Red Coin

Template:Item-infobox Red Coins (sometimes formatted as Red coins) are coins that appear at times, along with Yellow Coins in the Mario franchise. The differences between a yellow coin and a red coin differ by game, but usually, red coins serve as important items to collect to get a reward. They are replaced by Purple Coins in the Super Mario Galaxy games, which must be collected to acquire Power Stars.

History

Super Mario series

Super Mario World

Super Mario World was originally going to have flying Red Coins that are worth five regular coins if collected, but they were unused during the game's development. They can be only accessed by hacking the game.

Super Mario 64 / Super Mario 64 DS

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A Red Coin in Super Mario 64.

Red Coins appeared in Super Mario 64, and returned in its remake. Each Red Coin is worth two Yellow Coins. Collecting all eight Red Coins in one level makes a Power Star appear over a Star Marker. In Super Mario 64 DS, some Bob-omb Buddies have the ability to detect red coins when the player talks to them.

Red Coin Missions

Level	Mission
Bob-omb Battlefield	Find the 8 Red Coins
Whomp's Fortress	Red Coins on the Floating Isle
Jolly Roger Bay	Red Coins on the Ship Afloat
Cool, Cool Mountain	Frosty Slide for 8 Red Coins
Big Boo's Haunt	Seek the 8 Red Coins
Hazy Maze Cave	Elevate for 8 Red Coins
Lethal Lava Land	8-Coin Puzzle with 15 Pieces
Shifting Sand Land	Free Flying for 8 Red Coins
Dire, Dire Docks	Pole-Jumping for Red Coins
Snowman's Land	Shell Shreddin' for Red Coins/Red Coins in the House
Wet-Dry World	Go to Town for Red Coins
Tall, Tall Mountain	Scary 'Shrooms, Red Coins
Tiny-Huge Island	Wiggler's Red Coins
Tick Tock Clock	Stop Time for Red Coins
Rainbow Ride	Coins Amassed in a Maze
! Switch courses	Tower of the Wing Cap
	Cavern of the Metal Cap
	Vanish Cap Under the Moat
Bowser courses	Bowser in the Dark World
	Bowser in the Fire Sea
	Bowser in the Sky
The Secret Aquarium
Wing Mario Over the Rainbow

Super Mario Bros. Deluxe

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A Red Coin from Super Mario Bros. Deluxe.

Red Coins are once again seen in Super Mario Bros. Deluxe. In the game's Challenge Mode, they (along with Yoshi Eggs) can be collected to obtain medals. Each stage contains 5 Red Coins, and collecting them all will earn the player that stage's Red Coin Medal if they successfully reach the end.

Super Mario Sunshine

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A Red Coin in Super Mario Sunshine.

Red Coins make another appearance in Super Mario Sunshine. Similar to Super Mario 64, collecting all eight in a level would make a Shine Sprite appear. However, Red Coins do not affect the player's total amount of Yellow Coins and are treated as a completely different currency altogether. Like Blue Coins, Red Coins replenish 2 health points on Mario's Life Meter.

Red Coin Episodes

Level	Episode	Time Limit
Bianco Hills	Red Coins of Windmill Village	No limit
	The Red Coins of the Lake	No limit
Ricco Harbor	Red Coins on the Water	2:00
Gelato Beach	The Sand Bird is Born	No limit
	Red Coins in the Coral Reef	No limit
Pinna Park	Red Coins of the Pirate Ships	No limit
Sirena Beach	Red Coins in the Hotel	5:00
Noki Bay	Red Coins in a Bottle	No limit
	The Red Coin Fish	No limit
Pianta Village	Fluff Festival Coin Hunt	No limit

Red Coin Secret Levels

In addition, red switches are located at the starting platform of Secret Levels, and when the player Ground Pounds the red switches, eight Red Coins appear and the timer is activated. Mario must then collect all 8 Red Coins before time runs out or he loses a life and must restart the level.

Level	Episode	Time Limit
Bianco Hills	The Hillside Cave Secret	1:00
	The Secret of the Dirty Lake	1:30
Ricco Harbor	The Secret of Ricco Tower	1:30
Gelato Beach	Dune Bud Sand Castle Secret	1:00
Pinna Park	The Beach Cannon's Secret	1:00
	The Yoshi-Go-Round's Secret	2:00
Noki Bay	The Shell's Secret	1:30
Sirena Beach	The Hotel Lobby's Secret	1:30
	The Secret of Casino Delfino	1:00
Pianta Village	Secret of the Village Underside	1:30

Other Red Coin Missions

Lastly, some of the Shine Sprites in Delfino Plaza and Delfino Airstrip involve collecting Red Coins as well.

Level	Episode	Time Limit
Delfino Airstrip	Red Coins of the Airstrip	2:00
Delfino Plaza	Pachinko Game	No limit
	Lily Pad Ride	No limit
	Red Coin Field	No limit

New Super Mario Bros.

In New Super Mario Bros., there are Red Rings in several levels, and if Mario or Luigi goes through one, eight Red Coins appear. If he collects them all in the time limit, he is rewarded with a power-up. If Mario or Luigi are already using a power-up worth more than a Mushroom (i.e. a Fire Flower), he gets a 1-Up Mushroom instead of a power-up. Each Red Coin also increases the player's coin count by one, unlike Super Mario 64 in which each red Coin was worth two regular coins.

New Super Mario Bros. Wii

Red Coins and Red Rings also make a return in New Super Mario Bros. Wii. They serve the exact same function as in the preceding game and they will still give the player a power up if all coins are collected. However, small Mario collecting the coins would make a Fire Flower (or other power-ups of a similar power) instead of a Mushroom. Like before, if the player had already gotten a Fire Flower or similar power-up, they would get a 1-Up Mushroom after collecting all the Red Coins.

