Super Mario Sunshine

THE BAD:
- Camera may screw up
- Some evil textures
- Bosses are a bit too easy
- Lag in final boss fight

SUMMARY:
Super Mario Sunshine was an unbalanced game. The vacation theme ruined it in some peoples eyes, and some people thought 64 was better. Honestly, I think SMS is a huge success for a launch title on the Cube. Great graphics, good control system and lots of freedom.

GRAPHICS

Mario Sunshine has some incredibly desgined worlds.

Super Mario Sunshine is a very pretty game. It puts the Gamecubes graphics to superb use, as all the worlds are filled with beautiful colours and wide open landscapes filled with detail. Just one thing spoils this games graphics, textures. Some of them look really pixelated, some are ugly and some go really blurry when viewed up close. But Mario Sunshine is a very pretty game, it really is. Its nice and colourful and has some funny and cute graphics too. Very good.

GAMEPLAY

Yoshi, last appearing in Super Mario World, has returned in SMS!

The gameplay of Mario Sunshine is similar to that of Mario 64. Basically, you run, jump and beat the crap out of wacky enemies and bosses. However, the dissapointment is that you can only shoot water or jump to attack, as there are no kick or punch attacks. Bit of a shame really, but oh well. FLUDD, the new water pack helps you to solve funny puzzles and create platforms out of enemies and much more. FLUDD also has 4 nozzles, his normal squirter, which shoots streams of water, the hover nozzle, which lets Mario hover in the air for a short time. The turbo nozzle lets Mario use FLUDD's water to zoom around at a super high speed, and is great fun. Fianlly, the Rocket Nozzle shoots Mario high up in the air with a one burst. Mario Sunshine has a very fun style of play, just like 64 has, and aims at new to experienced gamers in a friendly way. Great job, Ninty!

STORY

Super Mario Sunshine's story is much different from that of the 64 version!

Mario Sunshine takes a totally different route Mario story wise. It is not set in the Mushroom Kingdom, and the worlds a completely new to any Mario game. Basically, Mario, Peach and company go on a vacation to Isle Delfino, however when they arrive a bad guy disguised as Mario has polluted the entire island using some gooey paint like substance, and Mario is accused of it. So Mario has to clean up the whole island using FLUDD to clear his name and prove he is not a criminal. Ofcourse, Peach is kidnapped again and taken to Bowser. A nice storyline thats nice and different.

BAD

Most bosses like the Petey Pirahna are a bit too easy.

Mario SUnshine is fantastic, but does have its bad side. Lets check it out thens. Fristly, there are some occasinal camera screw-ups. Sometimes if you're in a corner the camera will view behind a wall, causing a blue screen with Mario all dark blue and can get very frustrating, but its quite rare. I already explained about the textures so moving on, and we have the fact that the bosses are too easy. Yes, a lot of them can be killed in fun ways but only take 3 hits and they are gone. Could of been a bit more challenging. Lastly, the god awful lag in the final battle with Bowser. While Baby Bowser is laucnhing Bullet Bills at you like nutz and Bowser is breathing hot flames, the frame rate messses up and slllloooowwwssss down. This causes some dodgy and bad play and gets annoying.

OVERALL
Mario Sunshine is an amazing hit for the Cube and is essential to any Mario fan. It is fun, unique and gives the classic funny Mario formula. Sutffed with bright ideas, funny moments and emotive monets, SMS is simpley incredible.

Ninty have created yet another Mario masterpiece, so if you have a Gamecube or Wii, you have to own this wicked game.

FINAL SCORES
Neoscore----------4.8
% Score-----------96%
/10 Score---------9/10
Grade-------------A+

THE BAD:
- Most of the missions where too easy
- Some of the missions can be tedious
- Camera Angles can sometimes be a hassle

SUMMARY:
Super Mario Sunshine, definitely one of the best gamecube games made featuring excellent gameplay, graphics, as well as excelling in many other aspects of what makes a great game.

The story is really simple, and really easy to understand. What basically happened was Mario, Peach, Toadsworth, and a few toads were on vacation and arrived at Isle Delfino. Unfortunatly, Mario was mistaken for someone else and was arrested. Mario joins up with FLUDD, an invention of Professor Elvin Gadd, to help clear his name and find out who the real culprit is who has been painting graffiti all over the island.

The gameplay is one of the things that makes this game so addictive. Mario has a lot of new abilities because he can combine is old moves with FLUDD to create a lot more useful moves, each unique in its own way. Most of these moves involves easier ways to clean up around the levels by spraying water in more places, while others help your jump increase. FLUDD has a total of four nozzles. You always have the basic spray nozzle, but the Hover, Rocket, and Turbo nozzles are each different, but useful in areas where the other two wouldn't be.

The levels are another thing that really will keep you playing it for hours straight. Including the main Isle Delfino, all of the levels have Shine Sprites located in it as well as Blue Coins (trade in 10 to get a Shine Sprite). Each level's missions consists of concepts unique to each level setting and location. Like for example in the Sirena Beach level, there is a big hotel/casino in the middle and on one of the missions, you are on a giant roulette wheel facing off against other Mario villains like King Boo.

The Graphics and Sound were really good too. For the gamecube, this game features probably the best three dimensional graphics out there. There are a few parts that probably could have been better, but overall everything is clear and almost lifelike. The sound was great. You could hear birds flying, the waves crashing against the shore, as well as Island themed music throughout the game all clear and very easy to understand what was what.

Super Mario Sunshine is a game that you could really play for hours and hours, even if you have already beaten it. The lasting value of this game is incredible compared to almost any other game, old or new.


Scores

Controls: 5.0 - The controls were very easy to learn, and everything was easy to perform without any confusion whatsoever.

