/vr/ - Retro Games

This is a kids game with all ages appeal, why does it have to be so difficult? The lily pad section, the watermelon mission, the pachinko, the roller coaster, the chuckster mission, it's all very difficult compared to games like Mario Odyssey

GameCube era is really overrated. This game fucking sucked and it took them until galaxy to make a good mario again.

Ps2 and xboxs library was just so much more soul than this empty feeling rushed trash on GameCube nintendo kept putting out. Wind Waker sucks balls too

What would you have liked Nintendo to have done differently? I know that the FLUDD mechanics were unpopular at the time. But did people really just want a rehash of Mario 64 with GameCube graphics? By comparison, it seems that Galaxy's innovations a few years later were more popular.

>>10521150
It's funny because sunshine is the only mainline mario platformer where mario isn't smiling or happy in the box art. He has a serious face and looks defensive. Almost like they were trying to pass Mario as a serious stoic hero and not the happy go lucky kid friendly chap he was.
You can clearly tell nintendo was trying to step away from their kiddy image during this time in particularly with the gamecube, with the GBA they didn't seem to care thought. An example of this is the pokemon games on GC. They are dark, gritty and have older main characters while the GBA games are more colorful and have younger main characters.

Just beat this game for the first time tonight and I want to make a thread and ask what other people think of this game. Was it good, garbage, the "black sheep" of 3D Mario? What were people's thoughts when it first came out 21 years ago?

Why does this game get a lot of hate? I'm a few hours in and I'm loving it so far. Really comfy, I like the water pump mechanics, it's pretty difficult in certain areas which I like, vacation beach vibes. In my personal experience I'm enjoying it more than Mario 64. I guess a lot of people hate the camera and say the game is glitchy but it's not been so much as to negatively impact my experience playing it.

>think about a game for the first time in a while
>get excited to play it again after all this time
>get bored within a couple of hours and remember why you have never beaten it
What are some games you’ve had a similar experience with?

Was Sunshine pushed out early to meet a holiday or something? It lacks the usual Nintendo polish.

Why do people here pretend this was bad?

How come not every game has multiplayer?

It's better than 64. It's just a lot harder so it filters many people. Also le YouTube man keeps saying 64 is the best so NPCs believe it.

But despite capturing lightning in a bottle with his first 3D foray, Nintendo's mustachioed mascot would fumble through a series of lackluster follow-ups, the first of which was a bizarre Game Cube entry which took his janitorial roles a little too literally.

At which point am I supposed to like the gameplay?
For info I love M64 and Galaxy 1+2. Odyssey haven't touched but decided to give this one a try now that my PC can emulate properly.

Is this water gimmick gonna be the whole game huh?

I finally beat this dog 20 years after first attempting to slog through it.

While it has IMO some of the best 3D platforming segments ever (the “secret of” courses), it’s simply not as good as 64 or even Galaxy. Still, it was a fun ride and I’m having fun exploring the levels still.

Is it worth attempting to get the 120 shines, or is it a tedious nightmare that will feel like a huge waste of time?

>>7996530
2002 was a tense year for nintendo. the gamecube was already flopping and they had to force their two biggest properties out the door, both a full year before they would have been complete.

zoomer here

Why did they stop personalizing copies when they made Super Mario 3D 2?