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|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario World]]'' ([[List of games by date#1990|1990]])  
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario World]]'' ([[List of games by date#1990|1990]])  
|latest_appearance=''[[WarioWare: Get It Together!]]'' ([[List of games by date#2021|2021]])
|latest_appearance=''[[The Super Mario Bros. Movie]]'' (cameo) (2023)
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A '''Dragon Coin''' is a large [[coin]] that first appears in ''[[Super Mario World]]''. It has a picture of a [[Yoshi (species)|Yoshi]]'s head imprinted on it.
{{quote2|The big coins are Dragon Coins. If you pick up five of these in an area, you get a [[extra life|1 UP]].|[[Message Block]] in [[Yoshi's Island 3]]|[[Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2]]}}
A '''Dragon Coin''' is a large [[coin]] that first appears in ''[[Super Mario World]]''. It has a picture of a [[Yoshi (species)|Yoshi]]'s head and torso imprinted on it.


==History==
==History==
===''Super Mario'' series===
===''Super Mario World'' / ''Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2''===
====''Super Mario World''====
[[File:Vine SMW.png|thumb|A Dragon Coin in ''Super Mario World'']]
[[File:Vine SMW.png|thumbnail|right|A Dragon Coin in ''Super Mario World'']]
[[File:DragonCoin.gif|frame|left]]
[[File:DragonCoin.gif|frame|left]]
In ''Super Mario World'', there are at least five Dragon Coins littered around most [[level]]s (some levels, such as [[castle]]s, [[Ghost House]]s, and [[fortress]]es, have no Dragon Coins in the original SNES version). Collecting each one makes a unique sound effect, and it is also counted as one coin. The first four coins collected in the game give 1,000, 2,000, 4,000, and 8,000 [[point]]s, respectively; collecting five of them awards the player an [[extra life]]. [[Yoshi's Wings]] can be used to access certain auto-scrolling [[Coin Heaven]]s, where five Dragon Coins can be found.
In ''Super Mario World'', at least five Dragon Coins appear in most [[level]]s, although places such as [[castle]]s, [[Ghost House]]s, and [[fortress]]es have no Dragon Coins. Collecting a Dragon Coins plays a unique sound effect, and it is also counted as one coin. The first four coins collected give 1,000, 2,000, 4,000, and 8,000 [[point]]s, respectively, and collecting all five in a level awards the player an [[extra life]]. [[Yoshi's Wings]] can be used to access certain auto-scrolling [[Coin Heaven]]s, where five Dragon Coins can be found. Six or more Dragon Coins may rarely appear in a level, with every Dragon Coin after the fifth also rewarding an extra life. In these levels, going through a [[Warp Pipe]] to a new area causes all remaining Dragon Coins to disappear if [[Mario]] or [[Luigi]] has already collected at least five of them, making the remaining ones unobtainable. [[Chocolate Secret]] is unique for having only one Dragon Coin.


On rare occasions, one may encounter six or more Dragon Coins in a single level; every Dragon Coin after the fifth will also award an extra life. In these levels, going through a [[Warp Pipe]] to a new area causes all remaining Dragon Coins to disappear if [[Mario]] or [[Luigi]] has already collected at least five of them, making the remaining ones unobtainable. [[Chocolate Secret]] is unique, as it contains only one Dragon Coin in the SNES version of ''Super Mario World'' for unknown reasons.
In the [[Game Boy Advance]] version, ''[[Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2]]'', Dragon Coins have a slightly bigger role. They now appear in levels that did not originally have them, and the number of Dragon Coins acquired is recorded on a menu. If the player collects them all, a cutscene plays, showing all of the collected Dragon Coins falling from the sky and being stacked together; afterwards, a giant Dragon Coin appears, and [[Yoshi]] eats it and lays an [[Yoshi's Egg|egg]], which hatches into a giant coin with [[Princess Peach]]'s face, resulting in all of the Dragon Coins in the game having Peach's face imprinted on them instead of Yoshi's. Chocolate Secret now has the standard set of five Dragon Coins. In the ''[[Nintendo Power Advance]]'' guide for ''Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2'', the symbol for the Dragon Coins denoting where they are located in a level is drawn with a three-tined fork instead of Yoshi's or Peach's likeness.<ref>''Nintendo Power Advance'' v.4. Page 18.</ref>


