Moneybag (enemy)

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Not to be confused with Money Bag.

Moneybags are enemies in Super Mario 64. Two appear only in Snowman's Land. They are money purses with their zipper undone along with eyes and feet. At first, they take the form of a regular coin, but when Mario gets near one, it transforms into a purse-shaped creature that hops around. After four hops it somehow flattens up, and they walk on the ground for a few seconds. Defeating them will earn the player five coins a piece. They are also featured in the Super Mario 64 DS remake and in Coincentration, a minigame in the same game.

Moneybags also reappear in New Super Mario Bros. in two levels. Here, in order to defeat one, the player must hit it with six Fireballs, stomp it six times, or using a Mega Mushroom or a Koopa Shell. For the first two ways, it gives one coin for each hit, and a 1-Up Mushroom upon the last, at which it would be defeated. They usually appear in areas with several pits, making it harder to chase the creature by these means. The minigame Coincentration also appears in this game, with more 3D-rendered graphics.

A creature similar to a Moneybag, a Starbag, appears in Super Mario Galaxy and Super Mario Galaxy 2. Instead of Coins and 1-Up Mushrooms, it yields 20 Star Bits.

Moneybags are enemies that debut in Super Mario 3D Land. They have small eyes on top of their head, are round, have a light green color, and slightly looks like a frog's head, as well as a purse. Their name is a pun on "coin cougher", with "coffer" being another name for a container used for storing money or valuables.

Moneybags react as they attempt to run away from the player. In Super Mario 3D Land game, they contain ten coins. Hitting a Coin Coffer in any way causes it to drop a coin, dazing it, and after five hits, it spits out the rest of the coins it contains before it is defeated. Ground Pounding one causes it to spit out all of its coins before being defeated. When hit by Mario under the effects of a Star, its ten coins are dropped in a ring shape. Coin Coffers first appear in World 2-3, though one can be found hidden in a rock in World 2-1.

They also appear in New Super Mario Bros. 2 similar to how they did in Super Mario 3D Land. They appear sometimes after activating a Red Coin Ring too, dropping eight Red Coins as it bounces. If Mario defeats it before it can release all the Red Coins, they will all be dropped.

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