Editing The Beach Cannon's Secret

{{mission infobox
|label=Episode
|title=The Beach Cannon's Secret
|image=[[File:The Beach Cannons Secret.png|200px]]
|location=[[Pinna Park]]
|number=2
|game=''[[Super Mario Sunshine]]''
|boss=[[Monty Mole]]
|before=[[Mecha-Bowser Appears!|<<]]
|after=[[Red Coins of the Pirate Ships|>>]]
}}
{{quote|Out of nowhere, some [[Monty Mole|weird thing]] took over my place! And now, these explosives are flying everywhere! Please! You must help me!|Pianta|Super Mario Sunshine}}
'''The Beach Cannon's Secret''', also referred to as '''The Cannon Conundrum''',<ref>{{cite|author=Loe, Casey|title=''Super Mario Sunshine'' Perfect Guide|page=66|language=en-us|date=August 12, 2002|publisher=Versus Books|isbn=1-931886-09-1}}</ref><ref>{{cite|author=Bogenn, Tim, and Doug Walsh|title=''Super Mario Sunshine'' Official Strategy Guide|page=77|publisher=BradyGAMES|language=en-us|isbn=0-7440-0180-3|date=2002}}</ref><ref>{{cite|author=Hodgson, David S J, Bryan Stratton, and Stephen Stratton|title=''Super Mario Sunshine'' Prima's Official Strategy Guide|publisher=[[Prima Games]]|page=97|date=September 3, 2002|language=en-us|isbn=0-7615-3961-1}}</ref> is the second episode of [[Pinna Park]] in ''[[Super Mario Sunshine]]''. The episode's objective is to enter the cannon on the beach and clear the secret course, which has a unique background drawn in the style of ''[[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]''{{'}}s graphics. After completing the episode once, the player can return to this episode to collect the Secret Shine [[Red Coins in the Cannon]].

==Layout==
[[File:MontymoleBeachcannon.png|thumb|left|The cannon on the beach.]]
During this episode, a [[Monty Mole]] has taken over the [[cannon]] on the far end of the beach and has attached [[Bill Blaster]]s to the front. The Monty Mole constantly fires [[Bullet Bill]]s of different types at the player: standard Bullet Bills, Purple Bullet Bills, and [[Gold Bullet Bill|Golden Bullet Bill]]s. If [[Mario]] gets close enough to the cannon, the Monty Mole begins throwing [[Bob-omb]]s, though getting too close makes the Monty Mole hide in the cannon. To defeat the Monty Mole, the player has to spray a Bob-omb and then pick up and throw it at the Monty Mole. Doing so three times defeats it and the player can enter the cannon.

Upon entering the course, [[Shadow Mario]] appears and takes [[F.L.U.D.D.|FLUDD]] away. The Beach Cannon's Secret course is filled with disappearing platforms the player has to quickly run over. The first set of green platforms disappear in sections, indicated by being colored darker until they disappear completely, then reappearing a few seconds later. The [[Yoshi's Egg|Yoshi egg]]-styled platforms do not disappear. The next platform goes two directions: forward or up. Moving along the green spotted platform leads the player to a wall that sends out [[Strollin' Stu]]s, and jumping up the trampoline platforms takes the player further along the course. Next are two sets of red disappearing platforms, though these platforms disappear one after another. The player has to rapidly [[dive]] in order to cross the platforms, and moving too slowly causes Mario to fall. For the first set of platforms, Mario falls to the aforementioned green spotted platforms if he is not fast enough, but for the second set, Mario falls into the abyss, losing a life and getting sent back to the beginning. The second set also has a bend the player needs to adjust their dive on. At the end of the red platforms is the [[Shine Sprite]].

It is possible to bypass the Monty Mole and go straight to the secret course if the player is quick enough, or with a precise hover and [[Ground Pound]].<ref>{{cite|author=Dutchj|date=December 8, 2015|url=www.youtube.com/watch?v=bIfhN8UUYDs|title=Pinna 2 Mole Skip Hover - SMS Guide|publisher=YouTube|accessdate=January 17, 2024}}</ref>

==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jap=たいほうの　なかの　ヒミツ
|JapR=Taihō no Naka no Himitsu
|JapM=The Secret Inside the Cannon
|SpaE=El secreto del cañón de la playa
|SpaEM=The Secret of the Beach Cannon
|FreE=Le secret du canon de la plage
|FreEM=The Secret of the Beach Cannon
|Ger=Das Geheimnis der Strandkanone
|GerM=The Secret of the Beach Cannon
|Ita=Il mistero del cannone
|ItaM=The Mystery of the Cannon
}}

==References==
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{{SMS episodes}}
[[Category:Super Mario Sunshine episodes]]
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