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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
 Customer Reviews 
Best Mario Game yet!
Rating: 5
This is one of my most favorite gamecube games ever there is over 40 levels and 120 Sun Shines. You can also get a rocket and shoot up in the air the only problem is the water when you use the rocket you lose lots of water. But here is how good it is!
Gameplay: Awesome There is nothing hard!
Graphics: Probably the best on any Mario game.
Story : A little wierd but everything ties in.
Controls: Pretty easy not that many are hard
And I love the ending I'm won't tell you but bowser is in it (of course) and you're in a fire world! You should diffinatly buy this game!
Fun but annoying
Rating: 4
This is a fun game, even though it's not a "real" mario game like Super Mario 64. It can, however, be very challenging due to wonky camera controls. Moves like "wall jumping" when doing it between two narrow objects will often leave you jumping into thin air because you cannot perfectly align the camera. I would say kids 10 and up could play this, but younger than that would most likely have a difficult time of it. Graphics are beautiful. Music is fun.
Very Disappointing
Rating: 2
When the first Mario game came out for the NES, your goal was to rescue the princess from bowser--an evil, fire-breathing turtle/dragon boss.
A little more than a decade later, and Mario is running around watering plants and hosing off sidewalks. What the heck happened?
In all seriousness, this game is extremely disappointing. The graphics in this game are almost no improvement over its N64 predecessor, and the controls are sloppier and more frustrating (the water pump controls are very awkward and take a lot of getting used to.) On top of that, the camera behavior has become even more irritating than before. It's not uncommon for the camera to swing around behind a wall and make it difficult to see what the heck you're doing. You'll find yourself adjusting the camera very often, which isn't exactly my idea of fun.
The overall look and feel of the game is strange. Many of the levels look basically the same, the enemies lack creativity, and the music is just bad.
On the plus side, the game does have its moments. Some of the bosses are fun... that's pretty much it.
If you are a big fan of the Mario games, I'd get this just because it's cheap and is a good back-up game for when you get tired of the really good ones (like Super Smash Bros. Melee.) However, if you're expecting this to be a step above and beyond Super Mario 64, you're in for a disappointment.
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