Super Mario Sunshine/Ricco Harbor
Episode 1: Gooper Blooper Breaks Out
- Objective: Defeat the boss, Gooper Blooper
On your first visit to Ricco Harbor there is a huge oil slick covering most of the water and many areas are inaccessible. This is all down to Gooper Blooper, a huge squid. To find him you need to cross part of the construction-site obstacle course that makes up this level. Start by running on the big ship right in front of you, then follow the arrows. When you reach a platform with 2 Piantas on it, one of them will try to throw you (but he's far too weak) and the other will tell you to spin a wheel with your FLUDD to raise a submarine. Do this and jump onto the sub then across the pathway beyond it. From here you should be able to reach the street above. There is a water fountain to refill you tank and a couple of small Bloopers to kill to give some energy if you need it. Also make sure you stomp any crates that you see lying around (especially ones that are sitting on manhole covers - it makes life easier later on). Then it's time to face the boss.
Run over to the pile of coloured crates at the far end of the path and you'll see one of his tentacles sticking out. Grab hold it with B, and pull it until it comes off. Now he's really mad! Squirt him in the face and he'll try to smack you with his tentacles. When his tentacles are on the ground, grab one and pull it off (you can jump on them to flatten them before you pull if you want to). When all 4 tentacles are off, run up and grab his nose with B and pull it. Keep pulling it and eventually it snaps back and hits him in the face and kills him... or does it...
He comes at you a second time now, and slightly better. Spray him in the face and he'll throw his tentacles at you, one or two at a time. Do the same as before, jump on them if you need to, and pull them off. Watch out for the occasional blob of goo that he'll spit at you. When his last 4 tentacles are off pull his nose again to finish him off. The Shine will appear where Gooper Blooper was sitting.
Episode 2: Blooper Surfing Safari
- Objective: Win the Blooper-surfing challenge
From the start point, turn around 180 degrees and you'll see some wooden canoes. To the left of these are some logs floating in the sea. Cross these logs to reach a platform with a Pianta (called Big Daddy) and 3 coloured Bloopers on it. Walk up to any them to get on it and start surfing. Follow the trail of gold coins to a polluted cave entrance in the far corner of the level, surf into it.
This is a simple and fun surfing race against the clock. The only catch is you have to complete the course in under 45 seconds or Big Daddy will throw you out of Ricco Harbor! If you crash you'll just go back to the start of the race. If you finish the course within 45 seconds a Shine will appear next to Big Daddy.
Episode 3: The Caged Shine Sprite
- Objective: Find the caged Shine
If you destroyed the crates in Episode 1, this first part will be simple. If not, you'll need to go the long way round (as described in Episode 1). Anyway, jump through the manhole cover near your start point, follow the tunnel to its end and emerge from the tunnel.
You'll come out next to 2 silos with "Fruits" painted on them. To the right of these there is a moving crane, and just past that, there is an orange-rimmed platform. Jump/hover to it and climb to the top it. Hover over to the roof of the building with the "M" on it (or the one that used to have the "M" on it, if you washed the "M" off already). Go left along the rooftops until you find one with a stack of crates on it. Smash these crates to reveal a manhole cover, but don't go down it.
Next to this roof there is a narrow, silver catwalk. Jump on to it and follow it. Take a right when you get to the blue catwalks and spray the Bloopers as you go. When you get to a crate, climb onto it and wait for the red and white pole with a hook on it to move toward you. When it's close enough, jump on to it and then shuffle round to the other side of it, ready to jump off. When it stops at the other end, jump onto the fence opposite.
Climb up the fence to the blue outline - this is a hatch. Tap B to make the hatch spin around. Now jump on to the fence opposite and again climb up to the hatch. Spin the hatch around with B and then jump on to the nearby platform. Follow the arrow along the blue catwalk, using the FLUDD to hover over the gaps. Take out the 2 Bloopers and continue to the platform with the red box on it - this is the Rocket Nozzle. Collect it if you want, but it's not essential for this level.
You should see 2 big arrow signs pointing upwards, and a small square platform beyond them. This platform is a trampoline - when you jump on it you'll leap really high. So line yourself up straight and jump on the trampoline to get to the next catwalk. Go along the blue catwalk and follow it round to the left. Do the next to trampoline jumps and follow the blue path round till you reach the final jump - a double trampoline jump. Line yourself up straight and jump away flinging yourself into the huge yellow cage where the Shine is hidden. Dust yourself off and claim your Shiny prize.
