Delfino Plaza
| Delfino Plaza | |
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| First appearance | Super Mario Sunshine (2002) |
| Latest appearance | Super Mario 3D All-Stars (2020) |
| Greater location | Isle Delfino |
| Inhabitants | Piantas, Raccoons |
Delfino Plaza is the main hub of Isle Delfino, lying at the nose of the dolphin-shaped island, first appearing in Super Mario Sunshine. It is located at the foot of Corona Mountain and is named for the island it is located on. It is inhabited by Piantas and Raccoons.
History
Super Mario Sunshine
Delfino Plaza is the central location on Isle Delfino where Mario, Peach, and the Toads go to enjoy their vacation in Super Mario Sunshine. It is the largest city in the game and features a few landmarks, including the Shine Gate and the Grand Pianta Statue. It also houses a lighthouse, a Boathouse, and multiple small fruit stands. The Piantas that inhabit Delfino Plaza rely heavily on the presence of the many Shine Sprites as a source of safety and comfort. However, after Shadow Mario polluted the island with toxic graffiti, the Shine Sprites fled, casting Delfino Plaza into darkness. The island's inhabitants subsequently blamed Mario for the mess, and therefore tasked him with the cleaning of the entire island. After Mario chases and defeats Shadow Mario in Episode 7 of every level, Shadow Mario releases boiling water from Corona Mountain, flooding Delfino Plaza and forcing the citizens to retreat to their rooftops for safety. In addition, there is a large sewer system built directly under the town, which contains many coins, blue coins, and 1-Up Mushrooms.
Delfino Plaza also serves as the hub world of the game, as all seven main levels can be accessed from here, and Mario will return to the plaza after exiting a level as well. Bianco Hills, Ricco Harbor, and Gelato Beach can all be accessed via the Rainbow M portals that are located on the Grand Pianta Statue, the Boathouse, and the lighthouse respectively. Pinna Park can be accessed via a cannon on the west side of Delfino Plaza, and Noki Bay can be entered by staring at the sun while standing on a picture of a Shine Sprite in the port. Sirena Beach and Pianta Village are both accessed by means of red Warp Pipes, which are located on a local rooftop and the Shine Gate respectively. Once unlocked, Corona Mountain can be entered via a small cave directly behind the Shine Gate. After Corona Mountain is accessed at least once, even if Bowser has not yet been defeated, a boat will appear near the Boathouse, which will take Mario back to Delfino Airstrip for a 10-coin fare. As more Shine Sprites are collected, different events will play out and the plaza will keep on getting brighter until they are all collected or Bowser is defeated.
There are multiple events specific to Delfino Plaza only, which gradually become more frequent as the game progresses. They are listed as follows:
| Event | Condition | Description | Result |
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| Event 1: Polluted Piranha Battle | Collect the first Shine Sprite at Delfino Airstrip. | Mario must defeat the Polluted Piranha in Bianco Square to reveal the Grand Pianta Statue. | Shadow Mario appears and kidnaps Princess Peach. |
| Event 2: Shadow Mario Chase | Defeat the Polluted Piranha. | Mario must chase Shadow Mario around Delfino Plaza and save Princess Peach. Once defeated, he will paint a Rainbow M on the Grand Pianta Statue. | Bianco Hills is unlocked. |
| Event 3: Boathouse Blues | Collect 3 Shine Sprites. | Mario must defeat the Gatekeeper on the dock on the west side of Delfino Plaza to reveal the Boathouse. | Ricco Harbor is unlocked
The light slowly starts to be restored. |
| Event 4: Cleaning Lighthouse | Collect 5 Shine Sprites. | Mario must defeat the Polluted Piranha in the northeast corner of Delfino Plaza to reveal the lighthouse. | Gelato Beach is unlocked. |
| Event 5: Princess in Trouble | Collect 10 Shine Sprites. | Shadow Mario kidnaps Princess Peach once again in a Bowser-shaped boat and takes her to Pinna Island. | Pinna Park is unlocked.
More light is restored. |
| Event 6: Shadow Mario and the Yoshi Egg | Complete Episode 4 in Pinna Park. | Shadow Mario appears carrying a Yoshi Egg, and Mario must spray him to defeat him and collect it. | Sirena Beach is unlocked.
Yoshi is available. The entire plaza's light is restored, except for the portions outside the plaza. |
| Event 7: Look into the Light | Collect 20 Shine Sprites. | Mario must stand on the Shine Sprite imprint near the Shine Gate and look at the sun to access Noki Bay. | Noki Bay is unlocked. |
| Event 8: Turbo Nozzle | Collect 25 Shine Sprites and meet Yoshi. | Shadow Mario appears carrying the Turbo Nozzle, and Mario must spray him to defeat him and collect it. | The Turbo Nozzle is available. |
| Event 9: Rocket Nozzle | Collect 30 Shine Sprites and unlock the Turbo Nozzle. | Shadow Mario appears carrying the Rocket Nozzle, and Mario must spray him to defeat him and collect it. | The Rocket Nozzle is available.