Story: 5.0 - I really liked the story of Mario being framed by someone he would never had suspected to have framed him. Plus I like the whole Island setting throughout each level.

Graphics: 4.5 - The graphics were a strong point for this game also, definitely some of the best.

Sound: 4.0 - The sound was good, and I personally enjoyed the change of music with the change of scenery.

Lifespan: 4.0 - Mario doesn't have much life in this game, but the enemies are so easy, and find coins to recover is too easy also, so I think not having much life is good in this case.

Lasting Value: 4.5 - You will want to play this game for hours at a time, even if you have already beaten it. The lasting value is simply amazing.

Super Mario Sunshine is definitely one of the best games out for the gamecube, though it was released not long after the gamecube itself was so my overall score for it was a 4.5. It is a must buy for all RPG lovers and fans of the Mario world!

THE BAD:
Story line works, and is original, but, in general, an entirely different story line, which may or may not result in an entirely different game, could have made this game better.

There could have been a few more levels.

Some parts of the game are a little bit slow.

It's annoying when you're looking for something, for it can be quite time-consuming.

SUMMARY:
If you scratch the surface of this game, you may be intrigued by the story line at first, considering that it might be lame and stupid. But if you dig deeper into this game, and discover its true innovation, then all your previous doubts of this game will go away, as you will find out that everything in this game was put together nearly perfectly. You may not like F.L.U.D.D., but he has given Mario more freedom than any of his other games, excluding the flying feather.

This game is a master piece is many aspects. It is one of the best games on the Gamecube. Some of the levels were put together perfectly, and the music itself enlightens the mood even further. This game has extreme innovation. Although no game is entire perfect, this game comes very close. It is very solid, and any fan of Mario would definitely add this game to their collection. It's very fun trying to find all of the coins, but also very challenging.

Graphics can always use improvment. Never-the-less, the graphics are amazing, and very eye-catching. The water looks almsot real, and the environment, being very natural-cartoon looking, is well done.

THE BAD:
F.L.U.D.D looks pretty rubbish.
Not enough enemies and worlds.
The missions where you chase Shadow Mario are quite frustrating and boring.
Not many sidequests to look forward to.

SUMMARY:
Lastability: 4/10.
Not that long but there's a lot of shines. *acts sarcastically* Yay!
Graphics: 7/10.
Improvement from Super Mario 64. They look like good Gamecube Graphics (stay off XBox).
Sound: 2/10.
Okay, that's 500 shades of crap and repetitive. Not the sort of game I'd like.
Gameplay: 4/10.
Let's see here. You simply need to clean out the town and go through worlds to get these "shines" and then you need to (at the end) kill the "enemy".
Overall: 2.1/5.0
Good thing I didn't buy this piece of crap (rented it). It was really really boring and crap.

THE BAD:
Absolutely NOTHING IS BAD IN THIS GAME!

SUMMARY:
This is fantastic! Get this if you have a GameCube and didn't! Explore worlds, learn awesome moves, get a water gun, play levels that seem impossible, and clean the Island of goop! Also this is like the sequel to Super Mario 64, Super Mario 64 had 120 stars, and Super Mario Sunshine has 120 Shine Sprites! The stars were replaced with moving suns! Collect coins, do intense levels, this game is DA BEST! The levels are LOOOOOONG type, that type that takes 10 minutes to complete. Even if you aren't a Mario Fan, i reccomend this game. Loads of fun, and it never gets old. This deserves a 5!

THE BAD:
Blue Coins can get annoying to find

Some levels are almost impossible

SUMMARY:
Mario and friends land on tropical Isle Delfino hoping for a relaxing vacation. However, trouble brews when a shady villain paints graffiti all over the Island. According to eyewitness reports, the culprit had a mustache, overalls, and a hat with an M on it. Mario is falsely accused and must clean up the entire Island. So begins another adventure!

There are tons of areas to explore and lots of Shine Sprites (the equivalent of Stars) to collect. There are 7 areas to explore, with 11 Shines in each one. But of course, there are a lot more than 77 Shine Sprites, and you'll have to search high and low for every single one.

A new feature is FLUDD, your water pack, who always starts out with two nozzles. The Squirt nozzle is used to clean most areas, and you can either run and squirt straight ahead, or stop moving and squirt in any direction. Other button combos can have you cleaning entire areas with a few button presses! Try it out and see what you find!

In addition to the Squirt Nozzle is the Hover Nozzle which you can use to hover in the air. There's also the Rocket Nozzle, which propels you high into the air, and the Turbo Nozzle which you can use to zip around at high speeds. However, if you pick up one of these, the replace the Hover Nozzle, so make your decision wisely.

Blue and Red Coins also make a reappearance. Collect the 8 Red Coins in a specific Episode of an area, and you'll earn a Shine Sprite. Or collect 10 Blue Coins from any of the Stages and bring them to the boathouse in Delfino Plaza for a Shine Sprite. Get all the Shine Sprites and you might just get a special reward!

Bottom line: This game is great, and will definitely have you coming back. The only bad thing about this game is the annoying Blue Coins and the high difficulty level of some Episodes. Other than that, it's great fun!

THE BAD:
A little too challenging

The camera can cause problems sometimes.

SUMMARY:
Difficulty: Hard

This is pretty good Mario game. Princess Peach goes on vacation and got kidnapped by Baby Bowser/Bowser Jr who dresses up like Mario. It's up to Mario to save her.

I reccomend this game to anyone who enjoyed Super Mario 64 since it's a simalar game. If you like Super Mario 64 then this game shouldn't disappoint you. Even if you liked older Mario games like Super Mario World then you might like this game too since it's a Mario games and it is challenging. If you liked Super Mario 64 then buy this game.

I rate this game a 4.3/5