Sparkle piece
A Sparkle piece[1] is an object found in various stages in Princess Peach: Showtime! Collecting eight of them in the same section of a stage will reward Peach with a Sparkle Gem. For pieces whose corresponding Sparkle Gems have not been obtained yet, the upper (hill-shaped) end will be a bright cyan blue while the lower (pointed) end will have a gradient into a light green.
They work similar to Red Coins but are found much closer to each other.
A few stages have two sections that each have sets of eight Sparkle pieces, for instance A Snow Flower on Ice. In such cases the pieces do not carry over between sections, so that if Peach obtained for example six pieces in the first set, the counter will start from zero when collecting pieces in the second set.
A total of 136 Sparkle pieces are found in the game.
Level appearances
| Floor | Plays | Location(s) |
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| 1F |  Cowgirl in the Wilderness |
  
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 Ninjutsu: The Art of Rapids |
   
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| 2F |  A Snow Flower on Ice (Two sets) |
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 The Ghostly Castle |
  
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 The Perfect Infiltration |
  
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 Darkle Boss: Light Fang (Postgame only) |
   
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| 3F |  Cowgirl at Dusk |
   
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 Mighty Mission: Alien Invasion |
  
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| 4F |  A Kung Fu Tale (Two sets) |
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 Ninjutsu: The Art of Flames |
    
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 The Stolen Statue |
 
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| 5F |  A Kung Fu Legend |
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 A Parade on Ice |
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| BF |  The Dark Ice & the Shadowy Stage |
   
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 The Dark Prison & the Dangerous Trap |
   
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Gallery
The piece meter when four pieces have been gathered
Two pieces in the upper right in A Kung Fu Tale
Names in other languages
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
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| Japanese | キラメキのカケラ[?] Kirameki no kakera |
Sparkle fragment | |
| Dutch | Kristalbrokken[1] | Crystal chunks | |
| French (NOE) | Éclat d'Étincelle[1] | Sparkle fragment | |
| German | Funkelfragment[1] | Sparkle Fragment | |
| Italian | Frammento di Splendore[1] | Sparkle fragment |
