Nothing's wrong with GameFAQS...
It's just that there's a lot of things you can do in the game but you are never given the slightest indictation where there are, how to do them, or if it's even possible (Tiptron, the Whacka and Treasure Maps come to mind). Now, I know HOW to find Piccolo and did, and I think that MAYBE I would have accidentally tried that out (talking to the fortune-teller) at some point, but I just beat the game, and I have yet to recieve any info that would lead me towards the conclusion that you have to give Francis in Chapter 3-4 999 coins for Tiptron (I only figured that out by going online... I'll try it later).