The Gold Bird

Episode
	The Gold Bird
Location	Delfino Plaza
Mission number	6
Game	Super Mario Sunshine
Mission progression
← Previous; Mario Toss	Next →; Turbo Dash!
	Super Mario Sunshine episodes

The Gold Bird,^[1] also called The Golden Bird,^[2] The Golden Bird Returns,^[3] and Golden Bird Grab,^[4] is a mission in Delfino Plaza in Super Mario Sunshine.

This mission involves tracking down and spraying a Gold Bird, usually encountered on or near a small nearby island with a Warp Pipe and dried up campfire. The bird is still present while Delfino Plaza is flooded, somehow perched on the water's surface. As with a similar mission with a similar setup, known as A Golden Bird, spraying the Gold Bird with water from FLUDD or juice from Yoshi turns it into a Shine Sprite, which is then placed all the way on the other side of the plaza, on one of the platforms between the lighthouse and pipe leading to a secret area, near where the Shine Sprite spawning from the Shine Sprite in the Sand mission appears.

Names in other languagesEdit

Language	Name	Meaning	Notes
Italian	Acchiappa il volatile d'oro^[5]	Catch the golden bird	Super Mario Sunshine Prima's Official Strategy Guide
Italian	L'Uccello Dorato^[6]	The Golden Bird	Nintendo La Rivista Ufficiale

ReferencesEdit

^ Averill, Alan, and Jennifer Villarreal (2002). Super Mario Sunshine Player's Guide. Nintendo of America (American English). ISBN 1-930206-23-2. Page 25.
^ Loe, Casey (August 12, 2002). Super Mario Sunshine Perfect Guide. Versus Books (American English). ISBN 1-931886-09-1. Page 24.
^ Bogenn, Tim, and Doug Walsh (2002). Super Mario Sunshine Official Strategy Guide. BradyGAMES (American English). ISBN 0-7440-0180-3. Page 148.
^ Hodgson, David S J, Bryan Stratton, and Stephen Stratton (September 3, 2002). Super Mario Sunshine Prima's Official Strategy Guide. Prima Games (American English). ISBN 0-7615-3961-1. Page 38.
^ Hodgson, David S. J., Bryan Stratton, and Stephen Stratton (2002). Super Mario Sunshine Guida Strategica Ufficiale realizzata da Prima Games. Translated by Associazione Culturale Go!. Giaveno: Yoo Too Videogames, Prima Games (Italian). ISBN 88-900922-1-1. Page 38.
^ Andrea Minini Saldini (December 2002). Nintendo La Rivista Ufficiale Numero 7. Milan: Future Media Italy SpA (Italian). Page 083.

[1] Averill, Alan, and Jennifer Villarreal (2002). Super Mario Sunshine Player's Guide. Nintendo of America (American English). ISBN 1-930206-23-2. Page 25.

[2] Loe, Casey (August 12, 2002). Super Mario Sunshine Perfect Guide. Versus Books (American English). ISBN 1-931886-09-1. Page 24.

[3] Bogenn, Tim, and Doug Walsh (2002). Super Mario Sunshine Official Strategy Guide. BradyGAMES (American English). ISBN 0-7440-0180-3. Page 148.

[4] Hodgson, David S J, Bryan Stratton, and Stephen Stratton (September 3, 2002). Super Mario Sunshine Prima's Official Strategy Guide. Prima Games (American English). ISBN 0-7615-3961-1. Page 38.

[5] Hodgson, David S. J., Bryan Stratton, and Stephen Stratton (2002). Super Mario Sunshine Guida Strategica Ufficiale realizzata da Prima Games. Translated by Associazione Culturale Go!. Giaveno: Yoo Too Videogames, Prima Games (Italian). ISBN 88-900922-1-1. Page 38.

[6] Andrea Minini Saldini (December 2002). Nintendo La Rivista Ufficiale Numero 7. Milan: Future Media Italy SpA (Italian). Page 083.

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