Sunglasses and Hawaiian Shirt
Both of these items are given to you by the man wearing sunglasses. You can get the Sunglasses by obtaining 30 shines. You can get the Hawaiian Shirt after completing the game.
End Bonus
Successfully complete and save your game. Then 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.
Alternate ending screen
If you complete 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.
Finding coins
Find a patch of flowers and spray them all quickly. Four or five Coins will appear from the middle of the patch.
Raining
To seem as if it is raining, have the sprayer equipped and do a triple jump. Then, hold R after you land. Drops will be falling from the sky.
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.
Spinning jump
After jumping, you can do a spin by rotating the Analog-stick once in a circle.
Avoid losing health when falling
When falling from high places, press L to do a Ground Pound. This will make you fall very fast and not lose health.
Faster transportation
To make Mario get around a little faster, 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.
Swim faster
When swimming, switch to your hover and press R. It will give you a little boost while swimming.
Easy cleaning
Instead of taking a bath each time Mario gets dirty, do one or two spin jumps.
Get two shine sprites in Delfino Plaza
To get the first shine sprite, go to the lighthouse (not the lighthouse where you can get a shine sprite by using ten coins)and hover across the big blocks and jump into the tube.Then complete the mini level, it will get you a shine sprite.To get the second shine sprite, you will need the gray nozzle. There is a door with a shine sprite trapped,to get it activate your gray nozzle and run into the door, you should have it.
Bubba-Proof
In Gelato Beach and other levels where there are Bubbas (the big red fish that drags Mario underwater), you can keep them from doing this attack with this little trick. Pick up a piece of fruit and start swimming with it. It will enable a glitch where they cannot drag you. This is very useful for the Red Coin Shine in Gelato Beach.
Conserve Lives
To build up Mario's stock, try to quit stages when you are about to die. This would apply to stages like the racing stages (with the Islander who likes to race) and some of the mini-stages (like the Pachinko stage). If you can restart the stage easily (and quickly), you should learn to quit when Mario is in danger of dying. This will let you have a large stock of lives to tackle stages and mini-stages that you want a lot of lives to spend on (the Dead Leaf in a Dirty Brook mini-stage comes immediately to mind).
Return to the Airport
Once you've beaten the game (and saved your game), you will be able to go back to the Airport from the very beginning. It'll cost you, though. For the price of 10 coins, a boat close to the clocktower where you find Yoshi will take you to the Airport level -- which is filled with coins and fun stuff to do.
Get the first shine in Dolfino Plaza easier
The easy way to get the shine near the lighthouse in the pipe over the pillar things is to jump whenever you hit an obstacle and hover over/around the gaps.
Water Splash Backflip
This code activates when you hold down the R Button and then press the A Button to make a big Squirt and a backflip.This code also works with yoshi but he does not do a backflip.
Easy Lives
After you beat the game you can go to the Delfino Airport. When your there gather 100 coins to obtain a 1-up. Exit the stage and head over toward the cannon that sends you to Delfino Park. Dive in the water at the end of the street and at the sea floor is a hole with a free man. Get it and return to the Delfino Airstrip. it costs 10 coins which means you now have 90. Gather 10 more to get the 1-up and then leave. Get the one under the water again and keep repeating this trick for massive lives.
Music Fudging
This trick works on the Gelato Beach level in the stage, "Wiggler Ahoy! Full Steam Ahead!". Battle Wiggler as usual, then, when you've ground pounded the worm the third time, you'll hear the boss music slow down. Before the Shine Sprite appears, press Z to view your map.
If you timed the Z press correctly, you'll hear the slower remix of the boss music! In the map mode, hit cancel, then IMMEDIATELY press the Z button again to listen to a much faster remix! This doesn't give you any extra lives or anything, BUT it is useful if you love game music!
Fruity Flips
In any episode ,except 3 in the level with the Minor walkers, if you bring Fruit by the minor walkers on land, they will automatically flip over.
Begining Mishap
In the beginning, when you are doing "Road To Big Windmill", look at the top of the windmill and you will notice that Petey is already there. If you beat him at this time, you will skip the first stage and you will be able to go to the third level. This is how you get to him. First, go to those platforms that have the ropes attached to the side, and jump up the ropes to the wood and start going up the side of the windmill and eventually get to the top where Petey resides. It will be just like the battle in the second level. Beat Petey and you have access to the third level without having to do all of the work of the first level. Hope this will help you in some strange sort of way.
Easy Coins / Blue Coins
If you don't know how to use the circle spots on the ground (doesn't matter where you are) then here's how. First, step onto the circle. Then, do a ground pound on it. There, you will fall down a hole and you will get to explore underground! You can find coins or sometimes even blue coins. Use them to get to secret places.
Easy Shine Sprites
For An Easy Shine Sprite Go To the Lighthouse with the passage way to Gelato Beach,but don't go to Gealto Beach, Run Around Squirting F.L.U.D.D. The Spray Nozzle ,Not Hover Nozzle. When You see Red sparks keep spraying in that area untill you get a shine sprite.
For another Shine Sprie when you get the rocket nozzle in delfino plaza go to the same light house in the above cheat. Rocket jump to the top and you should see a black cover. Rocket jump again and ground pound tobreak off the cover a shine sprite will apear.
Go to the island that man is marooned on and get on top of the tree. You should see a golden bird spray it and it will drop a shine sprite.
On level *8* in Pianta Village climb the tallest tree and get on top of the platform in the middle of the tree there should also be a red coin there. Look up at the sun and spray at it to get an easy shine sprite.
Get Yoshi
Progress though the game till you get 25 Shine Sprites. Go to Pinnal Park and complete Story #4 . You will now be back in town. The Fake Mario will appear with an egg. Chase him down to get Yoshi.
Yoshi juice
After eating a fruit, Yoshi can then spit out juice to defeat enemies.
Higher jumps with Yoshi
Do Mario's spinning technique when on Yoshi to jump higher. He can also spit juice in this form.
Begining Mishap
In the beginning, when you are doing "Road To Big Windmill", look at the top of the windmill and you will notice that Petey is already there. If you beat him at this time, you will skip the first stage and you will be able to go to the third level. This
is how you get to him. First, go to those platforms that have the ropes attached to the side, and jump up the ropes to the wood and start going up the side of the windmill and eventually get to the top where Petey resides. It will be just like the
battle in the second level. Beat Petey and you have access to the third level without having to do all of the work of the first level. Hope this will help you in some strange sort of way.
Music Fudging
This trick works on the Gelato Beach level in the stage, "Wiggler Ahoy! Full Steam Ahead!". Battle Wiggler as usual, then, when you've ground pounded the worm the third time, you'll hear the boss music slow down. Before the Shine Sprite appears, press Z to view your map.
If you timed the Z press correctly, you'll hear the slower remix of the boss music! In the map mode, hit cancel, then IMMEDIATELY press the Z button again to listen to a much faster remix! This doesn't give you any extra lives or anything, BUT it is useful if you love game music!
Pinball Table Level in Delfino Plaza
Go to the harbour in Delfino Plaza. Wait awhile and a boat will come in. Jump on top of the boat and wait for it to leave. As you are going under the bridge, jump and get the coin. You will go inside a secret level. Collect the coins for a Shine.