Expansion Block

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Expansion Block
An Expansion Block in its normal size (top) and its expanded size (bottom)
First appearance	Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island (1995)
Latest appearance	Yoshi's New Island (2014)

Expansion Blocks^[1] areblocks resembling pink-spottedEgg Blocks inSuper Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island (andits reissue),Yoshi's Island DS, andYoshi's New Island. However, they do not releaseeggs. Instead, when struck from below, an Expansion Block expands to help aYoshi go higher. However, after a set amount of time, the Expansion Block shrinks back to its normal size.

Gallery[edit]

Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island

Names in other languages[edit]

Language	Name	Meaning	Notes
Japanese	大きくなるブロック^[?] Ōkikunaru Burokku	Expand Block

Notes[edit]

The sound that an Expansion Block makes is based on anunused sound fromSuper Mario World.

References[edit]

^Miller, Kent, and Terry Munson (1995).Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island Player's Guide.Nintendo of America (American English). Page13.

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[Edit] Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island /Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3
Characters		Yoshis •Baby Mario •Baby Luigi •Baby Bowser •Kamek •Stork •Poochy •Huffin Puffin •Liquid lift •Melon Bug •Muddy Buddy •Support Ghost
Worlds		Welcome To Yoshi's Island •World 1 •World 2 •World 3 •World 4 •World 5 •World 6
Items	Regular items	Blue watermelon •Coin •Green Shell •Green watermelon •Key •Red coin •Red Shell •Red watermelon •Special Flower •Star •Super Star •Yoshi's egg (Flashing Egg ·Giant Egg ·Red Egg ·Yellow Egg)
Items	Special Items	10-Point Star •20-Point Star •Anytime Egg •Anywhere POW •Magnifying Glass •Super Blue Watermelon •Super Green Watermelon •Super Red Watermelon •Winged Cloud Maker
Objects		! Block •Arrow block •Arrow Cloud •Balloon (Mini Battle) •Balloon (platform) •Beanstalk •Breakable block •Bubble •Bucket •Chomp Rock •Coin Block •Cork •Countdown Platform •Cracked block •Current •Donut Lift •Dotted-Line Block •Egg Block •Egg Plant •Expansion Block •Falling stone block •Flatbed Ferry •Flipper •Goal Ring •Ice Block •Icicle •Makeshift surfboard •Message Block •Middle Ring •Morph bubble •Moving block •Paddle wheel •Pinwheel •Post •Pot •POW Block •Red-and-yellow bridge •Red balloon •Rolling rock •Seesaw •Ski Lift •Snowball •Soft rock •Spinning Log •Spinning wheel •Spotted platform •Spring ball •Squishy block •Switch •Teeter-totter •Tulip •Tumbler •Warp Pipe •Winged Cloud •Yoshi Block
Bosses		Burt the Bashful •Salvo the Slime •Bigger Boo •Roger the Potted Ghost •Froggy •Naval Piranha •Marching Milde •Hookbill the Koopa •Sluggy the Unshaven •Raphael the Raven •Tap-Tap the Red Nose •Baby Bowser •Big Baby Bowser
Enemy classes		Edibilis Boringus •Harrassimentia Phlyoverus •Projectilia Ritebakatchia •Ucantia Defeatus •Dudim Phreykunoutonthis •Mostosti Vomitonus
Enemies		Aqua Lakitu •Bandit •Baron von Zeppelin •Barney Bubble •Beach Koopa •Big Boo •Blow Hard •Boo Balloon •Boo Blah •Boo •Boo Guy •Boo Man Bluff •Bouncing Bullet Bill •Bowling Goonie •Bubble Dayzee •Bullet Bill •Bumpty •Burt •Cactus Jack •Caged Ghost •Chain Chomp •Clawdaddy •Cloud Drop •Coin Bandit •Crazee Dayzee •Dancing Spear Guy •Dangling Ghost •Dizzy Dandy •Dr. Freezegood •Eggo-Dil •Fang •Fat Guy •Fishing Lakitu •Flamer Guy •Flightless Goonie •Flightless Skeleton Goonie •Flopsy Fish •Fly Guy •Flying Wiggler •Frog Pirate •Fuzzy •Gargantua Blargg •Georgette Jelly •Goomba •Goonie •Green Glove •Green Toady •Grim Leecher •Grinder •Grunt •Gusty •Harry Hedgehog •Hefty Goonie •Hootie the Blue Fish •Hot Lips •Incoming Chomp •Itsunomanika Heihō •Jean de Fillet •Kaboomba •Kamek •Kamek's Toadies •Koopa Troopa •Lakitu •Lantern Ghost •Lava Bubble •Lava Drop •Little Mouser •Little Skull Mouser •Loch Nestor •Lunge Fish •Mace Guy •Mace Penguin •Milde •Missile Bill^a •Mock Up •Mufti Guy •Needle •Nep-Enut •Nipper Plant •Nipper Spore •Para-Koopa •Piro Dangle •Piscatory Pete •Pokey •Preying Mantas •Puchipuchi L •Raven •Raven (chick) •Red Blargg •Relay Heihō •Sanbo Flower •Shark Chomp •Shy-Guy •Shy-Guy on Stilts •Skeleton Goonie •Slime •Slime Drop •Slugger •Sluggy •Snifit •Solo Toady •Spear Guy •Spiked Fun Guy •Spooky •Spray Fish •Stretch •Tap-Tap •Tap-Tap the Golden •Thunder Lakitu •Train Bandit •Wall Lakitu •Whirly Fly Guy •Wild Piranha •Wild Ptooie Piranha •Woozy Guy •Zeus Guy
Obstacles		Ball 'N' Chain •Ball and chain •Cannonball •Fire-Bar •Lava •Spike •Spiked ball •Spiked weight •Thorn •Turtle Cannon
Mini Battles		Gather Coins •Popping Balloons •Throwing Balloons •Watermelon Seed Spitting Contest
Bonus Challenges		Flip Cards •Scratch and Match •Drawing Lots •Match Cards •Roulette •Slot Machine
Music		Athletic BGM •Flower Field BGM
Miscellaneous		Countdown Timer •Yoshi's Island
Further info		Gallery (SNES ·GBA) •Glitches •Mario Bros.^a •Baby Mario's A-Maze-ing Game^a •Multimedia •Nintendo Music •Pre-release and unused content • Staff (SNES ·GBA) •Super Mario: Yossy Island Original Sound Version •Yoshi's Island Slider
^a Exclusive toYoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3

