Ending bonus
Finish and save the game. You can pay 10 coins to use a boat near the clock tower where Yoshi is found to return to the Airport level at the start of the game. Also you can get a shirt covered with Shine pictures from the man wearing sunglasses gives Mario sunglasses normally the game.

Alternate ending screen
If you finish the game with 119 Shine Sprites or less you will get an ending screen in which el Piantissimo inspects the paintbrush. However, if you finish it with all 120 Shine Sprites, the ending screen will show all the characters in the game.

There are 240 Blue Coins and 120 Shine Sprites. You need 50 Shine Sprites and have level 7 completed on all seven stages to get to level 8. You only need 117 Shine Sprites to complete the game to get one ending. Get the last three Shine Sprites to see a different ending. Get the shirt and glasses for a different appearing ending.

Hints & Tips

Yoshi juice
After eating a fruit, Yoshi can then spit out juice to beat enemies.

Different fruit affects the color of your juice spray. Purple juice turns enemies into floating platforms that go left, right, or straight and back. Pink juice turns enemies into pink platforms that go up and down. Orange juice creates stationary platforms.

? Yoshi
Go into a manhole with Yoshi and he will become a ?.

Sunglasses and shirt Pianta location
Below is where the Pianta man that gives you the sunglasses is found in each level.

Wash both of the bells in Delfino Plaza to obtain two Shine Sprites.

Wash the big sprite to obtain a Shine Sprite in Delfino Plaza. Do this by using the Rocket Nozzle.

Get the Yoshi on the roof then go to the manhole near where one of the boats are at. Go under the bridge, where the Coin hovering under the bridge is at. Go in the manhole and get to the island with the lady with the basket. While waiting for the second boat to come in, spit down a couple of coconuts to save on the ground. When the boat arrives and starts to circle the island, eat the coconut for the long trip, then jump on the boat. When the boat gets to the little tower where the banana is at, hop on the tower and wait for the third boat. When it gets near, eat the banana and hop on that boat. Ride it to the island where the stranded guy is at with the campfire. Spit with Yoshi on the stuff blocking the pipe. Hop into the pipe and it will take you to another star puzzle where you have to get on a leaf and squirt to go downstream and get the Red Coins. If you miss some, try to hover to a ledge and work your way through the channel, picking up Red Coins by hovering over then and landing on the ledge on the other side.

Look for the little island by the place with all the fruit stands. Go there but do not go on the right side. Instead, try to swim towards the left side. You will see a yellow bird. Do not go to it. Stay where you are, enter look mode, then squirt it. If it flies in circles in the sky, stay in look mode and keep squirting it. A Shine Sprite will appear on those mountains by the lighthouse. You will need Yoshi to get it.

To get an extra Shine Sprite on a fairly easy sub-world, get the rocket FLUDD attachment and head towards the red cannon at Delfino Plaza. Swim along the right side near the rocks and pass the sideways hanging palm trees. Just past it, charge your rocket and jump just before the meter fills up. You will be able to enter a pipe on a tiny cliff. The mission is to gather eight Red Coins on one supply of water, fill up before going there. There are two obvious Red Coins sitting around. To get the other Coins, shoot the red bird that flies around, extinguish the man on fire (shoot only when you have a clear shot to save water), jump on the two Flowerheads, shoot one Purple Flowerhead from a distance and jump on him, look around the high grass for an opening where a Red Coin lies just below (look near or around the edges of this area).

To obtain this Shine Sprite you need the Speed Nozzle (28 Shines required). In Delfino Plaza run around and face the "M" on the statue. Look to your left and you will see a building with swinging doors. It is the building where the man tells you to get the graffiti off his wall. Run up to the doors and charge up your Speed Nozzle. When you release it, it will shoot you through the doors where you can get the Shine Sprite.

Gelato Beach: Coins
There are four points where you spray the ground and a shape of a sun appears. One is where Yoshi is located, two are to the left and right of the island, and one is in the center. All are on the sand. You will receive a Blue Coin. Also, there are two or three Blue Coins out in the water.

Episode 8 is a great place to obtain 100 Coins. Bring in the watermelons for some Coins and do not forget swings out in the water.

Bring watermelons to the stand to exchange for Coins. Dive into the watermelon. A Coin will appear. You only get roughly ten Coins from a watermelon.

Gelato Beach: Shine Sprite
Jump up to the level of sand that is on the same level as the two mirrors. There is a Dune Bud there. Shoot it with water and what looks like stairs going down will appear. Swiftly shoot the wall opposite the stairs and a Shine Sprite picture will appear. Once the picture is finished, a Shine Sprite will appear.

Noki Bay: Mystery door
Go to episode 3 and proceed to the bottom of the bottle. You can go into one of the notches in the little building. You will see a door. Move the camera around to the other side of the door to see a book on the other side. There does not seem to be a way in the door.

