Nintendo's hotly anticipated platformer... @ @ @@ @@ @@@ @@@@@@@@@@@ @@@@@@@@ @@@@ @@@@@@@@@ @@@@@@@ @@@@@ @ @@@@@@@@ @ @@@@@@ @@@@@@ @@ @@@@@@ @@ @@@@@ @@@@@@@ @@ @@@@@ @@ @@@@ @@@@@@@@ @ @@@ @ @@@ S u p e r M a r i o S u n s h i n e FAQ/Walkthrough for Super Mario Sunshine Only on Nintendo GameCube Guide Version Final Written by black hole sun This guide may NOT be freely distributed among the WWW. This guide may NOT appear on ANY site, or be linked to on ANY site, but GameFAQs and GameSpot. This guide may not be ripped off, meaning you cannot paraphrase this and submit it under your name. It may not be redistributed electronically or physically, except for personal, private use. Anyone who violates these terms of service is subject to the punishment of the full extent via various copyright violations. T a b l e o f C o n t e n t s ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ 1) Chapter One: Preface Version History Introduction Storyline The Cast 2) Chapter Two: The Basics FLUDD Controlling Mario Controlling Yoshi 3) Chapter Three: Walkthrough Bianco Hills Ricco Harbor Noki Bay Pinna Park Sirena Beach Pianta Village Corona Mountain 4) Chapter Four: Of Coins and Things 100 Coin Hunt Guide Blue Coins 5) Chapter Five: Secrets/Easter Eggs/Misc. Delfino Plaza's Secret Shine's Adventure Field Secret Shines Secrets/Glithes Mysterious Noki Bay Contact Info ______ ________ _____ ______ | | 0000993 /// | | 00004000904 | | 0123000 | | ŻŻŻŻŻŻ ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ ŻŻŻŻŻ ŻŻŻŻŻŻ 1) Chapter One: Preface ______ ________ _____ ______ | | 0000993 /// | | 00004000904 | | 0123000 | | ŻŻŻŻŻŻ ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ ŻŻŻŻŻ ŻŻŻŻŻŻ _________________ /____/ Version History __________________________________________ ŻŻŻŻ_________________/ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ/ v.Final - =| My guide has been marked as incomplete? Huh? Anyway, a few grammar corrections and stuff. Yeah. Unless someone emails my lonesome self with a contribution or correction or something, no more updates. v.2.0. - FAQ Completed! Added the 100 Coin Hunt Guide, Blue Coin FAQ, and the section Mysterious Noki Bay to the Secrets/Easter Eggs/Misc. section. Fixed some glaring errors in Corona Island as well. Also, I have received a lowley 1 email with a contribution, and 1 email total on this guide, which was courtesy RedRapier with a glith. C'mon, I know more of you guys are out there! I need to beef up the glitches and secrets section, and I KNOW you guys have spotted a few errors. Come now, don't be shy! Drop me a line; see the Contact Information section for more. v.1.0. - First version sent in. Expect a 100 Coin Hunt Guide coming later. _______ /____/ Intro ____________________________________________________ ŻŻŻŻ_______/ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ/ I first heard of Mario way back when I was about 7 or 8 years old, sitting at home watching a TV screen. My much-older sister was playing the NES, and on the screen a little pixilated man in red trousers was jumping on goombas, warping through pipes, etc. As my sister cleared each level, I looked on in awe of the innovation and crispness the game possessed. I tried my luck after she was done, and died to a game-over screen rather quickly. I soon gave up, sub-consciously realizing I was too young for such a tough game. One thing remained in my mind though: this 'Mario' fellow was someone to watch for. Sure enough, years later I purchased the N64 along with a game called Mario Kart. There he was again, in another innovative title. However, it just didn't have the same...feeling that the games on the NES had. A little later, I found Mario appearing in yet another game: Super Mario 64. I immediately took it home, and that's where my addiction all began. Needlesss to say, I was quite impressed with SM64. Wait, impressed is too little of a word. DAZZLED does it more credit. I replayed the game 3 times, collecting every Star, learning every secret. Afterwards, I went into a Mario-like withdrawal as no Mario title was released for a looooooong time afterward. Until now. Here he is again, in Super Mario Sunshine for the GameCube. While it may lack the innovation of SM64 and past Mario games, it still was damn fun and one of the best games on the GameCube, and for that matter one of the best on ANY system. Here in this FAQ I will explain how to attain each of the levels 8 Shines, though I will NOT cover the blue coins, as I found them quite tedious to search for. I know this game might appear to be oversaturated, but it really isn't, with only three FAQs complete and the rest rotting in limbo. So, I asked myself 'Why Not?' This is my favorite game to date, and I felt like having something to work on until Rare's highly anticipated SFA came out. School work was and has been rather light, so I had a lot of time to work with this FAQ, molding it unto perfection. So read on and the latest edition to the famed Mario series will take form in your mind and you'll master this game, like I have. - BHS ___________ /____/ Storyline _______________________________________________ ŻŻŻŻ___________/ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ/ [Taken from INSTRUCTION BOOKLET] Close your eyes and imagine...soothing sunshine accompanied by the sound of waves gently breaking on the shore. High above, seagulls turn lazy circles in a clear blue sky. This is Isle Delfino. From the hustle and bustle of the Mushroom Kingdom, this island resort glitters like a gem in the waters of a southern sea. Mario, Peach, and an entourage of Toads have come to Isle Delfino to relax and unwind. At least, that's their plan...but when they arrive, they find things have gone horribly wrong... According to the island inhabitants, the person responsible for the mess has a round nose, thik mustache, and a cap... What? But...that sounds like Mario!? The Islands are saying Mario's mess has polluted the island and cause their energy source, the Shine Sprites, to vanish. Now the falsely accused Mario has promised to celan up the island...but how? Never fear! FLUDD, the latest invention Gadd Science Inc.(Ed. Note: 'Gadd' from Luigi's Mansion, remember?) can help Mario tidy up the island, take on baddies, and lend a nozzle in all kinds of sticky situations. Can Mario clean up the island, capture the villain, and clear his goo name? Its time for another adventure to get started! ___________ /____/ The Cast ________________________________________________ ŻŻŻŻ___________/ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ/ M a r i o We all know Mario. He's the Italian plumber from NES days that the old gamers loved. Mario is not exactly a tall or muscular, nut quite fit to be a hero. He looks more fit with him having his face under a leaky faucet. But looks are deceiving, as Mario is one of gamedoms best-known and most lover characters of all time. Mario basically has followed a course of saving mushroom Kingdom, andn notably princess Peach, from his nemesis, Bowser. This game take a little break from that same plot, or so it will seem at first... P e a c h Princess Peach called by her friends, though her real name is Princess Toadstool. We've never seen who her parents were, as she apparently rules Mushroom Kingdom by herself. Quite possibly the WORST voice actor evar, Peach isn't playable in this game; only Mario, much like SM64. Peach is basically a passive observer in this game, as she doesn't play a key role in the plot. Or so it would seem at first... T o a d s w o r t h An old long-time friend and steward of the royal family, Toadsworth was absent in SM64. When