Editing Blue Coin Block

{{item infobox
|image=[[File:Bluecoinbox.png]]
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario 64]]'' ([[List of games by date#1996|1996]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Super Mario 3D All-Stars]]'' ([[List of games by date#2020|2020]])
|effect=Makes [[Blue Coin]]s temporarily appear after being [[Ground Pound|ground-pound]]ed
}}
{{Quote|Break open a Blue Coin Block by [[Ground Pound|Pounding the Ground]] with the Z Button.|[[Sign]] in [[Whomp's Fortress]]|Super Mario 64}}
[[File:SM64DS RR Spinning Heart 2.png|thumb|170px|left|A Blue Coin Block in [[Rainbow Ride]] in ''Super Mario 64 DS'']]
A '''Blue Coin Block''', also called a '''Blue Coin switch'''<ref>{{cite|title=''Super Mario 64'' instruction booklet|page=18|language=en-us|date=1996|publisher=Nintendo of America}}</ref> (alternatively '''blue coin switch'''),<ref>{{cite|title=''Nintendo Magazine System'' (Australia) issue 48|date=March 1997|page=28}}</ref> '''Blue Switch'''<ref>{{cite|author=Pelland, Scott and Dan Owsen|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=en-us|title=''Super Mario 64'' Player's Guide|page=8}}</ref> (alternatively '''blue Switch'''),<ref>{{cite|quote=Ground-pound blue Switches to make blue coins appear.|author=Sign in Whomp's Fortress|title=''Super Mario 64 DS''}}</ref> and '''Blue Block''',<ref>{{cite|deadlink=y|archive=web.archive.org/web/19980610064320/http://www.nintendo.com/n64/super_mario64/2-7.html|title=Course 2 - Star 7: Collect 100 Coins|publisher=Nintendo: Super Mario 64 Strategy|accessdate=March 15, 2022}}</ref> is an object appearing in ''[[Super Mario 64]]'' and ''[[Super Mario 64 DS]]''. Most main courses have Blue Coin Blocks except for the [[Bob-omb Battlefield]], [[Snowman's Land]], and [[Tall, Tall Mountain]], and the Blue Coin Block in [[Lethal Lava Land]] appears only in ''Super Mario 64 DS''. The Blue Coin Blocks in [[Jolly Roger Bay]] and [[Tick Tock Clock]] are located elsewhere in ''Super Mario 64 DS''. Additionally, a Blue Coin Block is also found in the secret level [[The Princess's Secret Slide]].

When a Blue Coin Block is [[Ground Pound|ground-pounded]], a few [[Blue Coin]]s show up nearby, ranging from two to ten, though only for a short time before disappearing. While Blue Coins appear on the screen, a timer can be heard, and it ticks faster when the time is running out. The Blue Coins also blink faster when they are about to disappear. A Blue Coin Block does not respawn if not every Blue Coin has been collected. Collecting the Blue Coins from the Blue Coin Block is often required to obtain the 100-Coin [[Power Star|Star]] from the [[level]]s they appear in. Due to its role, the Blue Coin Block is comparable to the [[P Switch|Switch Block]], except that it does not change [[coin]]s into [[block (Super Mario 64)|block]]s and vice versa.
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The following courses have a Blue Coin Block that spawns the following number of Blue Coins:
*[[Whomp's Fortress]] (4)
*[[Jolly Roger Bay]] (6, changed to 8 for the Nintendo DS version)
*[[Cool, Cool Mountain]] (2)
*[[Big Boo's Haunt]] (4)
*[[Hazy Maze Cave]] (7)
*[[Lethal Lava Land]] (10 in the Nintendo DS version only)
*[[Shifting Sand Land]] (3, or 4 in the Nintendo DS version only)
*[[Dire, Dire Docks]] (6)
*[[Wet-Dry World]] (6)
*[[Tiny-Huge Island]] (2)
*[[Tick Tock Clock]] (7)
*[[Rainbow Ride]] (6)
*[[The Princess's Secret Slide]] (6)

==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jap=スイッチ<ref>{{cite|title=スーパーマリオ{{ruby|６４|六十四（ろくじゅうよん）}} instruction booklet|page=18|language=ja|date=1996|publisher=Nintendo}}</ref>
|JapR=Suitchi
|Jap2=あおコインのブロック<ref>「あおコインのブロックをジャンプちゅうにZボタン『ヒップドロップ』でぶっつぶすとあおコインがでてきます。」 - Sign in Whomp's Fortress, ''Super Mario 64''</ref>
|Jap2R=Ao Koin no Burokku
|Jap3=青コインブロック<ref>{{cite|publisher=[[Shogakukan]]|language=ja|date=2015|title=''Super Mario Bros. Hyakka: Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook'', ''Super Mario 64'' section|page=91}}</ref>
|Jap3R=Ao Koin Burokku
|JapM=Switch
|Jap2M=Blue Coin Block
|Jap3M=Blue Coin Block
|Ita=Interruttore Moneta Blu<ref>{{cite|title=''[[Super Mario 64]]'' Italian manual|page=18}}</ref> <small>(''Super Mario 64'')</small>
|Ita2=Interruttore blu<ref>{{cite|author=Sign|quote=Se ti schianti sugli Interruttori blu, appariranno Monete blu.|title=''Super Mario 64 DS''}}</ref> <small>(''Super Mario 64 DS'')</small>
|Ita3=Blocco Moneta Blu<ref>{{cite|title=''[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia]]''|page=91}}</ref>
|Ita3N=''Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia''
|ItaM=Blue Coin Switch
|Ita2M=Blue switch
|Ita3M=Blue Coin Block
|Ger=Blauer Münzen-Block
|GerM=Blue Coins Block
|Fre=Bloc bleu <small>(''Super Mario 64'')</small>
|Fre2=Bloc des pièces bleues <small>(''Super Mario 64'')</small>
|Fre3=Interrupteur bleu <small>(''Super Mario 64 DS'')</small>
|FreM=Blue block
|Fre2M=Blue coin's block
|Fre3M=Blue switch}}

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