Coin (generic)

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Coin
A coin from Yoshi's StoryA Coin in Wario Land: Shake It!Yellow coin seen in Princess Peach: Showtime!.
Miscellaneous coins from Yoshi's Story (left), Wario Land: Shake It! (middle), and Princess Peach: Showtime!
Variants

A number of games related to the Super Mario franchise have featured collectable coins with various designs and roles. This article covers instances of coins in Super Mario-related media that are referred to as such without being explicitly or circumstantially tied to the franchise's trademark gold coins (often specifically depicted as a currency in the Mushroom Kingdom).

History[edit]

Yoshi's Story[edit]

Sprite of a coin from Yoshi's Story

In Yoshi's Story, coins have a yellow-and-orange color scheme and a heart-shaped symbol. In this game, coins can be collected for hearts to boost a Baby Yoshi's mood. If all coins are collected in an area, the action sometimes makes melons appear. Coins can be hidden everywhere in a stage, including in the sky and in the ground. In some areas of every level, when a Heart Fruit is eaten, heart coins appear in different formations and must all be collected before they disappear.

Super Smash Bros. series[edit]

SmashWiki article: Gold (collectible)

Coins are needed to operate the Lottery in Super Smash Bros. Melee and the Coin Launcher in Super Smash Bros. Brawl. These coins are used to get trophies and stickers.

Wario Land: Shake It![edit]

In Wario Land: Shake It!, there are different variants of coins, each adding a different value to the coin count: bronze coins, which are worth one coin, silver coins, which are worth five coins; gold coins, which are worth ten coins; large silver coins, which are worth fifty coins; and large gold coins, which are worth one hundred coins. They are mostly found floating in the air, but they can also be obtained from Coin Bags. They can be accumulated throughout the game and used to buy things from Captain Syrup's Pirate Shop. Collecting coins is also an objective for many missions in the game.

Wario World[edit]

In Wario World, coins appear in small and large sizes, and are obtainable by defeating enemies and breaking objects. Floating coins also appear in bonus rooms. Coins are used to buy garlic from Garlic Dispensers and to continue where the player left off if they lose all health.

Diddy Kong Racing DS[edit]

Coins with the Rare logo on them in Diddy Kong Racing DS
Diddy Kong driving between two coins in Fossil Canyon

Coins can be collected on every track Diddy Kong Racing DS. They depict the Rare logo, not unlike the Rareware Coin from Donkey Kong 64, and replace the bananas from Diddy Kong Racing. Coins can be spent at Taj's Wishes Menu to unlock additional content, such as courses and modes. Furthermore, if a racer picks up a green Weapon Balloon and applies a Power-Up Token to it, the item becomes five Fake Coins.

Coins were intended to appear in the original Diddy Kong Racing as shown in pre-release screenshots, but were replaced with bananas in the final.

WarioWare Gold[edit]

Plain gold coins appear throughout WarioWare Gold. The player starts with 10,000 coins, which is the exact number needed to enter the Wario Bowl tournament. There is a brief intermission following each boss microgame in a character's stage where the player controlling a box to get coins, added to their total. Coins can also be earned through completing missions or winning games of Wario Kard. From the Capsule Machine, the player can spend 600 coins to obtain an item. The grand prize of Wario Bowl is 10 million coins, which are hoarded by Wario. The other characters manage to get the coins back, dividing it amongst themselves.

Princess Peach: Showtime![edit]

This section is a stub. Please consider expanding it to include any missing information. Specifics: elaborate on their role in this game.

Artwork of Coins from Princess Peach: Showtime!
Coins from Princess Peach: Showtime!

Coins appear in Princess Peach: Showtime! These have Sparkle Gem icons stamped on them.

Profiles[edit]

Wario Land: Shake It![edit]

  • Instruction booklet description:
    • English:
      This is a coin!
      These babies come in a bunch of colors and sizes, with different values. Spend the coins you find at the Pirate Shop.
    • Other languages:
      • French:
        Ceci est une pièce!
        Ces petites merveilles sont de plusieurs couleurs et tailles, chacune ayant une valeur différente. Dépense les pièces que tu trouves au Coffre du Pirate.
      • Spanish:
        ¡Esto es una moneda!
        Estas hermosuras vienen en un montón de colores y tamaños, y también tienen diferentes valores. Gasta las monedas que encuentres en la Tienda Pirata.

