Super Mario Sunshine is my favourite game from the Mario franchise, I find that the setting is the best one in the 3D Mario games, being easy to remember every single main shine the game has to offer.
The addition of Fludd is what makes the game for me, it improved Mario's moveset and made it even funnier to control, and that is combined with the level design, I find that Sunshine's levels are one of the funniest 3D platformer worlds to explore.
There's also the difficulty of the game, Sunshine is in my opinion the hardest 3D Mario game. In comparison to 64, the Galaxy duology and Odyssey, Sunshine is the one I find to have the hardest time while playing its levels, so it is the best option when looking for a challenge.
The game was rushed and there's some obvious aspects that tell that, like the addition of the infamous Blue Coins, where a lot of them are impossible to be found without a guide for how cryptic is the method to find them.
There's also the fact that, unlike all the other 3D Mario games, all the Shines required to reach the end of the game are specific ones, making that, unless you're a completionist, more than half the game is pointless, since it doesn't unlock anything at all, for me, that is not a problem, since I enjoy beating everything on the games I play, but it's true that for some people it can hinder their experience.
Overall, evne when taking into account its flaws, Super Mario Sunshine for me is one of the best games I've ever played, and I would recommend that everyone would at least give a try to the game, since it has mechanics that aren't found in no other Mario game.
The addition of Fludd is what makes the game for me, it improved Mario's moveset and made it even funnier to control, and that is combined with the level design, I find that Sunshine's levels are one of the funniest 3D platformer worlds to explore.
There's also the difficulty of the game, Sunshine is in my opinion the hardest 3D Mario game. In comparison to 64, the Galaxy duology and Odyssey, Sunshine is the one I find to have the hardest time while playing its levels, so it is the best option when looking for a challenge.
The game was rushed and there's some obvious aspects that tell that, like the addition of the infamous Blue Coins, where a lot of them are impossible to be found without a guide for how cryptic is the method to find them.
There's also the fact that, unlike all the other 3D Mario games, all the Shines required to reach the end of the game are specific ones, making that, unless you're a completionist, more than half the game is pointless, since it doesn't unlock anything at all, for me, that is not a problem, since I enjoy beating everything on the games I play, but it's true that for some people it can hinder their experience.
Overall, evne when taking into account its flaws, Super Mario Sunshine for me is one of the best games I've ever played, and I would recommend that everyone would at least give a try to the game, since it has mechanics that aren't found in no other Mario game.