Pianta Village is unlocked. |
| Event 10: The Flood | Complete Episode Seven in every level. | Shadow Mario floods Delfino Plaza with boiling water, and Mario must chase him into Corona Mountain. | Corona Mountain is unlocked. |
| Event 11: New Threads | Defeat Bowser and Bowser Jr. in Corona Mountain, or simply enter and leave the mountain for the first time. | Mario must pay the Pianta near the Boathouse 10 coins so he will take him back to Delfino Airstrip. | Delfino Airstrip is reopened.
The light is restored to the entire island. |
Fifteen Shine Sprites can be collected in Delfino Plaza by accomplishing certain tasks. Additionally, like with the other courses, the player can earn a Shine Sprite by collecting a hundred coins.
| # | Image | Method |
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Revealing an image of a Shine Sprite on the beach by spraying it. |
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Smashing crates within a time limit in the accessible house to the left of the Shine Gate. |
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Cleaning the large bell on the west side of the plaza. |
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Cleaning the large bell on the east side of the plaza. |
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Giving a Pianta on a roof above the crate house one coin to throw Mario into a tower. |
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Spraying a golden bird on the island to the east after ten Shine Sprites have been collected. |
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Using the Turbo Nozzle to break into a building underneath the west belltower. |
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Using the Rocket Nozzle to Ground Pound the stone slab on top of the lighthouse. |
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Cleaning the Shine Gate. |
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Clearing the Super Slide course. |
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Clearing the Pachinko Game course. |
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Clearing the Lily Pad Ride course. |
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Clearing the Turbo Track course. |
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Clearing the Red Coin Field course. |
Twenty Blue Coins appear in Delfino Plaza, just like the main levels themselves:
| # | Image | Location |
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Obtained by spraying the M Graffiti near the Cannon leading to Pinna Island. |
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Obtained by spraying the M Graffiti behind a box near the Boathouse. |
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Same as Coin 2 but in front of the Shine Gate. |
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Using the Turbo Nozzle, the player must run into the wooden gate at the bottom of one of the northeastern pillars. |
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In the sewers. |
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Obtained by spraying a blue bird. |
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The player must put three Banana bunches into a Pianta's basket. |
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The player must put three Pineapples into a Pianta's basket. |
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The player must put three Coconuts into a Pianta's basket. |
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The player must put three Durians into a Pianta's basket. |
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In the southeastern belltower, accessed from a hole behind the tower. |
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Frozen in a block of ice at Delfino Airstrip. |
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Obtained by spraying the X Graffiti on the Grand Pianta Statue or southwestern belltower. |
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Spraying a blue Pianta with flaming mushrooms on his back. This Pianta appears from Mario's first visit to Delfino Plaza, but his mushrooms are only on fire starting from when Mario first returns to Delfino Plaza after unlocking Gelato Beach. The Blue Coin can be obtained early during Mario's first visit to Delfino Plaza by luring Swoopin' Stus to intentionally spread goop near the Pianta and trap him, then rescuing him and cleaning him off. |
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Obtained by spraying an Orange Juice Generator near the Cannon to Pinna Park with Juice. |
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Obtained by spraying an Orange Juice Generator on the back of the police station tower with Juice. |
Various Fruits appear in Delfino Plaza, and during the flood, all of them are on a southeastern rooftop.
- 1-4. Southeast fruit market
- 5. Southeast rooftop
- 6. Tree directly northwest of the Grand Pianta Statue
- 7. Tiny tower to the far south (in the ocean)
- 1-2. In the fruit market in the southwest corner of the city
- 3. Rooftop near the entrance to Pinna Park
- 4-6. Northeast fruit market
- 7-9. In the tree on the island to the far west
- 1-2. In the fruit market up the pier from the Boathouse
- 3-5. Northeast fruit market
- 1. Rooftop near the Boathouse
- 2-3. In the fountain next to the entrance to Noki Bay (Not in the Japanese version)
- 4-6. Fruit market to the east
- 1. Rooftop near the entrance to Pinna Park
- 2-4. Fruit market to the east
- 5-6. In the fountain directly north of the Grand Pianta Statue (Not in the Japanese version)
- 1-4. Eastern fruit market
Mario Power Tennis
- Main article: Delfino Plaza Court
A Delfino Plaza Court appears in Mario Power Tennis. If the player chooses to play without gimmicks, the court has a zig-zag pattern with bright, neon colors. If the player plays with gimmicks, the court turns a greenish-blueish color with 3 circles that have Petey Piranha's face on them. If the ball touches the circle, a Proto Piranha will pop up out of the goop next to the court and spit goop on the circle. The goop slows the player down, but it can be removed by stepping on the FLUDD circle next to it.