Gallery[edit]

  • Diddy Kong Racing (unused)

    Diddy Kong Racing (unused)

  • Wario Land: Shake It!

    Wario Land: Shake It!

Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning Notes
French Pièce[1] Coin

References[edit]

  1. ^ 1998. Yoshi Story instruction booklet (PDF). Nintendo of Europe (French). Page 61. Retrieved July 28, 2025 from nintendo.com.
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Yoshi's Story
Playable characters Yoshis
Bosses Cloud N. Candy • Inviso • Cloudjin • Don Bongo • Baby Bowser
Mini-bosses Bone Dragon • Snorkel Snake • Slug
Allies Balloon Bully • Dragon • Ghost Rider • Ghost Stream • Huffin Puffin • Miss Warp • Neuron • Poochy • Power Bee • Snake • White Shy Guy
Items Bob-bomb • Bumber 'Chute • Coin • Coin (hopping) • Giant Egg • Key • Power Flower • Special Heart • Tulip • Yoshi egg
Objects ? Block • ? Bubble • ? Switch • Arrow Sign • Bubble • Cloud Puffer • Delay Switch • Egg Block • Falling spike • Flatbed Ferry • Locked door • Message Block • Mystery Crate • Pipe • Post • Propeller Lift • Rock block • Seesaw • Spring • Super Happy Tree • Surprise Ball • Swing • Vase • Vine*
Fruits Apple • Bananas • Bomb Berry • Favorite Fruit • Grapes • Heart Fruit • Lucky Fruit • Melon • Pepper • Watermelon
Obstacles Ball 'N' Chain • Ball and chain • Beehive • Bocci Ball • Bumper Ball • Buzz saw • Chain Gate • Direction Switch • Flaming urn • Jelly • Piston • Pit • Rail Lift • Shy Guy Galleon • Spike • Spiked ball • Sprocket • Sword • Turtle Cannon • Weight
Moves Crouch • Dash • Egg Throw • Flutter Jump • Ground Pound • Jump • Sniff • Stomp • Swallow • Swim
Enemies Air Bag • Attacky Sack • Bamboo dancers • Bee • Big & Little Boo • Black Shy Guy • Blargg • Blindfold Boo • Block Boo • Blurp • Bob-bomb • Bone Dragon • Boo • Bullet Bill • Bumblebee • Bumpty • Burner Heihō • Clam • Centipede • Cheep Cheep • Chomp • ComBat • Do-Drop • Flying Shy Guy • Frog • Fuzzy Wiggler • Gabon • Ghost • Goonie • Ick Worm • Jelly Ghost • Jellyfish • Lava Ghost • Little Boo • Mr. Eel • Nipper Plant • Nipper Spore • Pak E. Derm • Para-bomb • Peeper • Piranha Pest • Piranha Plant • Piranha Sprout • Puffer • Raven • Sea Anemone • Sea cactus • Sensuikan Heihō • Shy Guy • Shy Guy On Stilts • Shy Guys on Pogo Sticks • Snow Guy • Spark Spook • Spider • Spike • Spiked Fun Guy • Spiny Fish • Tehee Butterfly • Toady • Vine Slime*
Levels P. 1-Beginning Treasure Hunt • Surprise!! • Rail Lift • Tower Climb
P. 2-Cavern Bone Dragon Pit • Blargg's Boiler • Jelly Pipe • Torrential Maze
P. 3-Summit Cloud Cruising • The Tall Tower • Poochy & Nippy • Frustration
P. 4-Jungle Jungle Hut • Jungle Puddle • Piranha Grove • Neuron Jungle
P. 5-Ocean Lots O'Jelly Fish • Lots O'Fish • Shy Guy Limbo • Shy Guy's Ship
P. 6-Finale Mecha Castle • Lift Castle • Ghost Castle • Magma Castle
Miscellaneous Practice
Minigames Broad Jump • Catch the Coins • Melon Race • Special Delivery
Music "Yoshi's Song" • "Yoshi's Story!"
Further info Fruit Frame • Gallery • Heart • Pre-release and unused content • Smile Meter • Staff • Super Happy • Yoshi's Mood
Albums Music to Pound the Ground to: Yoshi's Story Game Soundtrack • Love, Peace & Happiness: The Original Yoshi's Story Soundtrack • Yoshi Story Original Soundtrack • Nintendo Music (soundtrack)
* Exclusive to international versions
