Ace Coin

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Not to be confused with Advance Coin.
Ace Coin
Artwork of an Ace Coin from Super Mario Advance
First appearance Super Mario Advance (2001)
Effect If the player collects all five in a level, they complete it entirely.
Ace Coin

Ace Coins[1] are large red coins with an A engraved on them. They appear only in Super Mario Advance, as the successor to the Red Coins from the Challenge mode of Super Mario Bros. Deluxe.

Five Ace Coins appear in every level, and the player is required to obtain them to fully complete, or "ace," the level. There are 100 Ace Coins in total throughout the game. When the player collects all five Ace Coins in a level, they get an extra life. Ace Coins are often near where the player is likely to get injured or lose a life. Whenever a player replays a level, every collected Ace Coin becomes transparent and rewards only points when collected. If the player gets a Game Over or chooses "Try Again" on the pause menu in a level that they have not completed, they lose every collected Ace Coin from that level.

Ace Coins are very similar to the Dragon Coins from Super Mario World. Similar but different-colored coins known as Advance Coins appear in World-e in Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3.

Profiles[edit]

Super Mario Advance[edit]

  • European instruction booklet: There are five Ace Coins per area. Collect them all to get a 100 %-clear rating.

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Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese Aコイン[2]
A Koin
A-Coin
French pièce Ace[4]
Pièce rouge[5]
Ace Coin
Red Coin
German Ass-Münze[3] Ace Coin
Italian Moneta asso[7] Ace coin
Spanish moneda de as[6] Ace Coin

References[edit]

  1. ^ Super Mario Advance American instruction booklet, page 27.
  2. ^ Super Mario Advance Japanese instruction booklet, page 27.
  3. ^ Super Mario Advance European instruction booklet, page 30.
  4. ^ Super Mario Advance European instruction booklet, page 50.
  5. ^ Super Mario Advance French website description
  6. ^ Super Mario Advance European instruction booklet, page 90.
  7. ^ Super Mario Advance European instruction booklet, page 110.