Mario's Holiday on Delfino Isle! (Super Mario Sunshine (GC))

Member Name: heekeer

Product:	Super Mario Sunshine (GC)
Date:	23/08/09 (13 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: New gameplay with FLUDD, ride Yoshi, great graphics

Disadvantages: The storyline

Super Mario Sunshine is a platforming game for the Gamecube developed by Nintendo.

The story follows Mario and his friends Peach and the Toadstools as they are travelling to the Isle Delfino for a relaxing holiday away from all the troubles of the Mushroom Kingdom. No sooner do they get there Mario gets himself locked up in jail accused of messing up all of Isle Delfino with horrible graffiti. Mario isn't guilty but agrees to go and clean up the island and find out why he was accused in the first place! The story is fairly basic and even reuses the old Princess Peach is kidnapped, save her .. again!

The Isle Delfino Plaza will serve as the games mission hub, like Princess Peachs castle in Mario 64, you can travel to various places in the Plaza where there is graffiti and journey into it to discover what it going on. Completing a level rewards you with a Shine Sprite which is what the games stars are and you must collect 100 to restore the Isle Delfino to its previous state.

Gameplay is totally changed from Mario 64 thanks to a new gadget Mario has to get him around. He has a water cannon strapped to his back called FLUDD and he can use it to get around and to attack enemies, FLUDD has a number of powers firstly he (I say he because FLUDD talks!) can spray a jet of water at enemies to defeat them, he has a hover nozzle to let Mario hover for a brief period of time, a jet nozzle which lets Mario shoot up into the sky like a rocket and the Turbo nozzle which will make Mario run really fast and power through the water.

Puzzles largely revolve around the correct use of FLUDD but Mario still has some cool moves on his own, he has his wall jump, triple spinning jump and of course the ground pound which lets you access some hidden passages under Isle Delfino. Yoshi also puts up an appearance and can eat the fruit and spray it at enemies as well as float along for a bit with his jump but in the end he isn't as fun to control as Mario is.

Graphics are excellent with superb water effects in particular, the way the sun glints off the water is excellent for a game of this age.

Super Mario Sunshine is an excellent platforming game for the Gamecube, a must have for Mario fans.

Summary: An excellent Mario game!