Pinna Park Blue Coins:
Story 1
1. On the beach near the cannon, there is a blue shine symbol hidden underneath
the sand. Spray around until you uncover it. You’ll get a blue coin in
return.
2. Another symbol is hidden under the sand just west of the first, between the
tree and the basket.
3.-4. Once you’ve gotten Yoshi, there are two blue butterflies flying around
the beach. Both of them will give you blue coins if Yoshi eats them.
5. Head into the park. Between the carrousels there is a blue bird on an
awning. Shoot it down for a blue coin.
6. Spray the shells on the seashell carrousel. One of them holds a blue coin.
7. Follow the staircase that leads to the ship rides and drop off the end into
the water. Turn around and you’ll see a blue coin under the staircase. Spin
jump and hover to get it.
8. East of the staircase, there is an M painted on an orange wall. Wash it off
for a blue coin.
9.-10. There on X’s painted to the east and west of the ships. The western one
is on the side of a white wall, and the eastern one is painted on a fat tree.
Spray them both for blue coins. It’s quicker, if you go around the north side
of the ship ride.
11. Continue on the path up the hill. You should run across a gazebo about
half-way up. Get on top and look for a blue bird flying around. Spray it for
a blue coin.
12. From the gazebo look southwest toward where the rollercoaster starts. You
should see a blue coin on the ledge. (Later there is a bridge between the
rollercoaster and the gazebo.)
13. On the ground between the ledges there is a large enemy with a stack of
smaller enemies on its head. Knock off the smaller enemies and kill the large
one for a blue coin.
14.-15. There are triangles on the ledge below the gazebo and on the wall at
the top of the path. Spray both for blue coins.
16.-17. Jump from the brick ledge onto one of the Ferris wheel cars and ride it
half way to the top. There are two O’s painted on the structure. One is on a
western wall, and the other is painted on the ground on the eastern side.
Spray both for blue coins.
18. Head back down to the two ships. Jump from the second ship to a box of
fencing. Inside the box is a blue coin.
19. Climb on top of the box and look back toward the ships. You should see
another blue coin on the support beams above the first ship.
20. Get back on top of the fence box and wait for the second ship to flip
upside down. When it does, quickly jump on top of it and U-turn jump up to the
ledge above you. There is a blue coin there.
21. Follow the fencing around until you are in front of the Ferris wheel. Just
to the south of the final platform there is a blue coin floating in the air.
22. Head to the northern side of the park and get on the small beach north of
the pool where the boss battle takes place. Look back towards the wall and you
should see an M painted on it. Spray it off for a blue coin.
23. Get back up on the wall and continue to follow the brick path to where the
waterfalls and fences are. Look up at the walls from the path and you should
spot another M that you can spray.
Story 2
24.-29. There are six baskets on the beach with blue coins under them. Lure
the Bullet Bills into the baskets to remove them.
Story 6
30. Get Yoshi and head for the beaches on the western side of the large pool
where you fought the boss. There is a blue butterfly over there that Yoshi can
eat for the last blue coin.
Sirena Beach Blue Coins:
Story 1
1. Swim off the eastern end of the beach. There is a blue coin underwater near
the wall.
2-3. Near the four fountains on the eastern side of the resort, there are two
villagers buried in paint. Wash them off and they’ll give you blue coins.
Story 2
4. In the southern part of the resort, there is a small stone sign overlooking
the beach. Spray it for a blue coin.
5. In the northeast corner of the resort, there is a circular patch of yellow
flowers. Spray them for a blue coin.
6. In front of the hotel, there is a line of torches. Spray the second torch
from the left for a blue coin.
7. Get on the 2nd story balcony on the outside of the hotel and follow it
around to the back. There is a blue coin sitting on the ledge.
8. There are two huts in front of the hotel. Go to the eastern one and look up
at the ceiling to find a blue coin.
9. Get inside the hotel. On the third floor, near the large glass room, there
is a lamp in a corner. Spray the lamp for a blue coin.
