Editing The Hillside Cave Secret

{{mission infobox
|label=Episode
|title=The Hillside Cave Secret
|image=[[File:HillsideCaveSecret.png|200px]]
|location=[[Bianco Hills]]
|number=3
|game=''[[Super Mario Sunshine]]''
|boss=
|before=[[Down with Petey Piranha!|<<]]
|after=[[Red Coins of Windmill Village|>>]]
}}
{{quote|Say... Do [[Mario|you]] know anything about the Hillside Cave? I was hanging out near the entrance the other day... Suddenly, this [[Shadow Mario|weird-looking guy]] ran after me! I took off quick! I saw him bust the cave gate open and vanish inside. Yikes!|Pianta|Super Mario Sunshine}}
'''The Hillside Cave Secret''', also referred to as '''The Hillside Cave Mystery''',<ref>Loe, Casey. ''Super Mario Sunshine'' Perfect Guide. Page 34.</ref><ref>Bogenn, Tim, and Doug Walsh. ''Super Mario Sunshine'' BradyGames Official Strategy Guide. Page 29.</ref><ref>Hodgson, David S J, Bryan Stratton, and Stephen Stratton. ''Super Mario Sunshine'' Prima's Official Strategy Guide. Page 48.</ref> is the third episode of [[Bianco Hills]] in ''[[Super Mario Sunshine]]''. The episode's objective is to collect the [[Shine Sprite]] at the end of the secret area. After completing the episode once, the player can either return to this episode or enter the Hillside Cave from Episode 4 on to collect the Secret Shine [[Red Coins of the Hillside Cave]].
==Layout==
[[File:HillsideCaveSMS.png|thumb|left|The entrance to the Hillside Cave]]
Starting in this episode, [[Seedy Pod]]s and [[Pokey]]s appear in various areas of the level, with many of them appearing near the lake.

In order to get to the cave, the player needs to enter the lake area once again. Before going through the large gate, the player can find a [[Pianta]] covered in [[goop]]. After cleaning him off with [[F.L.U.D.D.|FLUDD]], he will tell [[Mario]] that a [[Shadow Mario|mysterious person]] broke through the wall blocking the cave. After passing through the gate, the player has to take the [[rope]]s connecting the platforms, which start under the bridge leading to the [[Big Windmill]]. To get to the last platform, the player has to use the [[Hover Nozzle]], then simply jump onto the ledges leading to the cave entrance above.

Upon entering the cave, Shadow Mario will appear and take FLUDD away from Mario, then Mario will be brought to an area filled with moving platforms. The first set of platforms move side-to-side and are needed to reach the higher stationary platform. Next is a series of moving and stationary platforms, with the moving ones each moving in a different way. After traversing these platforms is a long bridge with four large, spinning cubes that slide across the bridge. Taking care not to be pushed off, the player has to cross the bridge to the next group of platforms, which are spinning star-shaped ones. Jumping between these and making it to the end will reward the player with the Shine Sprite. If the player decides to collect 100 Coins in the Hillside Cave (by collecting close to 100 of them and collecting the 100th coin in the secret area), the 100 Coin Shine Sprite will appear on the platform just before the two spinning star platforms at the end of the level.

If in this episode Mario talks to the tourist [[Pianta]] at the base of the Big Windmill who gives him the [[Blue Coin]] after cleaning him, he tells him, "I came here to tour the Big Windmill...and I've got to say, it's spectacular!"
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===Red Coins of the Hillside Cave===
[[File:Red_Coins_of_the_Hillside_Cave.png|thumb|'''Red Coins of the Hillside Cave'''<ref>[[Nintendo Power]] Player's Guide, page 41</ref>]]
Replaying this episode and re-entering the cave will allow Mario to use F.L.U.D.D. in the secret area. A [[Red Coin Switch]] will also be placed at the start of the area. [[Ground Pound]]ing the switch will place eight [[Red Coin]]s around the area and the player needs to collect them all within a time limit of one minute. Collecting them all will reward the player with a Shine Sprite at the end of the course, but failure to collect them within the time limit will cause the player to lose a life. The locations of the Red Coins are:
*One is over the first set of moving platforms.
*Four are placed at the corners of the group of many moving platforms.
*One is placed over a large star platform to the west of the bridge, with two being placed over star platforms to the east. The player needs to use the cubes and the Hover Nozzle to reach them.

==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jap=がけのうえの　どうくつの　ヒミツ
|JapR=Gake no Ue no Dōkutsu no Himitsu
|JapM=The Secret of the Hilltop Cave
|SpaE=El secreto de la cueva
|SpaEM=The Secret of the Cave
|FreE=Le secret de la Grotte de la Colline
|FreEM=The Secret of the Hill Cave
|Ger=Das Geheimnis der Hügel-Höhle
|GerM=The Secret of the Hill Cave
|Ita=Il mistero della Grotta dei Colli
|ItaM=The mystery of the Hill Cave
}}

==References==
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