Smash Bros.]]'' series.
 
==History==
===''Super Mario'' series===
====''New Super Mario Bros. U'' / ''New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe''====
Starting blocks first appeared in ''[[New Super Mario Bros. U]]'', they appear underneath the player during challenges in which the player cannot touch the ground, disappearing after they jump or fall off. Starting blocks reappear in the game's [[Nintendo Switch]] [[Reissue#Enhanced port|port]], ''[[New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe]]'', serving the same function as previously described.
 
====''Super Mario Maker'' series====
In all three of the ''Super Mario Maker'' games, starting blocks only appear when testing a level in [[Course Maker]] and there are no platforms below the player, spawning underneath the player and disappearing when the player jumps or walks off.
===''Super Smash Bros.'' series===
In both ''[[Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS / Wii U]]'' and ''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]'', starting blocks appear in the beginning of a battle in the stage [[Super Mario Maker (stage)|Super Mario Maker]], where they spawn underneath every player and fade out when the match begins.  


==Gallery==
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Latest revision as of 12:22, March 26, 2024

The title of this article is conjectural; an official name for the article's subject has not been found, so it has been given a fitting title by the editors. If an official name is found, then the article should be moved to its appropriate title.

It has been requested that more images be uploaded for this article. Remove this notice only after the additional image(s) have been added. Reason: Appearances in most other games are missing, as well as other game styles in the Super Mario Maker games.

Starting blocks
The editor pink blocks from Super Mario Maker 2
Model from the Super Mario 3D World game style of Super Mario Maker 2
First appearance New Super Mario Bros. U (2012)
Latest appearance Super Mario Maker 2 (2019)
Effect Serves as a platform that disappears upon losing physical contact with the player

Starting blocks are a set of three pink blocks that debuted in New Super Mario Bros. U, and made further appearances in Super Mario Maker, Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS / Wii U, Super Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DS, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe, and Super Mario Maker 2. They are similar in function to the respawn platforms in Mario Bros. and the Super Smash Bros. series.

History[edit]

Super Mario series[edit]

New Super Mario Bros. U / New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe[edit]

Starting blocks first appeared in New Super Mario Bros. U, they appear underneath the player during challenges in which the player cannot touch the ground, disappearing after they jump or fall off. Starting blocks reappear in the game's Nintendo Switch port, New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe, serving the same function as previously described.

Super Mario Maker series[edit]

In all three of the Super Mario Maker games, starting blocks only appear when testing a level in Course Maker and there are no platforms below the player, spawning underneath the player and disappearing when the player jumps or walks off.

Super Smash Bros. series[edit]

In both Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS / Wii U and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, starting blocks appear in the beginning of a battle in the stage Super Mario Maker, where they spawn underneath every player and fade out when the match begins.

Gallery[edit]