Story 3
10. Go back inside the hotel. On the third floor there is a large light fixture
in the ceiling. Spray it for a blue coin.
11. In the attic, there is a blue coin at the end of a corridor on the western
side. Zoom the camera out to get a better view of the maze.
12. One of the rooms on the third floor has a couple posters on the wall and
some furniture shoved into a corner. Spray the furniture for a blue coin.
13. Now, spray the posters. One of them will rip, allowing you to pass into the
next room. There’s a blue coin sitting by the bed.
14. After you’ve gotten Yoshi, head back to the room where the pineapple crates
were. Have Yoshi eat the sleeping ghost to go the next room. There is a blue
coin in there.
15. Get Yoshi into the attic to clear out the ghosts and find your way to a
room in the northeastern part of the maze. Drop through the floor and you
should be in a lady’s room with a glass table, a mirror, and a pineapple. Spray
the mirror for a blue coin.
16. Now, butt-stomp through the glass table, and you’ll find another blue coin
in the room below.
Story 4
17. Head back up to the attic. There should be one ghost left, wandering
around. Defeat it for a blue coin.
18. Go back to the room where you found the pineapple crates in Story 3. One of
the crates now holds a blue coin.
19. Enter the casino on the first floor. From the casino entrance, head to the
slot machines on the left. Go two machines past the gray villager. Butt-stomp
above the stool, and you’ll win a blue coin.
20. Spray the fountain on the right side of the casino for a blue coin.
Story 5
21. Head back to the casino. After you enter, turn around to find a big M
painted on the wall. Clean it off for a blue coin.
Story 6
22-23. In the midst of all the paint there are several villagers buried. Two of
them will give you one-ups and the other two will give you blue coins.
Story 7
24. Outside the resort near the eastern hut, there is an M painted on one of
the walls. Wash it off for a blue coin.
25-26. Inside the hotel, there are two triangles. One is on the first floor by
the fruit bar. The other is almost directly above it on the second floor. To
get to the coin on the second floor before it disappears, spray the triangle
from the middle of the room, then wall jump off the pole and hover up to the
second floor.
27-28. There are X’s painted on the second and third floors. Spray both for
blue coins.
29. There is an M painted on the wall on the third floor near the staircase.
Wash it off for a blue coin.
30. One last M is painted on a wall in the center of the attic. Clean it off
for the blue coin.
Mare Bay Blue Coins:
*Note: This level is called Noki Bay in the US version of Super Mario Sunshine.
*For reference, you begin the stage facing south.
Story 1
1-2. East of the start point there’s a boat in the water. You can get in the
boat and use FLUDD to propel it through the water. There is a blue coin near
the boat and a second south of it.
3. Go west of the hut with the crates and the tanuki lifeguard and look into
the water. You should be able to find a line of coins leading to a blue coin
near the bottom.
4. Get to the top of the eastern cliff where the yellow bird is flying around
and drop off the northern side. You should land on a small ledge with a wall
cut into the cliff. Spray the wall to open two holes and a blue coin.
5-6. Get back to the top of the cliff and jump to the ledge with seven stones
in the wall. Spray the stones and you should find two blue coins in the holes.
7. Look back toward the eastern cliff for a wall with one hole and another hole
in the cliff next to it. Spray the empty sections in the cliff to reveal two
more holes and a blue coin.
8. Just below, there is another ledge, spray the wall there for another hidden
blue coin.
9. Right next to it is another ledge with two stones in the wall. Spray the
stones to find a blue coin.
10. Above and west of that ledge is a hole with a blue coin in plain sight.
11. In the center of the main cliff is a block that will reveal a long vertical
passage when you spray it. Wall jump to one of the holes that leads east to a
ledge with a couple stones. Behind one of the stones is a blue coin.
12. Get back over to the vertical passage and head to a corridor that leads
west, there is a blue coin at the end of the corridor.
