I am in the group of people that loves Super Mario Sunshine. The atmosphere in this game in comparison to the other Mario games is a genius idea and makes it stand out. I love sometimes playing levels just to explore around the colorful maps, like Sierna Beach and Noki Bay. Pina Park also is fun to run around and act like you are at a real amusement park. Probably one of the best parts of the game is the fact that you can see the other areas of the map in whatever level you are in. If Sunshine 2 was announced, I would be smiling and pre-order it immediately.

I do however see the complaints with the game that a lot of people have. The controls are very different and some levels can be extremely frustrating, like the pinball one. But to me it makes the game more unique and adds to some of the replay value.

An insult to the series. God what a mess.

Plays like absolute shit. Frank feels so loose like he might take off away from your control at any moment. Every character is either bland as cardboard, or too obnoxious to pay attention to, with Frank himself being the worst of them. They've made him into a constantly quipping arsehole type that feels so out of place in a game that only released in 2016.

I'm glad this killed the series after what DR5 was apparently going to be. It's bad enough doing this to Frank, no need to drag Chuck down into the shit as well.