Editing Purple Coin

{{about|the collectible item from the ''Super Mario Galaxy'' games|other uses|[[Purple Coin (disambiguation)]]}}
{{distinguish|Regional coin}}
{{item infobox
|name=Purple Coin
|image=[[File:PurpleCoin.png|150px]]<br>A Purple Coin from ''Super Mario Galaxy''
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]'' ([[List of games by date#2007|2007]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Super Mario Galaxy + Super Mario Galaxy 2]]'' ([[List of games by date#2025|2025]])
|variant_of=[[Coin]]
|comparable=[[Red Coin]]
}}
'''Purple Coins''' are special [[coin]]s that first appear in ''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]''. They appear in the major [[galaxy|galaxies]] only when a [[Prankster Comet#Purple Comet|Purple Comet]] is in orbit of a galaxy. Unlike regular coins, these coins do not restore any of the player's [[Health Meter|health]] or refill the air gauge while underwater. They later appear in ''[[Super Mario Run]]'' as a special collectible in stages after the player completes the Pink Coin Challenge.

==History==
===''Super Mario Galaxy''===
[[File:LuigiPurpleCoins.png|thumb|left|200px|The Purple Coin challenge in [[Toy Time Galaxy]]]]
In ''Super Mario Galaxy'', the player always needs to collect 100 Purple Coins to make a [[Power Star]] appear. In missions with a time limit, the Purple Coins are sometimes set along a linear path; additionally, once the Power Star appears, it has to be grabbed before the remaining time runs out. Other times, more than 100 Purple Coins are scattered in a big area, and the player has to explore every area and figure out the best path to collect the required 100.

There are two Purple Coin missions that are not activated by a Purple Comet: One is in the [[Gateway Galaxy]], and another is in the [[Grand Finale Galaxy]].

All of the timed Purple Coin missions have [[Purple Comet (theme)|background music]] that contains parts from [[Gusty Garden Galaxy]]'s [[Gusty Garden Galaxy (theme)|theme]]. The Purple Coin missions of the [[Battlerock Galaxy]] and [[Dreadnought Galaxy]] have the same music, even though the missions do not have time limits; this is because [[Mario]] collects Purple Coins set in a linear path while riding on moving [[platform]]s, and he cannot get any coins left behind since the platforms do not backtrack. However, the platforms in the latter mission respawn.

While underwater, in [[Flying Mario]] form, or in [[Bee Mario]] form, Mario can [[spin]] next to Purple Coins to attract them to him and automatically collect them.

===''Super Mario Galaxy 2''===
[[File:SMG2 Tall Trunk Purple Coin Slide.png|200px|thumb|Mario collects Purple Coins in [[Tall Trunk Galaxy]].]]
Purple Coins reappear in ''[[Super Mario Galaxy 2]]''. They still appear in comet missions but with a small change: The timer stops once the requirements are met. In the [[Rolling Coaster Galaxy]], a Purple Coin is in a purple-colored [[Star Ball]]. In this game, Player 2 can collect Purple Coins for Player 1 along with regular coins.

===''Super Mario Run''===
In ''[[Super Mario Run]]'', a Purple Coin appears as a type of [[color coin]]. Purple Coins replace [[Pink Coin (Super Mario Run)|Pink Coins]] after all five of them are collected in a [[level]] and are positioned in slightly more difficult-to-reach places. Each Purple Coin is worth ten coins, which are added towards the player's coin total at the end of the level. After all five Purple Coins are collected, they are replaced by [[Black Coin]]s. When Mario collects all the Purple Coins, a Purple Coin Pipe appears, granting access to the level [[Piranha Plant Field]].
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==Profiles==
===''Super Mario Galaxy'' trading card===
{|class="wikitable"style="width:100%;text-align:center
!Image
!width="10%"|Name
!Description
|-
|[[File:PurpleCoinTradingCard.png|150px]]
|Purple Coin
|''Purple Coins are special coins that only appear when a Purple Comet is in orbit of a galaxy. Mario must travel to each of these galaxies, collecting 100 purple coins in each one in order to reveal the Power Star that is hidden there.''
|}

==Gallery==
<gallery>
SMG Asset Model Purple Coin.png|Model from ''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]''
SMG Asset Sprite UI Purple Coin.png|Sprite from ''Super Mario Galaxy''
Super Mario Run - Purple Challenge Coin.png|Sprite from ''[[Super Mario Run]]''
</gallery>

==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jpn=パープルコイン
|JpnR=Pāpuru Koin
|JpnM=Purple Coin
|ChiS=紫色硬币
|ChiSR=Zǐsè Yìngbì
|ChiSM=Purple Coin
|ChiT=紫金幣
|ChiTR=Zǐ Jīnbì
|ChiTM=Purple Coin
|Dut=Paarse munt
|DutM=Purple Coin
|DutN=''[[Super Mario Run]]''
|Fre=Pièce violette
|FreM=Purple Coin
|Ger=Lila Münze
|GerM=Purple Coin
|Ita=Moneta Viola
|ItaM=Purple Coin
|ItaN=''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]''
|ItaC=<ref>{{cite|quote=Raccogli 100 Monete Viola e qualcosa succederà!|author=Sign|publisher=Nintendo of Europe|language=it|title=''Super Mario Galaxy''}}</ref>
|Ita2=Moneta viola
|Ita2M=Purple coin
|Ita2N=''Super Mario Run''
|Kor=퍼플코인
|KorR=Peopeul Koin
|KorM=Purple Coin
|Por=Moeda roxa
|PorM=Purple Coin
|Rus=Фиолетовая монетка
|RusR=Fioletovaya monetka
|RusM=Little Purple Coin
|Spa=Moneda morada
|SpaM=Purple Coin
|SpaN=''Super Mario Run''
|Spa2=Moneda púrpura
|Spa2M=Purple Coin
}}

==Notes==
[[File:PC Room7.png|thumb|left|Purple Coins in ''NDDEMO'']]
[[File:SMO Mushroom Regional Coin Screenshot.png|thumb]]
*In ''[[NDDEMO]]'', when the player enters the room "How Many Coins?", Purple Coins can be seen among the many colored coins that fly out of the [[? Block]] after the player hits it.
*The [[regional coin]]s found in the [[Mushroom Kingdom (Super Mario Odyssey)|Mushroom Kingdom]] in ''[[Super Mario Odyssey]]'', which are inspired by the ''[[Super Mario 64]]'' coin design, aesthetically resemble Purple Coins.

==References==
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