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Super Mario Sunshine brought this franchise back after a six year drought and decided to be another excellent 3D adventure. Sunshine is filled with some of the highest highs of the franchise, but unfortunately some of the lowest lows. The controls were sometimes unbearable. Corona Mountain was an example of this with that awful boat section, but you also had that stupid Chuckster level. I wanted to replace the CH in Chuckster to an F. There are a lot of standout levels though like the blooper race, Mecha-Bowser, any II Piantissimo level, Wiggler, Petey Piranha, you name it. The world is built so well of this tropical vacation with Delfino Plaza being one of my favorite hub worlds in a video game. Not because of the shine sprites, but because of how fun it is to explore.
The worlds are all immersive too as it takes you to from somewhere like Bianco Hills to Noki Bay. Pinna Park is also a standout. The problem with that is that most of the great stuff is in the first 3/4 of the game, but the last quarter has all of the most irritating levels. Honestly as it was starting off I was thinking it was better than 64, but after beating it I like 64 more. The game has that weird mix of the controls being absolutely awesome but at the same time sometimes a nightmare. But really the gameplay is just so engaging and the addition of FLUDD was welcome. The game felt like a welcome addition in Mario platforming while also having its own uniqueness with FLUDD and what you can do within the game.
I also liked how it really felt like it had a story to it different than just rescue the princess from a castle. You had the Bowser Jr. twist and an overarching story that had kind of an emotional scene with FLUDD at the end. Sunshine may be divisive in some areas though because of FLUDD, where people may just want the usual Mario mechanics we all know and love and not wanting jetpack Mario. I disagree with that as it has the typical run and jump mechanics with adding FLUDD to it. Super Mario Sunshine is an amazing 3D platformer in the Mario franchise that I really enjoyed, and as it stands as one great Mario platformer but really having its own identity with the tropical vacation atmosphere and FLUDD mecahnics.
Super Mario Sunshine brought this franchise back after a six year drought and decided to be another excellent 3D adventure. Sunshine is filled with some of the highest highs of the franchise, but unfortunately some of the lowest lows. The controls were sometimes unbearable. Corona Mountain was an example of this with that awful boat section, but you also had that stupid Chuckster level. I wanted to replace the CH in Chuckster to an F. There are a lot of standout levels though like the blooper race, Mecha-Bowser, any II Piantissimo level, Wiggler, Petey Piranha, you name it. The world is built so well of this tropical vacation with Delfino Plaza being one of my favorite hub worlds in a video game. Not because of the shine sprites, but because of how fun it is to explore.
The worlds are all immersive too as it takes you to from somewhere like Bianco Hills to Noki Bay. Pinna Park is also a standout. The problem with that is that most of the great stuff is in the first 3/4 of the game, but the last quarter has all of the most irritating levels. Honestly as it was starting off I was thinking it was better than 64, but after beating it I like 64 more. The game has that weird mix of the controls being absolutely awesome but at the same time sometimes a nightmare. But really the gameplay is just so engaging and the addition of FLUDD was welcome. The game felt like a welcome addition in Mario platforming while also having its own uniqueness with FLUDD and what you can do within the game.
I also liked how it really felt like it had a story to it different than just rescue the princess from a castle. You had the Bowser Jr. twist and an overarching story that had kind of an emotional scene with FLUDD at the end. Sunshine may be divisive in some areas though because of FLUDD, where people may just want the usual Mario mechanics we all know and love and not wanting jetpack Mario. I disagree with that as it has the typical run and jump mechanics with adding FLUDD to it. Super Mario Sunshine is an amazing 3D platformer in the Mario franchise that I really enjoyed, and as it stands as one great Mario platformer but really having its own identity with the tropical vacation atmosphere and FLUDD mecahnics.