Golden Coin

The Golden Coins are the titular artifacts of the game Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins. There are six Golden Coins in all, and all six were needed to open the gate to Mario's Castle in Mario Land. Each coin represented a different zone of the land: the Tree Zone, the Macro Zone, the Pumpkin Zone, the Mario Zone, the Turtle Zone, and the Space Zone. During Wario's conquest of Mario Land, the yellow-clad villain captured Mario's Castle and scattered the fortress' coins across the land. Wario gave one coin each to six of his top minions, who were denizens of Mario Land until the villain placed them under a spell. After Mario returned from his battles with Tatanga in Sarasaland, the hero discovered his castle occupied by the jealous Wario. Ultimately, Mario recovered the six Golden Coins from Wario's minions, and opened the gate to the castle to engage the villain in a one-on-one battle for Mario Land. If Mario gets a Game Over, any Golden Coins collected by the plumber would be recovered by Wario's six guards, and the hero would have to collect them all over again.