Pianta Village

Pianta Village
A view of Delfino Village from Super Mario Sunshine
First appearance	Super Mario Sunshine (2002)
Latest appearance	Super Mario 3D All-Stars (2020)
Greater location	Isle Delfino
Ruler	Pianta mayor
Inhabitants	Piantas, Klambers, Chain Chomps

Mario in Pianta Village

“Well, I guess I'll be heading back to Pianta Village soon. It really is the only place for me!”

—Pianta, Super Mario Sunshine

Pianta Village is the ancestral home of the Piantas on Isle Delfino in Super Mario Sunshine. It is run by the Pianta mayor and appears to be built on a giant tree. Players can get a small glimpse of Noki Bay if the player climbs to the top of the large palm tree in the center of the village, or the top of the tree that Il Piantissimo's finish line is on. As such, Pianta Village is the only location where Noki Bay can be seen from the outside.

In order for Mario to travel to Pianta Village, he will need to have the Rocket Nozzle, which is obtainable in Delfino Plaza after at least thirty Shine Sprites have been collected. The red Warp Pipe on top of the Shine Gate leads to Pianta Village. However, it can be reached by using Triple Jumps, Spin Jumps, or Somersaults with a Wall Jump and the Hover Nozzle from the Shine Gate as early as the first visit to Delfino Plaza, although Episode 5 will be impossible to complete in the intended way until Yoshi is unlocked, and the short cutscene involving entering the pipe may not play. It is notably the only area without a boss battle in the game.

Layout

View of Pianta Village during Fluff Festival Coin Hunt

Pianta Village is built on a huge crater in the branches of a titanic palm tree to protect it from predators; in fact, the highest point on Isle Delfino that Mario can reach is located in this area, atop one of the giant trees. The village is also home to another special tree, which bears all the fruits (except the Pepper) of Isle Delfino. The player will start at the end of a bridge, and crossing it will lead into the village itself. During some episodes, Wind Spirits will appear as Mario crosses. The village consists of many square structures and giant Mushroom Platforms. There are many ledges within the village and a large tree is growing out of the center. In the back of the village is a large spa.

The village's underside is composed of more mushrooms, including a Jump Mushroom. The ceiling in this area is made of bamboo platforms, bamboo screens, and catwalks. Wind Spirits are also lurking down there, and will attempt to attack Mario if he is nearby.

This level is unique in that the time changes between day and night. Odd-numbered episodes take place at night, while even-numbered episodes are during the day.

Episodes

#	Image	Episode	Summary
1		Chain Chomplets Unchained	This episode's objective is to spray the flaming Chain Chomplets
2		Il Piantissimo's Crazy Climb	This episode's objective is to defeat Il Piantissimo in a race.
3		Goopy Inferno, The !The Goopy Inferno	This episode's objective is to navigate the burning goop that has appeared in the village.
4		Chain Chomp's Bath	This episode's objective is to pull a Chain Chomp into the spa.
5		Secret of the Village Underside	This episode's objective is to complete the secret course under the village.
6		Piantas in Need	This episode's objective is to rescue the Piantas.
7		Shadow Mario Runs Wild	This episode's objective is to defeat Shadow Mario as he runs around Pianta Village.
8		Fluff Festival Coin Hunt	This episode's objective is to collect the red coins during the Fluff Festival.
9		Red Coin Chucksters	This episode's objective is to collect the red coins in the village underside secret.
10		Soak the Sun	This episode's objective is to reveal an image of a Shine Sprite.

Enemies

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  Bees

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  Chain Chomp (during Episode 4)

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  Chain Chomplets (during Episode 1)

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  Klambers (during Episode 3)

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  Plurps (Episode 3)

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  Pokeys

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  Red Electrokoopas (during Episode 3)

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  Shadow Mario (Boss of Episode 7)

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  Strollin' Stus (in the secret course of Episode 5)

