Ok yeah, maybe I have a bias towards this game that really affects my viewpoint of it but even disregarding that for a moment, Super Mario Sunshine is just peak fiction to me. Everything from like the movement, the setting, and the bad voice acting, everything comes together and works well. Having this being a different Mario game set in a different location the environments are beautiful and they really sell you on that whole tropical vacation vibe. I can't tell you how many times I just stayed in Pinna Park and just sat around as the time flies by. Or even the calming but mysterious vibe from Hotel Delfino.

Look I don't have to write a whole paragraph on why I love this game, but I can't help it. I know this game in particular has many fans mixed because while there are legitimately good things about this, there are also things the general consensus is not ok with. The Sand Bird, The Pachinko, The Lilly pad level, the Blue coins, and yeah I get it. Those can be unnecessarily difficult but I don't know, I think even with that they never really bothered me all too much. Probably because I've played this game so much that it's all second nature to me how to overcome these, even something such as writing down how many blue coins I have and what specific episodes to get them to help out a lot.

So yeah, this is my favorite 3D Mario, I grew up with this one and everything about it just clicks with me. Odyssey came very close to dethroning it, but it'll never be topped in my eyes.