Editing Dragon Coin

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|image=[[File:SMW Dragon Coin.jpg|115px]]<br>Artwork from ''Super Mario World''

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A '''Dragon Coin''' is a large [[coin]] that first appears in ''[[Super Mario World]]''. It has a picture of a [[Yoshi (species)|Yoshi]]'s head and torso imprinted on it.

===''Super Mario World'' / ''Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2''===

[[File:Vine SMW.png|thumb|A screenshot of Mario finding a Dragon Coin in ''Super Mario World'']]

In ''Super Mario World'', at least five Dragon Coins appear in most [[level]]s, although places such as [[castle]]s, [[Ghost House]]s, and [[fortress]]es have no Dragon Coins. Collecting a Dragon Coins plays a unique sound effect, and it is also counted as one coin. The first four coins collected give 1,000, 2,000, 4,000, and 8,000 [[point]]s, respectively, and collecting all five in a level awards the player an [[extra life]]. [[Yoshi's Wings]] can be used to access certain auto-scrolling [[Coin Heaven]]s, where five Dragon Coins can be found. Six or more Dragon Coins may rarely appear in a level, with every Dragon Coin after the fifth also rewarding 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 for having only one Dragon Coin.

For the [[Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2|Game Boy Advance version]], Dragon Coins were given 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 plays, 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 [[Yoshi's Egg|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. Chocolate Secret now has the standard set of five Dragon Coins. In the ''[[Nintendo Power#Nintendo Power Advance|Nintendo Power Advance]]'' guide for ''Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2'', 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>{{cite|title=''Nintendo Power Advance'' Volume 4|page=18|date=Winter 2002|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=en-us}}</ref>

 

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

 

 

In ''[[Minecraft]]'', in the Super Mario Mash-up Pack, the painting ''Prairie Ride'' added in the update 1.21 is replaced by a Dragon Coin.

===Unused appearances===

====''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island''====

Dragon Coins were [[List of Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island pre-release and unused content|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 Challenge]]s.<ref>{{cite|title=[[tcrf:Proto:Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island/ys romX 0/Bonus Challenges|Proto:Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island/ys romX 0/Bonus Challenges]]|publisher=The Cutting Room Floor|accessdate=October 30, 2021}}</ref> They were possibly replaced by [[Smiley Flower|flower]]s. The sprite for them is not present in the [[Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3|Game Boy Advance port]] at all.  

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

 

*'''European instruction manual description:''' ''Collect 5 or more on a single course to receive an extra life. (Dragon Coins may also be included in the normal coin count total.)''

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*''[[Yoshi's Safari]]'' and every game of the [[Yoshi's Island (series)|''Yoshi's Island'' series]] feature coins with a Yoshi's head on them rather than the normal coin design. The coins on the ''[[Mario Kart 8 Deluxe]]'' version of the course [[Yoshi's Island (race course)|Yoshi's Island]] also features this design, as the course is heavily inspired by ''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island''. 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 [[Plessie Medal]]s found in the ''Bowser's Fury'' campaign of ''[[Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury]]'' bear similarities to Dragon Coins.

[[Category:Super Mario World items]]