Pianta Village



Pianta Village is the ancestral home of the Piantas on Isle Delfino in Super Mario Sunshine. It's built in a huge crater in the branches of a titanic palm tree to protect it from predators. It is run by the Pianta Village Mayor. The village's underside is composed of giant, bouncy mushrooms. The underside's ceiling is made of bamboo platforms, mesh, and catwalks. It's very tricky, because one slip up and Mario falls into the abyss below. A secret area is found in the underside, which is covered with yellow Goop. Mario has to bring a Yoshi here to get the Goop off. Surprisingly, Piantas (all of which are Chucksters) live in the secret area of the underside.

This level is unique in that the time changes between day and night. Odd-numbered episodes take place at night, while even-numbered episodes are during the day. The Piantas are awaiting the Fluff Festival, which draws nearer each episode, and finally takes place in Episode 8.

Mario starts out on a ledge of the crater, to get to the village Mario must cross a bamboo bridge or jump off onto the mushrooms. On the village side of the bridge is a Bees' nest, and sometimes a Yoshi Egg.

In order for Mario to travel to Pianta Village, he will need the Rocket Nozzle and thirty Shine Sprites.

Episodes
Episode 1: Chain Chomplets Unchained: The Village is in chaos because three Chain Chomplets have a high fever and are red-hot with rage. Mario needs to cool them down by squirting water at them with F.L.U.D.D, then the player will have to grab their tail and let go of them to make them fall into water.

Episode 2: Il Piantissimo's Crazy Climb: Il Piantissimo's final appearance is in Pianta Village. Mario needs to beat him in a footrace all the way up to the hot spring's big tree.

Episode 3: The Goopy Inferno: The entire village is covered in magma, and the mayor is stranded. Shadow Mario steals F.L.U.D.D from Mario and he must re-obtain F.L.U.D.D, by traversing the much more dangerous underside of the tree, rescue the mayor. If the player revisits this level, Mario will still get F.L.U.D.D taken away.

Episode 4: Chain Chomp's Bath: A Chain Chomp is red-hot with rage and is tied up into a frenzy. Mario has to find a way to cool and calm it down by dragging it into the hot spring.

Episode 5: Secret of the Village Underside: Mario needs to find a way to get to the small cave in the Village Underside with the use of Yoshi.

Episode 6: Piantas in Need: The magma has trapped ten Piantas, and the mayor offers Mario a reward if he can find and rescue all ten within a time limit.

Episode 7: Shadow Mario Runs Wild: The final appearance of Shadow Mario. Shadow Mario leaves lava Goop behind and the player will have to stop him.

Episode 8: Fluff Festival Coin Hunt: The Fluff Festival is going on, and Mario must find the eight red Coins throughout Pianta Village, and to the mound of floating clouds to collect the Shine Sprite by riding on the bits of fluff.

Trivia

 * There is a tree that has all the fruits growing on it.