This was the generation of tropical islands for Nintendo. Wind Waker, Mario Sunshine, Pokemon Ruby and Sapphire, and the Metroid Prime beach OVA.
@willpoweramv
Жыл бұрын
Excuse me, Metroid Prime beach OVA? I've never heard of this.
@ryanrose3510
Жыл бұрын
@@willpoweramv same
@QnjtGWonQNqVsbYyzjx4
Жыл бұрын
The console was codenamed dolphin, a sea animals
@ianeons9278
Жыл бұрын
Pikmin 1 & 2 as well
@TheXell
Жыл бұрын
My man, are *trying* to get people to run face first into rule 34?
@wasdaymcman4811
Жыл бұрын
A childhood classic, full of pain and suffering.
@leeartlee915
Жыл бұрын
Haha, this game came out my first year of college. I still have great memories of it but from a very different vantage point.
@CrowTRobot
Жыл бұрын
:cue the GameGrumps clip of Arin screaming at the Pachinko level:
@NightDragon2383
Жыл бұрын
@@leeartlee915 Haha same, I grabbed this at my local EB Games during freshman orientation week, and me and my roomies spent the following weeks trying to 100% the game, it wasn't easy!
@kendallmonge649
Жыл бұрын
One of my very first video game memories as a child (and one of my first run-ins with glitches) came from exploring Bianco Hills and goofing around the big waterwheel between the village and the lake. One of the waterwheel's blades suddenly pushed me underground into a blue abyss far below the level and killed me. I was terrified of that waterwheel for years afterwards. Ah... good times, good times.
@RangerMcFriendly
Жыл бұрын
@@CrowTRobot Arin: “Don’t tell me that s-t is for real! That is BULL S-T!” Dan: “Barry keep this in” lol
@Kohana64
Жыл бұрын
I was absolutely not let down by the thorough breakdown of the Mario universe's judicial system. Thank you Liam.
@jonathanwilson7949
Жыл бұрын
20 hours ago 😧
@CtrlAltDestroy
Жыл бұрын
My mind was just fucked so hard by the timestamp on this comment
@Saben.C-Spoon
Жыл бұрын
Truly Isle Delfino is an allegory for dystopias
@LoomDoom
Жыл бұрын
It’s funny because until now, I never really thought about it lmao. Liam is totally right though!
@bugjams
Жыл бұрын
To be fair, for the "What, no jury?" point, Japanese legal systems don't have juries. At least, they didn't. I think _very_ recently they might've started using them. But for basically ever, the judge was the sole person who decided everything in a trial. Hence why most of the Ace Attorney games (except the one that takes place in Britain) don't have juries.
@browncow5210
Жыл бұрын
I have a favorite bad memory of this game. I was doing the 100 coins mission in Bianco hills and reached 99. I found 1 last paint plant enemy, and sprayed him into a wall to kill him and get that last coin. Except that instead of properly dying and letting me end things, he just stuck to the wall pulsating and playing his death sound over and over. Taunting me. Refusing to die or despawn no matter how far away I roam. Laughing through his eternal torment stuck between the boundaries of life and death as Mario wandered around forever spraying random trees and windmills just trying to find that last coin.
@darthgamer9861
Жыл бұрын
beautiful sir, its like poetry
@tamed4171
Жыл бұрын
Oh yeah that's happened to me before, I'm glad I'm not the only one
@chivalrous_chevy1163
Жыл бұрын
This is honestly hilarious. I love it
@Hall003
Жыл бұрын
This sounds like the end of a horror book
@zacharyjackson7584
8 ай бұрын
🤣 Poor guy. Hope you eventually got it but that had to be terrible.
@The_Shadow_Emperor
Жыл бұрын
Fun fact: Pinna Park was originally intended to be part of the hub world. It has a cannon on the beach with unused functionality to return you to Delfino Plaza, it has portals to Pianta Village and Noki Bay in the files (the Pianta Village one is located on the mouth of the big Pianta head), and Mario's animation for returning from a level portal is present in the files like in the plaza. This also explains the level's greater significance to the story, with the Mecha Bowser event occurring there and a Pinna Park mission being required to unlock Yoshi.
@kalin1786
Жыл бұрын
No one asked bruh
@proton7631
Жыл бұрын
@@kalin1786 I asked
@Dolando_Brando
Жыл бұрын
I am also glad to know this.
@BBWahoo
Жыл бұрын
@@kalin1786 I'm no one.
@jakethomas5016
Жыл бұрын
@@kalin1786 I'd suggest getting a personality
@HotelMari0Maker
Жыл бұрын
I once heard a reviewer say they theorize Nintendo was so impressed with how good they could make water look on the Gamecube that they made an entire game around it😁it's nothing short of incredible how the water still holds up from a 2002 game.
@therunawaykid6523
Жыл бұрын
Yeah it sure is beautiful water and I always thought it was really cool how you could spray water and see Mario’s reflection in it
@so-vp2qh
9 ай бұрын
Other parts have impressive reflections as seen in later titles like MGS3, such as the pond in the first level.
@SammEater
2 ай бұрын
Yeah, from that same generation the only other game I can think of that had impressive water physics was the original Ratchet and Clank.
