Blue Coin Block
Blue Coin Block | |
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First appearance | Super Mario 64 (1996) |
Latest appearance | Super Mario 3D All-Stars (2020) |
Effect | Makes Blue Coins temporarily appear after being ground-pounded |
A Blue Coin Block,[1] also called a Blue Coin switch[2] (alternatively blue coin switch),[3] Blue Switch[4] (alternatively blue Switch),[5] and Blue Block,[6] is an object appearing in Super Mario 64 and Super Mario 64 DS. Blue Coin Blocks are found in most main courses except for the Bob-omb Battlefield, Snowman's Land, and Tall, Tall Mountain. The Blue Coin Block in Lethal Lava Land appears only in Super Mario 64 DS. The Blue Coin Blocks in Jolly Roger Bay and Tick Tock Clock are located elsewhere in Super Mario 64 DS. Additionally, a Blue Coin Block is also found in the secret level The Princess's Secret Slide. When a Blue Coin Block is ground-pounded, a few Blue Coins show up nearby, ranging from two to ten, though only for a short time before disappearing. While Blue Coins appear on the screen, a timer can be heard, and it ticks faster when the time is running out. The Blue Coins also blink faster when they are about to disappear. A Blue Coin Block does not respawn if not every Blue Coin has been collected. Collecting the Blue Coins from the Blue Coin Block is often required to obtain the 100-Coin Star from the levels they appear in. Due to its role, the Blue Coin Block is comparable to the Switch Block, except that it does not change coins into blocks and vice versa.
Locations
The following courses have a Blue Coin Block that spawns the following number of Blue Coins:
- Whomp's Fortress (4)
- Jolly Roger Bay (6, changed to 8 for the Nintendo DS version)
- Cool, Cool Mountain (2)
- Big Boo's Haunt (4)
- Hazy Maze Cave (7)
- Lethal Lava Land (10 in the Nintendo DS version only)
- Shifting Sand Land (3, or 4 in the Nintendo DS version only)
- Dire, Dire Docks (6)
- Wet-Dry World (6)
- Tiny-Huge Island (2)
- Tick Tock Clock (7)
- Rainbow Ride (6)
- The Princess's Secret Slide (6)
Names in other languages
Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
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Japanese | スイッチ[7] Suicchi |
Switch | |
あおコインのブロック[8] Ao Koin no Burokku |
Blue Coin Block | ||
青コインブロック[9] Ao Koin Burokku |
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French | Bloc bleu (Super Mario 64) Bloc des pièces bleues (Super Mario 64) Interrupteur bleu (Super Mario 64 DS)[?] |
Blue block Blue coin's block Blue switch |
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German | Blauer Münzen-Block[?] | Blue Coins Block | |
Italian | Interruttore Moneta Blu[10] (Super Mario 64) | Blue Coin Switch | |
Interruttore blu[11] (Super Mario 64 DS) | Blue switch | ||
Blocco Moneta Blu[12] | Blue Coin Block |
References
- ^ "Break open a Blue Coin Block by Pounding the Ground with the Z Button." – Sign in Whomp's Fortress, Super Mario 64
- ^ Super Mario 64 English instruction booklet, page 18.
- ^ Nintendo Magazine System (Australia) issue 48 (March 1997), page 28.
- ^ M. Arakawa. Super Mario 64 Player's Guide. Page 8.
- ^ "Ground-pound blue Switches to make blue coins appear." – Sign in Whomp's Fortress, Super Mario 64 DS
- ^ (June 10, 1998). Course 2 - Star 7: Collect 100 Coins. Nintendo: Super Mario 64 Strategy (Internet Archive: Wayback Machine). Retrieved March 15, 2022.
- ^ Super Mario 64 Japanese instruction booklet, page 18.
- ^ 「あおコインのブロックをジャンプちゅうにZボタン『ヒップドロップ』でぶっつぶすとあおコインがでてきます。」 - Sign in Whomp's Fortress, Super Mario 64
- ^ Shogakukan. 2015. Super Mario Bros. Hyakka: Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook, Super Mario 64 section, page 91.
- ^ Super Mario 64 Italian manual. Page 18.
- ^ Super Mario 64 DS sign: "Se ti schianti sugli Interruttori blu, appariranno Monete blu."
- ^ Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia, pag. 91