Editing Blue Coin Block

A '''Blue Coin Block''',<ref>"''Break open a Blue Coin Block by Pounding the Ground with the Z Button.''" &ndash; Sign in Whomp's Fortress, ''Super Mario 64''</ref> also called a '''Blue Coin switch'''<ref>''Super Mario 64'' English instruction booklet, page 18.</ref> (alternatively '''blue coin switch'''),<ref>''Nintendo Magazine System'' (Australia) issue 48 (March 1997), page 28.</ref> '''Blue Switch'''<ref>M. Arakawa. ''Super Mario 64'' Player's Guide. Page 8.</ref> (alternatively '''blue Switch'''),<ref>"''Ground-pound blue Switches to make blue coins appear.''" &ndash; Sign in Whomp's Fortress, ''Super Mario 64 DS''</ref> and '''Blue Block''',<ref> (June 10, 1998). [https://web.archive.org/web/19980610064320/http://www.nintendo.com/n64/super_mario64/2-7.html Course 2 - Star 7: Collect 100 Coins]. ''Nintendo: Super Mario 64 Strategy'' (Internet Archive: Wayback Machine). Retrieved March 15, 2022.</ref> is an object found in ''[[Super Mario 64]]'' and its remake, ''[[Super Mario 64 DS]]''. Blue Coin Blocks are found in most main courses except for the [[Bob-omb Battlefield]], [[Snowman's Land]], and [[Tall, Tall Mountain]]. 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 in different locations in the DS version. Additionally, a Blue Coin Block is also found in the secret level [[The Princess's Secret Slide]].

When [[Mario]], [[Yoshi]], [[Luigi]], or [[Wario]] finds a Blue Coin Block and [[Ground Pound|ground-pound]]s it, [[Blue Coin]]s show up nearby. The player character has a short time to gather the Blue Coins, after which they disappear. The block cannot be reused. The number of Blue Coins that appear varies with each course, ranging from two to ten; they are often necessary to obtain the 100-Coin [[Power Star|Star]] from the [[level]]s they appear in. During the time that 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. 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.

==Blue Coin quantities==

*"N/A" signifies that Blue Coin Blocks are not found in the course.

!Course #!!Course name!!Number of Blue Coins

|2||[[Whomp's Fortress]]||4

|3||[[Jolly Roger Bay]]||6 (8 in DS version)

|4||[[Cool, Cool Mountain]]||2

|5||[[Big Boo's Haunt]]||4

|6||[[Hazy Maze Cave]]||7

|7||[[Lethal Lava Land]]||10 (DS version only)

|8||[[Shifting Sand Land]]||3 (4 in DS version)

|9||[[Dire, Dire Docks]]||6

|11||[[Wet-Dry World]]||6

|13||[[Tiny-Huge Island]]||2

|14||[[Tick Tock Clock]]||7

|15||[[Rainbow Ride]]||6

|-||[[The Princess's Secret Slide]]||6

|Jap=スイッチ<ref>''Super Mario 64'' Japanese instruction booklet, page 18.</ref>

|JapR=Suicchi

|Jap3=青コインブロック<ref>Shogakukan. 2015. ''Super Mario Bros. Hyakka: Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook'', ''Super Mario 64'' section, page 91.</ref>

|Ita=Interruttore blu <small>(in-game)</small><br>Interruttore Moneta Blu <small>(instruction booklet)</small>

|ItaM=Blue switch<br>Blue Coin switch

|Fra=Bloc bleu <small>(''Super Mario 64'')</small><br>Bloc des pièces bleues <small>(''Super Mario 64'')</small><br>Interrupteur bleu <small>(''Super Mario 64 DS'')</small>

|FraM=Blue block<br>Blue coin's block<br>Blue switch}}