@danger4682
Жыл бұрын
Sunshine’s tropical environment is one of the most calming and visually appealing maps ive ever seen to this day
@RangerMcFriendly
Жыл бұрын
Until you get to the first Secret level. Lol.
@traviscunningham7062
Жыл бұрын
The sky boxes in the secret areas were visually Mario like though.
@grimey_grover7142
Жыл бұрын
@@RangerMcFriendlyI mean lol ur right. But do u like bagels…we only win, but one way in this life.
@SicketMog
11 ай бұрын
Agreed. I want a modern sequel.
@ricardocantoral7672
6 ай бұрын
Absolutely agreed. I LOVE the atmosphere of Mario Sunshine.
@scotth9990
Жыл бұрын
About your intro... Japan has a conviction rate of over 99% so Mario being guilty in the trial is fitting.
@amacsizbirkisi
Жыл бұрын
it ain't japan, it's isle delfino though
@kingcrimson4133
Жыл бұрын
@@amacsizbirkisi the culture you live in influences the way you think about things, if all you're really familiar with is the japanese judicial system, then any judicial system you write is going to be using that as a foundation. not that it isn't a silly little court scene in a mario game but still
@orca042
Жыл бұрын
I read somewhere that the high conviction rate is actually because of limited prosecution resources, so they only try slam-dunk cases. If that's true it's actually easier to get away with crimes in Japan.
@KairuHakubi
Жыл бұрын
@@orca042 they also don't do as many crimes, so
@netweed09
Жыл бұрын
@@kingcrimson4133 Never downplay court scenes in Mario.
@CrowTRobot
Жыл бұрын
The jank and imperfections that we rarely see in a Mario game are part of why I kind of love this game.
@traviscunningham7062
Жыл бұрын
It’s like Sonic 06 levels of jankyness.
@Nic_2751
Жыл бұрын
@@traviscunningham7062 no? Not even close
@evdestroy5304
Жыл бұрын
@FlyMario91(Hogwarts Legacy Hype) As an 06 enjoyer, no, not even remotely.
@oldmaninacave
Жыл бұрын
@@traviscunningham7062 absolutely not wtf
@CrowTRobot
Жыл бұрын
@@traviscunningham7062 you’re just full of bad takes aren’t you? 😂
@deadfr0g
Жыл бұрын
Some people: “Sunshine is a wash.” Liam Triforce: “lol get hosed”
@sgtdrfunk
Жыл бұрын
One thing that I can praise Mario Sunshine for in hindsight is its willingness to just...be different. The theming, as you say, is really on point. It's tropical island themed. Pretty much every Mario game since has emulated Mario 64's approach of throwing every environment imaginable at the plumber, and while that's cool...Mario Sunshine's levels stand out. Everything feels purposeful and varied within the theme so that every area fits together nicely. There's no other Mario game since that has tried to feel like that, and that brings with it a nice level of worldbuilding and lore that makes Isle Delfino so awesome. This is also true of the gameplay. No game after this gave Mario something that altered his entire moveset like FLUDD did. Like yeah they had power ups and other gimmicks but FLUDD is so consistent and the new moves it gives you are always part of the level design and always a consideration in how you approach problems. It, again, makes this game unique among the "safer" variations on 3D Mario that would come after. Also as an aside, I really wish there were more missions about cleaning up goop because you're right...that's so satisfying. To be able to visibly make that progress, feel like you're helping...it's really really nice.
@antonioscendrategattico2302
Жыл бұрын
For me it probably also had the additional draw of feeling familiar. I'm (partly) from the south of Italy and while the place is hardly tropical, places like the white stone tiled Delfino Plaza, the rocky cove of Nooki Bay and Ricco Harbor feel familiar. Like a cooler, more fantastic version of a place from your childhood that actually IS like how your little child mind pictured it.
@davidkonevky7372
Жыл бұрын
Thisss, I honestly love how the devs gave themselves the limitation of the levels having to be connected to each other and have similar theming because it led to them finding more creative ways to make levels distinct from each other that aren't just "put some lava and make this a lava level, put some snow on this one and make it a snow level*
@CjJello
Жыл бұрын
I love all the enigmatic nonsense they put in this game. You mentioned the book and that’s definitely a big one for me, but even some of the intentionally developed stuff is so weird. Like the weird footprint slab on the top of the lighthouse that only appears like one other time I think. Or when you have to spray a specific spot of the beach in the hub to make a shine sprite sticker appear, but only after you’ve completed some amount of the game. All the ruins in Noki bay are so deeply fascinating to me and I’m constantly trying to recreate the feeling of observing and exploring them. All these little things built up to this sense of wonder and curiosity, and it really felt like anything was possible. Sunshine had such a huge effect on what interests me in games now, and I do really love it for that.
@Yohoat
Жыл бұрын
Let's not forget the wacky stuff like spraying the sun to reveal a shine sprite, or the gold bird in Noki Bay. So many little oddities.
@runningoncylinders3829
Жыл бұрын
This game and Luigi's Mansion were some of my first games ever. I'm gonna rate them extremely high from that attachment.
@HockeyJokerit
Жыл бұрын
The first game I solely had an idea to buy myself for. From picking it out from the shelf to walking to the register and making the transaction, by myself. Huge thing for a 6 yo.