Noki Bay
Stand in the beam of light that appears in town and look up at the sun. You will be transported to a level called Noki Bay.

Noki Bay: Coins
Go to episode 6 and gather the Coins on the cliffs and on top of the water.

You will find many of the Coins in the water in Episode 6 (roughly 50). The other 50 can be found in the walls and near the Rocket Nozzle.

Pianta Village: Coins
Go to episode 1 and put out the flames on the mushrooms. Ground Pound them to get Coins. Also Ground Pound the nose of the Pianta tree and concrete basin.

If you need more, destroy every box in the level.

Pinna Park: Get Yoshi
Progress though the game till you have 25 Shine Sprites. Go to Pinnal Park and finish Story #4. You will now be back in town. The Fake Mario will appear with an egg. Chase him down to get Yoshi.

Pianta Village: Lives
Select episode 5 (Secret Of The Village Underside). Get Yoshi and go to the beginning mushroom. Go to the end, following them and spray Yoshi's juice on the yellow-orange "squiggles". Go into the hole that appears and you should see Chucksters. They throw you behind them, talk to them at the opposite angle that you want to be thrown to until you get to a place that has pictures with big noses that run after you. Spray three to six of them, then jump on one. All of the ones that are upside down will also die, giving you an extra life. They always return unless you spray the picture of the ones on the wall that is a kind of portal they go through. Repeat this until you have as many lives as desire

Pinna Park: Coins
Go to episode 2, but do not destroy the cannon. Let it shoot Bullet Bills at you. Spray them to get Coins. Gold Bullet Bills contain many coins.

You can find some more coins by spraying the sand.

To get the blue coins in Pinna Park's beach inside the baskets, play the second mission. Instead of heading towards him to beat him, stand behind or on top of the baskets and wait for either a Bullet Bill or Missile Bill to come at you. Jump out of the way and the baskets will break apart, allowing you to access the Coins.

Pianta Village: Shine Sprites
Select episode 8. Go to the highest part of the stage (the tower on the giant rainbow tree) and look at the sun. Shoot water at it, and an image of a Shine appears. Show the entire image and a Shine Sprite will appear.

Pinna Valley
Jump onto the top of the Shine Statue in Delfino Plaza. Enter the red pipe there to get to Pinna Valley.

Ricco Harbor: Coins
In the Ricco Harbor level, go to the episode when you must beat the giant Bloober. At the construction area (where the big tower is at) spray water on the left of the big cliff, but not on the cliff. A blue Sun Sprite outline will appear and you will get a Blue Coin. Squirt it several times to get six Coins.

Episode 3 is an easy place to obtain in 100 Coins. After scouring the tunnels for coins, check the catwalks and jump on the Bloopers. You willl uncover a good amount of change.

Sirena Beach: Coins
Proceed to episode 1 or 4. In episode 1, spray the entire area of ground to get Coins. In episode 4, play the slots to win Coins.

To obtain 100 Coins, in episode 1 battle the ray and spray the gunk. Collect at least 66 coins. The other 34 can be collected from the treetops and safe areas under the tents.

Sirena Beach
When you have Yoshi, go to the roof above the fountain where you started. Have Yoshi eat the pineapple in the warp pipe on the roof. Go inside to get to Sirena Beach.

Sirena Beach: Lives
Proceed to the Sirena Beach level (with the haunted hotel and casino), preferably in the second episode. To the left of where you start are three boxes. The center one has an extra life in it. You can get it, exit the level, and repeat this as many times as you like.

Use this trick to get five extra lives in less than a minute. Play episode 6 (Scrubbing Sirena Beach). You will have to finish this level at least once or you will only receive four extra men. The first extra life is in the center crate to the left of the start. There are four people on the first deck covered in goop. Wash them off and talk to them. If you have never talked to them they will give Blue Coins. If you have already gotten the Blue Coins, then they will give you a 1-Up Mushroom. Press Start to exit, then repeat the process to get many lives very fast.

Obstacle courses: Lives
To obtain extra lives in the obstacle courses, try nailing in the nails by Ground Pounding them.

Proceed to the second obstacle level (with spinning cubes and platforms) and get the extra life on the star and the one floating by the spinning cube (second). Exit the area and repeat this as many times as you like.

Obstacles courses: Get around obstacles
You can normally get up or around obstacles on either side by jumping to wall kick. Then use your Hover Jets to get the rest of the way up, or just side jump to Hover Jet. This is really useful when taking shortcuts around large obstacle courses.

Obstacle courses: Secret levels
After almost every obstacle course, there is secret level in which you go to the obstacle course and Ground Pound a red button to find eight Red Coins in a certain amount of time.

Easy lives
Whenever you finish a level, go to the water directly next to where the boats go in and out. Dive all the way to the bottom and you will see a 1-Up Mushroom. Whenever you return from a level or start from the beginning, it will be there.

