User:Salmancer/Coin Rush (Super Mario Run)

A Coin Rush, sometimes called Coin Rush Mode, is a state of the game in Super Mario Run's Toad Rally mode. It allows the player to move faster while granting them extra coins through various means. It is a critical part of the competitive game play of the mode, as the final score is partially based on collecting coins.

To start a Coin Rush, the player has to full up a gauge in the top center of the screen. The filled portion of the gauge turns blue. It can be filled by collecting coins or performing stylish moves. Both actions create blue stars that flow into the gauge to fill it. However, dying at any point empties the gauge. Stylish moves create blue stars even in the World Tour and Remix 10 modes to cosmetic effect. Stylish moves are:

• Defeating enemies
  • Also includes stomping Green Koopa Troopas, Red Koopa Troopas, Koopa Paratroopas, Buzzy Beetles, and any of their shells. Also includes stomping Dry Bones.
• Wall Jumps, but only the first three done between each landing.
• Midair Spins
• Rolling jumps
• Edge Climbing
• Climbing Jumps
• Vaulting, except for vaulting across gaps.
• Vaulting Jumps
• Spin Strikes
• Collecting Color coins or Bonus Medals.
• Threading the Ring - Passing through a Fire Chain without taking damage.

(Notably, kicking a resting Koopa Shell or Buzzy Shell is excluded.)

Once the gauge is filled up, a blue star appears from the meter and hovers over the player for a few seconds, before dropping onto them and activating Coin Rush. Much like Super Stars from Red Coins, this star mirrors the player's movements so it cannot be obtained early.

During a Coin Rush, the background dims and sparkles appear. The player runs faster, but does not become invincible as they would with a Super Star. Enemies will give twice as many coins when defeated. Any block that provided a coin will instead shoot multiple coins forward, and any block that provided a power-up instead provides three power-ups. All ? Blocks change color to be a scrolling rainbow. More coins appear in general. Often, these coins just appear at certain points in the course, but other times they specifically come out of pipes. In a Ghost House, coins spill out from both left and right edges of the screen. All of the coins created through these means are affected by gravity and disappear after time has passed. Arrows that create coins create two sets of coins instead of one, and they also have a rainbow appearance. Snakes of coins similarly create two rows of coins as they move left or right, but do not create two columns of coins when moving up or down.

During the Coin Rush, the gauge turns rainbow. The duration of Coin Rush is represented by the draining gauge. The gauge can be refilled partially by collecting coins and continuing to perform stylish moves, and ends once the gauge is empty. If the player dies during a Coin Rush, the Coin Rush ends immediately.

A Coin Rush can also be activated by collecting a Super Star. This overrides the gauge completely, as it always stays full while glowing yellow while the player is invincible. This state replaces any normally activated Coin Rush, and the player returns to normal with an empty gauge when the Super Star's effect ends.

During the event from December 20, 2023 to March 15, 2024 promoting Super Mario Bros. Wonder, the blue star that starts a Coin Rush was replaced by a Wonder Flower. Additionally, all coins not inside blocks during a Coin Rush were replaced by Gold Goombas, which still acted like normal coins, while all Pink Coins were replaced by flower coins. The music that played during a Wonder Flower-activated Coin Rush was "Medley-Mix Wonder" from Super Mario Bros. Wonder.

In the Remix 10 mode, invincibility from a Super Star has identical effects to a Coin Rush, though this is not called a Coin Rush in the game.