good 3D Super Mario adventure although it does have it's issues, gameplay feels really good with an great sense of movement, connecting Mario's moves along with the FLUDD feels satisfying and most of the game's levels allow the player to express themselves really well, it has really good visuals for an 2002 launch title with some really impressive graphical effects such as in the water bodies not to mention the banger soundtrack.

unfortunely the game has many issues notably some of the Shines being locked behind the Blue Coins which can be a bit clumbersome to get, an good number of frustating Shines in extremely clunky and unpolished levels such as the Pachinko Machine, Sand Bird, Corona Mountain or the Watermelon Festival not to mention the infamous platforming levels that Mario needs to traverse without the FLUDD, his move-set doens't have as many options like in 64 for example since they removed Long Jumps and that alone makes these levels nearly impossible to pass through without getting frustated by weird physics and lack of momentum.

overall Sunshine is good game bogged down by frustating levels and the game has an generally unpolished feel that you can't really see in most Super Mario games, it's still an good game and anyone who likes 3D platformers with an good sense of movement will most probably enjoy it.