How to get the Shine Sprite in Glitzville in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door

I hate when things get dangled out of reach, and it’s hard to miss the Shine Sprite in Glitzville in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. So, what’s up with that? Can you get it now? Can you get it later?

I’m going to give you some advice: when something is too high to get to in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, there is a good chance there is a hidden coin block under it. There’s a red block in The Great Tree that you may have noticed. It just kind of hovers over nothing. If you send Koops underneath it, he’ll hit a block that you can jump on and you can then jump again to hit the block above it.

It’s the same deal in Glitzville, right in front of the Glitz Pit. There’s an invisible coin block sitting under the Shine Sprite. If you use Koops’ power, you can hit it. However, it’s easier just to swing your hammer at the spot under the Shine Sprite. It will hit the block and expose it. You can then jump on the block, and then jump off the block to hit the Shine Sprite block.

That’s about it. Generally, if there’s something you can’t get to, searching for a coin block or using Flurrie to search for stickers with her breath are your best bet. You do get an improved jump later in the game (Chapter 6), but it’s for reaching objects directly above you. You can’t really move side-to-side.