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(... the original YI game. Dragon Coins are a Super Mario World thing. (sorry, mis-tapped on the save changes button))
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In the ''[[Nintendo Power Advance]]'' guide, the symbol for the Dragon Coins denoting where they are located in a level is drawn with a three-tined fork instead of Yoshi's or Peach's likeness.<ref>''Nintendo Power Advance'' v.4. Page 18.</ref>
In the ''[[Nintendo Power Advance]]'' guide, the symbol for the Dragon Coins denoting where they are located in a level is drawn with a three-tined fork instead of Yoshi's or Peach's likeness.<ref>''Nintendo Power Advance'' v.4. Page 18.</ref>
The sound effect for obtaining a Dragon Coin is the same as the one used in ''[[Super Mario Advance]]'' for collecting [[Advance Coin]]s. In ''[[New Super Mario Bros.]]'', this sound effect is used for [[Star Coin]]s and is internally labeled as "<tt>SE_OBJ_GET_DRAGON_COIN</tt>," suggesting that Star Coins replaced Dragon Coins in the final game.<ref>[[tcrf:New Super Mario Bros.#Sound Effects|New Super Mario Bros.#Sound Effects]]. ''The Cutting Room Floor''. Retrieved February 18, 2019.</ref>


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*Most of the games in the [[Yoshi (franchise)|''Yoshi'' franchise]] such as ''[[Yoshi's Safari]]'', ''[[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]'', ''[[Yoshi's Island DS]]'', and ''[[Yoshi's New Island]]'' feature coins with a Yoshi's head on them rather than the normal coin design. The coins in ''[[Yoshi's Crafted World]]'' feature a depiction of a [[Yoshi's Egg]] instead; however, the larger [[10-Coin|10 Coin]]s depict Yoshi's head, similar to Dragon Coins.
*Most of the games in the [[Yoshi (franchise)|''Yoshi'' franchise]] such as ''[[Yoshi's Safari]]'', ''[[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]'', ''[[Yoshi's Island DS]]'', and ''[[Yoshi's New Island]]'' feature coins with a Yoshi's head on them rather than the normal coin design. The coins in ''[[Yoshi's Crafted World]]'' feature a depiction of a [[Yoshi's Egg]] instead; however, the larger [[10-Coin|10 Coin]]s depict Yoshi's head, similar to Dragon Coins.
*The sound effect for obtaining an [[Advance Coin]], [[Star Coin]], or [[color coin]] is the Dragon Coin sound effect from ''Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2''.
**In ''[[New Super Mario Bros.]]'', the same sound effect is labeled as "<tt>SE_OBJ_GET_DRAGON_COIN</tt>," further suggesting that they replaced Dragon Coins in the final game.<ref>[[tcrf:New Super Mario Bros.#Sound Effects|New Super Mario Bros.#Sound Effects]]. ''The Cutting Room Floor''. Retrieved February 18, 2019.</ref>
*The [[Plessie Medal]]s found in the ''Bowser's Fury'' campaign of ''[[Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury]]'' resemble Dragon Coins.
*The [[Plessie Medal]]s found in the ''Bowser's Fury'' campaign of ''[[Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury]]'' resemble Dragon Coins.


Revision as of 20:10, February 8, 2023

Dragon Coin
Artwork of a Dragon Coin from Super Mario World
First appearance Super Mario World (1990)
Latest appearance WarioWare: Get It Together! (2021)

A Dragon Coin is a large coin that first appears in Super Mario World. It has a picture of a Yoshi's head imprinted on it.

History

Super Mario series

Super Mario World

Mario climbing a Vine in Super Mario World
A Dragon Coin in Super Mario World
Dragon Coin

In Super Mario World, there are at least five Dragon Coins littered around most levels (some levels, such as castles, Ghost Houses, and fortresses, have no Dragon Coins in the original SNES version). Collecting each one makes a unique sound effect, and it is also counted as one coin. The first four coins collected in the game give 1,000, 2,000, 4,000, and 8,000 points, respectively; collecting five of them awards the player an extra life. Yoshi's Wings can be used to access certain auto-scrolling Coin Heavens, where five Dragon Coins can be found.

On rare occasions, one may encounter six or more Dragon Coins in a single level; every Dragon Coin after the fifth will also award an extra life. In these levels, going through a Warp Pipe to a new area causes all remaining Dragon Coins to disappear if Mario or Luigi has already collected at least five of them, making the remaining ones unobtainable. Chocolate Secret is unique, as it contains only one Dragon Coin in the SNES version of Super Mario World for unknown reasons.

Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2

Big Princess Coin in Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2.
A Dragon Coin with Princess Peach's face, seen when all regular Dragon Coins are collected

In the Game Boy Advance port of Super Mario World, Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2, Dragon Coins have a slightly bigger role. They now appear in levels that did not originally have them, and the number of Dragon Coins acquired is recorded on a menu. If the player collects them all, a cutscene will play, showing all of the collected Dragon Coins falling from the sky and being stacked together; afterwards, a giant Dragon Coin appears, and Yoshi eats it and lays an egg, which hatches into a giant coin with Princess Peach's face, resulting in all of the Dragon Coins in the game having Peach's face imprinted on them instead of Yoshi's.

In the Nintendo Power Advance guide, the symbol for the Dragon Coins denoting where they are located in a level is drawn with a three-tined fork instead of Yoshi's or Peach's likeness.[1]

The sound effect for obtaining a Dragon Coin is the same as the one used in Super Mario Advance for collecting Advance Coins. In New Super Mario Bros., this sound effect is used for Star Coins and is internally labeled as "SE_OBJ_GET_DRAGON_COIN," suggesting that Star Coins replaced Dragon Coins in the final game.[2]

Game & Watch Gallery 4

In Game & Watch Gallery 4, a Dragon Coin is used to represent five KOs in the Modern version of Boxing.

WarioWare: Get It Together!

In WarioWare: Get It Together!, Dragon Coins appear in the Super Mario World microgame. Collecting them is not necessary to complete the microgame and has no real effect on gameplay, although the "Dragon Coin Collection" mission requires the player to collect at least four Dragon Coins in all three levels while playing as Jimmy T.

The Super Mario Bros. Movie

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In The Super Mario Bros. Movie, a display box containing a Dragon Coin with the same appearance as its Super Mario World sprite can be seen in the antiques shop.[3]

Unused appearances

Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island

Dragon Coins were originally going to appear in Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island, where they were going to be a currency along with regular coins for some of the Bonus Challenges.[4] They were possibly replaced by flowers. The sprite for them was completely removed from the Game Boy Advance port, Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3.

Profiles

Super Mario World

  • Wii U Virtual Console manual description: Collect five Dragon Coins in a course to earn an extra life.

Gallery

See also

Names in other languages

Language Name Meaning Notes
Chinese (simplified) 龙币 (Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2)
Lóng Bì
龙金币 (WarioWare: Get It Together!)
Lóng Jīnbì[?] 		Dragon Coin
Chinese (traditional) 龍金幣[?]
Lóng Jīnbì 		Dragon Coin
German Drachen-Münze[?] Dragon Coin
Italian Moneta del Drago[5]
Moneta drago 		Dragon Coin
Portuguese (NOA) Moeda Dragão[?] Dragon Coin
Spanish Moneda Dragón[?] Dragon Coin

Trivia

Sprite of a Coin, from Yoshi's Safari.

