Shines

Find all 6 Shines in Delfino Plaza, including the beach lighthouse Shine, the Super Slide secret course, and the Crate House challenges.

Shine #1: Beach Lighthouse Shine

Availability: First Visit

Location: On the beach northeast of Delfino Plaza, south of the Lighthouse.

Make your way to the northeast of Delfino Plaza and you’ll eventually spot a Lighthouse. Stand on the beach south of it and start spraying on the sand to reveal an image of a Shine which in turns, causes a Shine to shoot over to the platforms in the distance. Head over to the nearest platform and use either a double jump or use a Side Somersault to reach it, making use of the Hover from FLUDD after to get over to the Shine and snag it.

Shine #2: Super Slide Secret Course

Availability: First Visit

Location: Via the pipe near Shine #1.

Make your way back to the platforms in the water but this time, head over to the pipe and enter it to find yourself in a secret course, the Super Slide. Begin by starting on the first green block on the left and slide down, holding back on the Left Stick to slow your speed. Keep to the left here and you’ll go over a red block and then a small ramp so be sure to keep holding left so that you don’t fall off the edge. As you continue to slide down, slide across the red blocks to avoid the holes and then get ready for a jump coming up, making use of FLUDD’s hover if needed. The last part requires some precise movement, the platforms will get thinner as you need to navigate to a final green one in the center. Once you make it to the end, another Shine will be waiting for you.

Shines #3 and #4: Crate Games

Availability: Upon unlocking Bianco Hills

Location: The Crate House in the center of Delfino Plaza.

Once Bianco Hills is open, you can head to the center of the Plaza and leap across to the other side where you’ll find a building is now open, this is the Crate House and inside, the Pianta will task you with destroying all the crates within 30 seconds for a Shine. This is easiest done by making use of the Ground Pound by pressing the ZL button in the air.

Once you’ve received your first Shine, you can score a second one by playing the game again, this time you’ll need to reach the higher crates first. Make use of either the Spin Jump (Spin the Left Stick and then jump) or the Side Somersault (make a U-turn and then jump) and start with the highest crates first.

Shine #5: Tower Toss

Availability: Upon unlocking Bianco Hills

Location: Get thrown inside one of the towers.

Ensure you have at least one Coin in your possession, this can be found easily by searching in the water near the Lighthouse. With the coin in hand, make your way to the rooftops using a Spin Jump and then head along them until you reach a Pinata standing on one to the left of the Shine Gate. Upon speaking to him, standing in the position shown in the image below and he’ll toss you through the window of one of the nearby towers where a Shine awaits.

Shine #6: Pachinko Machine Red Coins

Availability: Upon unlocking Gelato Beach

Location: Underneath bridge in canal.

Locate the boat that takes a little tour of the canal in Delfino Plaza, then exits to the one island by the cannon that takes you to Pinna Park. When the boat enters/exits the canal, you will pass under a bridge and there will be a single coin right under that bridge. That coin is marking the entrance to a hidden area. When you pass by it, you will want to perform a quick Side Somersault to hopefully trigger the entry to this hidden area.

You will now be in a giant pachinko machine, where Mario will be the ball and your goal is to collect eight Red Coins. When you first use the launcher in the bottom left by simply jumping on it, you will automatically collect the first three Red Coins, but the remaining five are in little cups inside the machine. One coin will be in the top center, with two more off to the sides below that one. In the very center of the board is a large house-shaped area, which is where the Shine will spawn after collecting all of the coins. The last two coins will be below that, on either side.