you talk to him, he makes a god-awful sound. Not much else to desribe about him, except he's pretty old. T o a d The worrisome little fellow Toad, seen in every Mario game, even Luigi's Mansion. Toad is Peach's attendant, and aside from having a giant head he's not much use, and doesn't give you an occasional Star like in SM64. P i a n t a The Pianta are Delfino's main residence. Most of them are fat and jolly, but some are just plain grumpy and stubborn. They grow little trees on their head, and the only difference between male and female is their colors, blue for male, red for female. They are widely known for their strength, and their talent and enjoyment of throwing things, like Mario for instance. Oft times they have hints sand tips willing to share with you, so talk to everyone. N o k i Small sea-sheel like animals, Noki are the games only other sentient life-forms. When threatened, they withdrawl into their sea-shells for protection. The Noki children are wildley playful and disobedient, and often times have good hints they are willing to share. S h a d o w M a r i o Shadow Mario is a mysterious blue Mario impersonater, whom is the cause of all the bustle that has been taken over Delfino Island. He spreads his graffiti around using his little magical staff, supplied by a certain scienctist name E. Gadd. Shadow Mario makes several appearances over the game, most taunting you to chase him. Shadow Mario appears to have no connection to any other enemy, but that might change over the course of the game. Shadow Mario has virtuaolly the same moves as Mario has, but he of course doesn't have the FLUDD, which may just be the key to defeating this strange adversary. ______ ________ _____ ______ | | 0000993 /// | | 00004000904 | | 0123000 | | ŻŻŻŻŻŻ ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ ŻŻŻŻŻ ŻŻŻŻŻŻ Chapter Two: Basics/Actions ______ ________ _____ ______ | | 0000993 /// | | 00004000904 | | 0123000 | | ŻŻŻŻŻŻ ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ ŻŻŻŻŻ ŻŻŻŻŻŻ _______ /____/ FLUDD ____________________________________________________ ŻŻŻŻ_______/ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ/ FLUDD is the water pack you'll find at the first playing of the game. You will be required to use FLUDD for the majority of the games puzzles and trials. You must learn to master the controls of FLUDD. The first and most basic use for FLUDD is to squirt water, washing away graffiti and killing some enemies. To squirt while moving, lightly hold the R trigger and the water pack will squirt until it loses so much water pressure that it stops squirting, so you must start again. This is the action I would recommend using for a good portion of the game. FLUDD's second water squirting feature is shooting in place, drenching nearby enemies and graffiti. This tactic is best used when you must squirt something above or below you. Since this mode is very hard to aim in, its highly advisable for you to switch to Mario Cam with the X button. FLUDD's second most important feature is the Hover Ability. This ability is self-explanatory; you can hover over gaps or anything else for a short time. You will most of the time use this to get to hard to reach places by hovering upwards or hovering over gaps. You cannot however hover forever, as like the squirt function once you lose water pressure you plummet to whatever is below. FLUDD comes with several upgrades. These include the Rocket Nozzle and Boost Nozzle. The Rocket Nozzle blasts Mario high into the air with the rocket like propulsion being water. Move the analog stick to have Mario fly at a slant in the desired direction. The Boost Nozzle is used too...well I'll let YOU figure that out:P. Hold R to power up and blast from point to point. Turning is terrible on land, but in water it's excellent. A great way to get around Isle Delfino, as you'll never run out of water because your sucking in more as your spitting it out. ___________________ /____/ Controlling Mario ________________________________________ ŻŻŻŻ___________________/ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ/ Here in SMS, there are a wide array of moves Mario has at his disposal. Most of which repeat from SM64, but there are some new ones and if you've never played the N64 version (shame on you!) here is the complete list of commands. Jump - Double Jump - Triple Jump -------------------------------- This is a pretty basic function. To jump, press A. To double jump, which is another jump but this is a bit higher, press A to jump then right as Mario hits the ground press A again. To do a Triple Jump, execute a double jump then press A again when Mario hits the ground. Mario will flip into the air at his highest capability. Side Somersault --------------- One of the key jumps in the game, Mario can jump almost as high as the Triple Jump, yet without all the effort and button mashing. To do this, run Mario in any direction then quickly move the controller stick in the opposite direction, making Mario gain momentum, and press A. Basically, yank the controller stick right then left the press A. Ground Pound (Butt Stomp) ------------------------- For some reason Shigeru decided to change the name of this move. Oh well. The 'ground pound' is something Mario does when he needs to press a switch or flatten an enemy. To do this, jump, then press the L Trigger. Whatever is below Mario will take a big hit. Note also that you may use this move to break your fall: when falling from an excessively elevated height, execute this move and no falling damage will affect Mario. To make your ground pound even more powerful, try blasting into the air with a rocket nozzle(explain below) and ground pounding from the highest point. Wall Kick --------- This move was one of the hardest moves to execute in SM64; you had to have such precise timing. Miyamoto however has made things easier this time round. To do a wall kick, where Mario jumps back and forth between walls, ascending as he performs each jump, just jump into a wall and press A. Continue to press A to ascend to higher ledges. Spin Jump --------- A new ability, though rarely useful. Many SSBM veterans will recognize this move. Mario spins in a circle, plowing his fists at unsuspecting enemies. To do this, jump then quickly rotate the analog stick 360 degrees. Carry ----- You can pick up items with the B button. This ability eliminates Mario's old punch ability, but no matter since the punch was quite weak. Stand next to a piece of fruit or whatever to pick it up. Press B again to drop the object, or run and press B to throw it. Note that you cannot use the FLUDD pack when heaving around an object. Dive - Front Somersault- Body Slam ---------------------------------- All of these moves are returning from SM64. When running, press B to slide forward for a short time. When you slide on a wet surface, things get fun:). A front somersault is basically when Mario jumps up from the ground if he's sliding. You can cover a LOT of ground very quickly if you repeat this tactic a few times. To Body Slam, jump then press B and Mario will hurl himself into the face of any enemy. Camera Angles ------------- Ah yes. The dreaded Mario camera angles. Though not as bad as Sonic Adventure 2 (God forbid!) it's still pretty terrible. You do however have a lot of control over it. You can manipulate it to your liking by using the C Stick. Press forward to zoom towards Mario, and back to Zoom out. Left and right to their corresponding directions, of course. You can also go into a semi first-person mode called Mario Cam by pressing X. In this mode you cannot move, but you can squirt your