@grimey_grover7142
Жыл бұрын
Luigi’s mansion was just so 👌🏼🤯
@lostsauce0
10 ай бұрын
Luigi's mansion was the first game I owned :)
@Greenfrom3
9 ай бұрын
Downloaded both games onto my phone last night! Going to be a fun day lol
@GreenDbz
9 ай бұрын
same these were the two first games i have memories of playing. my mom has shown me pictures of me like 4 years old playing sunshine
@pr0jectzero281
Жыл бұрын
One of my best memories as a kid was waking up on my birthday to open up a copy of Sunshine. I’ve never stopped loving the game any less since that day
@iceclimberswereamistake
Жыл бұрын
This is probably the best way to describe this game. It's really frustrating, really confusing, but at the end of the day, it's still a good game.
@netweed09
Жыл бұрын
It's not confusing per-say. I think it's all part of the quirk & charm of it. I still much prefer it to many of today's games, even Mario ones like Odyssey which seem 'too Perfect', too ''squeaky clean polished well designed''. The supposed 'rough edges' make many missions feel 'natural' in how you to explore around & collect.
@chuganoga1908
Жыл бұрын
It’s not that confusing
@vanjaarsic1616
Жыл бұрын
@@netweed09 I have to disagree. Mario is kind of game that feels best when it's polished. Horror games like Silent Hill benefit from "rough edges".
@Tomiply
5 ай бұрын
I replay it like every two years, but I never find it frustrating. Maybe I'm just good at it, but I never 100% it. I just collect the shines in each level, then beat the game. It's a great time. All the people who find it frustrating are probably the same people who're trying to find every single blue coin and so on.
@ShyGuyXXL
Жыл бұрын
Pro tip for the watermelon mission: If you don't wanna deal with the cataquacks, you can lure them to a dune bud and permanently kill them by launching them in the air with the bud. It's a tad tricky, but you can even lure down the ones on the ledge.
@jonnyogy2872
Жыл бұрын
I remember discovering this trick long after completing that watermelon mission lol!
@domesticus2958
Жыл бұрын
You can also take the watermelon to the left path down to the water and along the edge of the beach, it's infinitely easier
@felixmitchell1178
Жыл бұрын
That's what I did first. Completed it without one destroyed melon.
@BBWahoo
Жыл бұрын
Wow! I'm gonna give you the succ, this is so HELPFUL!!! 🤙
@nolantwobulls
Жыл бұрын
another tip: once you get the watermelon to the bridge that leads to the juicer, you can use fludd to lightly push the watermelon, i feel its a lil more accurate & safe than mario’s sometimes sporadic movements
@MegamanElric16
Жыл бұрын
I was so thankful to experience this gem in 3D All-Stars.
@SaulInnit
Жыл бұрын
I'd never finished sunshine before, just until 3D All stars. Man, what a game it was. I would say this is the most relaxing Mario game and at the same time the most challenging one. Pretty unique with the inclusion of FLUD, they make you feel naked when they put you on those secret platforming levels. But I don't plan on collecting every blue coin, that's just insane
@arthurjeannin3357
Жыл бұрын
It's interesting how most of its flaws disappear if you're not going for the 100% - it's still not perfect, but there's a lot less to be frustrated about and it's mostly a relaxing experience with some added optional difficulty
Жыл бұрын
Something I want to let you know about incase you didn’t know, there’s a mod of SMS called Super Mario Sunburn! It streamlines the game to make the hub world interconnected with loading zones to go to every area at any point and also makes every blue coin accessible at any point in time! I played it last summer and I highly recommend it! It also includes a version that makes it so you need 70 stars minimum to go to Bowser just like 64.
@ComradeKits
Жыл бұрын
I love that hack but tbh I'm not a huge fan of the open world nature of it, I wish it was possible to just have a hack with the blue coin fix and the final boss requirements.
@hyperventalated
Жыл бұрын
For those struggling on the Chuckster star, the angle they throw you is based on the angle you talk to them from, so line them up directly between you and the next platform. It's pretty easy once you know that!
@gabe5918
Жыл бұрын
Also grabbing that early 1-up in there is incredibly helpful.
@SquidSushi_
Жыл бұрын
There still is a bit of rng involved 😭
@xxxzombiekillerxxx6079
Жыл бұрын
@@SquidSushi_ that's why you grab the one up every run lol
@Yohoat
Жыл бұрын
@@SquidSushi_ no? The behavior is entirely consistent, but people get it it their heads that it has something to do with the direction Mario is facing before talking, when it's really only drawing a line between Mario and the chuckster, and using that as the forward vector.
@joshshrum2764
Жыл бұрын
@@SquidSushi_ I LOST THE MISSION TO RNG!.
@dingus_maximus
Жыл бұрын
The book behind the door in Noki Bay's bottle level was something that really captured my imagination when I was a kid too, well before I had ever even played the game. I remember it being Sunshine's version of L is Real, but not as big a phenomenon.
@beansael2454
Жыл бұрын
Literally my favorite mario game of all time. Love the music and atmosphere of the game
@oggiv
Жыл бұрын
When the ferris wheel in Pinna Park is spinning faster in Episode 5, it doesn't have any collision, so instead of having to climb through that jungle gym puzzle to get to that turtle thing, you can just hover to it straight through the wheel
@bane6419
Жыл бұрын
This is what I did for years, not really knowing what the intended way was
@RangerMcFriendly
Жыл бұрын
I just did that yesterday thinking it’s how it was supposed to be completed. Lol.
