VGChartz's Kelsy Polnik: "I've been digging deep into the world of Super Mario, starting with the 1985 NES release and working my way towards Super Mario Odyssey, leaving no Goomba unstomped. Many of these games I've played multiple times, but there are several I hadn't played before and so I've gotten to experience them for the first time. Super Mario Sunshine has always stuck out in the series to me, but I haven't quite been able to articulate why. Having experienced so many Super Mario games in such a short time has, I feel, finally given me the perspective I've always lacked and may allow me to better discuss why I think Super Mario Sunshine feels so out of place as a Super Mario title."
Cultured Vultures: Put on your freshest dungarees and chow down on the ripest mushroom as we reel off the best Mario games ever made to celebrate Mar10 Day.
My top 3 are Mario 3, Mario World and Mario 64. Mario Odyssey is also excellent, and I enjoyed Sunshine but didn't care for the Galaxy series.
Cultured Vultures: Put on your freshest dungarees and chow down on the ripest mushroom as we reel off the best Mario games ever made.
Even 20 years later, the incredibly detailed world design of 2002's Super Mario Sunshine still manages to impress.
My main memory of this game is the broken, highly frustrating floating pinball stages.
Still, the summery vibe is quite uplifting.
The Pachinko level purposefully pushing you if you try to hover to a red coin was frustrating indeed.
Playing this game without having the high expectations of being sequel to 64 is actually a blast, I enjoyed it way more than I remember, yes it's the only 3D Mario game that annoys me with some of it's stages but it's actually so much fun overall