FLUDD. ___________________ /____/ Controlling Yoshi ________________________________________ ŻŻŻŻ___________________/ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ/ Yoshi has been in nearly all of the Mario games. But only in this one can you actually ride the green dinosaur. At some point in the game, a Yoshi egg will be shown, carried by Shadow Mario. After you chase Shadow Mario down, the egg will become available to you. To hatch it you must find a fruit that matches the one Yoshi is dreaming of, seen in a bubble above the egg. Bring that fruit to the egg and Yoshi will pop out. Notice at the bottom left of the screen that Yoshi has a Juice Meter. When his juice runs out, he runs out of gas so to speak and dies. You can replenish his juice meter by eating fruit with the tongue grab, explained below. Yoshi's juice meter depletes even if you do nothing. It does not deplete, however, when you squirt out fluid from Yoshi's mouth, which was quite surprising to me at first. Yoshi controls virtually the same as Mario. He can do Double and Triple jumps, which if timed right can be MUCH higher then Mario can achieve, he can squirt liquid, though a different kind (see below), and do a ground pound. He cannot however swim. If Yoshi goes into water above his head, he drowns and returns to his egg. Some of Yoshi's exclusive moves are the tongue grab, the juice squirt, and the ability to hover in he air for a short time using only his feet. The tongue grab can be used to swallow fruit or even enemies, executed with the B button. The juice squirt is much like Mario's water, only this juice disintegrates certain kinds of barriers, and turns certain enemies into platforms... To hover for a while, jump the hold A and Yoshi will kick and ascend a little before falling back down. To dismount a Yoshi, press the X button. Careful though, as Mario tends to leap off a Yoshi rather then slide off, making it so he'll even leap off ledges if you dismount too close to them. ______ ________ _____ ______ | | 0000993 /// | | 00004000904 | | 0123000 | | ŻŻŻŻŻŻ ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ ŻŻŻŻŻ ŻŻŻŻŻŻ Chapter Three: Walkthrough ______ ________ _____ ______ | | 0000993 /// | | 00004000904 | | 0123000 | | ŻŻŻŻŻŻ ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ ŻŻŻŻŻ ŻŻŻŻŻŻ _____________ /____/ Walkthrough ______________________________________________ ŻŻŻŻ_____________/ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ/ ________________________________________________________________________ ---------------------|::: Delfino Air Strip::: |--------------------- ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ You begin with a cutscene (in a Mario game!?) that lands you onto the air strip. After some talk with Peach and a conference with Toadsworth, you'll gain control of the Italian plumber facing a pile of goop. That goop is graffiti, which plague's the isle's inhabitants. More on that later. Proceed north of the goop, careful not to tread in it, to find the FLUDD next to a Delfino resident, a Pianta. After a brief introductory tutorial to FLUDD, head back to the goop. Squirt its center to make a monster, the Gate Keeper, appear. To destroy it, you must squirt water inside its mouth when it opens. Switch to Mario Cam for this battle. After you kill it, a Shine Sprite will appear for your taking. Once you retrieve the Shine, Delfino constables will grab Mario and throw him in prison, believing him to be the one who spreads the graffiti around. After more cutscene you'll arrive at Isle Delfino. NOTE: You can return to the air strip once you have beaten Episode 7 in every world. Talk to the Pianta on the dock, next to the house where you trade in blue coins. You can run the 100 coin hunt and find the 8 red coins. ________________________________________________________________________ ---------------------|::: Bianco Hills ::: |--------------------- ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ Location: Delfino Plaza, starting point. Destroy the Gatekeeper next to peach. A statue will appear. Squirt the M on it that Shadow Mario went through to open it as a portal, then hop in like you did with graffitiings in SM64. NOTE: Wherever you start each level, I will consider straight forward to be North, backwards to be south, left to be west and right to be east. Remember these words come later levels. _____ Episode 1: Road to the big windmill ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ Head down the stone walkway. You might want to slide down the wet part, as that's always fun. Proceed to the east end of the level by jumping onto the tightrope bridging the river to the other end of the level. Pass the trees and proceed to the goop covering the ground. The base of the goop is where the gatekeeper lies, where the rolling balls of graffiti are being spawned. Defeat the gatekeeper to claim the Shine. Notice that a path has arisen out of the ground, bridging the big windmill to you. You'll need to go to that path in a later episode. _____ Episode 2: Down with Petey Piranha ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ Proceed to the point where you defeated the Gatekeeper in Episode One. Get on the path spiraling around the windmill. Ascend it, spraying graffiti off as necessary. You'll soon come to a gap: use the hover nozzle to get around it. The next gap in the path will have strange prickly vines stemming from the top of the windmill: hover around them to the other side. Spray the M if you want a blue coin, then take the rotating platform up to the top of the windmill. Petey Piranha will smash the top of the windmill and you and him will plummet to the windmills inside base, there to fight. Petey Piranha is much like the gatekeepers. To damage it, let a stream of water into its mouth when it opens to suck in air. It will fall on its side, momentarily stunned. There's your chance. Jump onto the thing's stomach and ground-pound the water out of him, where the arrow is pointing. Do this three times, warding off the little enemies it occasionally spawns, and it will die and leave you the Shine. _____ Episode 3: Hillside cave secret ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ Traverse to the east side of the level. Find the walkway, and follow it left where the arrow on the sign is pointing. You'll find a low tightrope, less then 3 feet above the water. Jump onto it and have Mario balance across. Jump to the next tightrope, cross it. Do this to the last platform, avoiding the little enemy that scurries back and forth on the rope. Across is an un- bridged platform. Hover to it, then jump onto the above ridge. Turn right, side somersault up into the cave. These little areas, reminiscent of past Mario games, are in every level of the game. They require precise timing and a lot of patience. This first one however is quite easy. Ascend the horizontally moving blocks up to the safety of the platform. Cross to the next platform via the moving cubes, carefully timing your jumps. The next platform requires you to get past a narrow bridge that has large blocks rotating around it. Run across, diving as necessary. The last obstacle is a trio of rotating triangles. Easy enough. The final platform of course has the Shine. _____ Episode 4: Red Coins of windmill village ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ Ahhh yes, the red coin hunt from SM64. Collect 8 and you get a Shine. All thses coins are, as you'd expect, well hidden. I'll go over the locations of all of the coins. Well, let's continue shall we? Enter windmill village past the river. (1) is on a low tightrope connecting two buildings on