Super Mario Sunshine/Noki Bay

"Steep cliffs and sea beds are what the Nokis call home. The huge waterfall and the three soaring towers resonate with mystic history."

Episode 1: Uncork the Waterfall

 * Objective: Defeat the cannon-dwelling mole at the top of the waterfall.

Climbing the cliff face
The only hard part of this episode is getting all the way up the cliff face to find the boss. From the start point, head to the giant spiral staircase ahead of you - and don't fall in the water, it's toxic. Go up the steps and you'll come to a basket hanging on a string. Jump onto the basket and then spray water in the cracked vase that's attached to it. This takes you up to a grassy ledge, so jump onto it and follow the arrow until you get to the end of the ledge.

You'll see two big pieces of pink and yellow graffiti on the cliff face - spray them both away to create two new ledges. Make your way across the next 2 ledges, spray the graffiti to make a new ledge and use it to climb up to the next level. Make your way along these ledges to the ledge with the huge puddle of paint on it. Spray the dolphin painted on the cliff face, just along from here, dodging the balls of paint that are being fired at you, then use another "basket and vase" device to get you up to the new ledge.

Go along these ledges and up the paint covered hill where the paint balls are coming from. At the top of this hill spray the octopus graffiti on the cliff to create a new ledge, then stand between the 2 ledges and wall jump up to the next level. Jump across these ledges and up to the next level.

Run left along this level until you see a Noki and a springboard. You can use this springboard to jump up to the ledge directly above but first you'll need spray the springboard to make it small, then pick it up with and move it back from the cliff a little way. Once you've made it up to the ledge, run along it, grabbing the 1-Up mushroom, then at the left edge of the ledge, you can look down on the boss you're about to fight. Spray the graffiti off the ledge directly in front of the boss before jumping down to battle him.

Defeating the mole
This is a pretty simple boss, you won't get hurt unless one of his bombs explodes right next to you and, as usual, he only takes 3 hits to kill. Spray the bombs the the mole throws at you to stop them running about, then pick one up, run over to the edge of the platform and throw one right at him. Then repeat this until you've hit him 3 times. Simple. Just spray and throw. The Shine will appear right next to you on the ledge.

Episode 2: The Boss of Tricky Ruins

 * Objective: Defeat Gooper Blooper. Yeah, him again!

Follow the floating white platforms across the water, to the old Noki follow on the shore. Talk to him then look up at the cliff face behind him. You'll see a brown square about halfway up. Spray it to reveal a little jumping challenge. Wall jump up to the highest level, the head to the right. There is a small ledge where you can go round the corner and if you look above here there is another shaft that you can wall jump up.

When you're up there, climb up to the ledge where there are 3 Bloopers and spray the brown square on the wall like before. A new jumping course is revealed, so wall-jump your way around it and run up the hill that follows it. This gets you to Tricky Ruins, where Super Mario Sunshine/Enemies is waiting. Again. You should be an expert at beating this guy by now, so take him out in your usual extravagant style. There are coins in the trees if you need energy.

When you've beaten Gooper Blooper, jump down the hole where he was sitting and you'll be in the tomb that the Noki elder mentioned earlier and you can claim your Shine.

Episode 3: Red Coins in a Bottle

 * Objective: Hunt the red coins

When you start the episode, the old Noki man tells you why he's about to shrink you to a tiny size and put you into a bottle of water. Then he does it! Once you're in the bottle, it's a pretty standard coin hunt, but this time it's underwater, so it's quite tough to control Mario. Use the hover nozzle to gain height and push forward or backwards while doing this to stay under control.

Coin (1) is right by you when you start the level. (2) and (3) are floating around about halfway down. (4) is on the floor near the edge of the bottle, and by a big upward arrow. Here you can see a tall column of gold coins and (5) is at the top of this column. It can be a real pig to get, because of the jet of water that push you up to it, so try just flying at it juts below the red coin, rather than starting from the bottom.