One more year and this game will be a quarter of a century old. This game might just be one of the hardest games I've ever played. I bet it's even harder than Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels. Seriously though, The Watermelon Festival episode is literally impossible. Another one that's very hard (but luckily not impossible) is The Manta Storm, but except for those episodes, the game is pretty fun and very good!
Happy 24th anniversary to Super Mario Sunshine!
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i agree but not in a good way imo. it's hard unintentionally, due to a variety of unpolished physics. i've beaten the perfect run but still have yet to even make it to bowser in super mario sunshine because the difficulty the jank provides is just not fun imo.
this game is absolutely oozing with charm and personality though, and it has a ton of great ideas. i'd love if it got a remake where its original vision was executed, just with Odyssey's level of polish and some quality of life tweaks (like the lilypad level not requiring an entire voyage to access every time)
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Uh, do we need a torch? I'm sorta made of fire.
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Happy anniversary to this game. I still remember getting it on my 16th birthday back in 2019 (which was about half a year before I joined this site) and I always enjoyed it moderately, but to be candid it's my least favourite 3D Mario game by a wide margin, and I think the difficulty/jank is probably the main reason for me. Unlike FTG64 I have beaten the main story though. I don't think I ever intend on beating it 100% but I'll almost certainly come back to it someday.
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easily the worst 3D mario game but it also says something about the general quality of these games where that still puts it as like a 7.5/10 at worst lol
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Same lol. Like it's the worst 3D Mario game but I don't hate it in the slightest (except for certain episodes) and that says a lot if this is the worst 3D Mario game
Before ever playing this game, I knew it was the black sheep of the 3D Mario games. It doesn't feature classic Mario enemies, has an actual story, and has these weird knockoff power star imitations called the shine sprites. But.... Sitting down to 100% this game on the Game Cube was probably the most interesting and most fun experience I've ever had with a 3D Mario game.
As for the jank and difficulty, I actually like it. When something is difficult and takes days to complete, it tends to stick to me more. There are times that I wish the modern 3D Mario games were this difficult. Besides that, the thing I like most about this game is how creative the more hidden shine sprites and blue coins are. Having to spraying down the only yellow bird in a level so that it produces a shine sprite? Genius.
For the entire game being beach themed, the level settings are quite creative. My favorite setting would probably be Noki Bay, with all its hidden passageways scaling its giant wall. My second favorite would be Hotel Delfino with "Mysterious Hotel Delfino" being my favorite mission in the game.
There's so much more I could say about this game. It's easily one of my favorite games of all time.
As for the jank and difficulty, I actually like it. When something is difficult and takes days to complete, it tends to stick to me more. There are times that I wish the modern 3D Mario games were this difficult. Besides that, the thing I like most about this game is how creative the more hidden shine sprites and blue coins are. Having to spraying down the only yellow bird in a level so that it produces a shine sprite? Genius.
For the entire game being beach themed, the level settings are quite creative. My favorite setting would probably be Noki Bay, with all its hidden passageways scaling its giant wall. My second favorite would be Hotel Delfino with "Mysterious Hotel Delfino" being my favorite mission in the game.
There's so much more I could say about this game. It's easily one of my favorite games of all time.