Magnifying Glass (Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island)

Magnifying Glass

First appearance	Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island (1995)
Latest appearance	Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3 (2002)
Effect	Reveals hidden red coins and Winged Clouds

“Use this technique and the Magnifying Glass to get all 5 red coins here.”

—Message Block in The Cave Of The Lakitus, Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island

The Magnifying Glass is an item in Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island and its reissue. It is a Special Item that detects red coins disguised as regular coins and turns them red and visible. The Magnifying Glass also reveals Winged Clouds that are otherwise invisible, except Winged Clouds that are revealed only by rolling a Chomp Rock or snowball over their locations. The effects of a Magnifying Glass last until the end of the level. A Magnifying Glass appears in any of the Bonus Challenges.

In chapter 4 of Super Mario-kun Volume 15, Yoshi uses a Magnifying Glass to discover the identity (shrouded in darkness) of Big Baby Bowser.

ProfilesEdit

Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's IslandEdit

Instruction booklet description:
- English:
  Shows you where all the Red Coins are in a Stage.^[1]

Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3Edit

Nintendo 3DS Virtual Console manual description:
- English:
  Reveals hidden Red Coins.

GalleryEdit

Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island
Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island
Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3
Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3
Super Mario-kun

Names in other languagesEdit

Language	Name	Meaning	Notes
Japanese	見みやぶり虫むしメガネ^[2] Miyaburi Mushimegane	Uncovering Magnifying Glass
French	Loupe^[?]	Magnifying Glass
Italian	Scopri-Monete^[3]	Coin-Revealer/Finder	Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island
Italian	Lente di ingrandimento^[?]	Magnifying Glass	Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3

ReferencesEdit

^ 1995. Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island instruction booklet. Nintendo of America (English). Page 24.
^ 1995. Super Mario: Yossy Island instruction booklet. Nintendo (Japanese). Page 23.
^ Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island GIG's Italian manual. Page 12.

[Edit] Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island / Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3
Characters and species		Yoshis • Baby Mario • Baby Luigi • Baby Bowser • Item Balloon • Kamek • Stork • Poochy • Huffin Puffin • Liquid lift • Melon Bug • Muddy Buddy • Support Ghost
Worlds		Welcome To Yoshi's Island • World 1 • World 2 • World 3 • World 4 • World 5 • World 6
Items	Regular items	Blue watermelon • Coin • Green Shell • Green watermelon • Key • Red coin • Red Shell • Red watermelon • Special Flower • Star • Super Star • Yoshi's egg (Flashing Egg · Giant Egg · Red Egg · Yellow Egg)
Items	Special Items	10-Point Star • 20-Point Star • Anytime Egg • Anywhere POW • Magnifying Glass • Super Blue Watermelon • Super Green Watermelon • Super Red Watermelon • Winged Cloud Maker
Objects		! Block • Arrow block • Arrow Cloud • Balloon (Mini Battle) • Balloon (platform) • Beanstalk • Bomb • Breakable block • Bubble • Bucket • Chomp Rock • Coin Block • Cork • Countdown Platform • Cracked block • Current • Donut Lift • Dotted-Line Block • Egg Block • Egg Plant • Expansion Block • Falling stone block • Flatbed Ferry • Flipper • Goal Ring • Ice Block • Icicle • Makeshift surfboard • Message Block • Middle Ring • Morph bubble • Moving block • Paddle wheel • Pinwheel • Post • Pot • POW Block • Red-and-yellow bridge • Red balloon • Rolling rock • Seesaw • Ski Lift • Snowball • Soft rock • Spinning Log • Spinning wheel • Spotted platform • Spring ball • Squishy block • Switch • Teeter-totter • Tulip • Tumbler • Warp Pipe • Winged Cloud • Yoshi Block
Bosses		Burt the Bashful • Salvo the Slime • Bigger Boo • Roger the Potted Ghost • Froggy • Naval Piranha • Marching Milde • Hookbill the Koopa • Sluggy the Unshaven • Raphael the Raven • Tap-Tap the Red Nose • Baby Bowser • Big Baby Bowser
Enemy classes		Edibilis Boringus • Harrassimentia Phlyoverus • Projectilia Ritebakatchia • Ucantia Defeatus • Dudim Phreykunoutonthis • Mostosti Vomitonus
Enemies		Aqua Lakitu • Bandit • Baron von Zeppelin • Barney Bubble • Beach Koopa • Big Boo • Big Shy Guy • Blow Hard • Boo Balloon • Boo Blah • Boo • Boo Guy • Boo Man Bluff • Bouncing Bullet Bill • Bowling Goonie • Bubble Dayzee • Bullet Bill • Bumpty • Burt • Cactus Jack • Caged Ghost • Chain Chomp • Clawdaddy • Cloud Drop • Coin Bandit • Crazee Dayzee • Dancing Spear Guy • Dangling Ghost • Dizzy Dandy • Dr. Freezegood • Eggo-Dil • Fang • Fat Guy • Fishing Lakitu • Flamer Guy • Flightless Goonie • Flightless Skeleton Goonie • Flopsy Fish • Fly Guy • Flying Wiggler • Frog Pirate • Fuzzy • Gargantua Blargg • Georgette Jelly • Goomba • Goonie • Green Glove • Green Toady • Grim Leecher • Grinder • Grunt • Gusty • Harry Hedgehog • Hefty Goonie • Hootie the Blue Fish • Hot Lips • Incoming Chomp • Itsunomanika Heihō • Jean de Fillet • Kaboomba • Kamek • Kamek's Toadies • Koopa Troopa • Lakitu • Lantern Ghost • Lava Bubble • Lava Drop • Little Mouser • Little Skull Mouser • Loch Nestor • Lunge Fish • Mace Guy • Mace Penguin • Milde • Missile Bill^a • Mock Up • Mufti Guy • Needle • Nep-Enut • Nipper Plant • Nipper Spore • Para-Koopa • Piro Dangle • Piscatory Pete • Pokey • Preying Mantas • Puchipuchi L • Raven • Raven (chick) • Red Blargg • Relay Heihō • Sanbo Flower • Shark Chomp • Shy-Guy • Shy-Guy on Stilts • Skeleton Goonie • Slime • Slime Drop • Slugger • Sluggy • Snifit • Solo Toady • Spear Guy • Spiked Fun Guy • Spooky • Spray Fish • Stretch • Tap-Tap • Tap-Tap the Golden • Thunder Lakitu • Train Bandit • Wall Lakitu • Whirly Fly Guy • Wild Piranha • Wild Ptooie Piranha • Woozy Guy • Zeus Guy
Obstacles		Ball 'N' Chain • Ball and chain • Cannonball • Fire-Bar • Lava • Spike • Spiked ball • Spiked weight • Thorn • Turtle Cannon
Mini Battles		Gather Coins • Popping Balloons • Throwing Balloons • Watermelon Seed Spitting Contest
Bonus Challenges		Flip Cards • Scratch and Match • Drawing Lots • Match Cards • Roulette • Slot Machine
Music		"Athletic BGM" • "Bowser" • "Flower Field BGM" • "Opening Melody" • "Stage Start" • "Yoshi's Island"
Miscellaneous		Countdown Timer • Yoshi's Island
Further info		Gallery (SNES · GBA) • Glitches • Mario Bros.^a • Baby Mario's A-Maze-ing Game^a • Message Block hints • Multimedia • Nintendo Music (soundtrack) • Pre-release and unused content • Staff (SNES · GBA) • Super Mario: Yossy Island Original Sound Version • Yoshi's Island Slider
^a Exclusive to Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3