Super Mario Sunshine/Delfino Plaza blue coins

There are many blue coins that cannot be found with specific levels, they are hidden around Delfino Plaza itself.

Banana lady

Look for a Pianta lady standing near a wall just south of the central dock. Talk to her and she offers you work collecting fruit for her. Gather three bunches of bananas and place them in her basket, then talk to her again to be rewarded with a blue coin. Bananas can be found in one of the fruit stalls, on a rooftop in the southeast corner of the square, and in the top of a tree west of the Pianta statue. Can be repeated for a 1-up.

Coconut lady

Go to the boathouse in Delfino Plaza (where the portal to Ricco Harbor is) and look out to sea and you'll notice a small island with a palm tree and a Pianta lady. Swim out there and talk to the lady. She'll ask you for 3 coconuts, and as luck would have it, there are 3 coconuts hanging in the tree right next to her. Spray them to knock them down and then put the in her basket one by one. Don't worry if some of them fall in the sea as they will grow back again straight away. Can be repeated for a 1-up.

Pineapple lady

This woman is standing next to the giant Shine Gate north of the central dock area and she asks for pineapples. Her basket is high off the ground so you'll need to throw (jump + B) the fruits in. Finding the best place to throw from takes a bit of trial and error but isn't as hard as it seems. Alternatively, you can bounce on her head three times and if you land on the edge of the basket, you can then simply drop the fruit in.

Fruit lady 4

The toughest fruit lady challenge, no question about it. The one wants Durians and they are the spiky ones that Mario can't carry, he can only kick them around. So it's football time.

Get a Durian here and aim it at the palm tree up ahead.

There are a few ways to get the Durians to the basket but this seems to be the simplest. Get a Durian from the small fruit stall next to the portal to Ricco Harbor. Then gently kick it along the white wooden path aim toward the tree in the distance (this is shown in the picture on the right). If you run at the Durian and press just before you get to it, you will give it a mighty kick that will send it far into the distance. So when the fruit is in position, kick it toward the distant tree, then hover over and see where it landed.

Hopefully it didn't bounce into the water (if it did, just keep trying), so from here kick the Durian through the archway and then go left to the little hill.

Getting the fruit up the hill can be very tricky because of the camera angles in such a tight space. You need to place the fruit at the bottom of the hill, stand directly behind it and the spin the camera around so it is facing Mario. Now run in a dead straight line up the hill with enough speed to get the Durian up there. Once you get up the hill, kick the fruit into the basket. Now just do that two more times and you've got yourself a blue coin. Alternatively you can repeatedly run and press to dive to push the Durian up the hill quickly. Be careful that doesn't go over the wall and into the water under the shine gate!

Flaming Pianta

This might sound like the name of a refreshing cocktail, but early on in the game there actually is a Pianta fellow running around the streets on fire! He'll appear after you've collected your first few shines. So, when you see him, make his day and give him a quick squirt. In return he'll give you a blue coin.

"M" logos (x3)

There are a few of Shadow Mario's "M" tags painted on walls around Delfino Plaza. Clean them off with FLUDD to gain a blue coin for each.

• Shine Gate crate: there is a large crate just in front of the Shine Gate (on the right side). Ground-pound this crate to smash it and reveal an "M" logo and wash it off for a blue coin.
• Rooftop crate: there is a large crate on the rooftops near the portal to Gelato Beach (it is hard to miss). Smash the crate to reveal the "M" logo and wash it off for a blue coin.
• Arch by the red cannon: near the red cannon that fires you over to Pinna Park there is an archway with a large tower on top of it. On one of its faces, about half way up, there is another "M" logo. Get on to the rooftops to clean it off and grab another blue coin.

Blue birds (x2)

There are 2 blue birds flying around Delfino Plaza which turn in to blue turns when you spray them. Their locations are:

• On the roof of the crate smashing game (or very nearby).
• On the roof near the red pipe that warps you to Sirena Beach.

The blue birds usually hang around with some green birds, and are very wary of Mario's presence so you'll have to squirt them from quite far away. When you squirt them they fly off for a few seconds and then land pretty much where the were before - but if you are too close they won't land again, so give them some space. If you spray them enough times, they will turn into blue coins.

Stone pillars in the sea

Near the tower on the east beach, where the portal to Gelato Beach is, there are some stone pillars a little way out to sea - you've probably been there before by this point. One of the further-out pillars has a double door in the bottom of it, which hides a blue coin. Use FLUDD's Turbo Nozzle (if you haven't unlocked it yet, you'll have to wait a while) to skim across the ocean and smash through the double doors and grab the coin.

Two jelly covered hatches

1. On the rooftops in the north-east of Delfino Plaza, near the tower that warps you to Gelato Beach, there is a small tower with a hatch covered by yellow jelly. Use Yoshi to squirt juice on the jelly, melting it and revealing a blue coin.
2. The other tower is very tall and near the crate guy. After spraying it with Yoshi, you can do one of the following:
   • Abandon Yoshi and climb the small ledge circling the tower.
   • Try to do a spin jump and float with Yoshi all the way up there.

"X" Logos

1. There is an X logo on the right-hand side of the statue to Bianco Hills. When erased, it creates a blue coin behind the radio tower (leftof that statue)
2. Left of the statue is a building containing a radio tower. Behind it is an X that creates a blue coin at the statue.

List of all 20

This should be integrated and expanded upon like the above coins.

1. Go to Delfino Airstrip if you have unlocked it. Get the Turbo Nozzle and go through the door (yes, you break it). You should see a block of ice. With the Squirt Nozzle, spray it until it melts. Collect the coin and exit the area.
2. The two corresponding X marks. One is on the statue leading to Bianco Hills and the other is near the Pianta who takes you to the Airstrip.
3. Same as above.
4. M Graffiti behind a crate.
5. There is a Pianta on fire! Spray him until the fire is out and talk to him.
6. There is a lady Pianta on the island. Talk to her. She wants you to put three coconuts in the basket. There is a coconut tree right next to her, so I don't know why she can't get it herself. Spray down the coconuts, put three in her basket and then talk to her.
7. There is a Pianta lady near the Shine Gate. She wants three pineapples. Get the pineapples from the shop and put/throw it in her basket.
8. There is a Pianta lady across the water. Talk to her and she wants three durians. Go to the shop. The catch is that you can't carry the durians, you can only kick it. Kick it above the wall to the next level, then kick it across the water. Put the durians in her basket.
9. There is a Pianta lady across from Pianta lady from number 6. She wants three bananas. Put three bananas in the basket (if you didn't notice, she said three bananas. There are three bananas in one bunch, So technically, she wants NINE bananas).
10. There is a M Graffiti behind the crate near the Shine Gate.
11. There is a M Graffiti behind a building on the wall.
12. Get Yoshi. There is a force field on the top of a building near the Pianta on the roof,
13. Same as 11, but the force field is on a building near the lighthouse.
14. There is a blue bird on the roof near the statue.
15. There is a blue bird across from the force field in 12. Go across all the roofs to find it.
16. Get the Turbo Nozzle. On one of the pillars, there is a small door. Go through it for a blue coin.
17. In the jail cell under the bell tower nearer to the beach.
18. In the sewers near Corona Mountain.
19. In the sewers near the center of Delfino Plaza.
20. In the sewers beneath the ocean.