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1. Speedrunning Wiki

Blank splits to go with SB's Beginner - Intermediate 120 Shines route.

120 Shines - Blank Splits

Fastest known route as of March 2025. Rocket Bell was previously believed to be faster, which turned out to be wrong.

120 Shines - Blank Splits (NEW 2025 Route)

Chatroom for discussion of Sunshine runs and help with learning the game.

2. Discord Server

Comprehensive spreadsheet resource of IL times and videos.

3. Individual Level (IL) Spreadsheet

Allows you to easily generate and download custom cheatfiles for Sunshine practice.

4. Practice Codes

This route saves approx. 17 seconds over the old 1-trip route if you play the additional plaza movement perfectly.

79 Shines - Blank Splits (new 2-trip route)

79 Shines - Blank Splits (old 1-trip route)

96 Shines - Blank Splits (Advanced)

Replaces the hard tricks at the start of the run with Bianco shines, and enters Lilypad with Yoshi using out of bounds clip, as opposed to the harder fruit clip into the pipe.

96 Shines - Blank Splits (Beginner)

Blank splits to go with SB's All Blues route.

All Blue Coins - Blank Splits

You can do Bianco 2-5 at the start of the run (as opposed to 1-4) to get Petey out of the way early, this loses ~2.0 seconds.

All Episodes - Blank Splits

Blank splits with the current fastest Any% route.

Any% (No ACE) - Blank Splits

All 96 shines created by Samura1man for a tier list

Split Icons (96 Shines)

Split icons (Any% 1)

Splits for Any% with some alternatives, shot with freecam by [inkstar](https://www.speedrun.com/users/inkstar)

Split Icons (Any% 2)

Shoutouts to Mikey (PGSK) for creating this file and finding a way to inject hacked file saves into 3DAS

[3DAS] Hacked File

[JP] 120 Shine File

Any% save files for RTA world practice or mid/end game RTA runs.

Files labelled respectively inside the zip. First file is (A) Bianco Second Visit, (B) Sirena, and (C) Noki. Second file is (A) Pianta, (B) Pinna, and (C) Ricco.

[JP] Any% Segment Practice Save Files

File A is New File, File B is Peach File, File C is Hacked File

[JP] Hacked + Peach File

[JP] Hacked file

File A: Final plaza, all worlds unlocked, all nozzles unlocked everywhere, Yoshi unlocked, no blue coins, no secrets or Piantissimos completed. Files B and C empty

[JP] NG+ file

Save files with the least shine scrolls and event cutscenes for all 7 worlds.

[JP] Optimal FCIW Files

Optimal Save files for IWs. 

5 is Pianta. 44 is Noki. All other worlds are done on the 14 shines.

[JP] Optimal IW Files

File A is 120 Shine, File B and C are empty.

[PAL] 120 Shine File

[PAL] Hacked + Peach File

[PAL] Hacked file

[US] Hacked + Peach File

[US] Hacked file

Samura1man

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Milk

Zeldocto

Dutchj

psychonauter

akane

Audiokillers

Saria_100

sblectric

NokiDoki

Ian_LC

Pogonateur

84th

Maosfx

Arceus2319

inkstar

Alcam

SunshineModTeam

kcaJ

Super Mario Sunshine

GameCube

Switch

SatoP

weird_th

Fizz

Zeohite

GexGekido

USA / NTSC

EUR / PAL

JPN / NTSC

New File

Hacked File

Peach File

3DAS

No ACE

Timing Method

Game Version

Arbitrary Code Execution

Super Mario

Category Extensions

Emulator Goop not working

quick question

Need some clarification on rules

Attempting A No Default Nozzle Run; Need Help With Roller Coaster Balloons

How to do the cops secret coconut clip for 20 shines?

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Tech

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नाम	प्रबंधक
1. Speedrunning Wiki	SunshineModTeam 3 years ago
2. Discord Server	Milk never
3. Individual Level (IL) Spreadsheet	Dutchj never
4. Practice Codes से psychonauter· NokiDoki· Milk	psychonauter 5 years ago

नाम	प्रबंधक
120 Shines - Blank Splits से SB_runs	sblectric 4 years ago
120 Shines - Blank Splits (NEW 2025 Route) से Pogonateur	akane 1 month ago
79 Shines - Blank Splits (new 2-trip route) से akane	akane 5 months ago
79 Shines - Blank Splits (old 1-trip route) से akane	akane 1 year ago
96 Shines - Blank Splits (Advanced) से akane	akane 5 months ago
96 Shines - Blank Splits (Beginner) से akane	akane 5 months ago
All Blue Coins - Blank Splits से Arceus2319	sblectric 4 years ago
All Episodes - Blank Splits से akane	akane 5 months ago
Any% (No ACE) - Blank Splits	SunshineModTeam 3 years ago
Split Icons (96 Shines) से Samura1man	Zeldocto 1 year ago
Split icons (Any% 1) से Maosfx	Ian_LC 1 year ago
Split Icons (Any% 2) से inkstar	Zeldocto 1 year ago

नाम	प्रबंधक
[3DAS] Hacked File से Zeldocto	Zeldocto 2 months ago
[JP] 120 Shine File से kcaJ	84th 5 years ago
[JP] Any% Segment Practice Save Files से Audiokillers	Zeldocto 1 year ago
[JP] Hacked + Peach File से Saria_100	Saria_100 5 years ago
[JP] Hacked file से NokiDoki	NokiDoki 5 years ago
[JP] NG+ file	SunshineModTeam 3 years ago
[JP] Optimal FCIW Files से akane	akane 1 year ago
[JP] Optimal IW Files से akane	Zeldocto 2 months ago
[PAL] 120 Shine File से Alcam	Alcam 11 months ago
[PAL] Hacked + Peach File से Saria_100	Saria_100 5 years ago
[PAL] Hacked file से NokiDoki	NokiDoki 5 years ago
[US] Hacked + Peach File से Saria_100	Saria_100 5 years ago
[US] Hacked file से NokiDoki	NokiDoki 5 years ago