Snake Block

The Snake Block is a type of moving platform in the Super Mario series. It is a set of solid, typically green blocks that are laid down and removed by the two end blocks, which follow a fixed path. When it reaches the end of its path, it falls down segment-by-segment, turning intangible in some games.
Snake Blocks move similarly to the player character in Snake, as a path can turn towards any cardinal direction from any tile. The path must also not overlap itself in , although this is contradicted in other instances, such as the titular merging and splitting Snake Blocks in the course "".
==History==
The Snake Block first appeared in , in which it visually consisted of Empty Blocks. They reappeared in the Game Boy Advance remake, . They were reused in two new courses in in , now appearing as a set of s.
 carried over the Super Mario World Empty Block design, while introducing the now-heavily-associated bright green hue. While the normal Snake Block was unused in , a slippery variant, the , appeared in its stead.
Snake Blocks have made their only appearance in a 3D platformer in Super Mario Galaxy 2, in which they are pink and can be of various widths. They would be replaced by Flip Panels in later 3D Super Mario games, starting with .
In , Snake Blocks are seen moving on their own and in looping paths. They reappear in and New Super Luigi U, with a new variant, the Giant Snake Block, found in each game's Soda Jungle-.
Snake Blocks could be recreated in courses by placing blocks on a track, as in World 15-4 of . They appeared as a unique course part in Super Mario Maker 2, wherein the path followed is drawn by the maker of the course, with the blue Fast Snake Block variant also being introduced.
==See also==
*Blokkablok
*Flip Panel
==Gallery==
SMMGO SnakeBlock.png|Super Mario Maker GO
SMMGO FastSnakeBlock.png|Fast Snake Block (Super Mario Maker GO)
Snake Block.png|Super Mario World: Wii
Snake Block SMWU.png|Super Mario World U
Category:Objects
Category:Blocks
Category:Mario (series)