Editing Star Coin

{{about|the recurring collectible coins|the colored coins from ''[[Super Mario 64]]'' also known as "Star Coins"|[[Coin|Yellow Coin]], [[Blue Coin]] or [[Red Coin]]}}
{{Distinguish|Star Medal}}
{{item infobox 
|image=[[File:NSMBU Starcoin Artwork.png|200px]]<br>Artwork of a Star Coin from ''[[New Super Mario Bros. U]]''
|first_appearance=''[[New Super Mario Bros.]]'' ([[List of games by date#2006|2006]]) 
|latest_appearance=''[[Mario Golf: Super Rush]]'' ([[List of games by date#2021|2021]])
|effect=Unlocks secret paths or [[level]]s when collected or spent
}}
'''Star Coins''' are recurring collectible items with a [[Super Star]] imprint. They first appear in ''[[New Super Mario Bros.]]'' Star Coins are based on [[Dragon Coin]]s from ''[[Super Mario World]]'', even reusing the corresponding sound effect for collecting one from ''[[Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2]]''. Some other similarly functioning items include the [[Smiley Flower]]s in the [[Yoshi's Island (series)|''Yoshi's Island'' series]], the [[Red Coin]]s in ''[[Super Mario Bros. Deluxe]]'', and the [[Ace Coin]]s and [[Advance Coin]]s in the [[Super Mario Advance (series)|''Super Mario Advance'' series]]. Later items of the same basic function known as [[Star Medal]]s appear in ''[[Super Mario 3D Land]]'', followed by the [[Green Star]]s in ''[[Super Mario 3D World]]''; [[Comet Medal]]s are also similar items found in ''[[Super Mario Galaxy 2]]''. In ''[[Yoshi's Safari]]'', [[10-Coin]]s are depicted as large circular coins with an imprint of a Super Star on each, 13 years before Star Coins themselves first appeared. In ''[[Super Mario 64]]'' and ''[[Super Mario 64 DS]]'', generic coins of each color have an indentation of a star on each of them and are in fact referred to as "(color) Star Coins" in the Japanese manual, though this specification is lost in the English translation.

==History==
===''Super Mario'' series===
====''New Super Mario Bros.''====
[[File:CoinsStar.png|frame|right]]
Three Star Coins appear in every [[level]] of ''New Super Mario Bros.'' Collecting one adds 1,000 [[point]]s to the player's score, though it is not registered until the level is complete. Some Star Coins may be hidden in areas that require power-ups such as the [[Mini Mushroom]] or the [[Blue Shell]] to access or collect them. Any collected Star Coin is translucent if the level is replayed. The Touch Screen on the world map shows how many Star Coins have been collected. Five Star Coins are required to open each of the [[Star Coin Sign]]s blocking paths on the world map. After completing the game, the player can spend their Star Coins at the [[Toad House#Blue Toad House|Blue Toad House]] on one of five alternate Touch Screen backgrounds for 20 Star Coins each. Collecting all 240 Star Coins (owing to a total of eighty levels) adds a second star to the player's save file and displays "Complete" on the Touch Screen, next to the Star Coin counter; this message becomes "All Spent" once every Star Coin has been spent on Star Coin Signs and Touch Screen backgrounds.

In the game's data, the collection sound effect is labelled as "<tt>SE_OBJ_GET_DRAGON_COIN</tt>", which suggests that they are inspired from [[Dragon Coin]]s.<ref>{{cite|url=tcrf.net/New_Super_Mario_Bros.#Sound_Effects|title=''New Super Mario Bros.'' § Sound Effects|publisher=The Cutting Room Floor|accessdate=February 18, 2019}}</ref>

====''New Super Mario Bros. Wii''====
[[File:NSMBW Star Coin Collection Sprite.png|frame|right]]
Star Coins return in ''[[New Super Mario Bros. Wii]]''. They have a higher value of 4,000 points, and there is now an uneven total of 231 Star Coins. An applause track plays whenever all three Star Coins are obtained during a level.<ref>{{cite|url=youtu.be/ACxiwDmZ8qw?feature=shared&t=187|title=''New Super Mario Bros. Wii'' - World 1 (Complete)|author=Mario Party Legacy|language=en|publisher=YouTube|date=February 5, 2017|timestamp=03:07}}</ref> Star Coins can be optionally used to buy [[hint movies]] at [[Peach's Castle]]. Collecting every Star Coin in a [[world]] unlocks a level in [[World 9 (New Super Mario Bros. Wii)|World 9]] of the corresponding number, such as how every Star Coin in [[World 1 (New Super Mario Bros. Wii)|World 1]] unlocks [[World 9-1 (New Super Mario Bros. Wii)|9-1]]). Collecting every Star Coin in World 9 and previous worlds adds a star on the File Select Screen.

