Standard gold coins in Nintendo games serve more as filler rather than valuable assets. Donkey Kong Bananza offers an overwhelming gold collection experience, yet both it and previous titles like New Super Mario Bros. 2 lack meaningful progression tied to these coins. The red coins are more desirable due to their associated challenges, while standard gold coins provide minimal incentive beyond a faint promise of additional lives. Gamers often find the incessant accumulation of coins unfulfilling and view them as merely a distraction from gameplay.
The real coins that matter, the red ones, are harder to find and have challenges tied up with them that make them worth your time. The rest? Well, you can have an extra life you don't need if you get 100 gold coins or whatever.
Nintendo reached peak coinslop with New Super Mario Bros. 2. You can barely move without running into cash - coins from heaven, enemies made of coins, boxes projectile-barfing coins at your face.
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