====''Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2''====
The Dragon Coin's collection sound effect was reused for the [[Advance Coin]]s in ''[[Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3]]'', the [[Star Coin]]s in the [[New Super Mario Bros. (disambiguation)|''New Super Mario Bros.'' games]], and the [[color coin]]s in ''[[Super Mario Run]]''. In ''[[New Super Mario Bros.]]'', the sound effect is internally labeled "<tt>SE_OBJ_GET_DRAGON_COIN</tt>."<ref>[[tcrf:New Super Mario Bros.#Sound Effects|New Super Mario Bros.#Sound Effects]]. ''The Cutting Room Floor''. Retrieved February 18, 2019.</ref>
[[File:SMA2-PeachCoin.png|frame|A Dragon Coin with [[Princess Peach]]'s face, seen when all regular Dragon Coins are collected]]
In the [[Game Boy Advance]] port of ''Super Mario World'', ''[[Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2]]'', Dragon Coins have a slightly bigger role. They now appear in levels that did not originally have them, and the number of Dragon Coins acquired is recorded on a menu. If the player collects them all, a cutscene will play, showing all of the collected Dragon Coins falling from the sky and being stacked together; afterwards, a giant Dragon Coin appears, and [[Yoshi]] eats it and lays a [[Yoshi's Egg]], which hatches into a giant coin with [[Princess Peach]]'s face, resulting in all of the Dragon Coins in the game having Peach's face imprinted on them instead of Yoshi's.


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===''WarioWare: Get It Together!''===
===''WarioWare: Get It Together!''===
In ''[[WarioWare: Get It Together!]]'', Dragon Coins appear in the [[Super Mario World (WarioWare: Get It Together!)|Super Mario World]] [[microgame]]. Collecting them is not necessary to complete the microgame and has no real effect on gameplay, although the "Dragon Coin Collection" [[List of WarioWare: Get It Together! missions|mission]] requires the player to collect at least four Dragon Coins in all three levels while playing as [[Jimmy T]].
In ''[[WarioWare: Get It Together!]]'', Dragon Coins appear in the microgame [[Super Mario World (WarioWare: Get It Together!)|Super Mario World]]. Collecting them is not necessary to complete the [[microgame]] and has no real effect on gameplay, although the "Dragon Coin Collection" [[List of WarioWare: Get It Together! missions|mission]] requires the player to collect at least four Dragon Coins in all three levels while playing as [[Jimmy T]].


===Other appearances===
===''The Super Mario Bros. Movie''===
In ''[[The Super Mario Bros. Movie]]'', a display box containing a Dragon Coin with the same appearance as its ''Super Mario World'' sprite can be seen in the antiques shop.
 
===Unused appearances===
====''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island''====
Dragon Coins were [[List of Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island pre-release and unused content|originally]] going to appear in ''[[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]'', where they were going to be a currency along with regular coins for some of the [[Bonus Challenge]]s.<ref>[[tcrf:Proto:Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island/ys romX 0/Bonus Challenges|Proto:Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island/ys romX 0/Bonus Challenges]]. ''The Cutting Room Floor''. Retrieved October 30, 2021.</ref> They were possibly replaced by [[Smiley Flower|flower]]s. The sprite for them was completely removed from the Game Boy Advance port, ''[[Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3]]''.  
Dragon Coins were [[List of Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island pre-release and unused content|originally]] going to appear in ''[[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]'', where they were going to be a currency along with regular coins for some of the [[Bonus Challenge]]s.<ref>[[tcrf:Proto:Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island/ys romX 0/Bonus Challenges|Proto:Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island/ys romX 0/Bonus Challenges]]. ''The Cutting Room Floor''. Retrieved October 30, 2021.</ref> They were possibly replaced by [[Smiley Flower|flower]]s. The sprite for them was completely removed from the Game Boy Advance port, ''[[Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3]]''.  
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==Profiles==
==Profiles==
===''Super Mario World''===
===''Super Mario World''===
*'''Wii U Virtual Console manual description:''' "''Collect five Dragon Coins in a course to earn an extra life.''"
*'''Wii U Virtual Console manual description:''' ''Collect five Dragon Coins in a course to earn an extra life.''


