Editing Gold Lakitu

{{species infobox
|title=Gold Lakitu
|image=[[File:Golden Lakitu Artwork - New Super Mario Bros. 2.png|200px]]<br>Artwork from ''New Super Mario Bros. 2''
|variant_of=[[Lakitu]]
|first_appearance=''[[New Super Mario Bros. 2]]'' ([[List of games by date#2012|2012]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Poochy & Yoshi's Woolly World]]'' ([[List of games by date#2017|2017]])
}}
'''Gold Lakitus'''<ref>{{cite|author=von Esmarch, Nick|title=''New Super Mario Bros. 2'' PRIMA Official Game Guide|page=37|language=en-us|date=2012|publisher=Prima Games|isbn=978-0-307-89552-3}}</ref> are [[List of enemies|enemies]] introduced in ''[[New Super Mario Bros. 2]]''. [[Lakitu]]s transform into them while the [[Gold Ring]] is in effect. Gold Lakitu fly around in [[Lakitu's Cloud|golden clouds]]. They throw three [[coin]]s at once instead of [[Spiny|Spinies]], a behavior similar to the Lakitus spawned from [[square cloud]]s in ''[[New Super Mario Bros. Wii]]''. A Gold Lakitu is worth 20 coins when defeated, more than most gold enemies. If defeated, a Gold Lakitu's [[Lakitu's Cloud|cloud]] becomes usable temporarily, generating coins while moving in a manner similar to [[Gold Block]]s.

A Gold Lakitu appears in the Gold Rush Mode of the [[Poochy Dash]] mode in ''[[Poochy & Yoshi's Woolly World]]''. Gold Lakitu represents the toggle for the mode, with its cloud as the button and Lakitu popping out while it is active. In a course entered in Gold Rush mode, Gold Lakitu usually flies on the right side of the screen at the same rate [[Poochy]] moves while leaving a trail of golden [[bead]]s behind behind it. If Poochy stops, then Gold Lakitu will stop, though Gold Lakitu does not reverse to match Poochy. Gold Lakitu follows the path through the course that completes all of the missions and grabs all of the [[Poochy Pup]]s, then flies away right as it reaches the goal. Certain sequences have the Gold Lakitu be closer to Poochy, such as if Poochy has to [[crouch|slide]] through a long area and thus slow down substantially. Even still, Poochy is unable to reach the Gold Lakitu at any point.

==Gallery==
<gallery>
Gold Lakitu NSMB2 Prima.jpg|[[Prima]] Guide model render from ''New Super Mario Bros. 2''
NSMB2 World 5-2.PNG|Screenshot from ''[[New Super Mario Bros. 2]]'', in [[World 5-2 (New Super Mario Bros. 2)|World 5-2]]
NSMB2 Gold Lakitu Cloud.png|Screenshot from ''New Super Mario Bros. 2'', showing Mario ride on a Gold Lakitu's Cloud
Poochy Dash Gold Lakitu.jpg|Screenshot from ''Poochy & Yoshi's Woolly World'', of the Poochy Dash mode
</gallery>

==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jap=ゴールデンジュゲム
|JapR=Gōruden Jugemu
|JapM=Golden Lakitu
|ChiT=金色球蓋姆
|ChiTC=<ref>{{cite|language=zh-hant|url=www.nintendo.com.hk/nsmb2/coin/index.html|title=New 超級瑪利歐兄弟 2： 收集金幣|publisher=Nintendo of HK|accessdate=July 6, 2024}}</ref>
|ChiTR=Jīnsè Qiúgàimǔ
|ChiTM=Golden Lakitu
|Fre=Lakitu d'or
|FreC=<ref>{{cite|date=July 4, 2018|title=''[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|Super Mario Encyclopedia]]''|publisher=Soleil Productions|language=fr|isbn=2302070046|page=194}}</ref>
|FreM=Gold Lakitu
|Ger=Gold-Lakitu
|GerM=Gold Lakitu
|Ita=Lakitu dorato
|ItaC=<ref>{{cite|date=November 15, 2018|title=''[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia]]''|publisher=Magazzini Salani|language=it|isbn=889367436X|page=194}}</ref>
|ItaM=Golden Lakitu
}}

==References==
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{{Lakitus}}
{{NSMB2}}
{{YWW}}
[[Category:Lakitus]]
[[Category:Gold variants|Lakitu]]
[[Category:Yoshi allies]]
[[Category:New Super Mario Bros. 2 enemies]]
[[Category:Poochy & Yoshi's Woolly World]]
[[it:Lakitu dorato]]