Purple Coin
Purple Coins are very special Coins that appear in Super Mario Galaxy. They will most often appear when a Purple Comet is in orbit of a Galaxy. The purple coin challenges are the most irritating and tedious parts of Super Mario Galaxy.
The player will always need to collect one-hundred Purple Coins to make a Power Star appear. Purple Coin Missions sometimes have a time limit. When there a is time limit, the Purple Coins are usually either set along a linear path, or one-hunrded and fifty will appear and only one-hundred of them need to collected. Additionally, once the Power Star appears, the player must collect it before the remaining time runs out. If the player dies at any point while collecting the coins, they will have to restart from zero coins.
In missions that aren't timed, the Purple Coins will be spread out across the level, requiring the player to explore every area in order to find them all.
There are two Purple Coin missions that are not activated by a Purple Comet. One in the Gateway Galaxy and another in the Grand Finale Galaxy.
Trivia
- They are the Super Mario Galaxy equivalent to Red Coins from Super Mario 64 and Super Mario Sunshine.
- This might reflect on the possible one-hundred coins for a 1-Up from Super Mario Bros.