@ChrisWilliams-ur7fn
Жыл бұрын
I was just binging Sunshine retrospectives, It's like you read my mind. I needed this right now.
@Kaleki935
Жыл бұрын
*the market. Nostalgia is a common investment. Your habits are more monitored and controlled than you would ever feel comfortable knowing
@schmecklin377
Жыл бұрын
@@Kaleki935 he's a youtuber not a corporation lol.
@netweed09
Жыл бұрын
@@Kaleki935 Mario Sunshine is a Masterpiece regardless. Yes, it's nostalgic in part only owing to its sheer videogame age nowadays but for me it's still miles better than Odyssey. Odyssey was Ok but too 'squeaky clean' and a bit of a mish mash with some disappointing stages. Sunshine had weird & wonderful quirks - and every stage was iconic rather than generic like Odyssey's 'water cove' level.
@felixmeyer1469
Жыл бұрын
For the goopy inferno I used to swim along the river and do a sideflip from inside the river. This causes splashing and dripping water from Marios body, that can clean up the goop to create a path to the center. What a masterpiece ❤
@EvenFlow391
Жыл бұрын
I did this too! It took me forever to make that path, but it worked.
@emblemblade9245
Жыл бұрын
Yeah, I learned that one right from the FAQs
@jonnyspong6094
Жыл бұрын
I tend to find my favourite games aren't perfect so much as they're fascinating, and Sunshine is a great example. The cohesion of the setting and the many beautifully imagined places within it, the weird unpredictability giving the sense of there always being something to discover, the freedom of movement you're left to mess around with, and the unusual development history too - they all create a deep and fascinating relationship with this game. Thanks for an exploration of it made with passion!
@docbaker3333
Жыл бұрын
Oh my god I never realized that the first 4 worlds of Sunshine all shared the same melody with their themes nice detail
@christianwilliams2117
Жыл бұрын
the movement in this game has always been really special to me. things like the side flip and spin jump are just so fun to use and very handy
@therunawaykid6523
Жыл бұрын
Yeah I love how you can do the spin move and also spray water at the same time
@nicktoons125
Жыл бұрын
My favorite 3D Mario! Happy more and more people are either coming out of the woodwork and saying "It's wonderful" or people discovering this gem from All-Stars or however.
@chasegilmond5637
Жыл бұрын
This game will always hold a special place in my heart. The day I got it, my mom and siblings went out of town so my dad and I went to town, picked this up, got a pizza and played this all weekend. I'll forever treasure that memory
@PaperBanjo64
Жыл бұрын
That sounds like a good time to me!
@rykahcerberus7680
Жыл бұрын
I remember the manta ray shadow scaring the utter hell out of me as a little kid, to the point I never even completed that boss fight until I revisited the game in my teens. I remember thinking "Wow, how much stuff does this game have in it?" after getting over 100 shine sprites and still not seeing an ending back then.
@joshshrum2764
Жыл бұрын
Now your a furry with a suggestive character pfp, and a fan of Liam triforce, but nice to know of your childhood when you didn’t know about worse horrors of the internet no insult.
@AllegedlyHuman
7 ай бұрын
I was really scared of it too, but found that if I rushed to climb a palm tree, the mantas couldn't get me. From there, I did most of the fight completely safe, but towards the end, I had to descend to refill my water. Wasn't a lot left at that point, so I could handle it from there
@davedog0984
Жыл бұрын
Sunshine is definitely the most... unique Mario game. Probably one of my favorites because of it.
@zzz43344
Жыл бұрын
Agreed
@paulgilbert5278
Жыл бұрын
*the most unique main Mario game
@davedog0984
Жыл бұрын
@@paulgilbert5278 yeah, can’t forget the Mario rpgs. They’re even more insane than this somehow
@loganbush
Жыл бұрын
I love this era of Nintendo (the first half of the Gamecube's life.) They were really going for creative, whacky, and unpredictable games. Pikmin, Luigi's Mansion, Wind Waker, Sunshine, etc. After this era was over the designs and styles of games became more homogenized. Nintendo makes great games still but rarely puts all their effort into a left-field type of project.
@schmecklin377
Жыл бұрын
I really like the unique early 3D/CG artstyle that sunshine and the rest of the GameCube Mario games have
@Woody515
Жыл бұрын
I was a little surprised you didn’t mention the speedrun aspect of the game cause it definitely is one of the best speedrun games to spectate while also having relatively easy tricks you can use in your playthroughs (like being able to clip through the top grinder instead of pushing the watermelon all the way)
@netweed09
Жыл бұрын
Yes but speedrunning is still a pretty Niche venture and one of those things developers generally prefer concealed in terms of constructing a game. Also since many involve a 'shortcut' that clips or soft-glitches through actual structures in the game.
@guitaraobscura8802
Жыл бұрын
yeah the movement in this game makes watching speedruns of it so good. I used to only watch sunshine speedruns for a bit
@retroentertainment1340
Жыл бұрын
Super Mario Sunshine is one of my favorite Nintendo GameCube games of all time. It may not be perfect, but I love going back to run around my favorite levels in the game for fun. In fact, I was planning to replay the game through Super Mario 3D All Stars on Nintendo Switch.
