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====''Super Mario 64'' / ''Super Mario 64 DS''====
====''Super Mario 64'' / ''Super Mario 64 DS''====
[[File:Sm64 bluecoins.png|thumb|Mario near some Blue Coins in ''Super Mario 64'']]
[[File:Sm64 bluecoins.png|thumb|Mario near some Blue Coins in ''Super Mario 64''.]]
Blue Coins later appeared in ''[[Super Mario 64]]'' and also made an appearance in ''[[Super Mario 64 DS]]''. In these games, their color is darkened from the light cyan ones in ''Super Mario Bros. 3''.
Blue Coins later appeared in ''[[Super Mario 64]]'' and also made an appearance in ''[[Super Mario 64 DS]]''. In these games, their color is darkened from the light cyan ones in ''Super Mario Bros. 3''.


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====''Super Mario Sunshine''====
====''Super Mario Sunshine''====
[[File:Blue Coin SMS.png|thumb|left|A Blue Coin's design used for ''Super Mario Sunshine'']]
[[File:Blue Coin SMS.png|thumb|left|A Blue Coin's design used for ''Super Mario Sunshine''.]]
In ''[[Super Mario Sunshine]]'', blue coins appear as a special collectable type of coin. There are 240 blue coins total in the game: 30 in each of the seven courses, 19 in [[Delfino Plaza]], 1 in [[Delfino Airstrip]] (which counts as a Delfino Plaza coin), and 10 in [[Corona Mountain]]. By heading to the [[boathouse]] located in the west part of [[Delfino Plaza]], the player can trade ten blue coins for one [[Shine Sprite]] from the [[Raccoon]]s running the store, meaning 24 Shine Sprites total are available using this method. They do not affect the number of yellow coins that Mario has collected; however, they restore two health points when collected. The player receives the option to save their game for each blue coin they grab.
In ''[[Super Mario Sunshine]]'', blue coins appear as a special collectable type of coin. There are 240 blue coins total in the game: 30 in each of the seven courses, 19 in [[Delfino Plaza]], 1 in [[Delfino Airstrip]] (which counts as a Delfino Plaza coin), and 10 in [[Corona Mountain]]. By heading to the [[boathouse]] located in the west part of [[Delfino Plaza]], the player can trade ten blue coins for one [[Shine Sprite]] from the [[Raccoon]]s running the store, meaning 24 Shine Sprites total are available using this method. They do not affect the number of yellow coins that Mario has collected; however, they restore two health points when collected. The player receives the option to save their game for each blue coin they grab.


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====''Super Mario Bros. Wonder''====
====''Super Mario Bros. Wonder''====
[[File:SMBW Bulrush Express.jpg|thumb|[[Yellow Toad and Blue Toad|Yellow Toad]] about to jump into some Blue Coins and a P Switch.]]
[[File:SMBW Bulrush Express.jpg|thumb|[[Yellow Toad and Blue Toad|Yellow Toad]] about to jump into some Blue Coins and a P Switch in ''Super Mario Bros. Wonder''.]]
Blue Coins are present in ''[[Super Mario Bros. Wonder]]'', serving the same function as its previous appearances. They appear in a few courses such as [[Bulrush Express]], in which they (along with P Switches) appear during the course's [[Wonder Effect]].
Blue Coins are present in ''[[Super Mario Bros. Wonder]]'', serving the same function as its previous appearances. They appear in a few courses such as [[Bulrush Express]], in which they (along with P Switches) appear during the course's [[Wonder Effect]].


Revision as of 16:49, March 27, 2024

This article is about the type of coin in various Super Mario games. For the coin from Wario Land 3, see Colored coin.
Blue Coin
A Blue Coin from Super Mario 3D World.
Artwork of a Blue Coin from Super Mario 3D World
First appearance Super Mario Bros. 3 (1988)
Latest appearance WarioWare: Move It! (2023)

Blue Coins (also formatted as blue coins) are a special type of coin first appearing in Super Mario Bros. 3 and returning in many other games of the Super Mario franchise since. Blue Coins typically appear in large groups after a switch is pressed, and they may vary from a light cyan to a deep, heavily saturated blue.

History

Super Mario series

Super Mario Bros. 3

Blue Coin from Super Mario Bros. 3

Blue Coins[1] first appear in Super Mario Bros. 3, where they appear in certain spots for as long as a Switch Block is in effect. Blue Coins have the same value as standard Gold Coins and are found usually in clusters. They have a light cyan color in all versions, but are mistakenly described as "silver coins" in strategy guides.[2][3]

Super Mario World

Beta Blue Coin from Super Mario World

Blue Coins were originally going to appear in Super Mario World, where they would turn into magenta blocks upon a switch being hit.

