Super Mario Wonder: What Do Flower Coins Do?

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Collectables are not a new-fangled concept – especially not when they are applied to platformers. Super Mario Wonder has a few collectables to, well, collect, and hunting them down is well worth the effort. Not only do they help you progress through the game, but some of them can be exchanged for goodies. 

Flower Coins are a new addition to Super Mario Wonder, and these purple-tinged bundles of currency are well worth tracking down. Sure, Wonder Seeds directly progress the campaign, but Flower Coins can help you find those Wonder Seeds. In this guide, we will break down Flower Coins and what they bring to the table. 

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Purple Flower Coins, unlike your standard gold coins or timed blue coins are an actual currency that can be collected, hoarded, and eventually spent. These persist between stages and gathering as many as you can will ultimately help you reach the end of the game…assuming you actually spend them, of course. 

Surprise, surprise, the only tracked currency in Super Mario Wonder is used to buy things. If you have them, you may as well get some use out of them. 

Flower Coins can be spent at Poplin Shops, although every Poplin Shop has a different stockpile of goodies for you to purchase. We don’t want to spoil too much, but you can find everything from basic 1-Up Mushrooms to new Badges, and even Wonder Seeds at these pop-up vendors.

You will typically find at least one Poplin Shop per World, and early on, you will be encouraged to visit and peruse their wares. Flower Coins are worthless if they are just sitting in your wallet, so don’t be afraid to splash the cash from time to time.  

Flower Coins are less common than gold coins, but