Moneybag (enemy)

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Moneybag
Moneybags model from New Super Mario Bros.
Model from New Super Mario Bros.
First appearance Super Mario 64 (1996)
Latest appearance Super Mario 3D All-Stars (2020)
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Moneybags (singular Moneybag[1][2] or Moneybags;[3] originally singularized as Money Bags[4]) are enemies that appear in the Super Mario series. They are living money purses that have their zippers undone, with two glowing yellow eyes inside, and have stubby yellow-orange feet. Subsequent games in the Super Mario franchise replace Moneybags with other enemies, including Tracks in Super Mario Galaxy and Coin Coffers beginning with Super Mario 3D Land.

History

Super Mario 64 / Super Mario 64 DS

In Super Mario 64, two Money Bags appear in Snowman's Land. At first, they take the form of a regular, usually noticeably misplaced, coin, but when Mario gets near one, it transforms into a purse-shaped creature that hops around. After four hops, it flattens up and then walks on the ground for a few seconds. Defeating one earns the player five coins.

In Super Mario 64 DS, Money Bags return, having received a slight redesign, and one also appears in the minigames Coincentration and Intense Coincentration, where Wario punches one upward, causing several coins to fall.

New Super Mario Bros.

In New Super Mario Bros., Moneybags are found only in World 5-2 and World 6-3. Like in Super Mario 64, a Moneybags appears as an out-of-place coin at first, before showing its true appearance when Mario approaches. In order to defeat one, the player must hit it with six fireballs, stomp it three times, or use either a Mega Mushroom or a Koopa Shell. For the first two methods, it gives one coin for each hit, and a 1-Up Mushroom upon the last, at which point it is defeated. Moneybags usually appear in areas with several pits, making it harder to chase the creatures by these means. Additionally, a Moneybags returns in Coincentration, more graphically enhanced than before.

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Names in other languages

The contemporaneous name for each language is listed first. Subsequent names are listed in chronological order for each language, from oldest to newest, and have the media they are associated with in the "notes" column.

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese ガマグチクン[5][6][7]
Gamaguchi-kun
「蝦蟇口」(gamaguchi), a type of coin purse, with「~くん」(-kun)
ガマグチくん[8]
Gamaguchi-kun
Super Mario (Kodansha manga)
French Moneybag[9][10] -
German Zipper[11] -
Italian Forziere[12]:85 Chest Super Mario 64
Monetasacco[12]:114 From moneta ("coin") and sacco ("sack") New Super Mario Bros.
Spanish Monedero[13] Coin purse

References

  1. ^ English Super Mario 64 entry on the official Mario Portal. nintendo.co.jp (English). (Archived August 12, 2022, 23:38:23 UTC via archive.today.)
  2. ^ English New Super Mario Bros. entry on the official Mario Portal. nintendo.co.jp (English).
  3. ^ Loe, Casey (May 15, 2006). New Super Mario Bros. Player's Guide. Nintendo of America (American English). ISBN 1-59812-009-3. Page 13.
  4. ^ Pelland, Scott, and Dan Owsen (1996). Super Mario 64 Player's Guide. Nintendo of America (American English). Page 11Media:Super Mario 64 Nintendo Power P11.jpg.
  5. ^ Takashi, Watanabe, Noriko Oketani, Yugo Nagasawa, and Junichiro Okubo, editors (1996). 『任天堂公式ガイドブック スーパーマリオ64』(Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook – Super Mario 64). Tokyo: Shogakukan (Japanese). ISBN 4-09-102554-4. Page 5.
  6. ^ Noriaki, Kamiguchi, Kaisa Hitoshi, Teshiromori Nobuhito, Nagashima Kazutaka, Somoto Shitsuya, and Matsumoto Royo (2005). 『「スーパーマリオ64DS」タッチ!&ゲット!パワースター攻略こうじゃくブック』. Tokyo: Kadokawa (Japanese). ISBN 4-8402-2960-0. Page 151.
  7. ^ Sakai, Kazuya (ambit), kikai, Akinori Sao, Junko Fukuda, Kunio Takayama, and Ko Nakahara (Shogakukan), editors (2015). 『スーパーマリオブラザーズ百科: 任天堂公式ガイドブック』. Tokyo: Shogakukan (Japanese). ISBN 978-4-09-106569-8. Page 85, 113.
  8. ^ Motoyama, Kazuki (6 Jun. 1997). Super Mario 64 3, Super Mario, vol. 38. Kodansha (Japanese). Page 6. Retrieved from Imgur.
  9. ^ Loe, Casey (2006). New Super Mario Bros., le guide de stratégie officiel. Hamburg: Future Press (French). ISBN 3-937336-61-3. Page 63, 80. Retrieved from Imgur.
  10. ^ Ardaillon, Joanna, and Victoria Juillard-Huberty, editors (2018). "Super Mario 64" in Super Mario Encyclopedia. Translated by Fabien Nabhan. Toulon: Soleil Productions (French). ISBN 978-2-3020-7004-2. Page 86.
  11. ^ Kraft, John D., Thomas Görg, and Marko Hein, editors (1997). Der offizielle Nintendo 64 Spieleberater "Super Mario 64". Großostheim: Nintendo of Europe GmbH (German). Page 9.
  12. ^ a b Sakai, Kazuya (ambit), kikai, Akinori Sao, Junko Fukuda, Kunio Takayama, Ko Nakahara (Shogakukan), and Marco Figini, editors (2018). Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia. Translated by Marco Amerighi. Milan: Magazzini Salani (Italian). ISBN 889367436X.
  13. ^ Sakai, Kazuya (ambit), kikai, Akinori Sao, Junko Fukuda, Kunio Takayama, and Ko Nakahara (Shogakukan), editors (2017). Enciclopedia Super Mario Bros. 30ª Aniversario. Translated by Gemma Tarrés. Barcelona: Editorial Planeta, S.A. (European Spanish). ISBN 978-84-9146-223-1. Page 85, 114.