Bianco Hills

This article is about the location in Super Mario Sunshine. For its musical theme, see Isle Delfino (theme) § Super Mario Sunshine.

Bianco Hills
Area	Isle Delfino
How to unlock	Complete "Shadow Mario Chase"
Bosses	Proto Piranha (Mid-boss) Petey Piranha Shadow Mario (Mid-boss)
Shine Sprites	8 regular 2 secret
Blue coins	30

“Bianco Hills is a rather interesting place, huh? We have falling goop and all sorts of other oddities!”

—Pianta, Super Mario Sunshine

Bianco Hills is a hilly and picturesque countryside region and the first course unlocked in Super Mario Sunshine. It can be entered via the Rainbow M on the base of the Grand Pianta Statue in Delfino Plaza's Bianco Square once the player defeats Shadow Mario for the first time. The course consists of the Windmill Village inhabited by Piantas, the upper hilly area, and a large lake. At the center of the lake is the Big Windmill. The entire area is dotted with palm trees and pillars with smaller windmill blades on them. If they are sprayed with water for a few seconds, a coin will spawn on top of them.

In Mario Golf: Advance Tour, some of the Mushroom Course holes are very similar, and seem to be based on this area.

Layout

Mario starts the course on a cliff overlooking Delfino Plaza, Ricco Harbor, and Pinna Park in the distance. If Yoshi has already been rescued in Delfino Plaza, he will appear in his egg here in Episode 8. The sunglasses vendor can also be found here. The cliff area leads into a slope continuously sprayed with water, which will refill FLUDD and on which the player can slide down. The path ends at a river separating the course's entrance from the Windmill Village.

Windmill Village

The Windmill Village takes up most of the west side of the course. It is made up of many white buildings and windmills strung together with rope. The larger windmills can be sprayed with water to rotate platforms below them. Several Piantas can be found walking around the village, with the red female and the brown male ones in the back being chucksters. Around the village are several Pokey Pods, many of which are hiding in rings of flowers. Several Poinks can be found towards the left of the village in some episodes. During Episode 5, Petey Piranha is fought in this area. If the Turbo Nozzle has been found in Episode 6, its box will appear at the end of the large wall, and if the Rocket Nozzle is found during Episode 4, its box will appear on one of the buildings.

Behind the village is a series of ledges leading up to a high cliff where Petey can be found during Episode 5. On the other end is a large hole with water at the bottom that acts as a deadly pit. It is one of the only two pits of this kind in the game, alongside the giant hole below Pianta Village. A large wall with a gate and a water wheel separates the Windmill Village from the lake area to the east. Strollin' Stus can be found on the small river that runs along its side.

Lake

Crossing the wall next to the village leads into the lake and its surrounding area. Many trees, Pokey Pods, Seedy Pods and Plurps are found in the grassy area and the ledges to the west of the lake contain a Pokey. The Shine Sprite for collecting a hundred coins in this course spawns in this area, on top of a platform next to the wall to the village. Various platforms across the lake lead into the Hillside Cave, which can be entered from Episode 3 onward. During Episode 8, several more platforms with ropes connecting them appear on the lake. The lake itself has several Pondskaters and leaf boats on its surface. At its back, behind the big windmill is the Cliff Spring Cave, which can be entered from Episode 6 onward. During Episode 6, the lake is polluted.

Following the path from the waterwheel leads to a bridge which connects to the Big Windmill in the middle of the lake. The structure sits on top of an island and can be accessed by a path which spirals up and around both the island's cliffs and the windmill's walls. This path has gaps in it which require the Hover Nozzle to cross. During the first two episodes, the Big Windmill is covered in brambles and Petey Piranha can be found on its top.

Episodes

Episode	Image	Name	Summary
Episode 1		Road to the Big Windmill	This episode's objective is to clean the goop on the path to the windmill.
Episode 2		Down with Petey Piranha!	This episode's objective is to defeat Petey Piranha at the top of the windmill. This episode is the only one which can be completed out of order by ignoring the Shine Sprite from the previous episode and continuing up the windmill.
Episode 3		The Hillside Cave Secret	This episode's objective is to enter to cave on the hillside and collect the Shine Sprite at the end of the cave's secret.
Episode 4		Red Coins of Windmill Village	This episode's objective is to collect the red coins around Windmill Village.
Episode 5		Petey Piranha Strikes Back	This episode's objective is to defeat Petey Piranha again, this time in the Windmill Village.
Episode 6		The Secret of the Dirty Lake	This episode's objective is to traverse to the cave at the back of the lake and clear the secret course.
Episode 7		Shadow Mario on the Loose	This episode's objective is to defeat Shadow Mario as he runs around Windmill Village.
Episode 8		The Red Coins of the Lake	This episode's objective is to collect the red coins over the lake.
Episode 9		Red Coins of the Hillside Cave	This episode's objective is to collect the red coins in the Hillside Cave Secret.
Episode 10		Red Coins of the Dirty Lake	This episode's objective is to collect the red coins in the Dirty Lake Secret.

