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====''Super Mario 3D Land''====
====''Super Mario 3D Land''====
[[File:QuestionBoxSM3DL.png|thumb|left|200px|Mario wearing a ? Box in ''Super Mario 3D Land'']]
[[File:QuestionBoxSM3DL.png|thumb|left|200px|Mario wearing a ? Box in ''Super Mario 3D Land'']]
In that game, they are only found in [[World 8-1 (Super Mario 3D Land)|World 8-1]], [[World 8-4 (Super Mario 3D Land)|World 8-4]] and [[Special 1-3]]. ? Boxes look just like [[? Block]]s. Like [[Propeller Box]]es, they are worn by [[Mario]] or [[Luigi]] on their head, and do not let them throw [[fireball]]s or [[boomerang]]s, or turn into [[Statue Mario|a statue]]. It cannot be taken off unless they hit an enemy. If Mario makes it to the [[Goal Pole]] with the ? Box, it disappears and gives an [[extra life]]. While inside a ? Box, [[coin]]s will pop out from it while he is moving, although the ? Box will disappear after a certain amount of coins are produced.
In ''Super Mario 3D Land'', they are only found in [[World 8-1 (Super Mario 3D Land)|World 8-1]], [[World 8-4 (Super Mario 3D Land)|World 8-4]] and [[Special 1-3]]. ? Boxes look just like [[? Block]]s. Like [[Propeller Box]]es, they are worn by [[Mario]] or [[Luigi]] on their head, and do not let them throw [[fireball]]s or [[boomerang]]s, or turn into [[Statue Mario|a statue]]. It cannot be taken off unless they hit an enemy. If Mario makes it to the [[Goal Pole]] with the ? Box, it disappears and gives an [[extra life]]. While inside a ? Box, [[coin]]s will pop out from it while he is moving, although the ? Box will disappear after a certain amount of coins are produced.


====''New Super Mario Bros. 2''====
====''New Super Mario Bros. 2''====

Revision as of 23:15, November 4, 2019

This article is about the coin-generating ? Block that appears in Super Mario 3D Land and Super Mario 3D World. For the item in Mario Party, see Coin Box (Mario Party series).
Not to be confused with ? Block or Coin Block.

Template:Item-infobox Coin Boxes, formerly known as ? Boxes,[1][2] are objects introduced in Super Mario 3D Land. Characters that wear them will receive a limited amount of coins as they walk.

History

Super Mario series

Super Mario 3D Land

Mario wearing a ? Box in Super Mario 3D Land

In Super Mario 3D Land, they are only found in World 8-1, World 8-4 and Special 1-3. ? Boxes look just like ? Blocks. Like Propeller Boxes, they are worn by Mario or Luigi on their head, and do not let them throw fireballs or boomerangs, or turn into a statue. It cannot be taken off unless they hit an enemy. If Mario makes it to the Goal Pole with the ? Box, it disappears and gives an extra life. While inside a ? Box, coins will pop out from it while he is moving, although the ? Box will disappear after a certain amount of coins are produced.

New Super Mario Bros. 2

In New Super Mario Bros. 2, similar objects known as Gold Blocks appear, which are revealed by hitting Coin Blocks enough times, and give Mario coins at a much faster rate than the ? Boxes. Unlike ? Boxes, however, a Gold Block will disappear once 100 coins have been collected from it.

Super Mario 3D World

Toad wearing a ? Box at Conkdor Canyon in Super Mario 3D World.
Toad wearing a ? Box in Super Mario 3D World

? Boxes return in Super Mario 3D World, now shinier than a regular ? Block. This time, they work just like Gold Blocks from New Super Mario Bros. 2.

Mario Kart Tour

Coin Boxes reappear under their current name in Mario Kart Tour as Mario (Hakama)'s special item. They spew coins onto the track when used. During a Coin Box Frenzy, coins surround the player. Coin Boxes received a minor redesign in that their edges and corners are more flat rather than rounded, and the holes in their sides' corners are absent.

Gallery

Names in other languages

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese ハテナボックス[3]
Hatena Bokkusu
コインボックス[4]
Koin Bokkusu
? Box (Super Mario 3D Land)

Coin Box (Super Mario 3D Land,[5] Super Mario 3D World,[6] and Mario Kart Tour)
Chinese (simplified) 金币箱[?]
Jīnbì xiāng
Coin Box
Chinese (traditional) 金幣箱[?]
Jīnbì xiāng
Coin Box
Dutch Gouden blok[?] Golden Block
Italian Cubo di monete[?] Coin cube
Korean 코인박스[?]
Koin Bakseu
Coin Box
Spanish (NOE) Caja ?[?] ? box

References

  1. ^ von Esmarch, Nick. Super Mario 3D Land PRIMA Official Game Guide, page 9.
  2. ^ Musa, Alexander, and Geson Hatchett. 2013. Super Mario 3D World Prima Official Game Guide, page 15.
  3. ^ Shogakukan. 2015. Super Mario Bros. Hyakka: Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook, Super Mario 3D Land section, page 186.
  4. ^ Shogakukan. 2015. Super Mario Bros. Hyakka: Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook, Super Mario 3D Land section, page 232.
  5. ^ Super Mario 3D Land internal filename (CoinBox)
  6. ^ Super Mario 3D World internal filename (BoxCoin)