Coin Box

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This article is about the coin-generating ? Block that appears in Super Mario 3D Land and Super Mario 3D World. For the item in Mario Party, see Coin Box (Mario Party series).
Not to be confused with ? Block or Coin Block.

Template:Item-infobox Coin Boxes, formerly known as ? Boxes,[1][2] are objects introduced in Super Mario 3D Land. Characters that wear them will receive a limited amount of coins as they walk.

History

Super Mario series

Super Mario 3D Land

Mario wearing a ? Box in Super Mario 3D Land

In Super Mario 3D Land, they are only found in World 8-1, World 8-4 and Special 1-3. ? Boxes look just like ? Blocks. Like Propeller Boxes, they are worn by Mario or Luigi on their head, and do not let them throw fireballs or boomerangs, or turn into a statue. It cannot be taken off unless they hit an enemy. If Mario makes it to the Goal Pole with the ? Box, it disappears and gives an extra life. While inside a ? Box, coins will pop out from it while he is moving, although the ? Box will disappear after a certain amount of coins are produced.

New Super Mario Bros. 2

In New Super Mario Bros. 2, similar objects known as Gold Blocks appear, which are revealed by hitting Coin Blocks enough times, and give Mario coins at a much faster rate than the ? Boxes. Unlike ? Boxes, however, a Gold Block will disappear once 100 coins have been collected from it.

Super Mario 3D World

Toad wearing a ? Box at Conkdor Canyon in Super Mario 3D World.
Toad wearing a ? Box in Super Mario 3D World

? Boxes return in Super Mario 3D World, now shinier than a regular ? Block. This time, they work just like Gold Blocks from New Super Mario Bros. 2, though they retain the ability restrictions (including the inability to turn into a statue) and the 1-Up prize by touching the Goal Pole from Super Mario 3D Land.

Mario Kart Tour

Coin Boxes reappear under their current name in Mario Kart Tour as the special item of Mario (Hakama), Peach (Vacation), Pink Gold Peach, Pauline (Party Time), Rosalina (Swimwear), Gold Koopa (Freerunning), Dry Bones (Gold), , and Gold Mario exclusively in Gold Rush during the Valentine's Tour. They widely spew 40 coins onto the track when used. During a Coin Box Frenzy, coins surround the player. Coin Boxes received a minor redesign in that their edges and corners are more flat rather than rounded, and the holes in their sides' corners are absent.

Profiles

Mario Kart Tour

  • Tips & Tricks: "A box with a golden sheen. Generates a large amount of coins in front of your kart for a set time."
  • Mario Kart Tour Twitter: "The Coin Box glows gold, and it's overflowing with coins! Collect as many as you can before your opponents pick them up instead!"[3]

Gallery

Names in other languages

Language Name Meaning
Japanese ハテナボックス[4]
Hatena Bokkusu
コインボックス[5]
Koin Bokkusu

? Box (Super Mario 3D Land)

Coin Box (Super Mario 3D Land[6] / Super Mario 3D World[7] / Mario Kart Tour)

Chinese (simplified) 金币箱
Jīnbì xiāng
Coin Box

Chinese (traditional) 金幣箱
Jīnbì xiāng
Coin Box

Dutch Gouden blok
Golden Block
German Münz-Box
Coin Box
Italian Cubo di monete
Coin cube
Korean 코인박스
Koin Bakseu
Coin Box

Portuguese Caixa de moedas
Coin box
Spanish (NOA) Caja de monedas
Coin box
Spanish (NOE) Caja ?
? box

References

  1. ^ von Esmarch, Nick. Super Mario 3D Land PRIMA Official Game Guide, page 9.
  2. ^ Musa, Alexander, and Geson Hatchett. 2013. Super Mario 3D World Prima Game Guide, page 15.
  3. ^ mariokarttourEN (October 20, 2019). Twitter. Retrieved March 17, 2020.
  4. ^ Shogakukan. 2015. Super Mario Bros. Hyakka: Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook, Super Mario 3D Land section, page 186.
  5. ^ Shogakukan. 2015. Super Mario Bros. Hyakka: Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook, Super Mario 3D Land section, page 232.
  6. ^ Super Mario 3D Land internal filename (CoinBox)
  7. ^ Super Mario 3D World internal filename (BoxCoin)