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Wario World
Major characters Wario • Black Jewel
Moves Corkscrew Conk • Dash Attack • Ground Pound • Hyper Suction • Jump • Mega Toss • Piledriver • Punch • Wild Swing-Ding
Bosses Level bosses Greenfist • Sandworm • Brawl Doll • Clown-a-Round • Winter Windster • Spideraticus • Mean Emcee • Ironsider
World bosses DinoMighty • Dual Dragon • Red-Brief J • Captain Skull
Treasure Square Excitement Central Greenhorn Forest • Greenhorn Ruins • DinoMighty's Showdown
Spooktastic World Horror Manor • Wonky Circus • Dual Dragon's Showdown
Thrillsville Shivering Mountains • Beanstalk Way • Red-Brief J's Showdown
Sparkle Land Mirror Mansion • Pecan Sands • Captain Skull's Showdown
Other locations Unithorn's Lair • Wario Castle
Objects Collectibles Coin • Garlic • Gold Statue • Huge Treasure Chest Key • Red Diamond • Spriteling • Treasure
Obstacles Clown missile • Cog • Cyclone Generator • Drop Block • Missile cannon
Miscellaneous Arrow Block • Barrel • Battle Ring • Bomb • Bowling pin • Bunny Spring • ByeBye Balloon • Chain • Chain-Link • Column • Crate • Escape Spring • Garlic Dispenser • Glue Globe • Marshmallow Block • Rock Block • Rubbery banner • Spiked ball • Statue • Stone Doohickey • Swirly Slab • Swirly Spinner • Trapdoor • Treasure button • Treasure chest • Wooden chest
Enemies Angler Mangler • Ankiron • Barrel Buster • Big Bone-Fist • Big Scorper • Bone Cractyl • Cage Beast • Circus Ankiron • Clown • Club Mummy • Clubosaur • Cobra • Cractyl • Crystal Creature • Crystal Entity • Door Spirit • Electric Clown Fence • Elephant • Enemy generator • Fattington • Flying Spade • Freeze Cannon • Gatorbaby • Grizzly • Hawk • Haipō • Hōhō • Ice Ankiron • Icicle Mite • Jokey Ship • Laser Jigglefish • Magician • Magon • Masked Clubber • Monster doll • Monstrous Magnet • Mouse • Mummy • Mummy Ankiron • Ninja Crow • Old Red-Mug • Pigeon • Polar Bear • Ram • Rhino Ankiron • Silver Door Spirit • Skeletal Ankiron • Skelosaur • Sled Creature • Snake charmer • Snow Bomber • Snowman • Stingray • Stone-Cold Statue • Stuffed Ankiron • Swordfish • Terrible Portrait • Tree Freak • Tulipatooie • Turtle • Unithorn • Wind Winder • Witch • Wolf • Zombie Magon
Miscellaneous Gallery • Multimedia • Pre-release and unused content • Staff • Wario Press Conference
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Diddy Kong Racing / Diddy Kong Racing DS
Playable characters Diddy Kong • Krunch • Drumstick • Bumper • Tiptup • T.T. • Pipsy • Timber • Banjoa • Conkera • Tiny Kongb • Dixie Kongb • Tajb • Wizpigb
Supporting characters Taj • Squawksb
Vehicles Car • Plane • Hovercraft
Bosses Tricky • Bluey • Bubbler • Smokey • Wizpig
Worlds Dino Domain • Snowflake Mountain • Sherbet Island • Dragon Forest • Future Fun Land • DK Islandb
Tracks Ancient Lake • Fossil Canyon • Jungle Falls • Hot Top Volcano • Everfrost Peak • Walrus Cove • Snowball Valley • Frosty Village • Whale Bay • Crescent Island • Pirate Lagoon • Treasure Caves • Windmill Plains • Greenwood Village • Boulder Canyon • Haunted Woods • Spacedust Alley • Darkmoon Caverns • Spaceport Alpha • Star City • Thunder Coveb • Meandering Mountb • Splashdown Passb • Strangled Shrineb
Boss tracks Tricky Challenge • Bluey Challenge • Bubbler Challenge • Smokey Challenge • Wizpig's First Strike • Wizpig Strikes Back