the left, near the Hover Nozzle upgrade. (2) is on the roof the same tightrope bridges. (3) is on the white archway wall separating the east end of the village. Climb the tightropes to reach it. (4) is right next to the previous coin. Still on the wall's top, head to the left towards the bells. (5) is under the archway. Climb to the top of the wall to find a tightrope leading to a roof of a building with coin (6). From there, hover to the rotating windmill. (7) is floating in the air off and above the windmills wooden platform. From there, hover to the building across from you that has the two towers. (8) is on the roof of the left tower. Wall jump to it. The Shine will appear on a high platform off ahead of the roof you found (8). Use the tightrope to reach it. _____ Episode 5: Petey Piranha strikes back ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ As you start off, go to the northern end of the village. To the left is some graffiti, and a Pianta is under it all. Spray the graffiti off him. Talk to him, FACING the wall behind the Pianta. He will throw you up onto a ledge. Another way to get to it is to climb to the top of the tower where you found the number (8) coin in the previous episode and use the tightrope. This way is easier though. Leap up the sodden steps to the top. Approach the pink...things floating around. Turn left and you'll find Petey Piranha snoozing off in the distance. Face him, then switch to Mario Cam. One of the pink things will get caught in Mario's FLUDD. Hold R and let go in the direction of Petey. If the pink thing hits Petey he will wake, which is exactly what we want. Petey will then fly over the village, barfing out graffiti as it does. Much like you would do to other real-life dangerous flying things, such as wasps, squirt it. It will fall, wings soaking wet. After it lets out a few tornados, it will open its mouth. You know what to do. I would recommend you to clean up all the graffiti around the village before you engage in battle with Petey, as it will make things easier. Either way, after you kill it, the Shine will appear where you pulled the Pianta out of the mud. _____ Episode 6: The secret of the dirty lake ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ Go the lake on the east side of the valley. It will be polluted. Only the surface is hazardous; if you find yourself in the water and in the middle of no-where, swim underwater to a shore, minimizing health loss. Head up the path twisting around the mountain the big windmill is on. Look down over the ledge facing the inaccessible part of the level. You should see a cave with the pollution pouring out. You need to penetrate that cave. Jump over the ledge and free-fall for a few seconds before letting the Hover function on your FLUDD take over. You will not make it to the cave, but you can make it to the logs in front of it. Land on them, then jump into the cave. From your starting point head forward and jump on the blue platform after it flips. Wait for it to go left, the jump on the recently flipped red platform. When the blue platform next to you flips, jump on that, then make your way to the safe block with the mushroom. Grab the 1-up on the triangle then wall-jump to the large cube. It will start to rotate in all kinds of funky directions. Nothing I can help with here. Your going to have to build up some skill for this. On the next platform, run past the duster blocks then hop onto the next cube. It will flip like the last one did. Good luck. Atop, just time your way across the space using the platforms. Grab the Shine with pride if you beat this tough level. _____ Episode 7: Shadow Mario on the loose! ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ This is quite possibly the easiest Shine here. Just chase Shadow Mario and squirt him with water. For some reason he can swim rivers, yet water from Mario's pack damages him...? Baaah! Anyway, don't bother jumping onto the roofs of the buildings SM will leap to; he'll just jump down, making it a waste of effort. He falls when you damage him enough, and he'll cough up a Shine. _____ Episode 8: Red coins on the lake ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ Go to the lake, which is now pollution free. Head over to the low tightropes. You find (1) on the rope. Turn right at the end to find (2) floating above the water. To get to it, use the lillipad a ways past it. To move it, squirt in any direction. Proceed to the high tightropes, near the entrance to the secret cave. You will find all other coins here in the complex of ropes. The shine will appear in an indentured alcove on the windmill. Get to it by dropping from an above path. ________________________________________________________________________ ---------------------|::: Ricco Harbor ::: |--------------------- ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ Location: Defeat the Gatekeeper on the west end of Delfino Plaza. A hut will appear with the portal on it. Note that that is where you may trade in 10 blue coins for Shines. _____ Episode 1: Gooper Blooper Breaks Out ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ Run onto the freighter. Don't bother with the manhole; all exits are blocked up with crates. Proceed to the north end of the harbor. You'll find a stack of colorful crates with a tentacle sticking out. Grab it with the B button and pull it off; Gooper Blooper will emerge. This is one of the easier bosses. All you must do is to squirt it in the eyes and it will attack by swiping at you with its tentacles. When it does this, jump to avoid the hit and land on the tentacle to flatten it, then pull the tentacle off. When you pull all of its tentacles off, go grab its nose and pull it. It will seem to die, but won't. A second form will appear. Again pull all of its tentacle off then pull its nose again and let go when its face turns purple. Once you defeat it, a Shine will appear. _____ Episode 2: Blooper Surfin Safari ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ Turn around, about 180 degrees. Approach the set of logs and cross them. Get on any one of the bloopers to go surfing. Surf it to the north end of the harbor. You'll find a cave with a polluted entrance. Enter it. Inside you'll find a racing track. You must surf on a blooper through the track in less then 45 seconds, dodging obstacles along the way. It's pretty easy and pretty fun. Don't need my help. _____ Episode 3: The caged Shine Sprite ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ You should have ground-pounded the crates blocking the manholes in the previous episode, so enter the manhole and proceed down the dock to a pair of towers with 'Fruit' sprayed on them. Go to their right, then hover onto the gate next to the working crane. From there, hover onto the roof of the buildings to the west, in front of Mario. Roof hop to a roof with crates on them. Ground-pound them to make getting here easier, if you perchance die. Hop onto the metal beam connecting to the catwalks. Turn right at the 3-way intersection, squirting the mini goopers off into the water. Hop onto the moving poll, and have Mario's back face south. When the poll gets as close as it can to the gate, press A to have Mario leap to it and grab on. Climb to the square outline and press B to switch Mario to the other side. Push off to the next fence, then again switch to the other side. Leap to the catwalk. Hover over the gaps, then squirt the gloopers. Proceed to the red box in the distance. Open it to find the rocket nozzle. Use it to blast into the top of the cage the Shine is located in: hop up the trampolines. You may also enter the cage from