Enemies

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  Bees

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  Cyclos

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  Goobles

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  Piranha Plants

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  Piranhabons

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  Plurps

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  Poinks

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  Pokeys

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  Pokey Pods

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  Pondskaters

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  Proto Piranha (Boss of Episode 1)

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  Seedy Pods

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  Strollin' Stus

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  Wire Traps

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  Petey Piranha (Boss of Episode 2 and Episode 5)

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  Shadow Mario (Boss of Episode 7)

Items

Blue Coins

Among the seven main courses in the game, Bianco Hills is the only one in which all 30 blue coins can be collected in one visit; this is possible by selecting Episode 8, "The Red Coins of the Lake".

#	Image	Episodes	Location
1		All	Under the water in the river.
2		All	Obtained by cleaning off graffiti on the wall next to the river.
3		All	Obtained by cleaning off graffiti on a Pianta lady's house.
4		All	Inside a tower above the Pianta lady's house.
5		All	Inside a balcony on a house next to the river. Appears after shooting some water. It is in the left alcove in Episodes 1, 3, 4 and 5, and it is in the right alcove in episodes 2, 6, 7, and 8.
6		All	Obtained by cleaning graffiti above a wall by the waterwheel.
7		All	On a platform with a sail south of the waterwheel.
8		All	Obtained by cleaning X Graffiti in a pit by the waterwheel. The blue coin appears next to the paired X Graffiti.
9		All	Obtained by cleaning X Graffiti on the wall by the other side of the waterwheel. The blue coin appears next to the first X Graffiti's location.
10		All	Obtained by spraying a mini-windmill with FLUDD.
11		All	Underwater to the right side of the Windmill.
12		All	Obtained by spraying graffiti on the path up the windmill.
13		All	Obtained by spraying a platform near the top of the windmill.
14		Episodes 3-8	Obtained by cleaning off a tourist Pianta in the village. The following is his location in each episode: Episode 3: At the base of the big windmill. Episode 4: On an edge near Hillside Cave entrance. Episode 5: At the separate part of the big windmill area (separated by the river). Episode 6: On the cliff near where Petey was in Episode 5. Episode 7: On top of the big windmill, where Petey was in Episode 2. Episode 8: In the pit where Blue Coin 8 was found.
15		Episodes 3-8	Obtained by defeating a Pokey at the top of the windmill.
16		Episodes 6-8	Floating high in mid-air in town, reached by the help of a bright-red, female chuckster wearing glasses.
17		Episodes 4-8	On the grate below the bridge.
18		Episodes 4-8	Obtained by defeating a Pokey on a platform by the wall of the lake.
19		Episodes 3-8	On a high ledge in the town only reachable with the Rocket Nozzle or hovering from a Pianta house.
20		Episodes 5-8	Obtained by spraying a Pianta on a ledge in the village.
21		Episodes 5-8	On a cliff by where Petey Piranha is flying around.
22		Episodes 6-8	Obtained by spraying the platform where Petey Piranha sleeps in Episode 5. The platform is only accessible by using several clouds to jump across the gap.
23		Episodes 3-8	On the highest small windmill outside of the town.
24		Episodes 7-8	Underwater in the lake.
25		Episodes 7-8	Obtained by spraying O Graffiti on a Pianta house in the village. The blue coin appears next to a paired O Graffiti.
26		Episodes 7-8	Obtained by spraying an O Graffiti on a building in the village. The blue coin appears next to the first O Graffiti's location.
27		Episodes 6-8	Obtained by spraying a Blue Bird high above the village.
28		Episodes 3-8	Obtained by spraying one of the trees in the Big Windmill area.
29		Episode 8 (Yoshi required)	Obtained by eating a blue butterfly with Yoshi.
30		Episode 8 (Yoshi required)	Obtained by eating the bees inside a beehive with Yoshi.

Fruits

These fruits appear only in Episode 8:

• Durian
  • Past the gate, on the southern side of the sidewalk, under two trees.

• Pineapple
  • Farther along the sidewalk, in the center of a triangle of trees.

• Bananas
  • By the river, next to a tree.
  • Across the river.

• Coconut:
  • South side of the river, lying out in the open.