@ChickenNugget7
Жыл бұрын
I tried to love the game, but all the flaws truly ruined the game for me. Nintendo gave Mario such a quick and diverse move set but the level designs work directly against your speed and flow. The difficulty balancing is also so off, so you don’t get any time to appreciate the good parts of the game while you’re stuck on the bad parts. Worst of all is the progression, I still haven’t beaten it because NOWHERE in the game does it tell you you need to get specific shines in each level to progress. After hours of trying to figure it out I just assumed my GameStop copy of the game was broken. Making the player play exactly how the devs want is so anti Mario in the worst way possible, it far outweighs the all the good and bad about the game and soils the entire experience. It’s really sad that sunshine is probably the only Mario game I have distaste for due to how poorly things were communicated, and how bad it plays. If you can get past all the struggle there is lots of creativity and charm so I still recommend it, but I’d say play galaxy or odyssey instead for your sanity’s sake.
@hakimehamdouchi7468
Жыл бұрын
I played this game for the first time 2 years ago. It's definitely not your nostalgia. Although you're way better off play the sunburn mod
@docsy4529
Жыл бұрын
I am so impressed with the intro to this video, it's such a captivating showcase of the game so fast. It immediately hooked me in. You are getting too good at this it's scary
@ChinoWantan
Жыл бұрын
3:58 YES! a judge decided, as EVERY civilized country in the world! What do you expect? To call a random group of people that knows nothing about the law?
@waywardlaser
Жыл бұрын
Still one of my personal favs. Can’t wait to watch this!
@leeartlee915
Жыл бұрын
Willing to bet money that everyone who claims Sunshine to be one of the favorites was a kid/teenager when it came out.
@loaf_bloke_will_eat_ur_soul998
Жыл бұрын
@@leeartlee915 not entirely true, I was six months old when the game initially came out but I still love this game(obvs of 3d all stars) despite it's flaws and imperfections
@waywardlaser
Жыл бұрын
@@leeartlee915 Lol yep, and I was a slightly older kid by the time Galaxy came out and I didn't like it nearly as much. These days that's definitely a minority opinion. It wasn't until Odyssey that I truly adored a 3D Mario game again so I guess I just prefer the sandbox style.
@netweed09
Жыл бұрын
@@leeartlee915 Well a gamer's passion has to begin about somewhere doesn't it? Also, this guy loves Sunshine just as much as 64 - which is the same for me too. If Mario Odyssey came out back then, I'd not have liked it that much. It just lacks the sheer quirkiness and Magic of Sunshine. Isle Delfino is not directly modeled on any clear land (Hawaii is the obvious inspiration it's based off) but 'New Donk city' - seriously, lol!?
@leeartlee915
Жыл бұрын
@@netweed09 Sure. I’m not even saying that as a bad thing. I’m just pointing out the typical correlation between what games/systems people prefer and their generation. It’s like those boomers who say music died after 1978.
@thomervin7450
Жыл бұрын
YAY!!!! This comes at a perfect time. Been on a SMS review binge lately, and finally my favorite game reviewer does a video.
@heyhonpuds
Жыл бұрын
I also enjoy the Sega Master System
@ZeldaMasterLogan
Жыл бұрын
I too also enjoy the Sega Master System
@adachy
Жыл бұрын
I also enjoy Super Mario Sunshine
@reecemysocksoff
Жыл бұрын
I wish there was an endless supply of your videos - your videos on GameCube games specifically somehow manage to capture the cosy vibes of the console
@MichaelJones-wj4mo
Жыл бұрын
My method for solving the pianta village fludless as a kid was to swim through the river to the center of town and then de-gooping by using backflips and other jumps to get the water running off Mario to go in front of me. I had to practice the same movement over, and over, and over, and experiment with the best method of control. It even got harder as you got further away from the water so you had to play that much better. I think this single mission and learning how to control the bits of water that trickled off Mario each time he left the water was somehow my primary teacher of the game’s controls and the method for getting better at platforming in general
@KC-xf5zd
Жыл бұрын
This is my annual summer game too! Despite all of the game's flaws, the perfect blend of nostalgia, charm and heart warming atmosphere keeps me coming back, and will for years to come. Another brilliant video Liam, hope you are well!
@brandonow82
8 ай бұрын
What flaws?
@bakedtiger413
11 ай бұрын
My dad had a GameCube when I was growing up, the only games we had were Mario Kart Double Dash (my absolute favorite Mario Kart game), Metroid, and Mario Sunshine. I always sucked at platforming games, especially as a kid. Mario Sunshine was the bane of my existence, but I loved being able to wander around finding coins and figuring out how to get those sunshines. I never beat the game, but I always found it charming and loved the way that Mario was able to use his water pack. Now that I'm older I would love to play this game seriously and try to beat it.
@mgene8093
Жыл бұрын
The summer of going into 7th grade for me. This defined my summer. Love this game and it just reminds me of when I was a kid
@lasercraft32
8 ай бұрын
Man, now I seriously want to see what Sunshine would have been like with the original plan... It sounded really cool, like Majora's Mask but Mario (and without the impending doom aspect). Just Mario helping out these people in need as best he can.