Proceed to the island where the man is stranded and spray the fire. A 1-Up Mushroom will appear.

Finding Shine Sprites
Whenever you see a yellow bird flying around, shoot it with water and it will turn into a Shine Sprite. One can be found in Isle Delfino, around the island where the man is stranded. A second can be found in Noki Bay, at the upper left part of the bay is a square in the ground (where Mario appears) and a palm tree. The yellow bird will be sitting on the palm tree, or flying around it.

Go into the side of the boat house to purchase Shine Sprites with Blue Coins. Each Shine Sprite costs ten Blue Coins. You can only purchaser up to 24 Shine Sprites because there are only 240 Blue Coins in the game.

Go out to the island where the man is stranded. You will see a gold bird flying around. Shoot it with your water cannon and a Shine Sprite will appear.

Acquire the turbo power-up. Turbo through the door where you first met the police. You will enter to a special area made especially for the turbo.

Finding Coins
Go on top of trees and you might find some extra Coins.

Eat the green birds with Yoshi to obtain regular Coins. Eating blue birds will give you Blue Coins.

Find a patch of flowers and spray them all swiftly. Four or five Coins will appear from the center of the patch.

If you wash off a person with sludge, they may perhaps give you a Blue Coin.

Acquire coins in the harbor (with Bloopers) by going onto the sky walks. There are tons of coins up there.

During the first level, when you approach a red circle on the beach, stomp there to find the question mark coins.

Proceed to the island with the stranded man on it with Yoshi. Spray the yellow thing on the pipe to make it disappear. You will play a lily pad game in which you have to get 8 Coins.

You can obtain Blue Coins for helping the people in Delfino Plaza get fruit and putting them into a basket.

If you wander around in the manhole (normally in underwater tunnels) you will find yellow and blue coins.

Find a sketch of fake Mario and spray it with water to get Coins. Note: Only some sketches will give Coins.

If you see a blue butterfly, eat it with Yoshi and a Blue Coin will appear. This also works with blue birds, but spray them with your water cannon three times.

On the ground at the Theme Park level are hidden blue Shine Sprite symbols. They are on the ground outside of the theme park on the beach. You will get a Blue Coin from them.

On the Theme Park level on the Yoshi Merry-Go-Round episode, spray the flying things, then jump on them. Each time you do so, you receive five Coins. After you kill all of them, get Yoshi (the fruit is hidden in the ground. Spray the ground to get it). Eat the yellow and green butterflies to get more Coins. Spray the ground to get the rest of the Coins that are hidden there.

Jump higher
Run in one direction, then turn in the other direction fast enough so that Mario stirs some dirt up. Then, jump immediately in the air. Mario will jump higher and do some flips.

Spinning jump
After jumping, you can do a spin by rotating the Analog-stick once in a circle.

Sprinkler Water Spray
To perform the Sprinkler Water Spray easily, do a Spin Jump and hold R.

Extra stars on secret levels
After you finish a secret level, go back to that episode and replay the secret level. This time there will be a red hump on the ground. Ground Pound it and get the red coins. There will be a time limit, but you have FLUDD to help you.

Easy cleaning
Instead of taking a bath each time Mario gets dirty, do one or two spin jumps.

Faster movement
To make Mario get around a little quickere, use the single spray nozzle and shoot a small amount of water in front of him. Run and press B to do a belly slide. He will slide through the water and keep going at a high speed. This will continue as long as you do not hit anything.

Note: Keep belly hopping rapidly to go really fast. This is especially helpful in the timed and racing episodes.

Run up steeper slopes faster
Dive (press B) at the slope while running at it. As soon as you hit the slope, jump and keep pressing Control-stick Up. This should cause Mario to run really fast. If you hit a wall or another object in this state, he will bounce off it.

Cover more area with your FLUDD
Jump three times to preform a forward somersault. As you roll, shoot your Nozzle Cannon and spray a long distance in front, behind, and below you.

Beating the gopher
To beat the gopher in the cannon at Galeto Beach, spray the bombs he throws (they will turn blue), then throw them at him.

Beat giant eel
Go into the bottle in Noki Bay that the old man has. Spray all of the eel's teeth when his mouth opens.

Toad trampoline
After finishing the first level and getting the first Shine Sprite, exit the statue area. Princess Peach's toads will be in the area. You can jump on top of them. If you jump on top of the normal colored toad properly, Mario will keep jumping up and down on it.

Mario game clips
During the intermission sequence where FLUDD (the water backpack) identifies Mario, you can view short clips of previous Mario games, including Super Mario 64, in the lower left corner.

Select files with moves
When you are selecting a file you can do a Spin Move and the Side Jump to get onto the blocks.

Birds
There are birds in almost every level in the game. Spray a green bird for a Yellow Coin, a blue bird for a Blue Coin, and a yellow bird for a Shine Sprite.