Super Mario 3D Land

Red Coins later appear with Red Rings in Super Mario 3D Land. Here, Mario must go through the Red Ring, then collect the Red Coins that appear before they disappear, like in other Mario side-scrolling games. Unlike other games, however, Mario must now only collect 5 of these coins.

New Super Mario Bros. 2

Red Coins appear once again in New Super Mario Bros. 2. Like in the previous New Super Mario Bros. games, Mario/Luigi must collect eight of them to earn a power-up, a 1-Up Mushroom, or a Golden Mushroom (only in Coin Rush mode), depending on his current form. When Mario/Luigi touches a Red Ring, Red Coins could appear in predetermined locations, sometimes falling in parachutes.

New Super Mario Bros. U

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The Mario Bros. and Toads collecting Red Coins in New Super Mario Bros. U.

Red Coins, along with Red Rings, reappear in the Wii U title New Super Mario Bros. U. Once again, all eight Red Coins must be collected for an item to appear. The similar Green Coins and Green Rings make their debut appearance, which are used in a similar way but five (technically fifteen) must be collected instead of eight. Green Coins also disappear quicker.

Super Mario 3D World

Red Coins in Super Mario 3D World

Red Coins and Red Rings reappear in the Wii U game Super Mario 3D World. They function as they did Super Mario 3D Land, awarding the next tier power-up when collected (depending on the level) and the highest tier power-up when another power-up is active. Rather than appearing in groups of five as they did in its predecessor, the coins appear in groups of eight as they traditionally do in the New Super Mario Bros. series.

Yoshi series

Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island / Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3

A Red Coin from Yoshi's Island DS.

Red Coins are first seen in Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island, in which they are hidden behind regular Gold Coins. In the original SNES version, red coins have a slightly red tint to them, so they just barely stick out as different amongst gold coins and some gold coins are also tinted in red (especially those collected from defeating certain enemies). When alone, neither feature is dramatic enough to be unambiguous, and in the Game Boy Advance version, red coins are often identical to gold coins. The only way to tell for sure which Gold Coins hide Red Coins is to grab them or use a Magnifying lens. Though visually the same size as gold coins, red coins are actually slightly larger, so that they are easier to grab. There are 20 Red Coins in each level, and grabbing one adds one point to Yoshi's score tally at the end of the level.

Yoshi's Island DS

In the sequel to Yoshi's Island, Yoshi's Island DS, Red Coins work the same way as they did in their first appearance; however, the Magnifying Lens was absent in that game. If the player can collect all the red coins in the level, the player gets a better score upon completing the level.

Mario Party series

Mario Party-e

In Mario Party-e, Red Coins serve as one of the main collectibles in the minigame Waluigi's Reign. They are worth more than Yellow Coins, giving the players five points when obtained.

Mario Party DS

In Mario Party DS, Red Coins replace Coin Bags in bonus mini-games unlike the previous versions of the Mario Party games. They are, like Coin Bags, worth five Coins. They are obtained like Coin Bags too; rarer and sometimes harder to acquire.

Mario Party: Star Rush

In Mario Party: Star Rush, Red Coins can be obtained in any of the Coin Chaos minigames. They don't appear in Level 1 minigames unless an amiibo is used, but they can occasionally in Level 2, and very often in Level 3. With the Coin Bag item, five Red Coins will appear. Each Red Coin collected is worth 3 normal Coins. With the Double Medal item, each Red Coin collected is worth 6 normal Coins. If a Lava Bubble item is used, any source of coins and items currently on-screen; Red Coins included; burn up. However, they can reappear over the course of the game.

Mario Hoops 3-on-3

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Mario dribbling the basketball on the ? Panel to randomly get rewarded a Red Coin.

Red Coins appear in Mario Hoops 3-on-3 under the name 10 Coins. They can be found in ? Panels, and as evident by their name are worth ten normal Coins. They are only found if the player manages to combo the dribbling of acquiring the coins without being interrupted.

Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon

Players having collected all four Red Coins in ScareScraper mode.

Red Coins appear in the 3DS title, Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon, with a slightly more octagonal shape. In some missions, there are hidden challenges where Luigi must collect the eight Red Coins within a time limit to reveal a treasure chest. They also appear as upgrade bonuses in the multiplayer mode, ScareScraper. Each time a floor is cleared, four Red Coins appear. Whoever collects the most Red Coins has a better chance of getting an upgrade.

Mario & Luigi: Dream Team

Red Coins make appearances in the Dream World of Mario & Luigi: Dream Team as a time-based challenge. In locations such as Dreamy Somnom Woods or Dreamy Wakeport, there is a red block with a Red Coin on it which spawns eight Red Coins in a specific area. Mario and Luigi must collect all of them to progress.

Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS

In Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS, eight Red Coins appear in the Golden Plains stage when a fighter passes through a Red Ring. Each Red Coin is worth five normal Coins.

Super Mario Run

Red Coins and Red Rings reappear in Super Mario Run. Mario only needs to collect five Red Coins, similar to in Super Mario 3D Land. Collecting all five will give Mario a Super Star.

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning	Notes
Japanese	あかコイン[?] Aka koin	Red Coin
German	Rote Münze[?]	Red Coin
Korean	레드코인[?] Redeu koin	Red Coin
Russian	Красная Монета Krasnaya Moneta Красный монетка Krasnyy monetka[?]	Red coin Small red coin
Spanish	Moneda Roja[?]	Red Coin

Trivia

• In New Super Mario Bros., it is possible for the Red Coin sound effect to cancel out the sound effect of a Coin. This can occur when picking up a Red Coin surrounded by Coins.