====''New Super Mario Bros. 2''====
Star Coins return in ''[[New Super Mario Bros. 2]]''. Like the first game, the Star Coins can be used to open Star Coin Signs on the world map, unlocking Toad Houses and additional levels. There is still an uneven number of 219 Star Coins. In [[World Star (New Super Mario Bros. 2)|World Star]], 90 Star Coins must be collected in order to access the actual levels. A Yellow Toad House behind a Star Coin Sign that only appears after collecting every Star Coin. All worlds have Star Coins except World Star, which has [[Moon Coin]]s.

====''New Super Mario Bros. U'' / ''New Super Luigi U'' / ''New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe''====
[[File:NSMBU Star Coin Render.png|frame|right]]
Star Coins return in ''[[New Super Mario Bros. U]]'', ''[[New Super Luigi U]]'', and [[New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe|their port]]. A total of 246 Star Coins appear. Star Coins have a similar role as in ''New Super Mario Bros. Wii'', to the extent that collecting every Star Coin in a world unlocks a certain level in [[Superstar Road]].

===''Mario and Donkey Kong: Minis on the Move''===
Star Coins appear in the minigame [[Elevation Station]] in ''[[Mario and Donkey Kong: Minis on the Move]]''. They reward 500 points each.

===''Mario Golf'' series===
Star Coins appear in a few games in the [[Mario Golf (series)|''Mario Golf'' series]]. Star Coins are earned in ''[[Mario Golf: World Tour]]'' by clearing Star Coin challenges, and they are used to unlock new courses and playable characters. Star Coins are additionally in the Extra level of the training games, where the player has to obtain it with the ball while landing it as close to the pin as possible. In ''[[Mario Golf: Super Rush]]'', Star Coins appear in [[Shelltop Sanctuary]] and [[All-Star Summit]], where they refill the player's [[Special Shot (Mario Golf: Super Rush)|Special Shot]] gauge when touched.

===''Super Smash Bros.'' series===
In ''[[Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS]]'', ''[[Super Smash Bros. for Wii U]]'' and ''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]'', the coins produced from Mario's and Luigi's up special moves, [[Super Jump Punch]], are Star Coins.

===''Puzzle & Dragons: Super Mario Bros. Edition''===
Star Coins appear in ''[[Puzzle & Dragons: Super Mario Bros. Edition]]'' as special Skill Items that raise the Skill levels of all forms of [[Mario]] except the 2.0 update forms, and all types of [[Hammer Bro]]s., [[Coin Coffer]]s, [[Thwomp]]s and [[Whomp]]s. They can be earned by opening up [[? Block]]s; winning them from the Lucky ? Blocks game at Toad Houses; randomly dropped by [[Koopa Troopa]]s and [[Boom Boom]]; or from [[Big Thwomp]]s and [[Big Whomp]]s with a 10+ Combo attack. Other versions of Star Coins exist: [[Green Star Coin]]s, [[Grand Star Coin]]s and [[Grand Green Star Coin]]s.

===''Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games''===
Star Coins are items in the [[Golf Plus]] event of the [[Nintendo 3DS]] version of ''[[Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games (Nintendo 3DS)|Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games]]''. They score the event and decide the winner. Star Coins are earned in most holes by getting the ball into the hole in the fewest shots. Star Coins can also be earned by hitting [[? Block]]s, which produce a random number of them that can be scored by reaching the hole in under the number of shots allowed for the hole.

