Anyone else think Sunshine was better?

I thought that Super Mario Sunshine was tons better than Galaxy...and maybe a bit better than Galaxy 2.
I didn't mind the blue coins at all, and I think that's why a lot of people disliked it.
I think the levels were always really fun and had the perfect challenge to all of them.
On the other hand Galaxy 1 & 2 were really easy IMO

I'm sure there are some people who agree with you but you would definately be in the minority.

I liked sunshine and hated galaxy.

If you like lazy games with awful camera, good for you

and also some galaxies in SMG2 are really hard

mario 64 was better than both of them

I liked Sunshine, but I liked the Galaxy games more.

Sunshine was better then Galaxy IMO. But Galaxy 2 destroys both games IMO.

not even close

mario 64 was better than both of them

dingo1339

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mario 64 was better than both of them

dingo1339

This guy for the win. Galaxy is better than Sunshine by a long shot.

[QUOTE="dingo1339"]

mario 64 was better than both of them

Paco8byu

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Sunshine is the only Mario I've never played! I need to pick it up eventually :(

I think Mario Sunshine was a good game but its NOT better then Super Mario Galaxy 1 or 2.xXKidJerseyXx

I stand on this side of the fence.

Galaxy 1 and 2 blows Sunshine away.

I think it's a better made game then either Galaxy game but you have to look at it from the viewpoint "who were they aiming for?"

Mario Sunshine was meant for the player who had "graduated" from other Mario games and it provided more of a challenge. It was aimed at the core of the Gamecube which was the veteran Nintendo players who wanted more.

Mario Galaxy 1&2 were meant for complete beginners who had never played that style of game before or even any kind of game before. It was aimed at the core of the Wii which are children and casuals who needed simple gameplay and easy controls.

Mario Sunshine hit it's mark better then Galaxy did because while Sunshine was aimed for the veteran players and bought by the veteran players Galaxy was aimed at the casual and they didn't really like it that much leading to much lower sales then anticipated.

Mario Sunshine did everything better then Galaxy but you can't fault Nintendo for the direction that they used for Galaxy, they were going for the Wii's core and the core just didn't want it.

No, not even in the slightest. I thought Sunshine was crap then, and even bigger crap now. Galaxy, and especially 2, are exactly of how I think 3D platformers should play.

Sunshine was (and still is) the weakest link in the main Mario plaforming series. Doesn't make it a bad game, though. I kind of wished there was a little more variety in the levels.

Galaxy and Galaxy2are harder and better made but there's just something about sunshine i liked.

sunshine has an interesting and fun dynamic (FLUDD) and also has cool looking worlds, and the whole Island resort thing worked well in my opinion.

i'd think Glaxy is better, but not much mkore so than Sunshine.

sunshine and galaxy1,2 are all awesome games..each special in a way

i think mario 64 is better though... this is pure nostalgia talking though :P

mario 64 was better than both of them

dingo1339

Agreed with this.

I still prefer 64 > SMS > SMG2 > SMG

Super Mario Sunshine's probly my favorite out of all the 3D Mario games.

Mostly because of the difficulty, it's by far the hardest and most challenging mostly because of the Blue coins and some of the levels where Shadow Mario steals F.L.U.D.D were quite hard too. I spent so much time playing it probly more then any other Mario game simply because it was so hard finding all the Blue coins, I actually had to look up a strategy guide online to find them all though I tried on my own for months and months first. The only thing that was really hard about Super Mario Galaxy 2 was The Perfect Run level, other then that the game was pretty easy for me and Super Mario Galaxy's even easier and Super Mario 64 easier still.

That doesn't mean I don't like any of the others any less or that I didn't enjoy them as much, Super Mario Sunshine was just more rewarding for me and I feel like I got more out of the experience. I like to be constantly challenged with games and put in situations where I really have to push myself to succeed and Super Mario Sunshine did that for me. The others are still great games and really fun but I didn't get the same kind of experience from them.

Super Mario Sunshine was also the first 3D Mario game where Yoshi was playable, the hub world was great and a joy to simply mess around in, it has a decent story for a Mario game it's not just about Peach getting kidnapped by Bowser, lots of variety in the levels and what you have to do to get the Shine Sprites, Bowser actually talks, F.L.U.D.D's an amazing addition that only enhances the experience, it's very challenging, the Bosses were great and very memorable, the soundtrack is amazing like any other Mario game and the graphics still hold up pretty well today especially the water.

I'd love it if Nintendo made Super Mario Sunshine 2, it'd be an amazing sequel.

I always wondered why people preferred Sunshine's difficulty to the Galaxies, one of the most bizarre things.

It's like Hey, wouldn't it be better if instead of actually getting a good challenging level we just throw random coins all around a world and give the player no sense of direction at all so they have to just explore everything until they find it? And then they know where it is and it's easy every time afterwards?

Yah, way better then having an actual platform challenge where you have to use tight controls and sharp reflexes to get through the game.

My ratings for each

1.Mario Galaxy 2 10

2.Mario Galaxy 10

3.Mario 64 9.8

4.Mario Sunshine 8.6

Can't they all be good? AtelierFan

I haven't played Galaxy 2 but I have put some hours into Galaxy. I think it is better than Sunshine. I didn't really like the water aspect in Sunshine.

Can't they all be good? AtelierFan

But what kind of fun is that :P

I liked Sunshine more than the majority of people liked it, but I LOVE the Galaxy games. Galaxy and Galaxy 2 were both (imo) better than Sunshine. I do like the the hub world of Sunshine though. As for 64, I enjoyed a lot but I think I like the Galaxy games more.

[QUOTE="AtelierFan"]Can't they all be good? wiifan001

[QUOTE="wiifan001"][QUOTE="AtelierFan"]Can't they all be good? BrunoBRS

[QUOTE="wiifan001"][QUOTE="AtelierFan"]Can't they all be good? BrunoBRS

Really Bruno? Spirit Tracks that hurts me

I haven't played Galaxy 2 yet, but to me, Galaxy 1 was by far the worsth 3D Mario. It was still good though, but I enjoyed 64DSand Sunshine a lot more.

I thought Galaxy was Amazing.

Different from SunShine.

mario galaxy 2 >> mario galaxy 1 >> Mario Sunshine >>> Mario 64 IMO

everyone else is wrong :P

Sunshine was pretty damn underrated. I don't understand a lot of criticisms levelled at it. The camera angle was bad occasionally, but I can't say I found Galaxy's camera angle much better, as it was way less flexible. There were some situations in galaxy where you wanted to change the angle but couldn't at all until you passed the section. I also loved how Sunshine was a lot less linear than galaxy and how with flood you could find several different ways to access the next area. Sometime you could just exploit a glitch to get to an area you weren't meant to which I loved doing. You couldn't really do this in Galaxy due to the game being better designed.