below it on the platform. If you do that, go to the revolving hatch on the fence and flip it to arrive inside the cage. Either way, grab the Shine to complete the episode. _____ Episode 4: Secret of Ricco tower ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ The tower is located a little ways to the North. It is visible from the starting point. You can get to its top by retrieving the rocket nozzle, or you can make your way to the rooftop north of the tower(use the manhole). Enter the tower to enter the level. Run across the rolling platforms. These aren't too tough; just be sure to continue jumping over to the side that's most horizontal, giving you the best chance to stay on the block. This is an obstacle course, much like that found in Bianco hills. The first set of obstacles will be a series of rotating blocks. Run across them, keeping sure that you are on the side that is turning. Once you reach the safe platform, be sure to wall-jump to get the 1-up mushroom hanging in the center. Next, you'll have tread a pair of rolling wheels. Pretty tough, just keep running and jumping against the direction it is moving. Continue to the mound of sand blocks. Jump up and pass it to the final platform with the Shine on it. _____ Episode 5: Gooper Blooper Returns ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ Go to the north end of the dock. Once there, look upon the helipad. The Gooper Blooper is on that. You must get the Rocket Nozzle to get up there, which is located directly below the helipad surrounded by polluted water. On the platform where you get the Rocket nozzle, charge up and blast off. Mario will latch himself onto the grate that happens to stretch below the helipad to a switchboard. Shimmy him to the rotatable switchboard, then press A this time, as the B button have Mario release his grasp on the grate. Destroy the Gooper Blooper like you did the last time. Make sure though that when your pulling his tentacles you don't pull yourself off the helipad. _____ Episode 6: Surfin for red coins ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ From your starting point turn around and go to the isle with the gloopers. There will be a red switch there; pound it to make red coins appear. You must gather them in the allotted time, 3:00. First, go to the northern end of the level, to make things easier. Between one of the struts supporting the helipad is (1). (2) is a little ways past (1), near the gate blocking you from going off further into the ocean. From there, hug the gate and turn right. Proceed along to find (3) and (4) next to a pair of bowies. Once you attain (4) turn 180 degrees and head towards the ship next to the bowies. (5) is there. Turn left at (5) to find the next coin, (6), under a red platform in the middle of the docking area. Turn to the North to find (7) hovering in the air a little ways past the machinery. Turn right to find (8) lodged between a boat and a strut. The Shine will appear on the deck where you fond the goopers. Gain speed and jump into it. _____ Episode 7: Shadow Mario returns ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ Chase Shadow Mario onto the catwalks above where he will stay for the rest of the chase. You don't really need to move; just stay in range of him. When you can damage him no longer, just approach him and he'll slip and fall and give up a Shine. _____ Episode 8: Yoshi's Fruit Adventure ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ You must have chased Shadow Mario holding a Yoshi egg at Delfino Plaza to do this missions. If you have, let's continue. If not, exit this level and get enough Shines until that happens. Proceed to the north end of the dock. You'll find the Yoshi egg in the market area. He'll be wanting some weird fruit that I've never seen or heard of. Email me if you know what it's called. Anyway, to get this fruit, jump up to the top of the towers with 'Fruit' spray-painted on them. Stomp on their switches until the fruit Yoshi wants plops out of the pipe. It figures: Mario cannot pick up this fruit. It's too spiky. So, its time to play Mario Soccer. He will kick it when your approach it. Sometimes he'll punt it down-field, other times he'll just dribble it a bit. Its random I tell ya. Line up the kick in Yoshi's direction and boot it. You could use your water gun to squirt it, but that takes a lot longer. Once you hatch the Yoshi egg, find the fish jumping up and down. Squirt them with Yoshi's juice and they'll turn into platforms and will take you across to the strut in the distance. You must play this tedious game of timing, squirting when its just high enough so that you can reach the strut, yet low enough so that you can reach it. Have fun. I have yet to complete this mission. The Shine Sprite awaits at the last strut. ________________________________________________________________________ ---------------------|::: Gelato Beach ::: |--------------------- ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ Location: Northeast side of the island. A gatekeeper will cover it up, and once you beat it a tower will appear. On the tower the portal will emerge. _____ Episode 1: Dune Bay sandcastle secret ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ From your starting point, head to the left. There is a small peninsula; to the right of it is a plant sticking out of the sand called a Dune Bud. Squirt that plant until it fills full of water. A sand castle will appear on the peninsula; enter it before it disappears. This is arguably the easiest secret level in the game. Just run across the sand blocks, as they start to disintegrate once you set foot on them. Jump up the blocks of sand at the end to find the Shine. ______ Episode 2: Mirror madness! Tilt, slam, bam! ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ Strange title, isn't it? After your brief discussion with the Pianta, proceed to the mirrors displayed in the opening cutscene. Jump on any one of them and you'll find some strange looking bulb creatures, presumably larger versions of the common cataquacks found on the beach. The amount of these things vary between mirrors. You must remove all the creatures from the 3 mirrors. To do this, squirt them with your FLUDD, towards the edge of the mirror, until they lift up one leg, like they are trying to pee or something. Once they do this, quickly get to the opposite end of the mirror and ground-pound. All those lifting their legs will fly off the screen. Do this for all three mirrors and the Shine will be yours. _____ Episode 3: Wiggler Ahoy! Full steam ahead! ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ This is one of the most memorable boss fights in the game, as well as one of the most enjoyable. Remember that wiggler you knocked off the tower in the previous episode? Well, he's back, and he's pissed off you woke him up. He will be marching in a fit of fury in a set track around the beach. If you are in his way as he passes by, you'll go flying. Water cannot harm him and he's going too fast to be susceptible to the ground-pound. What do you do? Think back to the first episode where you sprayed the Dune Bud until the sand-castle appeared. Pretty big, wasn't it? Big enough to stop the wiggler, wasn't it? Yes, yes it was. Squirt one of the Dune Bugs in the wigglers path until it fills and creates an obstacle. If the wiggler runs into the obstacle, it will trip onto its back for a short time. There's your chance to ground-pound him where the arrow is pointing. He takes 3 pounds to die. After you damage him twice, he'll be REALLY tough to get as when you trip him he will fall in pretty deep water off the shore, left of the peninsula. Swim to him ASAP and climb onto him to ground-pound. This'll take a few tries, but you'll eventually get it. _____ Episode 4: A sand bird is born ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ The great sand bird has hatched! What does that mean to you? Absolutely nothing! Except for the fact that this particular sand bird has 7 red coins on its back. Run to the far north of the level. You'll find a step cliff face blocking your progress. Scan the face of the wall to find one of those little plants from previous episodes in an indentured section. Squirt it and stairs will rise to meet the cliff's top. Turn left to find a little platform with a view of the level. Slide down its slope and jump onto the trampoline. From the air, hover to the tower and drop into the large egg. You'll be transported to a cloud high above the level. The Sand Bird will soon fly under it, sweeping you with it. 7 Coins are located on its back, head and tail. They are all easy to get. However, the sand-bird will soon make a sharp turn, causing it to flip vertically. You WILL fall off unless you find something to hold you. That something is one of the two little blocks sticking out of its wing, there for no purpose except for you to stand on when the bird does this. Wait out its turns, and find the last coin on the tower it circles. Wait until the bird ascends enough so that you're level with it, then hover over to claim the Shine. _____ Episode 5: II Piantissimo's Sand Spirit ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ Go to the purple Pianta in the distance, throwing his head back laughing. You'll automatically engage in a talk, and he'll challenge you to a race to the flag. Remember the race with Yoshi in SM64? Well this is a heckuva lot easier. All you need to do is keep body-slamming and popping up to get a good lead on him. However, when you come to the cliff face at the north end of the level, there will be no plant to help you climb. Use the wall jump instead. Note that if you feel like making this even easier you can get the Rocket Nozzle, located on a shelf to the right of the bar, the one ahead of where you met Piantissimo. Once you beat him to the flag, he will admit defeat and give you your reward. _____ Episode 6: Red Coins in the coral reef ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ As you start the level, head west towards the peninsula. In the distance you'll spot a dock extruding into the ocean. A few yards to the left of that dock is the coral reef, a series of funny looking underwater plants. You'll find all of the red coins there. There is no way I can possibly describe each individual location, a they are crowded so close together. You don't need my direction here though; they all are easy to find, except that a few of the coins are floating along with a school of fish. Follow them and grab the coin they take along. _____ Episode 7: Its Shadow Mario! After him! ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ Meh. There is no way you can have trouble with this. If you do, I pity you :P _____ Episode 8: The Watermelon Festival ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ Wooo-hoo! A watermelon festival! (0_o) Err, okay. Here you must find the biggest, bestest watermelon you can find and present it to the judge. If you get the biggest one, you get a Shine! This particularly large watermelon is at the north end of the level, up where the flag was located at the previous episode. You must roll that thing down to the dock next to the coral reef. Easy right? NOT! You know those cataquack things that march around the beech? They throw you up into the air if you get close. They do the same thing with the watermelon, only when they throw it up into the air it bursts and you have to the whole thing over again it. The watermelon also bursts if you press it against a tree or Pianta, so watch out. You can squirt the cataquacks with water to knock them unconscious for a short time, so do so when you get near the dock. Once you get to the dock, you have to move the watermelon along the narrow bridge. If it falls in the water, well you know. Once you push it to the end, you'll get your Shine. ________________________________________________________________________ ---------------------|::: Noki Bay ::: |--------------------- ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ Location: Town center; a ray of light beaming from the sun signifies its presence. Look up at the sun while standing in the light to teleport to the level. _____ Episode 1: Uncork the waterfall ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ Notice that the lake surrounding your isle is colored purple. That is because it is poisonous, like the dirty Bianco Village lake. Again, only the surface is hazardous; if you find yourself in the water and in the middle of no- where, swim under water to a shore, minimizing health loss. Skip across the first few platforms ahead of Mario and jump up the little shells forming steps. From their highest point, hover over to the ledge of green to the east. Turn right, spray the graffiti on the wall off to make a ledge for you to use appear. This puzzle will be used quite often in this episode. Jump up to the higher platform and you'll find a little carrier connected to a mill. Across from the carrier is a vase; fill it with water to ascend. Continue your climb until you find a trampoline that looks line an hour-glass. You must use that to get across the gap. However, from its current position you can do nothing. So, spray it to shrink it down to Mario- size, then pick it up and drop to the track below the ledge. Place the trampoline so you may get up on the above terrace. Boss time! The weasel is very simple. All he does is throw bombs: spray them to force them to a temporary dormancy, then pick them up and throw them back at him. Do this three times and he will die, and waterfall will become 'uncorked.' _____ Episode 2: Boss of the tricky ruins ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ Go to the north, where the cutscene showed you the strange looking fellow you encountered in the previous episode. Once there, look above him to find a stone marking in the cliff wall. Spray it and the wall will retract to form a wall jumping puzzle. Wall-jump up the crevice. Do so quickly, because before long the maze will disappear into the wall and you will fall if your not safely away by that time. So, continue your little series of wall jumping until you come to a ledge that appears to lead no-where. Look around the ledge to find another crevice to wall-jump up. I was stuck there for the longest time... Spray the stone marked in the cliff-face, this near some gloopers. Wall jump on to an ascending corridor. Continue to follow this to find that damn Gooper Blooper again. Doesn't this thing ever give up? No problems here; just make sure you don't fall off the ledge when pulling on its tentacles. After you defeat it, the hole it was guarding will open. Drop down to claim the Shine. _____ Episode 3: Red Coins in a bottle ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ As you start, you'll engage in a talk with that crazy old dude. He'll give Mario a bowl to wear over his head. Err, its a little more sophisticated then that, but not by much. Mario will shrink to miniscule size and dive into a little bowl the old man will produce. This coin hunt is fairly easy. The hardest part about this is learning how to control Mario. You must use your hover nozzle to ascend, normal nozzle to move horizontally. E-z, just make sure you keep an eye on your O2 meter; get coins to replenish