@TrillMurray
Жыл бұрын
Crazy that you play it every year. Glad I'm not the only one who found the beach vibes to be so relaxing and enjoyable
@bomb00000
Жыл бұрын
Liam: "because I played super mario sunshine for so long I know it like the back of my hand" Speed Runner: We played this game so many times we know every polygon and string of code
@NightDragon2383
Жыл бұрын
Thank you Liam, for allowing my deeply subdued PTSD... that's Post Traumatic Sunshine Disorder... to bubble back up to the surface and rear its ugly head after watching this video lol.
@TheStylishSpy
10 ай бұрын
It's farfetched, but I still every year pray for the idea to see this game again, whether that be a HD remaster, a sequel, or a remaster with the game's original non-rushed vision in mind, Mario Sunshine was my childhood.
@SuperMarioT
Жыл бұрын
I love how I discover this immediately as I finished your giant Mario 64 retrospective
@piagebot2943
Жыл бұрын
Sunshine is a prime example of going against the formula while still holding true to the franchise. Sunshine is my absolute favorite just because it is so different for its time. It’s one of the few games I always go back to, and with the switch version it makes me even more inclined to play the game over again. Even with corona mountain existing😖
@cosmicjenny4508
Жыл бұрын
I just started replaying Sunshine again recently after getting obsessed with its quirks and inconsistencies. Glad I stumbled upon this channel! Subscribed!! 🥰
@SamLovesMovies25
Ай бұрын
I personally liked having the camera zoom in on your objective for that stage, so you know where you are supposed to go. In 64, I always found some of the stage names to be very vague and NOT very helpful "hints", and I was just left totally confused where to go. This way, you get a clear idea of where to go (so you are not lost or confused), but you still have to figure out how to get there and what to do.
@mind-of-neo
Жыл бұрын
With all the vibrant, tropical island theming and sun iconography, this is definitely the most aesthetic mario game of all time 🏝🌞
@Ocarinist_Drew
Жыл бұрын
I completely agree with your take. I think SMS is a fantastic, but weird game. Incredible movement mixed with harsh difficulty spikes and weird design choices. But an all-around fun time that keeps me coming back for more.
@Nic_2751
Жыл бұрын
Most overhated 3D Mario, I absolutely stand by it as one of the best most ambitious Mario games
@squiddler7731
Жыл бұрын
Another of the many bizarre things I noticed about sunshine the last time I played it: it's the only mario game where coins can be used as both a currency in specific situations, as well as granting a shine if you collect 100 of them. Usually this doesn't matter and is just a weird quirk of sunshine, but in the case of the plaza this means that it's the only game where your coin count resets... sometimes. In mario 64 your coins reset every time you return from a level, and in galaxy they reset every time you enter a new level (with a global total being tallied up at the hub when you return in galaxy 2 specifically). Sunshine is the only game that does both, as your coin count it kept only when you return from a secret shine in delfino plaza. This means that you can reset the level repeatedly to farm coins, and in my case I got the easiest 100 coin star ever by just visiting the air strip twice in a row
@brooopbib294
Жыл бұрын
I really appreciate that you’re able to look past nostalgia enough to criticize games you love, which is something I think a lot of people struggle with.
@SEELE-ONE
Жыл бұрын
Jumping from the palm tree is what I did for the Goopy Inferno shine in Pianta Village 😂
@HHSTuba
Жыл бұрын
I'm glad you talked about afro-cuban musical influences in this game. What people may not realize is that this style of music is a tradition that goes back to the main theme of first game. There's a video on KZitem about it and worth checking out
@KFlexFantastic
Жыл бұрын
Thank you for these incredible looks at the games of my childhood, the games that have captivated me all these years. You articulate the mountain of emotions these games have filled me with for my entire life. Liam Triforce is the goat.
@bregowine
Жыл бұрын
Been looking forward to this one! (grabs popcorn)
@TinyGuy97
Жыл бұрын
I have a confession to make. Years ago when I first played sunshine... I didn't like it. It was one of my least favorite 3d mario and I was only playing to reach the fight with bowser. I just thought the controls were jank and the level design was convoluted. HOWEVER... When the 3d all stars version came out, I aim to 100% each of the games there regardless of how I felt about it and hearing so many horror stories about it... After so many blood and frustration later... Sunshine became one of my favorite 3d mario games and mario games in general. Something about the jankiness made it have so much freedom to me and made it more fun. I like how each level is pretty much open like their own mini hub world. I like how there so many ways to get one shine. I like how difficult the game gets at points making me not fall asleep. Sunshine became so good to me that I played the original again (my prefer way of playing it) and I 100% it again. This time with tons of fun. Sunshine went from being one of my least favorites to being my second favorite 3d Mario. (My first favorite being Odyssey)
@kendallmonge649
Жыл бұрын
I can't express how much I love this video. I also can't express how much I love Super Mario Sunshine - I have the exact same complex feelings about its sus voice acting, difficulty spikes, bizarre blue coin locations (even though at this point, I've played the game enough times to have memorized all of them), some ridiculously jank levels, and more. It's a weird game; it's a weird experience. Yet I love it anyway. Being one of the first video games I ever owned, it was such a massive part of my childhood, and I've played through it multiple times even as an adult. It's also my favorite speedrunning community to follow, by far. Honestly, I thought I knew EVERYTHING there was to know about this game, but this video taught me SO much more. As a fun fact, some people made a ROM hack of the game called "Super Mario Sunburn" that addresses a lot of the problems I (and many others) have with the base game, including the level-specific blue coins, the game booting you out of each level after you collect the 100-coin shine, and even adding a few new platforming challenges (that I am not skilled enough to complete yet lol). I just think it's cool that people saw enough potential in this game, almost two decades after its release, to try to make it emulate the game Nintendo probably wanted it to be without those unfortunate time constraints.
