Gather Coins

A Red Yoshi and a Bandit playing Gather Coins in the Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3 version of Gather Coins

Gather Coins is a Mini Battle from Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island and its reissue, Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3. The Mini Battle involves the player competing against a Bandit to collect the most coins before time runs out in 30 seconds. The coins themselves are shot out of a cannon moving on a track overhead. The player can stomp on the Bandit to stun it for a short while, and vice versa; running into the Bandit causes both it and the Yoshi to be knocked back. If the Yoshi wins, the player gets a random item.

This Mini Battle can be played behind the locked doors of the shacks in the stages Touch Fuzzy, Get Dizzy; Lakitu's Wall; and Ride Like The Wind.

In-game instructions

• SNES version: "Grab more coins than your enemy before the time reaches 0."
• GBA version: "Grab more coins than your enemy before the timer reaches 0. If Yoshi wins, you will get a helpful item!"

Gallery

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  Icon from Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island

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  Icon from Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	コインひろい Koin Hiroi	Coin Gather
Italian	Saltadanaio	Portmanteau of "Salta" (Jump!) and "Salvadanaio" (piggy bank)