“Thanks! That really puts a spring in my step!”

—Blockafeller, Yoshi's Crafted World

Blockafellers^[1] are a family of robot-like characters in Yoshi's Crafted World. They have springy arms, heads with a flower on top and a large nose, a singular 'foot' made out of a bottle cap, and bodies made out of cardboard boxes. All Blockafellers except for the one in Sunshine Station start out without any energy in the middle of the path, with their appearance being a box with a meter in front of it. Once they are given the required amount of Smiley Flowers to recharge them, they unlock the world and stay on the far left spot on the map of the world, or to the left of the boss battles. Their color scheme changes depending on the Blockafeller. Their name appears to be a combination of 'block' and 'Rockefeller.'

Three types of Blockafeller exist in the game. The first kind is the standard kind that appears in each world. The second is a larger variant known as Torques. These ones have two bottle cap feet instead of one, lack springy arms (having them directly attached to their bodies instead) and wear clothing such as overalls, sunhats, or sunglasses. These Blockafellers appear on each boss battle island. Finally, there is a single elderly Blockafeller with a cane and elf hat named Crumples who appears twice in the game, once to tell the player they can choose the order to search for the red, purple, and yellow Dream Gems, and again once the player collects said Dream Gems to access the final few areas. After talking with him in both of these encounters, he flies away with balloons on his back.

After the player beats a level, the world's Blockafeller assigns them a task that involves going back to the same level to collect a souvenir for them, such as collecting five cardboard cows in Rail-Yard Run. When the task is beaten, the player can choose to continue playing the level or to exit it. When the level is exited after the task is completed, the world's Blockafeller gives the player a Smiley Flower.

A Blockafeller costume can also be unlocked by finding Sprout in every level.

List of Blockafellers[edit]

Profiles[edit]

Yoshi's Crafted World[edit]

• North American website bio: 'The Blockafeller brothers and cousins act as gatekeepers to each new area and help roll out new challenges.'

Gallery[edit]

• Artwork of Fin Blockafeller with Sprout

• Blockafeller costume

Names in other languages[edit]

Trivia[edit]

• In the demo for Yoshi's Crafted World, the Blockafeller in Sunshine Station is named Fin instead of Coal, whereas his brother who is named Fin in the full game is not present in the demo at all. This can be discovered by speaking with the Blockafeller first before playing Rail-Yard Run.

References[edit]

Spring Sprung Trail is the tenth level of Yoshi's Crafted World, and the first level of Origami Gardens. The level takes place in a garden with several moving platforms.

Overview[edit]

Front side[edit]

The level begins with a yellow batch of flowers containing a Petal Guy in front of Yoshi. Right ahead is an area with a moving flower platform and a Fly Guy. An Egg Block appears after that, with a spot containing a Monty Mole and a Winged Cloud with the first Smiley Flower. A Petal Guy with red flowers is found in front on a flower platforms that extends in and out of a pot. A Winged Cloud containing Hearts is found above the platform, with a Piranha Plant under it. Next is a rolling platfor with a flower design. Hitting a Winged Cloud in front of it causes Coins to appear around it. Afterward, Yoshi reaches a pit that he must cross on two extending flower platforms and a Fly Guy.

The first Checkpoint Bell is found on the other side of the pit, on a large, clear bottle with two resting Shy Guys near it. Inside the bottle is a set of Coins. After Yoshi makes the ground bloom under an arch, he reaches three more rotating platforms with Monty Moles below it. An area with three Fly Guys is next, with three Winged Clouds behind two tilting flowers in the background. The left one releases five coins, the right one gives three Red Coins, and the middle one releases a Smiley Flower. After passing more Monty Moles, Yoshi reaches a spot with two moving flower platforms and a blue Winged Timer Cloud that makes three balloons appear. Hitting them makes a Smiley Flower appear. Next, Yoshi must cross another pit with purple flower platforms that extend. A yellow flower can be ground-pounded to make it retract. After that is the second Checkpoint Bell.

After crossing another entrance, Yoshi reaches two flowers with smiley faces made of Coins. A red Winged Timer Cloud with an Egg-Plant next to it is found next. After that is another area with a yellow flower platform and blue ones that bob up and down. Monty Moles are found below, with a Winged Cloud that releases Coins above. After passing more enemies, Yoshi reaches a spot with pink flower platforms and Fly Guys, with a rolling flower platform in the middle. Next is more Monty Moles with a Winged Cloud that releases Coins. After crossing a third pit with flower platforms and Fly Guys, Yoshi reaches the goal.

Flip side[edit]

The background is revealed to be a brown fence on the flip side as opposed to the blue one on the front side. The light-blue Poochy Pup runs to the side of the area with the blue flower platforms and on until it jumps through the second flower-shaped hoop. In an area with pink flower platforms after the second pit, the black Poochy Pup hops across flowers in the background. Coins are no longer found in the large clear bottle with the second Checkpoint Bell. The pink Poochy Pup comes out of a hole in the area after the Egg Block, right before the goal.

Collectibles[edit]

Smiley Flowers[edit]

• Smiley Flower 1: In the area with the first Monty Mole, Yoshi must hit a Winged Cloud that flies side-to-side behind three flowers.
• Smiley Flower 2: At the first pit, the second Smiley Flower is found below the Fly Guy. It must be hit with an egg.
• Smiley Flower 3: In the spot with three Winged Clouds behind two tilting flowers in the background, the middle one releases the Smiley Flower.
• Smiley Flower 4: In an area with two pink flower platforms, a blue Winged Timer Cloud makes three balloons appear in the background that must be hit with eggs.
• Smiley Flower 5: Obtained at the second pit, by Ground Pounding a yellow flower platform to reveal a hidden Winged Cloud.
• Smiley Flower 6: Hitting a red Winged Timer Cloud starts a minigame where Yoshi must hit two Monty Moles and a big Monty Mole, rewarding Yoshi with the Smiley Flower.
• Smiley Flower 7: Found in a small clear bottle covered by a picture of a Shy Guy with a watering can.

Three more Smiley Flowers are awarded for collecting at least 100 coins in the level, completing the level with 20 hearts, and collecting all 20 Red Coins.

Crafts[edit]

Found on the flip side:

• Flutter Sign: In the background of the end of the third and last pit area, near a Piranha Plant.

Found on the front side:

• Bottle House: On a large pot, in the background of the area with the three Winged Clouds behind two tilting flowers.

Found on the front side:

• Butterfly 1: On a flower sign, in the background of the spot with the Egg Block.
• Butterfly 2: Right after the first Checkpoint Bell, on a pink flower on the arch.
• Butterfly 3: Far in the background of the second pit, behind a green pinwheel that spins.
• Butterfly 4: Resting in the flower bed right after the second Checkpoint Bell.
• Butterfly 5: Floating around in the background, behind a pink tulip. At the spot with three Petal Guys, each one with different colored flowers.

Sprout[edit]

Shortly after the first Checkpoint Bell, Sprout is found in a yellow tulip in the background, before the area with the rolling platforms and Monty Moles.

Enemies[edit]

• Petal Guy (13 total; 5 with yellow flowers, 4 pink, 4 purple)
• Fly Guy (14)
• Monty Mole (9 in the main level, 4 in the background, more spawned from 6 holes)
• Piranha Plant (3)
• Shy Guy (2)
• Big Monty Mole (1 in the background)