it. _____ Episode 4: Eely mouth's dentist ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ Yesiree, you get to play dentist to a two-ton four-eyed poisonous eel (0_o). Walk up the smartly placed tightrope as a shortcut. Get to the top of the waterfall, where you battled the weasel. You'll find the old man there again. Ignore him and dive into the waterfall. Descend to the bottom of the sunken city. Grab the coins if you want your health meter replenished. This eel thing at the bottom has a tooth problem. His teeth are all black from eating who-knows-what and he needs you to clean it by spraying them with water. But wait a minute! Isn't this place, like, submerged? Why yes, yes it is (0_o). Anyway, when the eel opens its mouth, hop right in and get to work. Spray all his teeth a shiny white. You won't get much time; he'll spit you out after a while of cleaning. Doesn't know what's good for him, this eel. Eventually you'll get all his teeth cleaned. But don't attempt any dentistry while your O2 meter is blinking; get coins ASAP. You don't know how easy it is to drown here. Once you finish up, your Shine will appear at the bottom. _____ Episode 5: II Piantissimo's Surf Swim ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ Climb across the rope to meet Piantissimo. Another easy race. Hover to get an advantage; surface onto the platforms in the water and hover if necessary. He will zig-zag as he swims, making it nearly impossible to lose. _____ Episode 6: The Shell's secret ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ Climb up the shells to the north. Get across the tightrope, jump up the next tightrope. From there continue on ascending, to the shells entrance. Wall jump out of your cage and proceed to the ambient bridge. Jump onto to it then leap to the across platform using the rotating block. Turn left and wall jump to the extruding block. Makes your way across the other extruding blocks to a pole. Jump into it then climb to its top. Jump onto the landing. From there, wall jump up to the next platform. Go to the slope then run up. If you start to slide don't worry; the tightrope below will catch you. Just be sure not to jump while sliding as you'll overstep your landing by 30 feet. Once you get to the landing, wall jump onto the higher platform. This wall-jump will be tough to execute: you must wall jump onto the left side of the wall TO the right side of the wall, then while your at it wall jump to the above platform. It'll take a bit of practice but you'll get it. Now you come to the easy part. Make your way across the gyrating blocks, up a revolving step of landings, to the Shine. _____ Episode 7: Hold it Shadow Mario! ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ This chase is a bit tougher then previous ones because of the geography you will be forced to navigate. Mainly, Shadow Mario will leap up onto the ledges where you fought the weasel. You'll force him to ascend, then atop he'll jump to the ground and start the whole thing over again. Not much strategy applies here; just keep a squirting until he falls. You can get to the upper ledges via the wall jump, using the two close-end walls to the right of the water pools. _____ Episode 8: The red coin fish ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ As you start, the kids will give you a bowl to put over your head. You know what the means. Take the tightrope and find gramps on the ledge above the waterfall and dive in. Here you'll be required to find the red coins. Not as tough as it looks though. They are all bunched together, along with some yellow coins, in a fish formation found near the top of the sunken city. The coins move like fish's do, swaying back and forth and swimming along the depths. At some point, the 'fish' will disband and the coins will scatter momentarily; wait unit they re-group before hunting on. Since they are so close together, each run through of the fish you should at least get 2 at a time. This should be fairly easy. The Shine will appear on the ocean floor. ________________________________________________________________________ ---------------------|::: Pinna Park ::: |--------------------- ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ Location: West corner of Plaza; shadow Mario will be there and will kidnap Peach. Hop in the cannon to blast to the park. _____ Episode 1: Mecha-Bowser appears ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ Proceed into the park. You'll find Shadow Mario, but you won't be able to damage him. Just chase him to a fountain and he'll call forth mecha-Bowser, a mechanical apparition of Bowser himself. The parks' MC will let you ride in a roller-coaster to battle the mecha- Bowser, thinking this some kind of act. Once you arrive in your cart, you'll get a rocket stuck in your nozze; fire it at mech-Bowser. Pretty simple. The only thing you'll have to worry about are the bullet bills that approach Mario's car from behind or in front; squirt to vanquish them. Mecha-Bowser's only other attack is spraying flames out of his mouth. Squirt it to put them out, making it safe to pass by. After you defeat it, the Shine will emerge onto the center of the fountain. _____ Episode 2: The beach cannons secret ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ From your starting point, turn right towards the beach. You'll be assaulted by homing-in bullet bills. Keep moving and they shouldn't bother you. Upon approaching the antagonist, you'll find him a weasel much like the one found in Noki Bay. Use the same tactic to defeat him; spray the bombs he throws then pick them up and 'return to sender'. After he is defeated, hop in the cannon's hole. This secret level requires speed. The blocks you need to traverse slowly turn black, and when they do they disappear completely. The key is to never stay in one place too long. Once a block appears, jump on it. The first part is pretty simple; run along, avoiding fading blocks. The second part is a long stretch of blocks leading to a safe platform. Right when the first block appears, dive onto it and get up, dive and get up, repeat and you should get across easily. Use this tactic for the third stretch of blocks extending to the platform with the Shine. _____ Episode 3: Red Coins of the Pirate Ships ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ Enter Pinna Park. Proceed to the stairs leading to the swinging pirate ships. On the landing is coin (1). Jump onto the first swinging pirate ship, and when it swings to the right hand side you'll find (2) floating in the air. Get off the ships and go up the mountain trail. Find the gazebo, look across from it to see an un-bridged landing. Hover over to it. Hover to the wire fence. Ground pound the hatch to have Mario shimmy the underside, which is where you'll find (3). Shimmy up the slope and press A to knock off the electro-koopas. Once they are gone, go back to the upper-side of the grate. Go up the slope to find (4). While at the landing, hover onto the beams supporting the swinging pirate ships. Carefully walk across them to find (5) floating off to the left. After you get it, go back up the mountain to the grates. (6) is located on the underside of the grate to the right, but a electro-koopa is there guarding it; ground-pound it away beforehand. (7) is located on top of a metal cage to the left of the swinging pirate ships, and (8) is on the underside of the grate fence, next to (7). To get this last coin, enter the cage that (7) sat upon. Ground pound the hatch, and shimmy to the coin. The start will appear on the landing where you found (4). _____ Episode 4: The wilted sunflowers ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ This is the EASIEST mission in the game. Without a doubt, too. From your starting point, head RIGHT. You'll find a series of wilted sunflowers. They are wilted because eggs are placed in front of them, probably sucking up the nutrients they need. You must remove each egg from its planted spot to attain the Shine Sprite. So, squirt the egg until it hatches. A sea turtle will emerge. Draw it onto the sand, let it try and ground-pound you. If it misses, it will get stuck in the sand for a bit. That's your chance to ground-pound the underside of the turtle's. It will kill it, so do this for all the sea turtles and a Shine will be given to you as an apparent reward. _____ Episode 5: Runaway Ferris Wheel ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ Enter Pinna Park and head to the gazebo. Jump down past it to find the back- side of the Ferris wheel. Its a series of metal gates you must climb to reach the top; it doesn't help that there are several electro-koopas on the fences as well. So, jump onto the first grate, squirt the grates across from you to flatten them, making a scaffold for you to stand upon. Turn left, squirting down the grates as needed. Jump into the next grate; now you must rid the network of grates of the koopas. To do this, you must first climb onto the opposite side of the grate they are on. Once there, align yourself with the electro-koopas and pound the grate with the B button. The momentum will force them off. So, with the koopas out of the way, getting to the top should be a breeze. Continue to ascend and you'll find a rope. Gain momentum on it, then leap up and latch onto the gate. Slam the electro-turtle sitting at the top off and a Shine will appear. At the top of the Ferris wheel. To get to it, jump onto one of the Ferris wheels cars and ride it to the top. _____ Episode 6: The Yohsi-go-round secret ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ Enter the park. Head past the clam cup ride and through the archway to a deformed tree. Past it is a ledge, and on it a Yoshi egg. Whatever fruit it wants, bring it to him. The locations of the fruit are: BANANA: Left of the cleft with Yoshi, on a ledge extruding from a cliff face, facing the pirate ships. PINEAPPLE: Under the gazebo. GREEN FRUIT: Under palm tree left of the Yoshi-go-round but before the fountain where you fought mech-Bowser. SPIKY FRUIT: He never has wanted this in my games, but just incase you need it is located behind the fountain. Its nearly impossible to kick that thing to Yoshi, so you may as well exit the area then start again in hopes of Yoshi wanting something else. LEMON: Hanging from the deformed tree in front of the Yoshi egg. Spray it down. If your Yoshi turns out to be any color other then orange, have him go eat a lemon from the deformed tree to make him orange. He must be this color for you to access the Yoshi-go-rounds secret. Go to the Yoshi-go-round, on the Yoshi's back, and find the pole that misses a Yoshi. Ride into it. INCORRECT _____ Episode 7: Shadow Mario in the park ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ Honestly, just making a section for this guy is a waste of space. Spray him down and get the Shine. _____ Episode 8: Roller Coaster Balloons ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ Head up to the gazebo and across the newly formed bridge. Talk to the girl to play a little shooting game. You must blast the balloons with the rockets you'll get from the tracks. No bullet bills chasing this time, thankfully, but the mission is hard enough. There is next to no help I can offer; you simply must have good aim. You get three go-arounds then you die. Here was my score of balloons by each go-round to match yours: 1st: 7 2nd: 17 3rd: 20 Good luck! ________________________________________________________________________ ---------------------|::: Sirena Beach :::|--------------------- ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ Location: On roof of the building north of the statue that has the portal to Bianco Village. You must use Yoshi to eat the large pineapple plugging up the entrance on the pipe. _____ Episode 1: The Manta Storm ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ Head north, dodging the goop you'll find along the way, to a Pianta staring at a lot full of goop. Talk to him, and the boss will appear. This boss is rather simple to defeat. It is electrified, so if you paid attention in science class you'll know water opposes electricity. Squirt it and the manta will divide into smaller parts. Squirt them too. Keep squirting the thing until the parts are so small they disappear. If you really need help, stand on a tree or under a cabana and they will NEVER approach you (they'll go over the roof). There are coins located under the cabanas, if you need them. Remember that as the boss moves it releases electric goop as an excretion, so watch it and don't try and squirt the goop unless your clearing a path; it'll just reappear. _____ Episode 2: The hotel lobbies secret ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ Enter the hotel, which reappeared when you defeated the manta ray, by talking to the Pianta out front. He'll tell you of a ghost problem he wants taken care of. You'll enter this house-full-o-glitches afterwards. ARGH! This is one of the most messed up places in the game, FULL of glitches, draw-distance problems, and every other problem you can think of. Honestly, it looks like it's still in the beta stages. Oh, its still playable. But barely. Go to the center of the lobby and notice that the stairs, which you would normally use to ascend to upper floors, is blocked with a wall. So, use the pink boos; squirt them and they will form platforms which you can use as stepping stones to the top, the 3F. From there, enter the boo's mouth, the one on the statue, to warp to the secret level. A relatively simple secret. Leap up the ledge, hop over the gaps using the heads of the flying goombas. You'll soon find a brik wall. You can break the bricks by jumping into them using Mario's head, just like in retro Mario games. From there, continue to a wooden wheel(a 1-up can be found by pounding the watermelon on the bottom of the stack, closest to the wheel). Take it to some a sand-castle of sorts. Leap over it and find the Shine guarded by a single goomba. _____ Episode 3: Mysterious Hotel Delfino ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ Enter the hotel. You'll find a Yoshi egg; he wants a pineapple, but the fruit stand is fresh out. Spray the jerk maintaining it for a punishment, if that justifies anything:P. Enter the men's restroom, the door to the left of the stairs with the complaining Pianta next to it. The ceiling in one of the stalls has water damage, and you can jump through it, so do so. In this room, find the picture with a Pianta next to it. Spray the picture until a ghost appears on it. You can now jump through to the next hotel room. Go to the closet near the annoying boo's. Spray it until its flaps form the silhouette of a boo. All of its flaps will open, so enter through. In here, find the wooden shelve and squirt it to make it flip open. Through the secret passage, you'll find a room with a Pianta running back and forth. Ignore him and scan to floor to find the single discoloration in the tiles; pound on it. You will go right through the floor and find a room full of Pineapples, which are in the crates. Take any pineapple to Yoshi, then get on its back and head to the 3F. Ignore the pool room with the Shine for now; you cannot get to it yet. Enter the only opened door. Inside is a bed wit