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(The Yoshi's Island Dragon Coins would've had the additional mechanic of paying for some of the Bonus Challenges along with regular coins.)
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===Other appearances===
===Other appearances===
Dragon Coins were [[List of Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island pre-release and unused content|originally]] going to appear in ''[[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]'', but they were most likely replaced with [[Smiley Flower]]s, due to them being mechanically similar. The sprite for them was completely removed from the Game Boy Advance port, ''[[Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3]]''. In ''[[WarioWare: Get It Together!]]'', Dragon Coins appear in the [[Super Mario World (WarioWare: Get It Together!)|Super Mario World]] [[microgame]].
Dragon Coins were [[List of Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island pre-release and unused content|originally]] going to appear in ''[[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]'', where they were going to be a currency along with regular coins for some of the [[Bonus Challenge]]s.<ref>[[tcrf:Proto:Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island/ys romX 0/Bonus Challenges|Proto:Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island/ys romX 0/Bonus Challenges]]. ''The Cutting Room Floor''. Retrieved October 30, 2021.</ref> They were possibly replaced with [[Smiley Flower|flower]]s. The sprite for them was completely removed from the Game Boy Advance port, ''[[Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3]]''. In ''[[WarioWare: Get It Together!]]'', Dragon Coins appear in the [[Super Mario World (WarioWare: Get It Together!)|Super Mario World]] [[microgame]].
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==Profiles==
==Profiles==
===''Super Mario World''===
===''Super Mario World''===
*'''Wii U Virtual Console manual description:''' ''"Collect five Dragon Coins in a course to earn an extra life."''
*'''Wii U Virtual Console manual description:''' "''Collect five Dragon Coins in a course to earn an extra life.''"


==Gallery==
==Gallery==
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==Trivia==
==Trivia==
[[File:YoshisSafari-Coin.png|frame]]
[[File:YoshisSafari-Coin.png|frame]]
*Most of the games in the [[Yoshi (franchise)|''Yoshi'' franchise]] such as ''[[Yoshi's Safari]]'', ''[[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]'', ''[[Yoshi's Island DS]]'', and ''[[Yoshi's New Island]]'' feature Coins with a Yoshi's head on them rather than the normal coin design. The Coins in ''[[Yoshi's Crafted World]]'' feature a depiction of a [[Yoshi Egg]] instead; however, the larger [[10-Coin]]s depict Yoshi's head, similar to Dragon Coins.
*Most of the games in the [[Yoshi (franchise)|''Yoshi'' franchise]] such as ''[[Yoshi's Safari]]'', ''[[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]'', ''[[Yoshi's Island DS]]'', and ''[[Yoshi's New Island]]'' feature Coins with a Yoshi's head on them rather than the normal coin design. The Coins in ''[[Yoshi's Crafted World]]'' feature a depiction of a [[Yoshi's Egg]] instead; however, the larger [[10-Coin|10 Coin]]s depict Yoshi's head, similar to Dragon Coins.
*In the ''Nintendo Power'' Advance Guide, the symbol for the Dragon Coins denoting where they are located in a level is drawn with a three-tined fork instead of Yoshi's or Peach's likeness.<ref>''Nintendo Power Advance'' #4, page 18.</ref>
*In the ''[[Nintendo Power Advance]]'' guide, the symbol for the Dragon Coins denoting where they are located in a level is drawn with a three-tined fork instead of Yoshi's or Peach's likeness.<ref>''Nintendo Power Advance'' v.4, page 18.</ref>
*The sound effect for obtaining an [[Advance Coin]], [[Star Coin]], or [[color coin]] is the Dragon Coin sound effect from ''Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2''.
*The sound effect for obtaining an [[Advance Coin]], [[Star Coin]], or [[color coin]] is the Dragon Coin sound effect from ''Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2''.
**In ''[[New Super Mario Bros.]]'', the same sound effect is labelled as "<tt>SE_OBJ_GET_DRAGON_COIN</tt>", further suggesting that they replaced Dragon Coins in the final game.<ref>https://tcrf.net/New_Super_Mario_Bros.#Sound_Effects</ref>
**In ''[[New Super Mario Bros.]]'', the same sound effect is labelled as "<tt>SE_OBJ_GET_DRAGON_COIN</tt>", further suggesting that they replaced Dragon Coins in the final game.<ref>[[tcrf:New Super Mario Bros.#Sound Effects|New Super Mario Bros.#Sound Effects]]. ''The Cutting Room Floor''. Retrieved February 18, 2019.</ref>
*The [[Plessie Medal]]s found in the ''Bowser's Fury'' campaign of ''[[Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury]]'' resemble Dragon Coins.
*The [[Plessie Medal]]s found in the ''Bowser's Fury'' campaign of ''[[Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury]]'' resemble Dragon Coins.


