Secrets and Unlockables – Paper Mario: Color Splash Guide

Get every unlockable and every secret in this Nintendo Wii U entry with our Paper Mario: Color Splash walkthrough and guide.

Not a whole lot going on in the unlockables department with Color Splash, but there are a few neat secrets outside the main game that are worth knowing about. Super Flags are back from Sticker Star, so that’s could be worth checking out.

Jump around to each section for info on each secret and unlockable:

Super Flag Achievements

As soon as you collect the first Mini Paint Star and return to Port Prisma, the main square will add six empty flag poles around the Prisma Fountain. To raise each banner, you’ll need to complete specific requirements. These achievements are primarily achieved during your post game play, but some can be completed earlier if you play enough.

What do you get for unlocking all six Super Flags? There’s a scene right after the credits that will be slightly updated!

Excellence Embodied Flag

Achieve 200 Excellent attacks. Reminder that Thing cards can also be excellent, although it’s tough to understand when they expect you to hit A.

Sizzlin’ Scissors Flag

Complete all Cutouts. There are 47 in all, and many are required throughout the game. Here’s a list of how many Cutout spots each level has:

• Port Prisma – 2 required
• Cherry Lake – 3 required, 1 optional
• Indigo Underground – 2 required, 1 optional
• Bloo Bay Beach – 2 required, 1 optional
• The Crimson Tower – 1 required, 1 optional
• Sunglow Ridge – 1 required, 1 optional
• Chateau Chanterelle – 2 required
• Marmalade Valley – 1 optional
• The Golden Coliseum – 2 optional
• Dark Bloo Inn – 2 required
• Plum Park – 1 optional
• Sacred Forest – 1 required
• Fort Cobalt – 1 required, 1 optional
• Violet Passage – 2 required
• Lighthouse Island – 1 required
• Fortune Island – 2 optional
• Mustard Cafe – 2 required
• Toad Trainworks – 1 optional
• Tangerino Grill – 1 required
• Sunset Express – 2 required
• Redpepper Volcano – 2 required, 1 optional
• Redpepper Crater – 1 required, 1 optional
• Green Energy Plant – 2 required, 1 optional
• The Emerald Circus – 1 optional

Once you beat the game, a Purple Toad will appear in the east side of Port Prisma. Talk to him and cough up 50 coins to get the location of one of the Cutouts. You can only have one revealed at a time, so go find it and come back to get another. The Toad reveals the Cutouts in order of levels you first visited.

Gold Bug Flag

Collect 10,000 coins. It’s pretty easy to get coins in this game and you’ll often find you are maxed out. The Roshambo Temples alone can give thousands of coins.

Card Champion Flag

Purchase 200 cards from Prisma Cardware. The shop can be found in the western portion of Port Prisma. Repaint the Blue Toad shopkeeper to unlock it. Some cards are as cheap as 5 coins if you want to stock up that way!

Honorary Paint Can

Fill in all 929 Colorless spots. We have a whole colorization video guide for this!

The One and Roshambonly Flag

Beat the Rock Paper Wizard in all eight Roshambo Temples. Before entering each temple, speak to the two Toads out front. They’ll give hints about how your first two opponents will play!

Piper Sidequest

There’s an optional sidequest in Port Prisma that’s tied with colorless spots. Completing it doesn’t get you anything, but you do get to experience a little heartwarming tale.

It all starts when you rescue the purple Toad, or Purp, when you bring him back to life. You can find his colorless body in front of the second Mini Paint Star over on the west side of Port Prisma. He’ll run off to the east side of town where he’ll set up a spot on one of the roofs. Speak to him to find out he’s planning a gathering of his old pals. It’s your job to go out and find them! As you find each one, return to the spot on the roof for an update on the story.

Redd

Head over to Ruddy Road and get to the area with the Fire Extinguisher. Jump up the Toad Rescue Squad steps and hop down on to the tree to reach another lifted area. This is where the red Toad you’re looking for is at!

Greenie

Enter the Sacred Forest and go to the area with the Turnip. Look for the green Toad hiding behind the root of a large tree.

Bloo

Right at the start of Dark Bloo Inn. Don’t go inside. Instead, head to the right of the entrance gate to find the blue Toad you’re looking for.

Yella

Zip on over to Mustard Cafe and head to the cafe itself, after you’ve rescued the shop owner, of course. The yellow Toad will be in the corner near all the tables.

Once all five have been gathered, return to the spot on the roof to find the group gone and a different Toad standing next to the dried out tree. Looks like they’ve set off to find the Rainbow Carnation in Marmalade Valley. Head there and walk to the right of the train tracks to see them up on the top of the mountain.

Head back to the spot on the roof one last time for the final full reunion. Afterwards, you can see the group hanging out in the background of The Crimson Tower level!

Helpful Shops and Services

Know your resources! There are several spots in Port Prisma that’ll help you along your journey, but you gotta know what they are first. Here are the places you’ll want to keep in mind:

• Know-it-All Toad – This one is crucial! There are parts of this game were a Thing is required to progress. If you speak to this Toad, he’ll share a somewhat cryptic clue on the Thing you need along with its location. You can find the Know-at-All Toad inside a trash can in the harbor of Port Prisma.
• Wringer – Also in the harbor of Port Prisma, speak to this Toad hanging out inside a barrel in the wall to purchase Things you have already encountered. If you already own a specific Thing, that item will be sold out in the shop.
• Deep Cuts Toad – After you beat the game, head over to the east side of Port Prisma. Look for a purple Toad facing the corner of a well. Chat with him and he’ll let you know the location of a missing Cutout!

Paint Upgrades

While Color Splash doesn’t have a traditional leveling system like past entries in the series, the game does encourage you to battle to earn Hammer Scraps. These will help fill up a meter that once full, will add to your maximum paint count, making your attacks stronger. Starting at 100, the increments go like this:

Sound Test

Loving the tunes of Color Splash? Looks like you’re in luck! The game features a neat sound test that lets you listen to tracks from all throughout the game. The catch? You can only unlock music from a certain level once you complete its colorization in full.