==Gallery==
==Gallery==
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Wendy's Kids Meal 2002 Mario bag 1.jpg|Front of a [[Wendy's]] Kids' Meal bag from 2002
Wendy's Kids Meal 2002 Mario bag 1.jpg|Front of a [[Wendy's]] Kids' Meal bag from 2002
Peach Coin.png|''[[Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2]]''
Peach Coin.png|''[[Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2]]''
SMA2-PeachCoin.png|A Dragon Coin with [[Princess Peach]]'s face, seen when all regular Dragon Coins are collected, in ''Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2''
G&WG4 Modern Boxing Yoshi Coin.png|''[[Game & Watch Gallery 4]]''
G&WG4 Modern Boxing Yoshi Coin.png|''[[Game & Watch Gallery 4]]''
SMWGPB1 Cover.png|Cover of ''Super Mario Wisdom Games Picture Book 1: Search for the Dragon Coin''
SMWGPB1 Cover.png|Cover of ''Super Mario Wisdom Games Picture Book 1: Search for the Dragon Coin''
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|JapR=Doragon Koin
|JapR=Doragon Koin
|JapM=Dragon Coin
|JapM=Dragon Coin
|ChiS=龙币 (''Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2'')<br>''Lóng Bì''<br>龙金币 (''WarioWare: Get It Together!'')<br>''Lóng Jīnbì''
|ChiSM=Dragon Coin
|ChiT=龍金幣
|ChiTR=Lóng Jīnbì
|ChiTM=Dragon Coin
|Fre=Pièce Dragon
|FreM=Dragon Coin
|Ger=Drachen-Münze
|GerM=Dragon Coin
|Ita=Moneta del Drago<ref>''Super Mario World'' Italian instruction booklet. Page 7.</ref><ref>''[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia]]'', pag. 61.</ref> <small>(''Super Mario World'')</small>
|Ita2=Moneta drago<ref>''Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2'' European instruction booklet. Pages 107-108.</ref><ref>''[[Super Mario World]]'' ([[Virtual Console]]), pag. 7</ref> <small>(''Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2'', ''Super Mario World'' on Virtual Console)</small>
|Ita3=Moneta Drago <small>(''WarioWare: Get It Togheter!'')</small>
|ItaM=Coin of the Dragon
|Ita2M=Dragon coin
|Ita3M=Dragon Coin
|Kor=
|KorR=
|KorM=
|Spa=Moneda Dragón
|Spa=Moneda Dragón
|SpaM=Dragon Coin
|SpaM=Dragon Coin
|Fra=Pièce Dragon
|FraM=Dragon Coin
|Ger=Drachen-Münze
|GerM=Dragon Coin
|Ita=Moneta del Drago<ref>''Super Mario World'' Italian instruction booklet, page 7</ref><br>Moneta drago
|ItaM=Dragon Coin
|PorA=Moeda Dragão
|PorA=Moeda Dragão
|PorAM=Dragon Coin
|PorAM=Dragon Coin
|ChiS=龙币 (''Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2'')<br>''Lóng Bì''<br>龙金币 (''WarioWare: Get It Together!'')<br>''Lóng Jīnbì''
|ChiSM=Dragon Coin
}}
}}


==Trivia==
==Trivia==
[[File:YoshisSafari-Coin.png|frame]]
[[File:YoshisSafari-Coin.png|frame]]
*Most of the games in the [[Yoshi (franchise)|''Yoshi'' franchise]] such as ''[[Yoshi's Safari]]'', ''[[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]'', ''[[Yoshi's Island DS]]'', and ''[[Yoshi's New Island]]'' feature coins with a Yoshi's head on them rather than the normal coin design. The coins in ''[[Yoshi's Crafted World]]'' feature a depiction of a [[Yoshi's Egg]] instead; however, the larger [[10-Coin|10 Coin]]s depict Yoshi's head, similar to Dragon Coins.
*Most of the games in the [[Yoshi (franchise)|''Yoshi'' franchise]] such as ''[[Yoshi's Safari]]'', ''[[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]'', ''[[Yoshi's Island DS]]'', and ''[[Yoshi's New Island]]'' feature coins with a Yoshi's head on them rather than the normal coin design. The coins on the ''[[Mario Kart 8 Deluxe]]'' version of the course [[Yoshi's Island (race course)|Yoshi's Island]] also features this design, as the course is heavily inspired by ''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island''. The coins in ''[[Yoshi's Crafted World]]'' feature a depiction of a [[Yoshi's Egg]] instead; however, the larger [[10-Coin|10 Coin]]s depict Yoshi's head, similar to Dragon Coins.
*In the ''[[Nintendo Power Advance]]'' guide, the symbol for the Dragon Coins denoting where they are located in a level is drawn with a three-tined fork instead of Yoshi's or Peach's likeness.<ref>''Nintendo Power Advance'' v.4, page 18.</ref>
*The sound effect for obtaining an [[Advance Coin]], [[Star Coin]], or [[color coin]] is the Dragon Coin sound effect from ''Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2''.
**In ''[[New Super Mario Bros.]]'', the same sound effect is labeled as "<tt>SE_OBJ_GET_DRAGON_COIN</tt>," further suggesting that they replaced Dragon Coins in the final game.<ref>[[tcrf:New Super Mario Bros.#Sound Effects|New Super Mario Bros.#Sound Effects]]. ''The Cutting Room Floor''. Retrieved February 18, 2019.</ref>
*The [[Plessie Medal]]s found in the ''Bowser's Fury'' campaign of ''[[Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury]]'' resemble Dragon Coins.
*The [[Plessie Medal]]s found in the ''Bowser's Fury'' campaign of ''[[Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury]]'' resemble Dragon Coins.



