Rotating Block

**Rotating Blocks** are destructible blocks that are affected by P switches and are temporarily passable when activated. Rotating Blocks are only available in the Super Mario World game style, being replaced in other game styles by Brick Blocks. Other course elements may be placed inside Rotating Blocks, at which point they behave like re-skinned ? Blocks rather than displaying the behavior described in this article.

## History

### *Super Mario Maker*

When hit by Mario from below, by a regular shell from either side, or with a cape twirl from the side with Cape Mario, a Rotating Block will begin rotating vertically. During this rotation, Mario and enemies may pass through the Rotating Block as if it were not there.

The block will typically rotate 10 times, taking roughly 5 in-game seconds. However, if Mario is occupying the same space as the Rotating Block when it would normally stop rotating, it will continue to rotate until Mario moves out of the way, at which point it will immediately stop rotating.

In contrast, if an enemy or item is occupying the same space as a Rotating Block when it stops rotating, the enemy or item will simply be pushed out of the way to the left of the Rotating Block. If there is a solid object preventing the enemy or item from being pushed to the left, it will simply continue to occupy the same space as the (no longer rotating) Rotating Block.

Rotating Blocks may also be destroyed with Super Mario or Cape Mario with a spin jump from above.

Otherwise, Rotating Blocks behave identically to Brick Blocks, most notably turning into coins when a P Switch is activated (this is true even if the Rotating Block is currently rotating).

## See Also

• Super Mario Bros. 3
• Super Mario World
• New Super Mario Bros. U
 Game Modes
• Network Play
• Ninji Speedruns
• Story Mode
 Transformations
• Builder Mario
• Cape Mario
• Cat Mario
• Fire Mario
• Link
• Propeller Mario
• Raccoon Mario
• Small Mario
• Super Mario
 Course Elements | Terrain
• Brick Block
• Bridge
• Clear Pipe
• Cloud Block
• Conveyor Belt
• Donut Block
• Gentle Slope
• Empty Block
• Ground
• Hard Block
• Hidden Block
• Ice Block
• Jelectro
• Mushroom Platform
• Music Block
• Note Block
• Pipe
• Rotating Block
• Sea Urchin
• Semisolid Platform
• Steep Slope
• Spike Block
• Spike Trap
 Items
• Big Coin
• Big Mushroom
• Cape Feather
• Coin
• Fire Flower
• Frozen Coin
• Pink Coin
• Propeller Mushroom
• Master Sword
• Rotten Mushroom
• Shoe Goomba
• Stiletto Goomba
• Super Bell
• Super Hammer
• Super Leaf
• Super Mushroom
• Super Star
• Superball Flower
 Enemies
• Ant Trooper (Horned)
• Blooper (Nanny)
• Bob-omb
• Boo (Buddies • Stretch)
• Boom Boom (Pom Pom)
• Bowser (Jr. • Meowser)
• Bully
• Buzzy Beetle (Shell)
• Chain Chomp
• Charvaargh
• Cheep Cheep (Blurp • Deep Cheep)
• Dry Bones (Shell)
• Fire Bro (Heavy)
• Fish Bone
• Galoomba (Goombud)
• Goomba (Goombrat)
• Hammer Bro (Sledge Bro)
• Hop-Chop
• Koopa Clown Car (Fire)
• Koopa Troopa (Beach Koopa • Car)
• Lakitu (Cloud)
• Lava Bubble
• Magikoopa
• Moon
• Monty Mole
• Muncher
• Piranha Plant (Creeper • Fire • Jumping)
• Peepa
• Pokey (Snow)
• Porcupuffer
• Rocky Wrench
• Skipsqueak (Spiny)
• Spike (Ball • Snowball)
• Spike Top
• Spiny (Egg • Shell)
• Stingby
• Thwomp
 Gizmos
• Arrow Sign
• Banzai Bill
• Bill Blaster
• Blinking Block
• Bumper
• Burner
• Cannon
• Checkpoint Flag
• Conveyor Belt
• Dash Block
• Fire Bar
• Grinder
• Icicle
• Key
• Lift (Cloud • Flimsy • Lava)
• Mushroom Trampoline
• ON/OFF Switch (Dotted-Line Block)
• One-Way Wall
• P Block
• P Switch
• POW Block
• Seesaw
• Snake Block
• Skewer
• Swinging Claw
• Tree
• Track
• Track Block
• Twister
• Vine
• Warp Door
 Other