Toad's tent
Toad's tent[1] (generically known as a "shop")[2] is a game mechanic and location in Mario Pinball Land. It is an Item Shop run by Toad. To enter Toad's tent, Mario has to run into Toad, who then pitches up his tent. The game then transitions to a zoomed-in view of Toad's tent, in which Toad has five specific items for sale, with the items differing by location. Mario can leave the tent either arbitrarily or automatically after buying an item.
Toad's tent is different in the Fun Fair than in other locations. It has blue stripes instead of yellow, and it is in plain sight, meaning that Mario can enter it by launching inside instead of by bumping into Toad. The tent of the Fun Fair also uses Blue Coins for currency instead of regular coins. Despite this, Blue Coins are still shown on the bottom-left of the HUD in other Toad's tents as well as coins in the Toad's tent of the Fun Fair. Three of the five items in the Fun Fair tent are minigames. Even after the minigame finishes, Mario does not automatically exit Toad's tent, but the game instead returns to the Toad's tent menu.
Prices for items
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- Pipe = 10 coins (or one Blue Coin at the Fun Fair)
- Mega Mushroom = 10 coins
- Mini Mushroom = 10 coins
- Invincibility Star = 30 coins
- Lightning = 30 coins
- Yoshi Egg = 20 coins
- 1-UP Mushroom = 100 coins (or 25 Blue Coins at the Fun Fair)
- Question mark (after the 1-Up is purchased) = 50 coins (or 10 Blue Coins at the Fun Fair)
- Chain Chomp game = one Blue Coin (the Fun Fair)
- Bullet Bill game = two Blue Coins (the Fun Fair)
- Bob-omb game = three Blue Coins (the Fun Fair)
Gallery
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The interior of Toad's tent at The Fun Fair
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The interior of Toad's tent in most locations; this particular one is at Grassy Greens Stage, as evidenced by the items for sale
References
- ^ Nintendo Power Volume 185, page 115.
- ^ Mario Pinball Land instruction manual, page 19.