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  Wind Spirits

Items

Blue Coins

#	Image	Episode(s)	Location
1		All	Obtained by spraying the M Graffiti on the wall behind the starting point.
2		All	Obtained by spraying the M Graffiti in the center of the underside of the village.
3		All	Obtained by spraying the M Graffiti on the wall of a structure near the center of the village.
4		All	Obtained by spraying the M Graffiti on a wall near the Pianta Hot Spring.
5		All	On a leaf of a tree on the left side of the entrance of the village.
6		All	Hidden in the tall grass on the left side of the village.
7		All	At the end of a stream flowing from the center of the village to the edge of the village.
8		All	Under a small bridge spanning over the stream in the center of the village.
9		All	Obtained by spraying the Triangle Graffiti on the gate next to the hot spring.
10		All	Obtained by spraying the corresponding Triangle Graffiti on a wall on the right side of the village.
11		All	On the very top of a tree located next to the hot spring.
12		All	Obtained by spraying into a hollow on the side of the tree at the center of the village.
13		Night episodes (Episodes 1, 3, 5 and 7)	Obtained by spraying the moon when standing on top of the golden mushroom.
14		Night episodes (Episodes 1, 3, 5 and 7)	Obtained by Ground Pounding the nose of the Pianta statue next to the hot spring.
15		Day episodes (Episodes 2, 4, 6 and 8)	Obtained by spraying a sign near the entrance of the village.
16		Episode 3	Obtained by spraying the M Graffiti next to where FLUDD is found under the golden mushroom.
17		Episode 3	Obtained by spraying the M Graffiti under the goop near the golden mushroom.
18		Episode 3	Obtained by spraying the flaming Pianta on the right side of the village.
19		Episode 5 (Yoshi Required)	Obtained by having Yoshi spray the beehive and eat the bees next to the bridge at the entrance of the village.
20		Episode 5 (Yoshi Required)	Obtained by having Yoshi spray the beehive and eat the bees behind the tree next to the hot spring.
21		Episode 5 (Yoshi Required)	Obtained by having Yoshi eat all of the blue butterflies on the mushroom next to the fruit tree.
22-29		Episode 6	Reward for cleaning off all eight grown-up Piantas and talking to them.
30		Episode 8	Obtained by spraying a Blue Bird flying near the large tree in the center of the village.

Nozzles

• Hover Nozzle
  • On a cloud far west from the rest of the village, exclusively in Episode 8.
• Rocket Nozzle
  • On a mushroom platform connected to the enormous tree in the center of the village, exclusively in Episode 8.

1-Up Mushrooms

• Pianta Village:
  • On top of some scaffolding underneath the village near the entrance bridge. Only available in Episode 3.
  • On a black & green mushroom underneath the village to the left of the entrance to the Secret of the Village Underside. Only available in Episodes 3 and 5.
  • On a black & green mushroom underneath the village to the right of the entrance to the Secret of the Village Underside. Only available in Episodes 3 and 5.
  • On a large tree trunk underneath the village, near a magenta & pink mushroom. Only available in Episode 5.
  • Further up on another large tree trunk underneath the village, near a magenta & pink mushroom. Only available in Episode 5.
• Secret of the Village Underside:
  • High above the large, square platform at the beginning of the level, reachable by being thrown southwest by the blue, mustachioed chuckster with a gray hat standing at the center.
  • Given by the yellow Pianta with flaming mushrooms on his back after extinguishing him with F.L.U.D.D., on a solitary platform connected to a rope to the northeast of the "Stu cage".
  • High above a small platform to the east of the second-to-last platform, reachable by being thrown upwards by the yellow, mustachioed chuckster with a blue hat.
• Other:
  • There is a group of green butterflies in the tall grass to the left of the village in Episode 4 that reveals a 1-Up when eaten by Yoshi. However, as Yoshi does not appear in any daytime episodes, this 1-Up is only obtainable through hacking.

Profiles

Guide Book information for Pianta Village

• Guide Book: The ancestral home of the Piantas was built in a giant tree as protection against wild beasts. Giant mushrooms thrive beneath the village.

Media

Pianta Village's theme was composed by Shinobu Tanaka.

Pianta Village - Pianta Village theme

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Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning	Notes
Japanese	モンテのむら[?] Monte no mura	Monte (Pianta) Village
French	Village Pianta[?]	Pianta Village
German	Plaza della Palma[?]	Plaza della Palma; (A broken-Italian equivalent of "Plaza of Palmas")
Italian	Villaggio delle Palme[?]	Palm Village
Spanish (NOE)	Aldea Foresta[?]	Forest Village. Foresta from Pianta's Spanish name, meaning "forest" in Italian.

Trivia

• This area can be entered during the flood in Delfino Plaza if the player exploits good platforming on the Shine Gate. This makes it one of the two only locations reachable during this event (the other being Sirena Beach).
• An alternate version of the Pianta Village soundtrack featuring slightly different instrumentation (known as the Pianta Village Nighttime theme) exists in the game's coding.
• The game's files contain an unused variation of the Pianta Hot Springs theme with drums, which play while riding a Yoshi.
• This is one of only two worlds in the game with a pit. The other, Bianco Hills, has a small area at the northwestern corner of the map where there is a platform in the middle of a lake; a player who falls into the water in this lake will instantly lose a life. Pianta Village is different in that the entire village is suspended by three giant trees over a giant bottomless pit.