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Revision as of 06:30, October 30, 2021

Template:Item-infobox A Dragon Coin is a large coin that first appears in Super Mario World. It has a picture of a Yoshi's head imprinted on it.

History

A Dragon Coin in Super Mario World

Super Mario series

Super Mario World

Dragon Coin

In Super Mario World, there are at least five Dragon Coins littered around most levels; some levels, such as Castles, Ghost Houses, and Fortresses, have no Dragon Coins in the original SNES version). Collecting each one makes a unique sound effect, and it is also counted as one coin. The first four coins collected in the game give 1000, 2000, 4000, and 8000 points, respectively; collecting five of them awards the player an extra life. Yoshi's Wings can be used to access certain auto-scrolling Coin Heavens where five Dragon Coins can be found.

On rare occasions, one may encounter six or more Dragon Coins in a single level; every Dragon Coin after the fifth will also award an extra life. In these levels, going through a Warp Pipe to a new area causes all remaining Dragon Coins to disappear if Mario or Luigi has already collected at least five of them, making the remaining ones unobtainable. Chocolate Secret is unique, as it contains only one Dragon Coin in the SNES version of Super Mario World for unknown reasons.

Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2

Peach Dragon Coin in Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2.
A Dragon Coin with Princess Peach's face, seen when all regular Dragon Coins are collected.

In the Game Boy Advance port of Super Mario World, Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2, Dragon Coins have a slightly bigger role. They now appear in levels that did not originally have them, and the number of Dragon Coins acquired is recorded on a menu. If the player collects them all, a cutscene will play showing all of the collected Dragon Coins falling from the sky and being stacked together; afterwards, a giant Dragon Coin appears, and Yoshi eats it and lays a Yoshi's Egg, which hatches into a giant coin with Peach's face, resulting in all of the Dragon Coins in the game having Peach's face imprinted on them instead of Yoshi's.

Game & Watch Gallery 4

In Game & Watch Gallery 4, a Dragon Coin is used to represent five KOs in the Modern version of Boxing.

Other appearances

Dragon Coins were originally going to appear in Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island, where they were going to be a currency along with regular coins for some of the Bonus Challenges.[1] They were possibly replaced with flowers. The sprite for them was completely removed from the Game Boy Advance port, Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3. In WarioWare: Get It Together!, Dragon Coins appear in the Super Mario World microgame.

Profiles

Super Mario World

  • Wii U Virtual Console manual description: "Collect five Dragon Coins in a course to earn an extra life."

Gallery

See also

Names in other languages

Language Name Meaning
Japanese ドラゴンコイン
Doragon Koin
Dragon Coin

Chinese (simplified) 龙币 (Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2)
Lóng Bì
龙金币 (WarioWare: Get It Together!)
Lóng Jīnbì

Dragon Coin

German Drachen-Münze
Dragon Coin
Italian Moneta del Drago[2]
Moneta drago
Dragon Coin
Portuguese (NOA) Moeda Dragão
Dragon Coin
Spanish Moneda Dragón
Dragon Coin

Trivia

Sprite of a Coin, from Yoshi's Safari.

References

  1. ^ Proto:Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island/ys romX 0/Bonus Challenges. The Cutting Room Floor. Retrieved October 30, 2021.
  2. ^ Super Mario World Italian instruction booklet, page 7
  3. ^ Nintendo Power Advance v.4, page 18.
  4. ^ New Super Mario Bros.#Sound Effects. The Cutting Room Floor. Retrieved February 18, 2019.