Super Mario Sunshine Warms My Heart* | A Retrospective

PGReviews June 14, 2025
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Super Mario Sunshine is the perfect summertime game and one that I've come to adore for multiple reasons... but it's also Super Mario Sunshine, warts and all. Learn what I think about one of the strangest mainline Mario games in this retrospective! Chapters: 0:00 - Introduction 4:00 - Development History 9:58 - A Sun-Drenched Tropical Paradise 32:09 - Movement & FLUDD 45:05 - Flawed Objectives 54:42 - Get Mario Sunshine'd 1:09:20 - Closing Thoughts Bluesky: http://bsky.app/profile/pgreviews.bsky.social Backloggd: http://backloggd.com/u/PGR Special thanks to @Brian.Henken for lending his voice acting talents! Sources (in order of appearance): Metacritic - https://www.metacritic.com/game/super-mario-sunshine/user-reviews/?platform=gamecube&sort-by=Score&filter=Negative%20Reviews IGN (DeaDD) - https://www.ign.com/articles/2000/08/26/deadd IGN (Mario 128) - https://www.ign.com/articles/2002/12/10/nintendo-talks-pikmin-2-and-mario-128 shmuplations - https://shmuplations.com/mariosunshine/ RealKrispReal’s Sunshine review on Backloggd - https://backloggd.com/u/RealKrispReal/review/2720339/ Borrowed footage (in order of appearance): NASA Climate Change - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LwRTw_7NNJs videogamedunkey - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-rjDmpEWhQ PeanutButterGamer - https://youtu.be/bRFHrw9osmQ?si=aAPfY53ahw1EbmoC Brian Henken - https://youtu.be/3_awPk8_Gtw?si=wnSaTvqz2XIucgNO GreenSuigi - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ngMFEeDoX54 sbeve gaming - https://youtu.be/pWoXdWZlpd0?si=pH1UDon9hs08V9o_ Dutchj (Gelato Skip) - https://youtu.be/SxE0zDYr_fs?si=MPI-y-SCTbZ3s4-9 Dutchj (Pinna 6 Early) - https://youtu.be/aSclZhLVEhg?si=MHMfAB17suV4g9me The Super Gaming Bros. - https://youtu.be/XPaQrt4oa0Y?si=bx8pIBbCZvvCxpfZ Squeex - https://youtu.be/r_y2DHXZTFU?si=T9afiymv5l6UEW1q A+Start - https://youtu.be/PZmqSct3v9U?si=vXr2Do6Jo-cAv7qC Super Mario Eclipse Mod: https://gamebanana.com/mods/536309 #supermariosunshine #mario #nintendo #retrospective

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