Mario Party 6
In Mario Party 6, Delfino Plaza serves as the setting for the Donkey Kong minigame Banana Shake. Additionally, a pier resembling the one near the entrance to Noki Bay (though with a Star in the floor design instead of a Shine Sprite and no fountain) appears in Pier Factor.
Fortune Street series
- Main article: Delfino Plaza (board)
Delfino Plaza makes appearances in both Itadaki Street DS and Fortune Street. It looks identical to its appearance in Super Mario Sunshine.
Super Smash Bros. series
- Main article: Delfino Plaza (stage)
Delfino Plaza appears as a stage in Super Smash Bros. Brawl, Super Smash Bros. for Wii U, and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. It takes place mostly in the skies of Delfino Plaza, on a set of floating platforms. The platforms frequently land in different areas of the Plaza, changing the stage layout of the fight. For example, the platform may land in front of where the Grand Pianta Statue is. The platforms soon appear again and take the fighters to a different area.
Mario & Sonic at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games
Delfino Plaza appears in Mario & Sonic at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games as a Dream Event for Snow Day Street Hockey. There are 3 different arenas located on different parts of the plaza, one at the Grand Pianta Statue, one in the market place and another around houses near the cannon. Each arena has its own layout and hazards; the Grand Pianta Statue arena having banana peels and bouncy mushrooms on each side of the rink, the market place being full of brick blocks that can be turned into coins and the house rink having small holes in the wall the puck can go through. After doing so, a Pianta will throw a shell onto the rink which will act as the puck.
Minecraft
Delfino Plaza appears in the premade world for the Super Mario Mash-up in Minecraft.
Profiles
Super Mario Sunshine
Tourists get off the ferries here, in Isle Delfino's largest city. Attractions include the Shine Gate and Grand Pianta Statue.
Fortune Street
"The largest metropolis on the southern resort of Isle Delfino. Once it was graffitied all over by the incorrigible Bowser Jr."
Music
- Main article: Isle Delfino (theme)
The music and theme of Delfino Plaza invokes Italian folk music. The melody alternates between guitar and accordion, while another guitar provides rhythm and an upright bass adds the pizzicato bassline. The melodies from Ricco Harbor, Gelato Beach, Bianco Hills, and The Staff Roll are all arrangements of Delfino Plaza's melody and are all written by Koji Kondo.
The original song and arrangements of it have also appeared in later games.
- Part of Delfino Plaza's music plays during the Awards Ceremony in Mario Kart: Double Dash!!
- An arrangement of Delfino Plaza's music plays as the music for Sunshine Isles in Super Mario 64 DS.
- An arrangement of the music is available as one of the songs that can be played during events in Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games and Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games.
- The original version of Delfino Plaza's music is available as one of the songs can be played on the stage of the same name in Super Smash Bros. Brawl and Super Smash Bros. for Wii U. An arrangement of the music is available as one of the songs that can be played during matches on Super Mario-franchise stages in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate.
- Delfino Plaza's music is available as one of the sound effects in Super Mario Maker 2, represented by a Nintendo GameCube icon.
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Gallery
Key artwork from Super Mario Sunshine
Key artwork from Super Mario Sunshine
Wallpaper from Super Mario Sunshine
Screenshot from Super Mario Sunshine
Screenshot from Super Mario Sunshine during "Event 10: The Flood"
Screenshot of Super Slide from Super Mario Sunshine
Screenshot of Pachinko Game from Super Mario Sunshine
Screenshot of Red Coin Field from Super Mario Sunshine
Screenshot of Lily Pad Ride from Super Mario Sunshine
Screenshot of Turbo Track from Super Mario Sunshine
Screenshot from Super Smash Bros. Brawl
Screenshot from Super Smash Bros. for Wii U
Screenshot from Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
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Names in other languages
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
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| Japanese | ドルピックタウン[?] Dorupikku Taun |
Dolphic Town | |
| Chinese (simplified) | 德尔皮克镇[1] Dé'ěrpíkè Zhèn |
Dolphic Town | |
| Chinese (traditional) | 德爾皮克鎮[?] Dé'ěrpíkè Zhèn |
Dolphic Town | |
| Dutch | Delfino Plaza[?] | - | |
| German | Piazza Delfino[?] | Italian for "Dolphin Plaza" | |
| Italian | Delfinia[?] | - | |
| Korean | 돌픽 타운[?] Dolpik Taun |
Dolphic Town | |
| Russian | Площадь Дельфино Ploshchad' Del'fino Дельфино-Сити (Mario & Sonic at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games) Del'fino-Siti[?] |
Delfino Plaza Delfino City |
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| Spanish | Ciudad Delfino[?] | Delfino City |
Trivia
- The signs in Delfino Plaza that read "Benvenuto" (welcome), are written in Italian.
- In the prison belltower, there is a nearly inaccessible Rocket Nozzle box that can be attained through glitching.[2]