Super Mario 64 / Super Mario 64 DS

Blue Coins in Whomp's Fortress.
Mario near some Blue Coins in Super Mario 64.

Blue Coins later appeared in Super Mario 64 and also made an appearance in Super Mario 64 DS. In these games, their color is darkened from the light cyan ones in Super Mario Bros. 3.

In these games, Blue Coins are worth five Yellow Coins each. They can usually be found by ground-pounding a Blue Coin Block, which, similar to the Switch Blocks, will cause a number of Blue Coins to appear for a limited amount of time. Blue Coins can also be collected by defeating certain enemies, such as Koopa Troopas, Piranha Plants, Boos, Mr. Is, or Pokeys. Grand Goombas also give out a Blue Coin if killed using a Ground Pound. Bookends will provide a Blue Coin when they are defeated but not if they disappear after colliding with the floor, a wall, or the player.

Blue Coins are also found in the slides on Cool, Cool Mountain (one is present) and Tall, Tall Mountain (three are present), where they will start to move away from Mario once he gets close to them, in contrast to the stationary Yellow Coins. However, the Blue Coins in Tall, Tall Mountain are not present in Super Mario 64 DS. These moving Blue Coins also appear during the multiplayer battle at The Princess's Secret Slide.

Super Mario Sunshine

Artwork of a blue coin in Super Mario Sunshine
A Blue Coin's design used for Super Mario Sunshine.

In Super Mario Sunshine, blue coins appear as a special collectable type of coin. There are 240 blue coins total in the game: 30 in each of the seven courses, 19 in Delfino Plaza, 1 in Delfino Airstrip (which counts as a Delfino Plaza coin), and 10 in Corona Mountain. By heading to the boathouse located in the west part of Delfino Plaza, the player can trade ten blue coins for one Shine Sprite from the Raccoons running the store, meaning 24 Shine Sprites total are available using this method. They do not affect the number of yellow coins that Mario has collected; however, they restore two health points when collected. The player receives the option to save their game for each blue coin they grab.

There are some blue coins (as well as yellow coins) in Sirena Beach's hotel that are fake since they do not spin and move. They are actually Boos with coins inside of them, and if Mario gets too close to a "coin", the Boo appears.

New Super Mario Bros.

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Blue Coins appear in New Super Mario Bros., having the same role and cyan color as in Super Mario Bros. 3. They sometimes appear in a trail behind Invincible Mario in a few levels, like World 7-3 and in a secret area in World 5-3.

New Super Mario Bros. Wii

NSMBW Blue Coin Sprite.png

Blue Coins reappear in New Super Mario Bros. Wii, now with a slightly-deeper color than in New Super Mario Bros. When the player collects every blue coin in a level before they disappear, the sound of an audience clapping will play. They are often arranged in patterns.

New Super Mario Bros. 2

Blue Coins also appear in New Super Mario Bros. 2. Just like in New Super Mario Bros. Wii, the audience claps after all of them in a series are collected.

New Super Mario Bros. U / New Super Luigi U / New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe

Blue Coins once again appear in New Super Mario Bros. U, where they function similarly to their New Super Mario Bros. 2 counterpart. In the expansion pack New Super Luigi U, a Blue Ring which produces many Blue Coins similar to P-Switches also appears. Rather than clapping after collecting them all, the audience instead cheers.

Super Mario 3D World / Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury

Blue Coins reappear in Super Mario 3D World and Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury, where they serve the same function as in the New Super Mario Bros. series. After collecting all of the coins, another series of coins appears. Collecting every series of coins rewards a stamp or a Green Star.

Blue Coins also appear as part of certain Cat Shine missions in Bowser's Fury, where they have a blue color matching that of the Blue Coins in Super Mario Sunshine. They are again activated by P Switches, though this time, if the player fails to collect all of the Blue Coins within the time limit, they can activate the P Switch again to retry. Collecting every series of Blue Coins causes a Cat Shine to appear within the area.

Super Mario Bros. Wonder

Yellow Toad in Bulrush Express in Super Mario Bros. Wonder
Yellow Toad about to jump into some Blue Coins and a P Switch in Super Mario Bros. Wonder.