References

  1. ^ Nintendo Power Advance v.4. Page 18.
  2. ^ New Super Mario Bros.#Sound Effects. The Cutting Room Floor. Retrieved February 18, 2019.
  3. ^ Illumination (December 8, 2022). The Super Mario Bros. Movie | “Mushroom Kingdom” | Official Movie Clip. YouTube. Retrieved December 8, 2022.
  4. ^ Proto:Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island/ys romX 0/Bonus Challenges. The Cutting Room Floor. Retrieved October 30, 2021.
  5. ^ Super Mario World Italian instruction booklet. Page 7.
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Coins
Types of currency
Banana Coin • Bear coin • Bonus Medal • Coin (Blue Coin · Frozen Coin · Hidden Coin · Red Coin) • Coin (Wario Land 4) • Event token • Flower coin • Frog Coin (Special Frog Coin) • Gray Coin • Green Coin • Green Star Coin • Medal (Wario Land 4) • Pianta token • Regional coin • Slot Coin • Smash Coin
Multiple of currency
5-Banana Coin • 5-Coin • 10-Coin • 10-flower coin • 20 Coin • 30-Coin • 50-Coin • 100-Coin • Blue Coin (Super Mario 64 / Super Mario 64 DS · Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour · Mario Kart Tour) • Coin pile • Colored coin • Small flower coin • Win Coin
Limited collectibles
Ace Coin • Advance Coin • Color coin (Black Coin · Pink Coin · Purple Coin) • Blue Coin (Super Mario Sunshine) • Bonus Coin (Donkey Kong franchise) • Character coin • DK Coin • Dragon Coin • e-Coin • Golden Coin • Kong Token • Kremkoin • M-Token • Mario Coin • Moon Coin • Muddy Coin • Musical Coin • Nintendo Coin • Planet Coin • Rareware Coin • Silver Coin • Star Coin • Star Medal • Taj Token • Wonder Token
Special / Effect
? Coin • Bonus Coin (Super Mario World) • Coin (hopping) • Control Coin • Green Star Coin (Grand Green Star Coin) • Key Coin • Lucky Charm • Pink Coin (Super Mario Maker) • Power-Up Token • Star Coin (Puzzle & Dragons: Super Mario Bros. Edition) (Grand Star Coin) • Transformation coin (Boo Coin · Cheep Cheep Coin · Flame Chomp Coin · Goomba Coin · Lakitu Coin)
Rings
Blue Ring • Coin ring • Gold Ring • Green Ring • Green Star Ring • Red Ring
Entities
Coin Fish • Penny
Other
Coin counter • Dream Coin • Peach Medallion
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Super Mario World / Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2
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Bosses Koopalings (Iggy Koopa · Morton Koopa Jr. · Lemmy Koopa · Ludwig von Koopa · Roy Koopa · Wendy O. Koopa · Larry Koopa) • Bowser • Reznor • Big Boo
Items 1-Up Mushroom • 3-Up Moon • Berry • Bonus Coin • Cape Feather • Coin • Control Coin • Dragon Coin • Yoshi's Egg • Fire Flower • Gray Coin • Lakitu's Cloud • Magic ball • Power Balloon • Super Mushroom • Super Star • Yoshi's Wings
Objects ! Block • ! Switch • Arrow Sign • Beanstalk • Blue Door • Bonus block • Bridge • Bubble • Cloud Block • Coin Block • Coin countera • Count-Lift • Daikon • Diagonal platform • Dotted-Line Block • Empty Block • Escalator • Fence • Flimsy Lift • Flying Platform • Flying Prize Block • Grab Block • Gray Block • Gray P Switch • Hidden Block • Ice Block • Note Block • Jumping Board • Key • Lift • Message Block • ON/OFF Switch • Piston Lift • Prize Block • Revolving Door • Rope • Rotating Block • Roulette Block • Semisolid Platform • Single Swing Lift • Skull Raft • Snake platform • Spotlight • Spring platform • Star Road • Stretch Block • Switch Block • Triangular Block • Triple Swing Lift • Yellow Door • Yoshi Cloud
Worlds of Dinosaur Land Yoshi's Island • Donut Plains • Vanilla Dome • Twin Bridges • Forest of Illusion • Chocolate Island • Valley of Bowser • Star World • Special Zone
Moves Crouch • Dash • Fly • Jump • Looking up • Shell Toss • Slide • Spin Jump • Stomp • Swallow • Swim
Enemies and obstacles Amazing Flyin' Hammer Brother • Ball 'N' Chain • Banzai Bill • Big Boo • Big Bubble • Big Steely • Blargg • Blurp • Bob-omb • Bony Beetle • Boo Buddy • Boo Buddy Block • Boo Buddy Snake • Boo Crew • Bowser Statue • Bullet Bill • Buzzy Beetle • Chainsaw • Chargin' Chuck • Cheep Cheep • Circling Boo Buddies • Climbing Koopa • Decoy • Dino-Rhino • Dino-Torch • Disappearing Boo Buddy • Dry Bones • Eerie • Falling spike • Fire Snake • Fishbone • Fishin' Boo • Fishin' Lakitu • Floating Mine • Flying Goomba • Fuzzy • Goomba • Grinder • Haunted Hole • Hothead • Ice • Jumping Fire Piranha Plant • Jumping Piranha Plant • Koopa Paratroopa • Koopa Troopa • Lakitu • Lakitu in a Pipe • Lava • Lava Bubble • Lil Sparky • Magikoopa • Mechakoopa • Mega Mole • Monty Mole • Muncher • Ninji • Para-bomb • Para-Goomba • Pillar • Piranha Plant • Pit • Pokey • Porcu-Puffer • Rex • Rip Van Fish • Shell (flashing) • Shifting wall • Skewer • Spike • Spike (Super Mario World) • Spike Top • Spiny • Spiny Egg • Sumo Brother • Super Koopa • Swooper • Thwimp • Thwomp • Torpedo Ted • Torpedo tube • Turtle Cannon • Unshelled Koopa • Urchin • Volcano Lotus • Wiggler
Music "Title BGM" • "Yoshi's Island (Map Screen)" • "Donut Plains (Map Screen)" • "Ground BGM" • "Athletic BGM" • "Castle BGM" • "Ghost House BGM" • "Bonus Game BGM" • "Koopalings BGM" • "Bowser BGM" • "Ending"
Other 1-Up Room • Bonus game • Bonus Star • Fall • Giant Gate • Item Stock • Keyhole • Midway Gate • Sand cloud • Timer • Tourist Tips
Miscellaneous Gallery (GBA) • Glitches • Mario Bros.a • Mario Pachinko • Mario Slot • Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook Super Mario World • Nintendo Music • Pre-release and unused content • Super Mario Embroidery World • Super Mario World (handheld pinball game) • Super Mario World (slot machine) • Super Mario World (soundtrack album) • Super Mario World Coin Game • Staff (GBA)
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