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'''Moneybags'''<ref>Loe, Casey. ''New Super Mario Bros.'' Player's Guide. [https://i.imgur.com/W3ehp2b.jpg Page 13.]</ref> (originally spelled '''Money Bags'''<ref>M. Arakawa. ''Super Mario 64'' Player's Guide. {{media link|Super Mario 64 Nintendo Power P11.jpg|Page 11.}}</ref> and also singular '''Moneybag'''<ref>[https://www.nintendo.co.jp/character/mario/archives/64/?lang=en English ''Super Mario 64'' entry on the official Mario Portal]. ''nintendo.co.jp''. Retrieved August 13, 2022. ([https://archive.ph/OiUEv Archived] August 12, 2022 23:38:23 UTC via archive.today.</ref>) are enemies that appear in ''[[Super Mario 64]]'' and ''[[New Super Mario Bros.]]'' They are live money purses with their zippers undone and have eyes and feet. Subsequent games in the ''[[Mario (franchise)|Mario]]'' franchise replace Moneybags with [[Coin Coffer]]s, beginning with ''[[Super Mario 3D Land]]''.

In ''Super Mario 64'', two Money Bags appear in [[Snowman's Land]]. At first, they take the form of a regular, usually noticeably misplaced, [[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 then walks on the ground for a few seconds. Defeating one earns the player five coins. Money Bags are also featured in the ''[[Super Mario 64 DS]]'' remake and in the minigames [[Coincentration]] and [[Intense Coincentration]].

In ''New Super Mario Bros.'', Moneybags are found only in [[World 5-2 (New Super Mario Bros.)|World 5-2]] and [[World 6-3 (New Super Mario Bros.)|World 6-3]]. In order to defeat one, the player must hit it with six [[fireball]]s, [[stomp]] it three times, or use either a [[Mega Mushroom]] or a [[shell|Koopa Shell]]. For the first two ways, it gives one coin for each hit, and a [[1-Up Mushroom]] upon the last, at which point it is defeated. Moneybags usually appear in areas with several [[pit]]s, making it harder to chase the creatures by these means. The minigame Coincentration also appears in this game with more 3D-rendered graphics.