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Post by PDoogan on Aug 29, 2010 19:39:42 GMT -5
I know for a fact that Yoshi's Story is on VC because I downloaded it like, a year and a half ago.
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Post by EpicGyllynn on Aug 30, 2010 15:58:46 GMT -5
@epicgyllyn: You lied to me. @everyone else: Well, that's actually not true. I have money, just not instant access to it. It's all in the bank. Trying to save up for a new laptop. No, I didn't say it wasn't on VC yet, I meant I will hopefully download it on VC soon. Sorry for the misunderstanding. SMBBQ, Artemendo, and PDoogan ^This^ |
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Post by Sarisa on Sept 5, 2010 22:22:29 GMT -5
SarisaI do agree with you on some points, but I don't think Mushroom Coins are global, read the above paragraph. As for Yoshi Island, I'd say Yoshi Cookies are the standerd bartering tool among the Yoshi populations. Look at SMRPG, though, the Dragon Coins could be some higher method(gold more valuble than cookies on the island), though I doubt they are that large. Sorry about the late reply, and an interesting thought that Isle Delfino might use Sarasaland coins. However, I think you missed my point. In medieval Europe, it was fairly common for one coin - for example, the Venetian ducat - to become very popular, and then other countries began minting a coin of the same weight and fineness (and therefore the same value) to get a piece of the seignorage. So it's likely that, in the past, the same process happened in most of the known Mario world and most countries use a coin of the same intrinsic value as the MK gold coin. The face on the coin might be Peach's, Daisy's, or Bowser's, but the coin is worth the same amount. |
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Post by Koopalmier on Sept 6, 2010 5:21:33 GMT -5
Now that I think about it, coins of the MK don't have anyone's face on it. A Delfino coin is exactly like a Mushroom coin. Maybe that it's an almost-worldwide money ? With Beanbean Kingdom's being a bit different and having a very different value.
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Post by PDoogan on Sept 6, 2010 6:36:37 GMT -5
A Delfino coin is exactly like a Mushroom coin. No, the Delphino coins had a picture of the sun on them. Mushroom coins for the most part have that little oval on them, though some games depict them with numbers (M&L 2 and 3) or stars (Mario jump punch in SSBM) |
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Post by Koopalmier on Sept 6, 2010 6:38:59 GMT -5
Oh, yeah, I forgot the sun on it. Well, sorry then. And the Mushroom coins were depicted with a star (Mario 64 and Smash Bros.) or a number (basically every Mario game after Mario 64, the "I" is a "1").
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Post by cheat-master30 on Sept 6, 2010 9:59:16 GMT -5
Truth be told, it's not so much one universal currency as there simply being a flat exchange rate. Maybe because there isn't much trade or such between Mushroom World regions? Also consider, many non Mushroom Kingdom areas do have their own currency. The Yoshi's Island coins are also different, and those in Wario Land and WarioWare are again different from the Mushroom Kingdom ones.
As for Dragon Coins, Princess Coins, Red Coins and Ace Coins... I don't think they're really used for anything.
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Post by Sarisa on Sept 6, 2010 13:43:54 GMT -5
I got carried away by rhetoric up there - I shouldn't post quite that late at night.
I'm fine with coins of the same value being given individual countries' designs on them - that's what I was talking about in my post. Real-life examples are anything but lacking.
I like the idea of Mushroom coins having a star on the obverse, and a "I" or number for the value on the reverse - does that tie together all traditions? Having a guardian deity on the obverse is a very ancient tradition that fell into disuse long ago.
Obviously, full-bodied coins being minted to the same standard exchange freely for each other.
One question that hasn't been adequately answered - are MK coins full-bodied? Given the general archaic air of the early games, I assumed they were, but it seems like everyone else here assumed they are token coins.
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Post by PDoogan on Sept 6, 2010 17:31:40 GMT -5
As for Dragon Coins, Princess Coins, Red Coins and Ace Coins... I don't think they're really used for anything. Dragon coins are the official money of Dinosaur Land/Yoshi's Island. Princess coins were just a gimmick for when you got all the Dragon coins in SMW I doubt they really exist. Red coins...are you talking about the Mushroom Kingdom ones or the Yoshi's Island ones? I thought they were just a higher denomination. Ace coins were only in Subcon, which isn't a real place in reality so the coins can't be real either. As for what sarisa said, I think they're full bodied, they are sometimes referred to as gold coins...unless that's just referring to the color since there's different colors...........  |
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Post by SMBBQ on Sept 6, 2010 20:06:40 GMT -5
Why would Dinosuar Land/Yoshi Island even need currency? From what I can tell, it's a primitive place.
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Post by Sarisa on Sept 6, 2010 20:25:59 GMT -5
Yoshi Island definitely has currency - a Yoshi head is on the coinage. Then again, Yoshi Island has a lot of stone structures for a primitive place.
I'm not sure about Yoster Isle and Dinosaur Land. I think the Dragon Coins are a gameplay mechanic. That said, they look like Yoshi Island currency, so I think Yoster Isle doesn't mint its own currency but uses the coins of its trading partners, Yoshi Island and the Mushroom Kingdom.
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Post by Koopalmier on Sept 7, 2010 4:35:42 GMT -5
Or it's a common thing in Yoshi clans to use Yoshi Coins as their currency. After all all Yoshi-populated islands have the same Yoshi houses. Maybe that all Yoshis were in the same clan once, with the same knowledge and technology, but separated all over the world at different islands ?
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Post by Sarisa on Sept 7, 2010 15:59:40 GMT -5
The Yoshi diaspora? While I like that idea, I don't think it's even necessary; Yoshis are not spread over a large area. We've only seen Yoshi communities on Yoshi Island, Yoster Island, and Lavalava Island, the latter two of which appear to be south of the Mushroom Kingdom. They might be close enough together to function as one tribe.
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Post by Vent on Sept 11, 2010 14:58:47 GMT -5
That ties in to an older theory of mine that "Yoshi's Island" was really just a chain of islands ending at a much larger island than the rest. Presumably Yoshi's Island itself is the biggest island of this chain, while those other two islands are just two of the many islands that make up the chain.
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Post by EpicGyllynn on Sept 12, 2010 2:14:36 GMT -5
So... The Dinosaur Islands?
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Post by Vent on Sept 12, 2010 11:02:18 GMT -5
There is no area called "Dinosaur Islands". It's called Dinosaur Land and is a seperate area from the three Yoshi islands. Obviously they're in close proximity but aren't the same area.
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Post by Meta Black Yoshi on Sept 13, 2010 20:13:24 GMT -5
One of those Yoshi Islands is part of Dinosaur Land according to SMW.
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Post by EpicGyllynn on Sept 13, 2010 20:50:46 GMT -5
Dinosaur Islands is a nickname for Dinosaur Land, for me Dinosaur Islands just works better, and you know what I'm talking about, so why does it matter?
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Post by SMBBQ on Sept 13, 2010 21:23:51 GMT -5
Well, it makes more sense to use the name that's stated by Nintendo, rather than a personal term.
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Post by EpicGyllynn on Sept 13, 2010 21:26:31 GMT -5
But it's not like I commonly use it, it's just a personal nickname that I use for my Map(s). I'll try not to make a habit of it.
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