User blog comment:The Boy From Nowhere/Regarding the White Tanooki/@comment-30294856-20161216003708/@comment-26374068-20161224214334

I'm with Paleo on this one, to be honest.

It's still in his arsenal, and other that need prep time aren't treated the same way. The power-up isn't god-like, of course not. But it is far from a simple game mechanic.

Heck, Miyamoto has even stated Mario characters have no canon nor non-canon. Anything in Mario is free-game. And Coin Rush proves, like Paleo stated, taht he can indeed access it w/o death involved.