• Papaya:
  • North side of the sidewalk, between two trees.

Nozzles

All nozzle boxes begin to appear in Episode 4.

• Hover Nozzle
  • Can easily be seen on the ground in front of two houses in the village.
  • Nearby a sprinkler near the Big Windmill.

• Rocket Nozzle
  • On the roof of a building in the village.
  • On a rectangular platform on the eastern side of the lake.

• Turbo Nozzle
  • On top of the white wall next to a large watermill.
  • In the entrance to Cliff Spring Cave. It is visible in Episodes 4-8, but is only accessible in Episodes 6-8.

1-Up Mushrooms

• Bianco Hills:
  • Obtained by spraying the bells on an archway in the village.
  • Obtained by eating a group of green butterflies near the red female chuckster with Yoshi. Only available in Episode 8.
  • Obtained by destroying a beehive in a palm tree near the outside wall of the village and using Yoshi to eat all of the bees. Only available in Episode 8.
• The Hillside Cave Secret:
  • Obtained by fully ground pounding the right nail on the first green platform just before the section with many moving orange blocks.
  • Directly above the second star on the main path just before the final platform with the Shine Sprite.
• The Secret of the Dirty Lake:
  • On the star on top of the blue platform, just after the first set of flipping platforms.
  • On the left side of the rotating white block's path upwards. It will land on the white block if not collected in mid-air.

Music

Main article: Isle Delfino (theme)

The "Bianco Hills" theme is an arrangement of the "Isle Delfino" theme in the key of C major, similar to the themes of Gelato Beach and Ricco Harbor. However, this arrangement is in the style of European folk music, with prominent use of clarinet, flute, and oboe, accompanied by tambourine, castanets, and harp. The bass is played by a cello, and about two-thirds of the song is played via pizzicato from the Double Bass. It was composed by Koji Kondo.

Bianco Hills - The arrangement heard in Super Mario Sunshine

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Profiles

Super Mario Sunshine

Isle Delfino guidebook information for Bianco Hills.

• Guidebook:
  • English:
    This lush community of villas is located at the foot of Corona Mountain. Its famous windmills spin peacefully in the gentle sea breezes.
  • Other languages:
    • Italian:
      Ai piedi del Vulcano Corona si estende questo placido villaggio. Piacevoli brezze muovono i famosi mulini a vento.

Nintendo Today!

• Guide to the world of Super Mario:
  • English:
    A hilly region of greenery and lakes. A large windmill stands on a cliff.
  • Other languages:
    • German:
      Eine hügelige Region mit Seen und saftigem Grün. Eine große Windmühle steht hier auf einer Klippe.
    • Italian:
      Una zona collinare piena di verde e laghi. C'è un grande mulino in cima a una rupe.

• Tip:
  • English:
    After clearing the course once, enter the cave on the hillside across the lake for a new course with a hidden Shine Sprite.
  • Other languages:
    • German:
      Nachdem du den Level einmal abgeschlossen hast, betritt die Höhle am Berghang gegenüber des Sees, um zu einem neuen Level zu gelangen, wo ein Insigne der Sonne versteckt ist.
    • Italian:
      Dopo aver completato il livello la prima volta, entra nella caverna che si trova sul pendio, oltre il lago, per scoprire un nuovo percorso con un Sole Custode nascosto.

Naming

The word "bianco" in "Bianco Hills" is Italian for white, in reference to the white colored houses, walls, and roads found in the area.

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning	Note(s)	Ref.
Japanese	ビアンコヒルズ Bianko Hiruzu	Bianco Hills		[?]
French	Collines Bianco	Bianco Hills		[?]
German	Monte Bianco	Italian for "Mount White"		[?]
Italian	Colli Ariosi	Breezy Hills
Spanish	Monte Bianco	Mount Bianco		[?]

Notes

Bianco Hills as shown in the Super Mario Sunshine intro. Mario also can be seen in the lower right part of the image.

• Part of Bianco Hills can be seen during the opening sequence of Super Mario Sunshine, in the welcome video. Here, Mario with FLUDD can be seen in the lower right part of the screen, close to the lake. This is a development error, since Mario has neither visited Isle Delfino nor met FLUDD yet at this time.
• In the Super Mario 3D All-Stars version of Super Mario Sunshine, prior to version 1.1.0, debug cubes in the game's second secret area were visible.
• This is the only level where the player can access its Secret Courses outside of its featured Episode. The Hillside Cave can be visited anytime after completing Episode 3 (The Hillside Cave Secret) and the Cliff Spring Cave can be visited anytime after completing Episode 6 (The Secret of the Dirty Lake).