@sethperez95
Жыл бұрын
I’ve never watched an hour long KZitem vid but this was gold. Didn’t even feel like I watched for an hour 🤌🏽
@notfunny.15
Жыл бұрын
Super Mario Sunshine is one of the best games on the GameCube.
@_X1M_
Жыл бұрын
I remember playing this game way back in the day, good times.
@CharlesFitzgerald-pm5uk
6 ай бұрын
Top 5 for sure Metroid prime is the best for me
@qap7
Жыл бұрын
Regarding the Sand Castles, there is a very certain hidden one near the cliffside and a rock, when you hit it with a stomp attack just as it pops up, Mario gets launched to the top of the Skybox and you can do the highest stomp attack possible afterwards. :)
@TheGreenManThom
Жыл бұрын
actually showed some oddities that I did not know about! And here I thought I knew everything about my favourite game. For that I'll share a little oddity / oversight with you. In the cutscene of the gang landing on the airstrip, Peach's earrings are replaced with her eyeballs in certain frames near the "what's this icky paint-like goop" line. Great video!
@LiamTriforce
Жыл бұрын
dear God...her eyeballs?? I just looked up the video, how did I never notice that?!
@SuperBearPoo
Жыл бұрын
For anyone who wants to get the Watermelon Festival shine sprite without using the watermelon, I recommend looking up a tutorial on KZitem on how to clip through the ceiling of the hut that contains the shine sprite. It's fairly challenging to pull off, but if I can do it then you can too. 🙂
@Indy921
Жыл бұрын
I'm glad that someone can see how great this game is even with its flaws.
@chrisblair9272
Жыл бұрын
I really wanna see another Mario game take a crack a large central hub world like sunshine. Galaxy 1 kind of did it with the observatory, but not really. Bowsers Fury feels like the closest to what my dream Mario game would be so far. I'd love to see the concept of the seamless world open world from Bowsers Fury combined with a unequivocal HUB world like Sunshine. *Fingers Crossed
@Indy921
Жыл бұрын
@@chrisblair9272 I would definitely be down for that.
@PeachysGaming
Жыл бұрын
Hey I'm one of those fellas that regards this as one of their favorite games too :) While I know it will never happen I've been waiting for a sequal still even to this day I think about it everytime I play how pissed I was when we got galaxy instead of sunshine 2. Not that galaxy is a bad game just loved sunshine sooo much.
@plooper14
Жыл бұрын
This is my favorite game of all time, it never gets old
@UltraNurture
Жыл бұрын
Super Mario Sunshine was the first video game I've ever played. Each level despite being on the same island was really different from each other and I would have so much fun just running around the levels and Delfino Plaza. I will always love this game despite some obvious flaws.
@dokiepkosa
Жыл бұрын
Mario Sunshine was my first exposure to story telling through video games as a kid when I was 8. The Hobbit on GameCube was too scary; and as much as I loved Mario Party 4 it wasn’t the same. Mario Sunshine was the perfect way to first get invested! Playing the game on the new switch release was the perfect kind of nostalgia bomb
@TheOnlyAdamal123
Жыл бұрын
I always wondered why I never saw any reworks or remasters of Sunshine. I’m 28. When people around my age group speak so highly of Mario 64 I can’t relate as my exposure to Mario was Sunshine. Mario Sunshine is MY Mario game that I look back at with fond memories.
@GermanCricket13
Жыл бұрын
It would be pretty sick if we got a sequel to Sunshine that included all of the scrapped and unused content.
@SammEater
2 ай бұрын
One of the first Gamecube games I managed to emulate on my mid pc from 12 years ago along with Luigi's Mansion, I always wanted to play those but back when they came out I only had a PS2.
@spyrotikus
Жыл бұрын
I played this game about 4 years ago on my phone via Dolphin. Then again around 1.5 years ago on switch. Two things: I ALWAYS get everything in Mario games so even though I think it is stupid I am not affected by Shines 1-7 being required. Two: Blue Coins. They are my favorite part of the game. I love them so much!!! For context, my favorite part of the Shadow of the Colossus remake for PS4 was the gold coins. If you know what Im talking about then youll get wherw Im going with this. That is why Mario Sunshine is my favorite Mario game (For the main game part). My fav is still Mario 64 because of the hundreds of hours Ive put into fantastic ROM Hacks, particularly the ones by Kaze and BroDute.
@yrrr4871
Жыл бұрын
The graphics looks incredible for gamecube standards
@asmongoldsmouth9839
Жыл бұрын
I have the Mario 3D All-Stars game for Switch and the upsclaed resolution and wide-screen edition of Mario Sunshine is incredible.