Blue Coins are present in Super Mario Bros. Wonder, serving the same function as its previous appearances. They appear in a few courses such as Bulrush Express, in which they (along with P Switches) appear during the course's Wonder Effect.

Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour

Blue Coins appear in Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour of the Coin Shoot mode. They are worth 20 coins when the ball is near them.

Mario Power Tennis

Blue Coins in Mario Power Tennis appear as 8-bit Mario Bros. sprites in the mini-game Coin Collectors. They are worth a hundred points when collected.

Mario Pinball Land

In Mario Pinball Land, these coins can be obtained by making a combo without using the flipper. Mario can use them in the Toad's tent at the Fun Fair to buy specific items and play minigames for Power Stars.

Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games

In the Wii version of Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games, Blue Coins appear after the player buys the blue treasure chest in the Secret Shop. Getting all five Blue Coins will result in the player getting an emblem. The events that blue coins appear in are Dream Alpine, Dream Ski Jumping, Dream Ski Cross, Dream Snowboard Cross, Dream Short Track, and Dream Bobsleigh.

Super Smash Bros. series

Blue Coins appear in the Golden Plains stage exclusive to Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, after a fighter steps on a P-Switch that occasionally appears during a match. They serve the same function as the normal Coins in the stage.

Minecraft

In the Super Mario Mash-up in Minecraft, Netherite Scraps are replaced by Blue Coins.

Mario + Rabbids series

Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle

In Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle, Blue Coins appear in the bonus stages. Collecting all of the Blue Coins will reward the player with a new weapon while the audience cheers and claps.

Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope

Blue Coins return in Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope, where they once again appear by pressing a P Switch. Collecting all Blue Coins is required to complete the Blue Coin Challenge side quests.

Yoshi's Crafted World

In Yoshi's Crafted World, Blue Coins appear whenever Yoshi hits certain blue Time Clouds with an egg. The player must collect all Blue Coins before time runs out to reveal a Smiley Flower.

Mario Kart Tour

Peach approaching a Blue Coin surrounded by regular Coins during the Glider Challenge in Mario Kart Tour
Peach approaching a Blue Coin during the Glider Challenge in Mario Kart Tour

In Mario Kart Tour, Blue Coins appear in certain challenges and Coin Rush mode. They are worth five regular coins, much like in Super Mario 64. When a Blue Coin is collected, all the regular coins around it are pulled towards the racer.

Profiles and statistics

Super Mario Sunshine

  • Instruction booklet: "Pick up blue coins to regain two health points. These are rare coins that may interest a certain shopkeeper."[4]

Gallery

Names in other languages

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese 隠しコイン[1] (Super Mario Bros. 3)
Kakushi Koin 		Hidden Coin
あおいスターコイン[5] (Super Mario 64)
Aoi Sutā Koin 		Blue Star Coin
青コイン[6]
Ao Koin 		Blue Coin
Chinese (simplified) 蓝色硬币[8] (Super Mario 64)
Lánsè Yìngbì 		Blue Coin
蓝硬币[9] (New Super Mario Bros.)
Lán Yìngbì
蓝金币 (since New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe)[?]
Lán Jīnbì
Chinese (traditional) 藍金幣[?]
Lán Jīnbì 		Blue Coin
French Pièce bleue[?] Blue Coin
German Blaue Münze[?] Blue Coin
Italian Moneta blu[?] Blue Coin
Moneta nascosta[7] Hidden Coin
Spanish Moneda azul[?] Blue Coin

See also

References

  1. ^ a b 2015. Super Mario Bros. Hyakka: Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook, Super Mario Bros. 3 section. Shogakukan. Page 41.; the label is「隠しコイン」 ("Hidden Coin"), but the description calls them 「青色のコイン。」 ("A blue-colored coin.")
  2. ^ Nintendo Power staff (June 1990). Nintendo Power Volume 13. Nintendo of America. Page 40, 76.
  3. ^ Peterson, Erik (2003). Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3 Player's Guide. Nintendo Power. ISBN 978-1930206373. Page 37, 121.
  4. ^ Nintendo (2002). Super Mario Sunshine English instruction booklet. Nintendo of America (American English).[page number needed]
  5. ^ Nintendo (1996). Super Mario 64 Japanese instruction booklet. Page 18.
  6. ^ Nintendo (2002). Super Mario Sunshine Japanese instruction booklet. Page 29.
  7. ^ Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia. Page 41.
  8. ^ Official Chinese Super Mario 64 manual, page 18.
  9. ^ 2009. iQue. Retrieved February 8, 2024.

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