13. Head west along the cliffs and you will find an M painted on the wall. Wash
it off for a blue coin.
14-15. Head to the northern section of cliffs where the paint is dripping down.
Past the second pulley, go north and look for a series of stone ledges going up
the northern side of the cliff. At the top is a rocket nozzle. Get the rocket
nozzle and blast up for a blue coin first. Then get the coin in the hole above
the rocket nozzle. If you get the one in the hole first, you’ll get knocked
back to the ground and will have to make the climb again for the other one.
16. Right where you defeat Monty Mole, there is a narrow ledge jutting out over
the bay. Go out on the ledge and turn around. You should see a blue coin in a
hole just below you. Drop down and hover to get it.
Story 2
17. Go back up the cliffs that had the paint on them and look for a small
groove in the wall next to the second pulley. Hang off the edge of the cliff
and you can actually sidle and follow the groove. Follow it all the way to
where it seems to end and spray the wall to reveal a hidden section of the
cliff. There is a blue coin there.
18. From there, there is another groove you can follow south. It will lead to a
long vertical passage inside the cliff. Wall jump to the top for a blue coin.
19. Above where you found the first groove, near the wheel for the pulley,
you’ll find another groove. Again, follow it to the end and spray the wall to
find a hidden area with a blue coin.
20. Go back to the southern cliffs where the purple fisherman is waiting and
spray the stone in the wall to reveal a maze. Go up the passage above the
stone. Then hang and sidle to the east to get to the space with the blue coin.
21. Continue up the cliffs and open the second maze. Go up the vertical passage
and you’ll see a blue coin in a hole above you. Jump out from the ledge and
hover back to get the coin.
22-23. After you’ve defeated the squid and dropped into the cave with the
shine, look for two large urns. Spray each of them for blue coins.
Story 6
24-25. There are two O’s painted on the cliffs across from each other on the
northern and southern ends of the bay. To get the blue coins in time, you’ll
need to make good use of the boat nearby. It’s not easy, but point the boat
towards the opposite shore, jump out to spray the O and then propel the boat
over to grab the coin.
26. Get on top of the large shell where you enter the challenge stage and look
south toward the cliffs. You should see a blue coin in a hole in the wall. (You
can actually get this in Story 1, but it takes a lot of skill to get up there.)
Story 8
27-30. Use the waterfall to get to the undersea village. Once you’re
underwater. Search the tops of the pillars to find four blue coins.
Monte Village Blue Coins
*Note: This level is called Pianta Village in the US version of Super Mario
Sunshine.
Story 1
1. Turn around. There’s an M painted on the wall just behind the starting
point. Clean it off for a blue coin.
2. Climb to the top of the large tree in the southwest corner of the stage.
Then follow the eastern-most branch out to a platform with a blue coin on it.
3. Head north along the western edge of the village. There is a blue coin in
the tall grass.
4. Go to the top of the tree in the northwest corner of town. There is a blue
coin in the crown of the tree.
5-6. There are two triangles that you spray for blue coins. One is on the
western side of the wall surrounding the hot springs. The other is on a wall
on the eastern side of the stage.
7. At the end of the river on the eastern side of the stage there is a blue
coin.
8. Swim up the river to find another blue coin under a bridge.
9. There is an M painted on the southern wall of the platform that the fruit
tree is on top of. Wash it off for a blue coin.
10. Between the bridge and the central tree, there is an M painted on the
southern wall of one of the wooden buildings. Hose it off for a blue coin.
11. Just south of that wall, look for a hole next to a pink villager and a
green villager. Drop in and hang from the grating. Now adjust your camera so
that you can see the ceiling above you. Just west of the hole, there is an M
painted on the ceiling. To get to it, get on the vertical panel that’s nearby,
punch it, and quickly jump on top of the grating you were just hanging from.
Spray the M for a blue coin. Whew!