@GirlyGamesGood
Жыл бұрын
Just came back for my second or third rewatch of this video. Mario Sunshine is a game that I hold really near to my heart. It's my favorite Mario game of all time, and I have such fond memories of playing it as a kid. I can absolutely see its flaws now, but I still love replaying it. The different levels are just so immersive, cohesive, and fun. It's the best, love this video and it's cool to see people still talking about this game in 2023!
@kingactonsim
Жыл бұрын
My favourite Mario game. Love it or hate it. The one thing it does better than almost any other game ever is the game ‘feel’. Just the feeling of isle delfino and running around in its levels with the music and the colors and the ambience. Can’t beat it.
@TropiSantana
Жыл бұрын
I’ve always wanted nintendo to give this game the wind waker HD Treatment,remake it from the ground up ,add all the cut content like the Cut levels in the game ,fix the jankeness in some levels,add a better blue coin counter (where you can see what episode you need for blue coins),and add a little more content overall,I love this game (was my first 3D Mario game I played) hopefully one day they will actually do this
@samuelphillips2090
Жыл бұрын
Nothing helps out getting the night time chores done like a Liam Triforce video. Keep up the great work man!
@RandoManFPV
11 ай бұрын
What better way to celebrate the summer season Opens door to more snoe than ive ever even seen as an arkansas man 😂
@bestgirl2500
Жыл бұрын
A timely upload. I was just thinking about Sunshine
@PixelSV103
Жыл бұрын
Fun fact: Sunshine is the only 3D Mario game in which Mario doesn't thank you for playing his game at the end of it.
@zkoopa4445
Жыл бұрын
Realizing how corrupt Isle Delfino is makes it hilarious how in Paper Mario The Thousand Year Door the Piantas have this mafia group
@therepublic21
Жыл бұрын
Best Mario 3D platformer you cannot fight me on this. I will never let go of my rose tinted glasses. I adore Super Mario Sunshine
@CarterMcartmart
8 ай бұрын
14:05 technically, the spin jump does come back in Super Mario Odyssey
@andrewherrmann5243
9 ай бұрын
I wonder if the mission-based train system that got overhauled was what inspired the level select for Splatoon 2's Octo Expansion...
@koiyune
4 ай бұрын
eh, maybe.
@cg_spiritedensemble
Жыл бұрын
The first Mario game & one of the first video games I ever played. I loved how strange, calm & adventurous the atmosphere was. But I also loved the cutscenes & how they could add onto the tension that wouldn't have been there otherwise, like the first glooper blooper boss or the entire buildup to Shadow Mario. Bowser jr's voice actor had the best performance of the cast. I also loved seeing the world evolve with Mario as each level progressed. I have similar grievances with the game like Liam does, mostly referring to the broken & unpolishness of the game. But also the time I first "beat" the game. I wasn't going for a hundred percent but I did want to beat bowser. I did. Unfortunately my copy of the game stops working during the credits and I could never save my progress, meaning I could never truly beat Mario Sunshine, at least with my childhood copy. Sucks but I've made peace with that time. With this comment actually. I think apart of me knows Mario 64 Is the slightly better game despite the similar development cycle & overall structure as Sunshine, but I'd be lying if I didn't call Isle Delfino my home away from home. Overall much more positive than I would've admitted a few years ago, but none the less my thoughts & feelings on Sunshine.
@thegirlwiththecontroller1164
Жыл бұрын
Despite its obvious flaws and weird difficulty spikes, I also adore Super Mario Sunshine. This was a fun video, and now I want to play it again. Haha
@autumnmaru
Жыл бұрын
I am so greatful for this video. Thank you Liam.
@Arcad3n
Жыл бұрын
My first full playthrough of this game was with the Sunburn mod, which changes the final boss requirement to just requiring any 70 shines of your choice, along with making blue coins appear in all missions of an area. This version of the game was wonderful. So many amazing levels and missions, and if I wanted to skip any of them I could go hunt down some blue coins to make up the difference! I had a blast with it and despite zero childhood nostalgia for Sunshine as I didn’t own it as a kid, it might be my favorite Mario game. (With the Sunburn mod installed of course, though I’m gonna play it vanilla one of these days!)
@DeformedLunchbox
Жыл бұрын
I still hope they turn Delfino Plaza into a Splatoon map....
@williampittman2432
Жыл бұрын
The way I see it. The devs used this to say Mario could be like this, but we decide not to.
@BurningFlamesofDivineDragon
Жыл бұрын
I would recommend viewing a walkthrough first of the whole game before playing. Been playing the last few days and it's been annoying to play. Reco Harbor is really in that area didn't like the climbing aspect to get the red nuzzle. I also didn't like doing the second Blubber surfing mission in the Harbor. Had to play though it at least five times due to the fact that I kept dying after collecting all of the 8 red coins. Crashing into things with the creature. Mario also has a tendency to slip everyware I noticed. Don't know if that was intentional or not kept losing at a lot of the secret stages because of this as well. Have wasted almost two hours in some stages due to not knowing what to do or getting the shine and not knowing how to get to it. Like I said view a walkthrough first you'll be glad you did. I messed up by not doing this.
@Cosklie
Жыл бұрын
It would be delightful if you were to do a retrospective of Paper Mario and Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door, if you feel so inclined. I've noticed your use of music from their soundtracks in some of your videos, so I presume you are fan of them to some degree. You've made another piece of great work as always. Looking forward to more videos in the future!
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