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[[File:SMS Great Sunflower Artwork.jpg|thumb|The Great Sunflower and a [[Sunflower Kid]]]]
[[File:SMS Great Sunflower Artwork.jpg|thumb|The Great Sunflower and a [[Sunflower Kid]]]]
{{quote|Hello! Doesn't the sunshine feel lovely?|Great Sunflower|Super Mario Sunshine}}
{{quote|Hello! Doesn't the sunshine feel lovely?|Great Sunflower|Super Mario Sunshine}}
The '''Great Sunflower'''<ref name=Prima>Hodgson, David S J, Bryan Stratton, and Stephen Stratton. ''Super Mario Sunshine'' Prima's Official Strategy Guide. Page 21.</ref>, also known as the '''Adult Sunflower'''<ref>Bogenn, Tim, and Doug Walsh. ''Super Mario Sunshine'' Official Strategy Guide. Page 82.</ref>, is a giant sunflower located outside [[Pinna Park]] on the beach of Pinna Island only in ''[[Super Mario Sunshine]]''. The Great Sunflower watches over the [[Sunflower Kid]]s, but unlike them, the Great Sunflower is much larger and is brown in the middle instead of yellow. It also speaks differently when talked to or sprayed with water.
The '''Great Sunflower''',<ref name=Prima>Hodgson, David S J, Bryan Stratton, and Stephen Stratton. ''Super Mario Sunshine'' Prima's Official Strategy Guide. Page 21.</ref> also known as the '''Adult Sunflower''',<ref>Bogenn, Tim, and Doug Walsh. ''Super Mario Sunshine'' Official Strategy Guide. Page 82.</ref> is a giant sunflower located outside [[Pinna Park]] on the beach of Pinna Island only in ''[[Super Mario Sunshine]]''. The Great Sunflower watches over the [[Sunflower Kid]]s, but unlike them, the Great Sunflower is much larger and is brown in the middle instead of yellow. It also speaks differently when talked to or sprayed with water.


In [[The Wilted Sunflowers|Episode 4]] of Pinna Park, [[Snooza Koopa]]s start chewing up the park's resident sunflowers' roots. [[Mario]] then has to defeat the Snooza Koopas to rescue them from being wilted. The Great Sunflower rewards him with a [[Shine Sprite]] after his task was finally done.
In [[The Wilted Sunflowers|Episode 4]] of Pinna Park, [[Snooza Koopa]]s start chewing up the park's resident sunflowers' roots. [[Mario]] then has to defeat the Snooza Koopas to rescue them from being wilted. The Great Sunflower rewards him with a [[Shine Sprite]] after his task was finally done.
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|JapM=Sunflower parent and child (counting Sunflower Kid)
|JapM=Sunflower parent and child (counting Sunflower Kid)
|Ita=Girasole<ref>''[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia]]'', pag. 101</ref>
|Ita=Girasole<ref>''[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia]]'', page 101</ref>
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Revision as of 13:31, June 27, 2021

The Great Sunflower and a Sunflower Kid
“Hello! Doesn't the sunshine feel lovely?”
Great Sunflower, Super Mario Sunshine

The Great Sunflower,[1] also known as the Adult Sunflower,[2] is a giant sunflower located outside Pinna Park on the beach of Pinna Island only in Super Mario Sunshine. The Great Sunflower watches over the Sunflower Kids, but unlike them, the Great Sunflower is much larger and is brown in the middle instead of yellow. It also speaks differently when talked to or sprayed with water.

In Episode 4 of Pinna Park, Snooza Koopas start chewing up the park's resident sunflowers' roots. Mario then has to defeat the Snooza Koopas to rescue them from being wilted. The Great Sunflower rewards him with a Shine Sprite after his task was finally done.

Names in other languages

Language Name Meaning
Japanese ヒマワリの親子[3]
Himawari no Oyako
Sunflower parent and child (counting Sunflower Kid)

Italian Girasole[4]
Sunflower

Trivia

  • In the Prima strategy guide for Super Mario Sunshine, the Great Sunflower is located in the boss section, even though it is an ally.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b Hodgson, David S J, Bryan Stratton, and Stephen Stratton. Super Mario Sunshine Prima's Official Strategy Guide. Page 21.
  2. ^ Bogenn, Tim, and Doug Walsh. Super Mario Sunshine Official Strategy Guide. Page 82.
  3. ^ Shogakukan. 2015. Super Mario Bros. Hyakka: Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook, Super Mario Sunshine section, page 101.
  4. ^ Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia, page 101