by the NWR Staff - May 18, 2014, 3:44 pm EDT
Total comments: 2
12 years later, Addison finally owns a copy of Mario Sunshine.
Tonight, Addison will be taking a trip to the tropical Isle Delfino to take his first serious look at Mario's Game Cube adventure, Mario Sunshine.
So head on down to the NWR Twitch page at 10 p.m. and send your questions to @rwebba on Twitter.
I LOVED this game when it came out. I was a sophomore in high school, so it's not like I was totally ignorant to what a good game was.
That said, I played through it again about two years ago, and man, it was not a great experience. A fun platformer, but not a really good Mario game. To me, Sunshine features some of the worst levels in the series, such as the Pachinko board, the poison river bonus area, the Pianta chuck bonus area, and Sirena Beach's interior, to name a handful.
The camera is also quite horrid for a Nintendo game, especially a Mario game. I was constantly battling it just like it was being controlled by Bowser. Yes, it's free to control by the player, but it also sometimes moves on its own. At the same time, when you're doing platforming feats that require you to be very careful, the last thing you need to contend with is controlling the camera while doing that. Oh, and that level where you climb the backside of the Ferris wheel in Pinna Park? Ugh a chug-chug!
Still, I can't deny it's still a fun game. I hope you enjoy it despite the flaws I had with it, Addison! :)
The moment when disc crapped out, and Gamecube asked to replace it made me laugh.
I have defective F-Zero GX disc and i see that message way too often after i finish a cup and game craps out on me without saving D:
As to game itself. Unpolished and buggy. Camera, yadda, plot, yadda-yadda.
Remember level when you have to collect 8 red coins while riding a blooper? Remember what is the hardest part of it? Due to obvious bug the hardest part of it is grabbing the shine that appears at the dock because game still thinks you're challenge mode and will punish you if touch anything except water. So you need to make a very precise jump out of the water to grab the shin without slamming into the docks. Frustrating and the infuriating because of how much of an obvious after sight this is.
Sliding on the belly with Mario is fun though. And some of the gigantic vertical levels are cool too. But god help you if you happen to fall off from the highest point you will be falling down for one minute straight and will spend another ten climbing back.
