Comet Star: Purple Coin Spacewalk

Learn how to collect Purple Coins and achieve high scores in Super Mario 3D All-Stars. This guide covers coin collection methods and strategies for each level.

This guide focuses on collecting coins in Super Mario 3D All-Stars, a crucial element for achieving high scores and obtaining Power Stars. While collecting 100 coins traditionally awarded an extra life, in 3D Mario games, it now grants a Power Star. This section aims to help you achieve high scores by collecting coins efficiently.

Ways to Collect Coins:

1. Break Blocks: Blocks often contain coins, typically 3 per block. If you're short on coins, look for Brick Blocks that Mario can break after transforming into Wario using a Yellow Cap.
2. Kill Enemies: Most enemies drop coins when defeated, ranging from 1 to 5 coins, with some dropping blue coins. Be cautious not to let coins fall off ledges. Enemies that drop coins include:
   • 1 Coin: Goomba, Tiny Goomba, Bob-omb, Swooper, Bully, Tiny Piranha Plant
   • 2 Coins: Snufit, Flyguy, Giant Piranha Plant
   • 3 Coins: Spindrift, Mr. Blizzard, Scuttle Bug, Skeeter
   • 5 Coins: Whomp, Chuckya, Money Bag, Latiku
   • 1 Blue Coin: Koopa Trooper, Sleeping Piranha Plant, Boo, Bookend, Mr. I, Giant Goomba
3. Collect Red Coins: Each Red Coin is worth 2 coins, and collecting all 8 in a level yields a Power Star. In later levels, Red Coins are often grouped together. Finding all 8 Red Coins when you have 84 or more regular coins is a strong indicator you're close to the star.
4. Blue Coin Switch: Starting from Course 2: Whomp's Fortress, most levels feature a Blue Coin Switch. Ground Pounding this switch spawns a set number of Blue Coins nearby. The number of Blue Coins varies by level:
   • Whomp's Fortress: 4 Blue Coins
   • Jolly Roger Bay: 8 Blue Coins
   • Cool, Cool Mountain: 2 Blue Coins
   • Big Boo's Haunt: 4 Blue Coins
   • Hazy Maze Cave: 8 Blue Coins
   • Lethal Lava Land: 10 Blue Coins
   • Shifting Sand Land: 4 Blue Coins
   • Dire, Dire Docks: 6 Blue Coins
   • Wet-Dry World: 6 Blue Coins
   • Tiny-Huge Island: 2 Blue Coins
   • Tick Tock Clock: 7 Blue Coins
   • Rainbow Ride: 6 Blue Coins
   Collecting these Blue Coins can significantly boost your coin total, sometimes being essential for reaching 100 coins.
5. Yellow Exclamation Blocks: These blocks can contain 3 coins, 10 coins, or a 1-Up Mushroom. Always break them when you find them.

Character Strategies:

This guide assumes the use of Yoshi or Luigi. Yoshi's egg throws can yield coin bonuses when ricocheting off multiple enemies, potentially granting multiple blue coins and coins from defeated enemies. Luigi is recommended for his superior jumping ability, especially when dealing with groups of enemies that respawn.