Challenge levels Fire Mountain • Icicle Pyramid • Darkwater Beach • Smokey Castle
Items & objects Bananaa • Coinb • Discovery Cardb • Golden Balloon • Power-Up Tokenb • Silver Coin • Taj Tokenb • Tree • T.T. amulet • Weapon Balloon • Wish Key • Wizpig amulet • Zipper
Other Ask Dan • Ask Uncle Tusk • Cold Crossword Challenge • Diddy Kong Racing Challenges • Diddy Kong Racing Soundtrack CD • Gallery (N64 · DS) • Glitches • Multimedia • Quick Poll • Quotes • Timber's Balloon Pop • Trophy Race • Wish Race
a Exclusive to Diddy Kong Racing
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Wario Land: Shake It!
Main characters Wario • Captain Syrup • Queen Merelda • Merfle • Merfle (character)
Shake Dimension The Sweet Stuff 0-1: Aboard the Sweet Stuff • Pirate Shop
Ratl Ruins 1-1: Stonecarving City • 1-2: Whoopsy Desert • 1-S1: Disturbing Tomb • 1-3: Foulwater Falls • 1-S2: Gurgle Gulch • 1-4: Run-Down Pyramid • 1-B: Rollanratl Battle
Wiggly Wilds 2-1: Just Plains • 2-2: Wavy Waters • 2-3: Mt. Lava Lava • 2-S1: Sneak Peak • 2-S2: Lowdown Depths • 2-4: Savannah Valley • 2-B: Hot Roderick Race
Rocking Range 3-1: Wreck Train • 3-2: Stonetooth Cave • 3-3: Its-all Mine • 3-4: Glittertown • 3-S1: Neon City • 3-S2: Derailed Express • 3-B: Chortlebot Challenge
Jiggle Jungle 4-1: Ropey Jungle • 4-2: Windbreak Bay • 4-3: Airytale Castle • 4-S1: Launchpad Labyrinth • 4-4: Soggybog River • 4-S2: Riverbloat Rapids • 4-S3: Prism Prison • 4-B: Bloomsday Blowout
Quiver Cliffs 5-1: Mount Bighill • 5-2: Creep Blue Sea • 5-3: Slipshod Slopes • 5-S1: Bamboozle Village • 5-S2: Freezing Fields • 5-4: Bad Manor • 5-S3: Boogie Mansion • 5-B: Large Fry Cook-Off
Shakedown Schooner 6-B: VS the Shake King
Objects Items Coins (Bronze coin · Gold coin · Large gold coin · Large silver coin · Silver coin) • Diamond
Vehicles Rocket Bucket • Subwarine • Unibucket
Obstacles Bomb Block • Boulder • Fossil • Icicle • Lava • Shake Pillar • Skewer • Spike • Spike pole
Miscellaneous Ball • Bar • Blast-O-Cannon • Bomb • Bonfire Block • Bottomless Coin Sack • Certainty Switch • Checkpoint block • Coin Bag • Kodaigi • Max Fastosity Dasherator • Merfle Barrel • Push button • Shake block • Shrinkbarrel • Slot machine • Snowman Block • Treasure chest • Uncertain Block
Moves Bar Spin • Dash Attack • Earthshake Punch • Grab • Ground Pound • Jump
Bosses Rollanratl • Hot Roderick • Chortlebot • Bloomsday • Large Fry • Shake King
Enemies Bandinero • Boomdinero • Buccanero • Bumbleprod • Crackpot • Flimflam • Flipsting • Floating Bandinero • Gate • Grunchin • Jellopus • Mummer • Nosedozer • Peek-a-boom • Pengoon • Pitchfork • Plunger • Recapitator • Scarracuda • Shortfuse • Spinbat • Treasure Chomp • Tub-sub • Turkeyjerk • Venus Guytrap • Volcannon
Music "Stonecarving City"
Miscellaneous Gallery • Media Room • Missions • Pre-release and unused content • Treasures • Staff • Wario Land: Shake It! bag game
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WarioWare Gold
Characters Main Wario (Deluxe) • Jimmy T • Mona • Dribble & Spitz • 5-Volt • Ashley • Red • Dr. Crygor • 18-Volt • Penny • Kat & Ana • 9-Volt • Young Cricket • Master Mantis • Orbulon • Mike • Fronk
Minor 13-Amp • Alien Bunnies • Amy and Mimi • Ben • Cat • Danny • Dark Lord Hum Gree • Doris 1 • Gahrumble • Joe • Little Hammies • Long-Lost Love • Lulu • Mewtroid • Mr. Sparkles • Ms. Munchly • Ninja Steve • Pops • Ralphie • Ruffington • Sasquatch Family • Space Gangs