12. Get on top of the golden mushroom and shoot the moon for a blue coin.
Story 3
13. Right under the golden mushroom, there is an M painted on the deck. Grab
FLUDD and wash it off for a blue coin.
14. Head south of the golden mushroom, washing the fire paint away. Under the
paint, there is a large M painted on the ground. Clean it off for a blue coin.
15. On the eastern side of the village, there’s a guy on fire. Put the fire
out, and he’ll give you a blue coin in return.
Story 5
16. Stomp on the nose of the hot springs statue to get a blue coin.
17. Get Yoshi and have him knock down the beehive by the bridge. Have him eat
all the bees for a blue coin.
18. There’s another beehive on the back side of the large tree by the hot
springs.
19. Get on the mushroom that’s just south of the fruit tree. There is a flock
of blue butterflies floating around. Have Yoshi eat all of them for a blue
coin.
20. Spray the hole in the central tree for a blue coin.
Story 6
21. Coming from the bridge, you’ll see a wooden sign. Spray it, and you’ll get
a blue coin.
22-29. There are ten villagers that you have to rescue from the paint. Eight
of them will give you blue coins in return.
Story 8
30. Head up the platforms around the central tree. Stand next to the box with
the rocket nozzle and look for a blue bird. Shoot it down for a blue coin.
Corona Mountain Blue Coins
1. There is a blue coin on the third safe platform.
2-10. The other nine coins are floating above the lava just before you head up
the vertical passage. You can use some expert boating maneuvers to get around
to each one, but considering how hard it is to steer the boat, you may want to
just jump for them from the central platform and spend a lot of lives in the
process.
SECRETS
Most of the game’s secrets involve getting Shines or undocumented moves, so
they’ve already been covered above (or will be when this guide is complete).
However, there are a few neat little tricks that are meant just for fun.
Sunglasses - Once you have 30 Shines, one of the islanders can give Mario a
pair of sunglasses. In Dolphic Town, he’s underneath an umbrella on the beach
by the fruit market. He’s in some other levels as well, but we’re not yet sure
if he can be found in every single level. Anyway, just talk to the guy and
he’ll give Mario sunglasses. They look pretty cool and make the screen
slightly darker, but otherwise they seem to be useless. To take off the
sunglasses, simply talk to the guy again.
Shine Shirt: The same guy who gives you the sunglasses will also fit you with a
new shirt after you beat the final boss and save. It's actually
Shine-patterned, rather than Hawaiian. Obviously, the shirt is just for looks.
More secrets will be added if we find any!
CONTACT INFO
Please send all correspondence regarding this guide to Jonathan Metts at
jonathan@planetgamecube.com. Gameplay questions already answered in the guide
will be ignored, so please check the guide thoroughly before asking! All
feedback and suggestions are very welcome.
For more info on Super Mario Sunshine, including impressions, reviews,
screenshots, movies, and MP3s, be sure to check our game profile at:
http://www.planetgamecube.com/games.cfm?action=profile&id=283.
CREDITS
David Trammell wrote the Level-by-Level Walkthroughs for all seven main levels.
Whew!
Daniel Bloodworth wrote the Blue Coin Guide, bless his soul.
Jonathan Metts wrote the walkthrough for Corona Mountain and the Final Boss,
along with additions and edits to the Level-by-Level Walkthrough and all
miscellaneous sections of this guide.
Reader Toby Normoyle translated the story titles from Japanese.
Reader Jason Holmes supplied the US names of Mare Bay and Monte Village.
Reader ml580fl contributed info about the Slide move.
Reader Chris Lucas gave us another strategy for the Pachinko mini-game.
Moves, tricks, and strategies have been collected from various Planet GameCube
staffers, including Billy Berghammer, Daniel Bloodworth, Rick Powers, Michael
Cole, and Mike Sklens.
Many thanks to Nintendo for creating this wonderful game, and to Lan-Kwei
(http://www.lan-kwei.com) for hooking us up with tons of copies!
