Advance Coin
- Not to be confused withAce Coin.
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| Appears in | Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3 (2003) | ||
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Advance Coins,[1][2] also known asAce Coins[3] orA-Coins,[3] areitems inSuper Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3. Thesecoins appear only in theWorld-e levels. Advance Coins are similar toAce Coins in appearance, except yellow instead of red. Unlike Ace Coins, they spin before being collected. One to five Advance Coins are in everylevel, and there are 147 Advance Coins in total. IfMario orLuigi collects all the Advance Coins in a level, he earns anextra life, similar to the functionality ofDragon Coins or Ace Coins. If the player gets enough Advance Coins, they can enter any of three special World-eToad's Houses, where they can play an exclusivemini-game. The player must collect 30 Advance Coins to access theBlue Mushroom House, 50 for theRed Mushroom House, and 80 for theOrange Mushroom House. Because a limited number of levels was released outside Japan, international players can collect up to 49 Advance Coins, making them unable to enter the final two Toad's Houses. However, the game'sWii U andNintendo Switch[4] releases make all World-e levels available by default, avoiding this problem.
Gallery[edit]
The first Advance Coin in the levelDoors o' Plenty inSuper Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3
Names in other languages[edit]
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese | アドバンスコイン[5] Adobansu Koin | Advance Coin | |
| Italian | A-coin[6] | - |
References[edit]
- ^2003.Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3 instruction booklet.Nintendo of America (American English). Page 36.
- ^Peterson, Erik (2003).Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3 Player's Guide.Nintendo of America (American English). ISBN1930206-37-2. Page 17.
- ^abHodgson, David S J. (October 21, 2003).Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3 Prima's Official Strategy Guide.Prima Games (American English). ISBN0-7615-4425-9. Page 111.
- ^Nintendo of America (February 8, 2023).Nintendo Switch Online - Game Boy & Game Boy Advance Announcement - Nintendo Direct 2.8.2023 (02:23).YouTube (American English). Retrieved February 8, 2023.
- ^2003.スーパーマリオアドバンス4 (Sūpā Mario Adobansu 4) instruction booklet.Nintendo (Japanese). Page 32. Retrieved June 24, 2024.
- ^Andrea Minini Saldini (July 2004).Game Boy Advance: La Rivista Ufficiale 3 (Allegato) - Tutti i trucchi GBA dalla A alla Z. Milan:Future Media Italy (Italian). Page 59.