[Edit] Yoshi's Island DS
Characters	Yoshis •Star children (Baby Mario ·Baby Luigi ·Baby Peach ·Baby DK ·Baby Wario ·Baby Bowser ·Baby Yoshi) •Kamek •Kamek's Toadies •Kangaroo •Stork
Worlds	World 1 •World 2 •World 3 •World 4 •World 5
Items	Character coin •Coin •Flower •Giant Egg •Key •Red coin •Star •Super Star •Yoshi's Egg
Objects	Arrow block •Arrow wheel •Bucket •Countdown Platform •Donut platform •Egg Plant •Flimsy Lift •Giant sunflower •Goal roulette •Hanging vine •Message Block •Middle Ring •Mine Cart •Morph bubble •Number Ball •Paddle wheel •Rough platform •Soft rock •Spring ball •Stilts •Stork Stop •Tulip •Winged Cloud
Bosses	Big Burt Bros. •Gilbert the Gooey •Hector the Reflector •Big Bungee Piranha •Bessie Bass •Priscilla the Peckish •Six-Face Sal •Big Guy the Stilted •Moltz the Very Goonie •Baby Bowser •Bowser •Giant Bowser
Enemies and obstacles	Bandit •Bill Blaster •Big Boo •Blargg •Blooper •Blow Hard •Boo •Boss Bass •Bouncy •Boo Guy •Bullet Bill •Bumpty •Bungee Piranha •Burt Brother •Cascading Stone •Cheep Cheep •Chomp •Cloud Drop •Crabble •Crazee Dayzee •Dancing Spear Guy •Debull •Dizzy Dandy •Drool Hard •Egg-enut •Eggo-Dil •Fang •Fat Guy •Fleeper •Flightless Goonie •Flightless Skeleton Goonie •Flopsy Fish •Fly Guy •Gargantua Blargg •Gargantua Blargg (tall) •Glide Guy •Gobblin •Gooey Goon •Goonie •Green Glove •Gusty •Hanging Blow Hard •Hot Lips •Incoming Chomp •Invisighoul •Item Balloon •Itsunomanika Heihō •Koopa Troopa •Lakitu •Lantern Ghost •Lunge Fish •Nep-Enut •Nipper Dandelion •Nipper Plant •Nipper Spore •Para-Koopa •Petal Guy •Piranha Plant •Pirate Guy •Podoboo •Pointey •Pokey •Polterpiranha •Potted Ghost •Rocket Guy •Sanbo Flower •Scorchit •Shark Chomp •Shy Guy •Shy Guy on Stilts •Shy Stack •Skeleton Goonie •Slugger •Snap Jaw •Spear Guy •Spiked weight •Spinning Spikes •Spray Fish •Super Big Tap-Tap •Tap-Tap •Thorn •Toober Guy •Ukiki •Unshelled Koopa •Wall Lakitu •Wild Ptooie Piranha •Windbag •Woozy Guy
Bonus Challenges	Flip Cards •Scratch and Match •Match Cards •Roulette •Slot Machine
Minigames	Tulip Shooter •Flutter Challenge •Bouncy Maze •Speed Eating •Egg Toss
Miscellaneous	Countdown Timer •Gallery •Hanabira Game •Pre-release and unused content •Quotes •Staff •Yoshi's Egg Toss •Yoshi's Island

