Super Mario Sunshine
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Product Description:
Super Mario Sunshine takes Mario and Peach to beautiful Sunshine Island, for a much-needed vacation -- until a graffiti artist dressed like Mario goes around vandalizing the place!
Amazon.co.uk Review:
Six years. Six long years we've had to wait for a new Mario game, and finally it's here. And even considering the ridiculously unfair expectations, Super Mario Sunshine is almost entirely as good as you'd hope and expect.
The premise of the game is that Mario's tropical holiday is ruined when he's stitched up by an evil look-alike for daubing graffiti all over the island. Rather conveniently, there's a water pump waiting for him to use, which not only washes away the mess but also doubles as a handy jet pack. The jet pack aspect means that whenever you fall off something you have the chance to immediately recover. This built-in safety net means the game can afford to be far more ambitious in its level design than ever before, with massive levels filled with trampolines, tightropes, water-powered windmills, huge coral reefs, and mountains and mountains of platforms.
The whole thing looks amazing, too, with the most realistic water ever seen in a video game, and a near-infinite draw distance. On top of all this are rideable, fruit-juice-spewing Yoshis, extra water nozzles, super-hardcore platform levels where Shadow Mario nicks your jet pack, and goop-generating bosses who seem to live to make Princess Peach's laundry a nightmare.
After the sweet but rather short pleasures of Luigi's Mansion and Pikmin, you need have no fear that Mario Sunshine is of a similarly brief nature. There are a total of 120 shines to collect--the same number of stars as in Super Mario 64--and the game world is at least as large and far more interactive. This is without question the best game on the GameCube yet. That may be no more than you'd expect from a Mario game, but it's certainly more than most of us mere mortals deserve. --David Jenkins
Super Mario Sunshine takes Mario and Peach to beautiful Sunshine Island, for a much-needed vacation -- until a graffiti artist dressed like Mario goes around vandalizing the place!
Amazon.co.uk Review:
Six years. Six long years we've had to wait for a new Mario game, and finally it's here. And even considering the ridiculously unfair expectations, Super Mario Sunshine is almost entirely as good as you'd hope and expect.
The premise of the game is that Mario's tropical holiday is ruined when he's stitched up by an evil look-alike for daubing graffiti all over the island. Rather conveniently, there's a water pump waiting for him to use, which not only washes away the mess but also doubles as a handy jet pack. The jet pack aspect means that whenever you fall off something you have the chance to immediately recover. This built-in safety net means the game can afford to be far more ambitious in its level design than ever before, with massive levels filled with trampolines, tightropes, water-powered windmills, huge coral reefs, and mountains and mountains of platforms.
The whole thing looks amazing, too, with the most realistic water ever seen in a video game, and a near-infinite draw distance. On top of all this are rideable, fruit-juice-spewing Yoshis, extra water nozzles, super-hardcore platform levels where Shadow Mario nicks your jet pack, and goop-generating bosses who seem to live to make Princess Peach's laundry a nightmare.
After the sweet but rather short pleasures of Luigi's Mansion and Pikmin, you need have no fear that Mario Sunshine is of a similarly brief nature. There are a total of 120 shines to collect--the same number of stars as in Super Mario 64--and the game world is at least as large and far more interactive. This is without question the best game on the GameCube yet. That may be no more than you'd expect from a Mario game, but it's certainly more than most of us mere mortals deserve. --David Jenkins
Features:
- Play as Mario and use your water cannon to clean the graffiti and fight back against angry villagers
- Climb walls, run across rooftops, and jump like never before as you wash off the scribbles on walls, floors and even the ground
- Explore the massive island setting, completing tasks, and getting clues
- Collect the gold coins and new Sunshine Coins to finish the level and build up the points you need to unlock new levels
- Then get to the bottom of the mystery and find out who's been impersonating Mario!
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- classic mario best gamecube game ever
super mario sunshine is a classic the best of the best great great game buy it if your a mario fan you wont be sorry
Rating: - Amazing
This game is one of my all-time favorites.It's fast, fun, visually stunning, appropriate for any age, and great to play alone or with friends.I simply can't say enough about the colorful, whimsical appearance of this game, not to mention the endlessly entertaining gameplay.I bought this game years ago, and I still can't put it down.
Rating: - A Good Investment
I must admit, I was rather hesitant to by this game because of all the bad talk about it. How it was nothing like Super Mario 64 and that the camera was absolutely horrible. Granted it isn't a mirror image of Super Mario 64, I see many resemblances. It's kind of disappointing that they took out the long jump, but I really see no need for it. I also read somewhere that you were very limited to what you could at a given time in this game, but I have to disagree. You can go after a wide array of shines ... Read More
Rating: - A Tropical Paradise?
Super Mario Sunshine was the first game that I owned for the Gamecube. I had anxiously awaited playing it, as Super Mario 64 for Nintendo 64 had completely and eternally hooked me to Mario.
The story starts when Mario and Princess Peach, along with the Toads, fly to a tropical island for a vacation. The vacation is disrupted, however, when paint-like grafiti covers the island. The island becomes dark because the Shine Sprites, which light the city, have all gone away because of the goo. Mario ... Read More
Rating: - sunshine
This is one of the best mario games i have ever played. The graphics are amazing, the levels are long, and the game its self is long.This game is also diffrent from the regular marios, in this game instead of getting mushrooms and other things like that you have waterguns, It might sound wierd but trust me its very fun. If you are a mario fan or if your just looking to buy a mario game defenatly check this one out.
- classic mario best gamecube game eversuper mario sunshine is a classic the best of the best great great game buy it if your a mario fan you wont be sorry
- AmazingThis game is one of my all-time favorites.It's fast, fun, visually stunning, appropriate for any age, and great to play alone or with friends.I simply can't say enough about the colorful, whimsical appearance of this game, not to mention the endlessly entertaining gameplay.I bought this game years ago, and I still can't put it down.
- A Good InvestmentI must admit, I was rather hesitant to by this game because of all the bad talk about it. How it was nothing like Super Mario 64 and that the camera was absolutely horrible. Granted it isn't a mirror image of Super Mario 64, I see many resemblances. It's kind of disappointing that they took out the long jump, but I really see no need for it. I also read somewhere that you were very limited to what you could at a given time in this game, but I have to disagree. You can go after a wide array of shines ... Read More
- A Tropical Paradise?Super Mario Sunshine was the first game that I owned for the Gamecube. I had anxiously awaited playing it, as Super Mario 64 for Nintendo 64 had completely and eternally hooked me to Mario.
The story starts when Mario and Princess Peach, along with the Toads, fly to a tropical island for a vacation. The vacation is disrupted, however, when paint-like grafiti covers the island. The island becomes dark because the Shine Sprites, which light the city, have all gone away because of the goo. Mario ... Read More
- sunshineThis is one of the best mario games i have ever played. The graphics are amazing, the levels are long, and the game its self is long.This game is also diffrent from the regular marios, in this game instead of getting mushrooms and other things like that you have waterguns, It might sound wierd but trust me its very fun. If you are a mario fan or if your just looking to buy a mario game defenatly check this one out.
