Customer Reviews
If you want Nintendo at its best so far, try Super Mario Galaxy - By: R. Oliveira, 22 Jun 2008 
I bought this game to play on the Wii after having played Super Mario Galaxy to the bone & getting all 121 stars, which were indeed difficult & stressful to get but not at all compared to Super Mario Sunshine.
The game seems rushed & not well-finished at all. Surely Mario does look much better than the precarious Super Mario 64 design but the game looks like a testing beta version of itself. The graphics aren't great, the music is... just there, & the gameplay ranges from funnily easy to insanely difficult. Plus the cameras are almost manual & only turn by themselves when you'rein tight situations, usually making you die.
Okay, lots of people like difficult stuff - as I do - but the difficulty of Mario Sunshine is gratuitously difficult. It is just difficult, nothing else. There's no respectful elaboration at all. The controls are very badly-programmed & let you down MANY MANY times during difficult levels when you need them to work the most.
It sounds as if Nintendo was trying to impress & forgot that a quality game indeed is very hard, yes, but has matching controlling resources that gives the player a chance to shine & well-elaborated hard levels. 'Cause please, don't give me that "experiment with the camera" babble 'cause that's just a lame excuse not to programme it properly! 'Cause, seriously, it's very easy to pick any same hard level, then give you 1 min to complete it & call it a new great level to test your ability. But where should we turn to when the controls doesn't reflect what you're doing on them onscreen? Where should we turn to if the camera keeps going behind an obstacle that leaves the screen with loads of very unhelpful question marks? They even say "Good Luck" during the hardest levels. And they should, 'cause only random luck gets you to the end.
If you want a real great game, go for Super Mario Galaxy. Mario Sunshine is a complete letdown for me. Don't get me wrong, I'm a Mario fan-player for a decade now, never had any grudges whatsoever with any of the games. But this one... it would be easy to criticise it if I was a frustrated player who's just angry 'cause he can't finish the game. But I'm not. I did finish it but under amounts of stress, frustration & deception I never ever experiencedin my life... so far.
Avoid this game if you're seeking real entertainment. For those of you who seek difficult stuff, at least make sure the controls are well-developed & do what you request of them.
Great fun but too difficult - By: Mr. Richard Rosson, 27 Mar 2008 The game looks & flows great. I had great fun playing it for a few weeks but at a certain point it got impossible to pass the levels & became very frustrating so I have had to abandon it now leaving a sore taste.
This is the best game on gamecube by far. - By: Marion Storm, 13 Feb 2008 
This is the best game by far because theirs so many quests you can do u can get 150 stars over all its not much off a story line but its probably the best mario game with the best graphics even though mario olympics & mario galaxy are out its still the best... nintendo are probably the best company drawing with the people who make playstations but way better then xbox their only downfall was the nintendo ds which hasnt got the best graphics also i would think about buying this for someone at christmas.
Entertaining - By: C. Groome, 17 Jan 2008 This is a good game to play,great graphics,especially the sky & the sea & very good for young children.
Not a true mario game, but fairly entertaining - By: T. Clarke, 24 Mar 2007 I've always said this was never a true Mario game. Getting straight to the point, you can forget about classic enemies/characters, as the game feels completely stripped of any true Mario styling. The plot itself is unusual, but then again a man who runs across lots of worlds jumping into pipes was never normal.
Graphics wise, this really doesn't do the Gamecube justice either, & when compared to say Luigis Mansion, their's no competition - this looks alot more rougher on the edges. But bright colourful towns & nice scenery makes this a game that is still enjoyable, though it just doesn't feel like a Mario game.
I guess if your just looking for a good platform game that's a little bit different, this might be a worthy buy, but don't expect to get hooked to it.