[Edit] Yoshi's New Island
Protagonists	Playable characters	Yoshis (Green · Pink · Light Blue · Yellow · Purple · Orange · Red · Blue)
	Allies	Baby Mario •Mr. Pipe •Poochy
	Other	Baby Luigi •Stork •Blarggwich •Blarggwich (sandwich) •Mario
Worlds		World 1 •World 2 •World 3 •World 4 •World 5 •World 6
Objects	Items	1UP •Binoculars •Blue watermelon •Coin •Egg Medal •Flutter Wings •Hidden Coin •Key •Koopa Shell •Lakitu's Cloud •Mega Eggdozer •Metal Eggdozer •Red coin •Red watermelon •Red Yoshi Star •Smiley Flower •Star •Watermelon •Yoshi egg (Flashing Egg ·Red Egg ·Yellow Egg) •Yoshi Star
Objects	Miscellaneous	! Block •! Switch •Arrow block •Arrow Cloud •Arrow wheel •Bucket •Checkpoint Ring •Chomp Rock •Conveyor Belt •Countdown Platform •Crate •Donut Block •Egg Block •Egg Plant •Expansion Block •Flatbed Ferry •Flipper •Goal Ring •Item Balloon •Leaf platform •Message Block •Paddle Platform •Post •Rough platform •Seesaw •Ski Lift •Snowball •Spring Ball •Tatami Block •Teeter-totter •Tulip •Warp Pipe •Whirly Gate •Winged Cloud •Wobble Rock
Bosses	Mid-boss	Kamek
Bosses	World bosses	Big Beanie •Count Fang •King Clawdaddy •Furious Fred de Fillet •Punkey the Pokey Prince •Baby Bowser •Mega Baby Bowser •Bowser •Mega Bowser
Enemies		Bandit •Bill Blaster •Blargg •Blooper •Blow Hard •Boo •Boo Blah •Boo Guy •Bouncing Bullet Bill •Bowling Goonie •Bubble Dayzee •Bullet Bill •Bumpty •Caged Ghost •Cheep Cheep •Chomp Shark •Clawdaddy •Cloud Drop •Coin Bandit •Crazee Dayzee •Dancing Spear Guy •Dangling Ghost •Deep Cheep •Dizzy Dandy •Door Guy •Dr. Freezegood •Eggo-Dil •Fake Yoshi •Fang •Fire Incoming Chomp •Fishin' Lakitu •Flightless Goonie •Flightless Skeleton Goonie •Flutter •Fly Guy •Gargantua Blargg •Goomba •Goonie •Grim Leecher •Grunt •Gusty •Harry Hedgehog •Hefty Goonie •Hootie the Blue Fish •Hot Lips •Itsunomanika Heihō •Jean de Fillet •Kaboomba •Kamek's Toadies •Koopa Paratroopa •Koopa Troopa •Lakitu •Lantern Ghost •Lava Drop •Little Mouser •Little Skull Mouser •Loch Nestor •Lunge Fish •Mace Guy •Mame-san •Mega Guy •Mega Kantera •Metal Guy •Milde •Nep-Enut •Nipper Plant •Nipper Spore •Petal Guy •Piranha Plant •Piro Dangle •Pokey •Pokey (heading) •Pokey (projectile) •Preying Mantas •Puchipuchi L •Pyro Guy •Raphael the Raven •Raven •Raven (chick) •Relay Heihō •Sanbo Flower •Shy Guy •Skeleton Goonie •Slime •Slime Drop •Solo Toady •Snifit •Spear Guy •Spiny Egg •Spray Fish •Stilt Guy •Tap-Tap •Tap-Tap the Golden •Tetu Kantera •Thunder Lakitu •Tree Guy •Ukiki •Wall Lakitu •Whirly Fly Guy •Woozy Guy •Zeus Guy
Minigames		Ground-Pound Pop •Tulip Toss •Flutter Fortune •Enemy Eat-Off •Eggy Pop •Flutter Finish
Other		Countdown Timer •Multimedia •Message Block hints •Pre-release and unused content •Quotes
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