Microgames Mash League Intro Games (Wario) • Sports (Jimmy T) • That's Life (Mona) • Fantasy (Dribble & Spitz) • Nintendo Classics (5-Volt)
Twist League Intro Games (Wario) • Fantasy (Ashley & Red) • Sports (Dr. Crygor) • Nintendo Classics (18-Volt) • That's Life (Penny)
Touch League Intro Games (Wario) • That's Life (Kat & Ana) • Nintendo Classics (9-Volt) • Sports (Young Cricket & Master Mantis) • Fantasy (Orbulon)
Ultra League Mike • Pop-Up (Fronk) • Anything Goes (Wario Deluxe)
Locations 5-Volt's House • Agate Forest • Ashley's Mansion • Club Joe • Crystal Park • Demon realms • Diamond City • Diamond City Amusement Park • Diamond City Castle • Diamond City Elementary • Diamond City Stadium • Dr. Crygor's Lab • Emerald Street • Gigantaburger • Joe's Clothes • Luxeville • Mash League Arena • Penny's Lab • Peridot Campgrounds • Sapphire Street • The Farthest Edge of Space • Touch League Arena • Twist League Arena • Wario's House
Challenges All Mixed Up • Battle Time • Cruise Controls • Sneaky Gamer • Split Screen • Super Hard • Thrill Ride • Wario Interrupts • WarioWatch
Minigames Autograph! • Foiled! • Game & Watch: Manhole • Memory Match • Mewtroid • Mewtroid 2: Return of Sameow • Micro Golf Open • Micro Golf Tour • Pro Bowl • Pumpkin Panic • Pyoro • Root Awakening • Sew Tricky • Super Pyoro • Wario Kard
Other Balloon Buster • Bomb • Capsule Machine • Coin • Computer • Dribble's taxi • Hydrocannon LX • Mandrake • Octoblazooka • Oinker • Penguin • Pot of Luxeville • Pumpkin • Super-Special Tummy Tonic • Tonally Transformative Elixir • Wario Bowl
Further info Gallery • Multimedia • Missions • Quotes • Remix • Staff • Souvenirs
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Princess Peach: Showtime!
Characters General Horse • Princess Peach • Stella • Toads
Sparklas Cowgirl Sparkla • Dashing Thief Sparkla • Detective Sparkla • Figure Skater Sparkla • Kung Fu Sparkla • Mermaid Sparkla • Mighty Sparkla • Ninja Sparkla • Patissiere Sparkla • Swordfighter Sparkla
Theets Agent • Baker • Curator • Dancer • Fūsen Ojisan • Junior Detective • Ninja • Pictioneer • Police • Professor • Ribboner • Scholar • Staff Member • Teacher
Transformations Cowgirl Peach • Dashing Thief Peach • Detective Peach • Figure Skater Peach • Kung Fu Peach • Mermaid Peach • Mighty Peach • Ninja Peach • Patissiere Peach • Radiant Peach • Super Radiant Peach • Swordfighter Peach
Antagonists Grape • Sour Bunch (Criminal · Sour Thieves)
Bosses Yami no Big Boss • Darkle (Disco Wing · Light Fang · Purrjector Cat · Spotlion) • Dark Baker • Dark Ninja • Dark Swordfighter • Grape • Ōgata arm UFO • Yami no Kung Fu Master • Yami no Yūrei Kenshi • Yami no Top Skater • Yami no Kyodai Ibara • Yami no Kyodai UFO
Enemies Enban gata UFO
Abilities Sparkle (Sparkla Spirit) • Strike of Intuition • Wall Jump
Items 10-Coin • Coin • Dress ribbon • Five Coin • Heart • Heart Charm • Sparkle Gem • Sparkle piece • Stella ribbon
Objects Barrel • Bomb • Boulder • Cake • Cookie • Chest • Clam • Dark door • Dark Locomotive • Fish • Jar • Meteor • Painting • Vase
Locations Clock Tower • Elder's Manor • Lobby Shop • Museum • Peach's Castle • Sub-area • Sparkle Theater • Venue
Miscellaneous Current • Gallery • Multimedia • Staff
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