==Profiles==
===''New Super Mario Bros.''===
{{multilang profile
|type=manual
|Eng=Earn enough Star Coins, and you'll be able to open up new courses.<ref>{{cite|language=en-gb|publisher=Nintendo of Europe|format=PDF|title=''New Super Mario Bros.'' instruction booklet|page=18|url=cdn02.nintendo-europe.com/media/downloads/games_8/emanuals/nintendo_ds_21/Manual_NintendoDS_NewSuperMarioBros_EN.pdf|date=2006}}</ref><ref>{{cite|url=archive.org/details/ds-new-super-mario-bros-04-manual/page/n17/mode/2up|page=17|title=''New Super Mario Bros.'' instruction booklet|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=en-us|date=2006}}</ref>}}

{{multilang profile
|type=website
|Eng=Star Coin: Three Star Coins are hidden within each level. Once found, they go into your inventory and can be used to buy passage through barricades.}}

===''New Super Mario Bros. 2''===
{{multilang profile
|type=manual
|Eng=Every course contains three of these. Once collected, they can be used to open new paths on the map screen.}}

===''New Super Mario Bros. U''===
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|type=manual
|Eng=Each course contains three Star Coins. If you collect them all, something good might happen!}}

===''New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe''===
*'''[[Play Nintendo]]:''' ''Each course contains three '''Star Coins'''. You can try to collect them as you make your way to the '''Goal Pole''' at the end of the course. If you collect all three Star Coins, something good might happen!''<ref>{{cite|language=en-us|url=play.nintendo.com/news-tips/tips-tricks/new-super-mario-bros-u-deluxe-tips-tricks|title=''New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe'' Tips & Tricks|publisher=Play Nintendo|accessdate=July 14, 2020|archive=web.archive.org/web/20200729013222/https://play.nintendo.com/news-tips/tips-tricks/new-super-mario-bros-u-deluxe-tips-tricks}}</ref>

==Gallery==
<gallery>
NSMB StarCoinAnimated.gif|''[[New Super Mario Bros.]]''
NSMB CollectedStarCoinAnimated.gif|''New Super Mario Bros.''
NSMB Asset Sprite UI Star Coin (Map).png|''New Super Mario Bros.''
NSMBW Star Coin Artwork.png|''[[New Super Mario Bros. Wii]]''
NSMBW Asset Sprite UI Star Coin.png|''New Super Mario Bros. Wii''
NSMB2 Star Coin.png|''[[New Super Mario Bros. 2]]''
StarCoin-NSMB2.png|''New Super Mario Bros. 2''
NSMBU Starcoin Artwork.png|''[[New Super Mario Bros. U]]''
Star Coin.png|''[[Mario and Donkey Kong: Minis on the Move]]''
PDSMBE-StarCoin.png|''[[Puzzle & Dragons: Super Mario Bros. Edition]]''
NSMBUD Item Background.jpg|Background image for ''[[New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe]]'' featuring various items
NSSM Page 11 Coloring Example.jpg|''Nurie Selection Super Mario''
Panini SMTCC 136.jpg|[[Super Mario Trading Card Collection|''Super Mario'' Trading Card Collection]]
MNS Toads Artwork.png|My Nintendo Store
</gallery>

==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jap=スターコイン
|JapR=Sutā koin
|JapM=Star Coin
|ChiS=星星币
|ChiSC=<ref>{{cite|url=archive.org/details/iQueNSMBManual/1617.png|format=PNG|title=New 超级马力欧兄弟 instruction booklet|date=2009|publisher=iQue|language=zh-hans|page=17}}</ref>
|ChiSN=iQue
|ChiSR=Xīngxīng Bì
|ChiS2=星星金币
|ChiS2N=Nintendo
|ChiS2R=Xīngxīng Jīnbì
|ChiSM=Star Coin
|ChiS2M=Star Coin
|ChiT=星星金幣
|ChiTR=Xīngxīng Jīnbì
|ChiTM=Star Coin
|Dut=Sterrenmunt
|DutM=Star Coin
|Fre=Pièce étoile
|FreM=Star Coin
|Ger=Sternenmünze
|GerM=Star Coin
|Ita=Moneta Stella
|ItaM=Star Coin
|Kor=스타코인
|KorR=Seuta Koin
|KorM=Star Coin
|Por=Moeda-Estrela
|PorM=Star Coin
|Rus=Монетка со звездой
|RusN=''New Super Mario Bros. U''
|RusR=Monetka so zvezdoy
|Rus2=Медаль со звездой
|Rus2N=''Super Mario Run''
|Rus2R=Medal so zvezdoy
|RusM=Coin with star
|Rus2M=Medal with star
|Spa=Moneda Estrella
|SpaM=Star Coin
}}

==References==
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