Star Coin
- This article is about the recurring collectible coins. For the colored coins from Super Mario 64 also known as "Star Coins", see Yellow Coin, Blue Coin or Red Coin.
- Not to be confused with Star Medal.
| Star Coin | |
|---|---|
 Artwork from New Super Mario Bros. U | |
| First appearance | New Super Mario Bros. (2006) |
| Latest appearance | Mario Golf: Super Rush (2021) |
| Effect | Unlocks secret paths or levels when collected or spent |
- “Star Coin: Three Star Coins are hidden within each level. Once found, they go into your inventory and can be used to buy passage through barricades.”
- —New Super Mario Bros. official website
Star Coins are recurring collectible items with a Super Star imprint. They first appear in New Super Mario Bros. Star Coins are based on Dragon Coins from Super Mario World, even reusing the corresponding sound effect for collecting one from Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2. Some other similarly functioning items include the Smiley Flowers in the Yoshi's Island series, the Red Coins in Super Mario Bros. Deluxe, and the Ace Coins and Advance Coins in the Super Mario Advance series. Later items of the same basic function known as Star Medals appear in Super Mario 3D Land, followed by the Green Stars in Super Mario 3D World; Comet Medals are also similar items found in Super Mario Galaxy 2. In Yoshi's Safari, 10-Coins are depicted as large circular coins with an imprint of a Super Star on each, 13 years before Star Coins themselves first appeared. In Super Mario 64 and Super Mario 64 DS, generic coins of each color have an indentation of a star on each of them and are in fact referred to as "(color) Star Coins" in the Japanese manual, though this specification is lost in the English translation.
History
Super Mario series
New Super Mario Bros.
Three Star Coins appear in every level of New Super Mario Bros. Collecting one adds 1,000 points to the player's score, though it is not registered until the level is complete. Some Star Coins may be hidden in areas that require power-ups such as the Mini Mushroom or the Blue Shell to access or collect them. Any collected Star Coin is translucent if the level is replayed. The Touch Screen on the world map shows how many Star Coins have been collected. Five Star Coins are required to open each of the Star Coin Signs blocking paths on the world map. After completing the game, the player can spend their Star Coins at the Blue Toad House on one of five alternate Touch Screen backgrounds for 20 Star Coins each. Collecting all 240 Star Coins (owing to a total of eighty levels) adds a second star to the player's save file and displays "Complete" on the Touch Screen, next to the Star Coin counter; this message becomes "All Spent" once every Star Coin has been spent on Star Coin Signs and Touch Screen backgrounds.
In the game's data, the collection sound effect is labelled as "SE_OBJ_GET_DRAGON_COIN", which suggests that they are inspired from Dragon Coins.[1]
New Super Mario Bros. Wii
Star Coins return in New Super Mario Bros. Wii. They have a higher value of 4,000 points, and there is now an uneven total of 231 Star Coins. An applause track plays whenever all three Star Coins are obtained during a level.[2] Star Coins can be optionally used to buy hint movies at Peach's Castle. Collecting every Star Coin in a world unlocks a level in World 9 of the corresponding number, such as how every Star Coin in World 1 unlocks 9-1). Collecting every Star Coin in World 9 and previous worlds adds a star on the File Select Screen.
New Super Mario Bros. 2
Star Coins return in New Super Mario Bros. 2. Like the first game, the Star Coins can be used to open Star Coin Signs on the world map, unlocking Toad Houses and additional levels. There is still an uneven number of 219 Star Coins. In World Star, 90 Star Coins must be collected in order to access the actual levels. A Yellow Toad House behind a Star Coin Sign that only appears after collecting every Star Coin. All worlds have Star Coins except World Star, which has Moon Coins.
New Super Mario Bros. U / New Super Luigi U / New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe
Star Coins return in New Super Mario Bros. U, New Super Luigi U, and their port. A total of 246 Star Coins appear. Star Coins have a similar role as in New Super Mario Bros. Wii, to the extent that collecting every Star Coin in a world unlocks a certain level in Superstar Road.
Mario and Donkey Kong: Minis on the Move
Star Coins appear in the minigame Elevation Station in Mario and Donkey Kong: Minis on the Move. They reward 500 points each.
