Part 9

Complete walkthrough for Super Mario Sunshine Part 9, covering Blooper-surfing challenges, Ricco Tower's bonus stages, and the Gooper Blooper boss fight.

This section covers Blooper-surfing challenges, the caged shine sprite, the secret of Ricco Tower, and the Gooper Blooper boss fight in Super Mario Sunshine.

Blooper-Surfing Bonus Stage: You'll encounter three Bloopers: green (handles well), yellow (moderately), and purple (horribly). Take the green one. Follow the coin trail to the sewers, which leads to a Blooper-surfing bonus stage. Complete the timed lap in under 45 seconds to earn a Shine Sprite. Avoid bumping into obstacles. The course involves dodging orange blocks, cones, and a moving cube. Stay along the right side to dodge cones and spinning yellow objects. The track includes sharp turns and one easy turn to the goal.

Episode 3: The Caged Shine Sprite: This episode focuses on girders. From the black boat's chimney, you can take a shortcut onto the girders. The intended route involves getting on the steel boat, riding a moving hook, jumping to a moving platform, climbing a wall, and riding another hook to a wall. From there, jump to a moving platform, then to girders. Follow arrows to a box and an up arrow. Wait for a hook, jump on it, and when it reaches a wall, jump to it, flip, jump to the next wall, flip, and jump to solid ground. Cross three gaps, then get the Rocket Nozzle. Jump onto a spring, then more girders. Follow the path, avoiding Gustys and using springs, until you reach two springs and the cage containing a shine sprite. Spring across the springs and fall into the cage to get the shine.

Episode 4: The Secret of Ricco Tower: The door to Ricco Tower is open, with goop in the surrounding water. Ground pound a manhole cover to enter the sewers, which leads underneath the freight area. Emerge on a rooftop, jump to the roof closest to Ricco Tower, then spin jump and hover to a board with a blue coin. Backflip and hover to the tower's entrance for a bonus stage. The bonus stage features spinning rectangles and gears. Navigate these by walking in the opposite direction of their spin, only jumping to cross gaps. Wall jumps can be used to reach a 1-up. The final section involves more rectangles of varying sizes and directions. Change the camera often and move quickly on the last small rectangle to reach the shine at the end.

Episode 5: Gooper Blooper Returns: Gooper Blooper appears on the helipad. Enter the sewers and proceed to the last manhole cover to emerge. Follow the arrow to the right, fall twice to land on a boat, then jump to another boat, a log, and a small platform with a Rocket Nozzle. Use the nozzle to rocket straight up and hang onto the bottom of the helipad. Flip to start the battle. The fight is similar to before, but Gooper Blooper has a new spinning attack. Stand on a grate to evade attacks that might knock you off the helipad. Once defeated, you get a shine sprite.

Episode 6: Red Coins on the Water: Blooper-surfing Big Daddy (Bloopy) returns with six Bloopers and a red switch. Ground pound the switch to start a Blooper-surfing red coin challenge. Use a green Blooper. Follow coin trails to find red coins. Three red coins are found along the initial coin trail. Continue following the trail for the fourth red coin. The fifth red coin is on a hard turn, requiring a direct approach.