I'm just gonna give it to you straight guys, I don't like this game. Like, at all. If I had to describe this game in 3 words or less, the 2 I'd use would be "overly difficult". Sunshine is basically a souped-up version of SM64 control scheme wise. You still had your long jump, you back flip, your jump and dash ect.. The only thing that they add that was new was FLUDD, basically the watering hose that you lug around everywhere you go. It's a nice addition, don't get me wrong. It's very nice being able to hover around whenever you screw up a jump and correct yourself. It's just... this game is more difficult then it needs to be. And, when I pick up a Mario game, don't think "oh I heard that this game is rely hard, can't wait to challenge myself!" No, when you pick up a Mario game, you're looking to have fun. You're looking to get away from your life and get wisped off into a world full of weird creatures and princesses. In Sunshine... your on vacation. Just one example of the over difficulty of the game is THE STUPID RED COIN BLOOPER RACE!!! That race took me at least 100 tries! I finished the actual race 6 times. I just couldn't land on the Shine at the very end. It was just the worst. And that was just for 1 Shine! There are 120 of them!! *sigh* Well, on to the story I guess. You start out with Mario and Peach on a private plane heading to a vacation island. But, oh no! Mario has been falsely accused of vandalizing public property and is called court! He is then sentence to community service and spends a couple nights in the slammer. I'm not even joking, that's how the game starts out. How you beat the is pretty straight forward: beat Shadow Mario in every single level. But, unlike SM64, you have to get the majority of the Shines in each level before you can face him. After you've beaten him in each level, you're able to climb Corona Mountain (corona???👀). Side note: were they trying to get you emotional at the very end with FLUDD? It was genuinely hilarious because there was absolutely no character arc at all to provoke emotion at the end. The graphics were rely good in the HD update. Terrain modeling was overall really nice for a GameCube game. There're a couple things here and there where the modeling is a little chunky, but that's about it. The cutseans could get a little bit of an upgrade, because they still have a low quality feel to them. Overall, this is probably my least favorite of the Mario games. 5/10, needs a lot of difficulty adjustments.
Review of Super Mario Sunshine
