Joystiq [Nintendo]

Coin Collector

Job experience: nearly every Mario game created

Some consider it a pleasant hobby to occupy the time, but Mario collects coins to buy extra lives. Whether they're golden, red, silver or blue, coins add up to something significant in any Mario title. You think you're a dedicated collector with your vintage Susan B. Anthony? Your wheat penny? Try punching out concrete bricks with your hand just to glean some spare change. Then you'll know the woes of real coin fanatic. Even mild coin collectors know the absolute bliss of a hidden Coin Heaven high above the clouds: Just pure, uninterrupted money-hoarding. With such obsessive coinage, perhaps Mario is not so different from his capitalist twin, Wario.

30/06/08