Mastering these tricks becomes especially important in Coin Rush, the biggest addition to the game. Using this rare weapon gives you the opportunity to carve new routes through areas and rack up crazy coin counts. The gold flower transforms Mario into a walking Midas whose fireballs turn bricks and enemies alike into coins. 2's one new power-up is devoted to coins. Successfully launch Mario to a faraway platform, for example, and two rows of golden prizes will swoop in from off camera.Įven New Super Mario Bros. Even if you don't uncover a secret exit, you'll often unlock rewards in the form of bonus coins. 2's stages contain hidden secondary exits that will lead you to bonus levels and warp cannons, motivating you to replay levels and explore every nook and cranny. 2's level design rewards exploration in smart ways - unlike the almost wholly linear style of 2006's New Super Mario Bros. Each world builds on familiar themes - an ice world, a water world, a lava world - but the levels are packed with hidden opportunities for further gold hoarding. The focus on gold gives Nintendo a specific conceit to design all of its levels around.
While the rewards are minimal - a full playthrough won't bring you anywhere near the one million coin goal, and let's just say the final unlock for hitting it isn't worth the effort - the joy lies in the collection itself. No attempt at (or need for) contrived narrative justification here. well, because the game tells you it's your goal. 2 when you are given a goal of collecting one million coins, because. That all changes at the start of New Super Mario Bros.
in arcades, but as contemporary Mario games have become more liberal with handing out extra lives, the motivation for grabbing coins has vanished. Coins have been the go-to collectible for Mario games all the way back to the original Mario Bros.