Mario Golf series
Star Coins appear in a few games in the Mario Golf series. Star Coins are earned in Mario Golf: World Tour by clearing Star Coin challenges, and they are used to unlock new courses and playable characters. Star Coins are additionally in the Extra level of the training games, where the player has to obtain it with the ball while landing it as close to the pin as possible. In Mario Golf: Super Rush, Star Coins appear in Shelltop Sanctuary and All-Star Summit, where they refill the player's Special Shot gauge when touched.
Super Smash Bros. series
In Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS, Super Smash Bros. for Wii U and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, the coins produced from Mario's and Luigi's up special moves, Super Jump Punch, are Star Coins.
Puzzle & Dragons: Super Mario Bros. Edition
Star Coins appear in Puzzle & Dragons: Super Mario Bros. Edition as special Skill Items that raise the Skill levels of all forms of Mario except the 2.0 update forms, and all types of Hammer Bros., Coin Coffers, Thwomps and Whomps. They can be earned by opening up ? Blocks; winning them from the Lucky ? Blocks game at Toad Houses; randomly dropped by Koopa Troopas and Boom Boom; or from Big Thwomps and Big Whomps with a 10+ Combo attack. Other versions of Star Coins exist: Green Star Coins, Grand Star Coins and Grand Green Star Coins.
Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games
Star Coins are items in the Golf Plus event of the Nintendo 3DS version of Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. They score the event and decide the winner. Star Coins are earned in most holes by getting the ball into the hole in the fewest shots. Star Coins can also be earned by hitting ? Blocks, which produce a random number of them that can be scored by reaching the hole in under the number of shots allowed for the hole.
Profiles
New Super Mario Bros.
- Instruction booklet description:
New Super Mario Bros. 2
- Instruction booklet description:
- English:
Every course contains three of these. Once collected, they can be used to open new paths on the map screen.
- English:
New Super Mario Bros. U
- Instruction booklet description:
- English:
Each course contains three Star Coins. If you collect them all, something good might happen!
- English:
New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe
- Play Nintendo: Each course contains three Star Coins. You can try to collect them as you make your way to the Goal Pole at the end of the course. If you collect all three Star Coins, something good might happen![5]
Gallery
New Super Mario Bros.
New Super Mario Bros.
New Super Mario Bros. Wii
New Super Mario Bros. 2
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Names in other languages
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese | スターコイン[?] Sutā koin |
Star Coin | |
| Chinese (simplified) | 星星币[?] Xīngxīng Bì |
Star Coin | iQue |
| 星星金币[?] Xīngxīng Jīnbì |
Nintendo | ||
| Chinese (traditional) | 星星金幣[?] Xīngxīng Jīnbì |
Star Coin | |
| Dutch | Sterrenmunt[?] | Star Coin | |
| French | Pièce étoile[?] | Star Coin | |
| German | Sternenmünze[?] | Star Coin | |
| Italian | Moneta Stella[?] | Star Coin | |
| Korean | 스타코인[?] Seuta Koin |
Star Coin | |
| Portuguese | Moeda-Estrela[?] | Star Coin | |
| Russian | Монетка со звездой[?] Monetka so zvezdoy |
Coin with star | New Super Mario Bros. U |
| Медаль со звездой[?] Medal so zvezdoy |
Medal with star | Super Mario Run | |
| Spanish | Moneda Estrella[?] | Star Coin |
References
- ^ New Super Mario Bros. § Sound Effects. The Cutting Room Floor. Retrieved February 18, 2019.
- ^ Mario Party Legacy (February 5, 2017). New Super Mario Bros. Wii - World 1 (Complete) (03:07). YouTube (English).
- ^ 2006. New Super Mario Bros. instruction booklet (PDF). Nintendo of Europe (British English). Page 18.
- ^ 2006. New Super Mario Bros. instruction booklet. Nintendo of America (American English). Page 17.
- ^ New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe Tips & Tricks. Play Nintendo (American English). Retrieved July 14, 2020. (Archived July 29, 2020, 01:32:22 UTC via Wayback Machine.)
