1: In Epsiode 2 of Pianta Village, is there any easy way to beat II Pitassio?

1.) No - there isn't really any EASY way of beating him this time - you need to employ some different tactics this time.

As soon as the time starts - head over the gate and follow the road straight ahead. Instead of just running all the way - run and press B to slide ahead - then jump out of the slide and repeat.

Continue straight along the road and you'll notice a stone wall up ahead. Start the jumps so you can pull off a triple jump over the wall - then head onward to the giant tree.

Run up the tree and touch the flag pole at the end to win the Shine.

2.) Once you're in the hotel - go straight to the middle area. From there - get to the back left corner of the washroom. Go to the last stall and notice the water in the ceiling. Jump up there and you'll be in the tub of the room upstairs.

Go around the wall and spray the painting to reveal a Boo on it. Now you can jump through the painting into the next room. From there - go to the other end of the room - you will see 4 closet doors - each have a portion of a Boo picture across them.

Spray them until the complete Boo side is exposed - then you can enter the following room. Spray the pink Boos and then jump onto them and you'll see a square hole in the ceiling.

Jump through it - which happens to be a missing tile in the floor upstairs. Spray the bookshelf and walk through it. Step onto the odd coloured tile to fall into the room below.

There - break a crate and take one of the pineapples. Now - go through the door out of the room. Use the stairs to get back to the lobby.

Take the pineapple to the Yoshi egg by the counter and it'll hatch. Jump on Yoshi and head up all the stairs to the top floor.

Yoshi can eat the Boos for coins - so that'll help you when navigating the halls up there. On the top floor - go to the back corner next to the pool with the Shine in it.

Go through the open door into that room. Jump on the bed and go through the ceiling into the attic. From where you start off - go up the path not blocked by a Boo.

At the intersection - take the path opposite of the sleeping Boo. Eat the next sleeping Boo that you come across and go around the corner that it blocked.

Head straight and take the second left to find 2 sleeping Boos - one on each side. Eat the one on the left and follow that path to an area with 4 coins. Ground Pound the cracked tile to fall into the pool room below.

Take the Shine!

Phew...