Revision as of 15:48, March 29, 2024

Dragon Coin
Artwork of a Dragon Coin from Super Mario World
First appearance Super Mario World (1990)
Latest appearance The Super Mario Bros. Movie (cameo) (2023)

Template:Quote2 A Dragon Coin is a large coin that first appears in Super Mario World. It has a picture of a Yoshi's head and torso imprinted on it.

History

Super Mario World / Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2

A Dragon Coin in Super Mario World
Dragon Coin

In Super Mario World, at least five Dragon Coins appear in most levels, although places such as castles, Ghost Houses, and fortresses have no Dragon Coins. Collecting a Dragon Coins plays a unique sound effect, and it is also counted as one coin. The first four coins collected give 1,000, 2,000, 4,000, and 8,000 points, respectively, and collecting all five in a level awards the player an extra life. Yoshi's Wings can be used to access certain auto-scrolling Coin Heavens, where five Dragon Coins can be found. Six or more Dragon Coins may rarely appear in a level, with every Dragon Coin after the fifth also rewarding an extra life. In these levels, going through a Warp Pipe to a new area causes all remaining Dragon Coins to disappear if Mario or Luigi has already collected at least five of them, making the remaining ones unobtainable. Chocolate Secret is unique for having only one Dragon Coin.

In the Game Boy Advance version, Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2, Dragon Coins have a slightly bigger role. They now appear in levels that did not originally have them, and the number of Dragon Coins acquired is recorded on a menu. If the player collects them all, a cutscene plays, showing all of the collected Dragon Coins falling from the sky and being stacked together; afterwards, a giant Dragon Coin appears, and Yoshi eats it and lays an egg, which hatches into a giant coin with Princess Peach's face, resulting in all of the Dragon Coins in the game having Peach's face imprinted on them instead of Yoshi's. Chocolate Secret now has the standard set of five Dragon Coins. In the Nintendo Power Advance guide for Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2, the symbol for the Dragon Coins denoting where they are located in a level is drawn with a three-tined fork instead of Yoshi's or Peach's likeness.[1]

The Dragon Coin's collection sound effect was reused for the Advance Coins in Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3, the Star Coins in the New Super Mario Bros. games, and the color coins in Super Mario Run. In New Super Mario Bros., the sound effect is internally labeled "SE_OBJ_GET_DRAGON_COIN."[2]

Game & Watch Gallery 4

In Game & Watch Gallery 4, a Dragon Coin is used to represent five KOs in the Modern version of Boxing.

WarioWare: Get It Together!

In WarioWare: Get It Together!, Dragon Coins appear in the microgame Super Mario World. Collecting them is not necessary to complete the microgame and has no real effect on gameplay, although the "Dragon Coin Collection" mission requires the player to collect at least four Dragon Coins in all three levels while playing as Jimmy T.

The Super Mario Bros. Movie

In The Super Mario Bros. Movie, a display box containing a Dragon Coin with the same appearance as its Super Mario World sprite can be seen in the antiques shop.

Unused appearances

Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island

Dragon Coins were originally going to appear in Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island, where they were going to be a currency along with regular coins for some of the Bonus Challenges.[3] They were possibly replaced by flowers. The sprite for them was completely removed from the Game Boy Advance port, Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3.

Profiles

Super Mario World

  • Wii U Virtual Console manual description: Collect five Dragon Coins in a course to earn an extra life.

Gallery

See also

Names in other languages

Language Name Meaning
Japanese ドラゴンコイン
Doragon Koin
Dragon Coin

Chinese (simplified) 龙币 (Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2)
Lóng Bì
龙金币 (WarioWare: Get It Together!)
Lóng Jīnbì

Dragon Coin

Chinese (traditional) 龍金幣
Lóng Jīnbì
Dragon Coin

French Pièce Dragon
Dragon Coin
German Drachen-Münze
Dragon Coin
Italian Moneta del Drago[4][5] (Super Mario World)
Moneta drago[6][7] (Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2, Super Mario World on Virtual Console)
Moneta Drago (WarioWare: Get It Togheter!)
Coin of the Dragon
Dragon coin
Dragon Coin
Portuguese (NOA) Moeda Dragão
Dragon Coin
Spanish Moneda Dragón
Dragon Coin

Trivia

Sprite of a Coin, from Yoshi's Safari.

References

  1. ^ Nintendo Power Advance v.4. Page 18.
  2. ^ New Super Mario Bros.#Sound Effects. The Cutting Room Floor. Retrieved February 18, 2019.
  3. ^ Proto:Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island/ys romX 0/Bonus Challenges. The Cutting Room Floor. Retrieved October 30, 2021.
  4. ^ Super Mario World Italian instruction booklet. Page 7.
  5. ^ Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia, pag. 61.
  6. ^ Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2 European instruction booklet. Pages 107-108.
  7. ^ Super Mario World (Virtual Console), pag. 7