Ideal Yoshi/Dragon Coin Placement

General discussion about Super Mario Bros. X.
ANueUtsuho
Swooper
Swooper
Posts: 51
Joined: Sun May 04, 2014 1:13 am

Ideal Yoshi/Dragon Coin Placement

Postby ANueUtsuho » Thu Jun 22, 2023 2:25 pm

For the longest time I've been putting Dragon Coins in a number of hard to reach/secret areas, but looking at SMW levels for reference made me realize: a lot of the Dragon Coins are pretty out in the open or even directly in your path. So I was wondering: is that better or no? Or maybe even a balance of being a little tricky to obtain all 5 in a level but every so often there's a "freebie" of sorts.

Alucard648
Monty Mole
Monty Mole
Posts: 147
Joined: Sun Aug 16, 2015 3:45 am

Re: Ideal Yoshi/Dragon Coin Placement

Postby Alucard648 » Thu Jun 22, 2023 11:24 pm

The reason why Yoshi coins are in open areas is reward - a measly 1-up - for getting all 5. In SMBX(2) you could define more versatile rewards like stars for collecting Dragon coins. The most interesting use for Yoshi Coins was in The Second Reality Project 2(original, not remake). The bonus stars from end level Goal Gate can be collected only if Mario gets all 5 Yoshi coins in one go, and maximum 3-4 per level due to obstructions right before goal. Collecting 100 bonus stars in that hack awards access to Green Switch Palace, which is needed to finish the game.

Julia Pseudo
Ludwig
Ludwig
Posts: 5609
Joined: Wed Jan 08, 2014 12:04 am
Flair: gay gaymer girl
Pronouns: She/her

Re: Ideal Yoshi/Dragon Coin Placement

Postby Julia Pseudo » Tue Jun 27, 2023 11:15 pm

Alucard648 wrote:
Thu Jun 22, 2023 11:24 pm
The reason why Yoshi coins are in open areas is reward - a measly 1-up - for getting all 5. In SMBX(2) you could define more versatile rewards like stars for collecting Dragon coins. The most interesting use for Yoshi Coins was in The Second Reality Project 2(original, not remake). The bonus stars from end level Goal Gate can be collected only if Mario gets all 5 Yoshi coins in one go, and maximum 3-4 per level due to obstructions right before goal. Collecting 100 bonus stars in that hack awards access to Green Switch Palace, which is needed to finish the game.
You're thinking of Super Mario Infinity 2, not The Second Reality Project 2.


Return to “General”

Who is online

Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 0 guests

SMWCentralTalkhausMario Fan Games GalaxyKafukaMarioWikiSMBXEquipoEstelari