Mario Sunshine! What the Hell?

[Joey D]

What the hell happened to the great game of Super Mario Bros I played years ago.

 

[Tercel_driver]

I have not played this game cuz i dont own a gc, but from what u said i guess this game is a dissapointment.

I loved Super Mario World on the Snes.

 

[km]

it looks like nintendo blew it big time in the words of the comic book guy "worse game ever!!!!!"

 

[Shannon]

Originally posted by Tercel_driver
I have not played this game cuz i dont own a gc, but from what u said i guess this game is a dissapointment.

I loved Super Mario World on the Snes.

Same here.

 

[km]

maybe sunlight (u know the soap guys) are trying to brainwash the kids not to make any more messes and trying to get us to buy more of there prodics

 

[Tom M]

I don't know what you guys are talking about, I've played the demo a bunch of times and this game is awesome. I'm going to buy it when it comes out on Tuesday and never look back (going to get Monkeyball 2 also)

 

[Joey D]

So you like saving the environment?

 

[Tom M]

The game doesn't have a whole heck of a lot to do with saving the environment, that's just part of the theme. From what I've played, and the review on IGN this is a hardcore platform game like Mario has always been (although Mario64 was too easy)
And since the big N has been getting a bad rap for making 'kiddie' games they also saw fit to make this one extremely difficult to complete.

 

[Joey D]

The commercial makes it sound like Earth Day propaganda

 

[space]

Have any of you played it? (besides tom)


didn't think so.

 

[Solid Fro]

It can't be THAT bad, can it?

My little brother will buy it no matter how hard it is.

 

[space]

there has never been a bad MAIN mario game.

(When i say 'main' i'm talking about mario 1,2,3,snes,64, allstars, etc.

Not Mario is missing and the like, they were bad.)

 

[Tom M]

Now that I have the full game, and have played quite a bit of it from the comfort of my own home (and on good equipment) I can say that pushing the paint aspect in the commercial is a big mistake because so far it has really only come into play on a limited basis on one specific area. Most of the time you use the water cannon to fight (knock an enemy over, then stomp them), or for accessing areas regular jumps won't.
There are also 4 nozzles with the water cannon. One is the main weapon, the other 3 are interchangeable.
1 The hover jet: the one you begin with
2 The Rocket boost: go really high.
3 The turbo charger: go really fast.
Most of this game is hardcore platforming and lot's of frustration over knowing what to do, but not quite being able to do it because they time everything out so there is very little margin for error in many cases (especially for the good secrets)
Let me also add that the water effects in this game obliterate anything else ever seen on a console on on a PC with one exception. The 3dMark2001SE Pixel shaders demos. (both the advanced, and the normal one.)
If anyone knows what I'm talking about, they remember how amazing the waves looked, and in the advanced demo how amazing the water looked with fish swimming beneath it. Well the Gamecube managed to get both effects working together, and I watched my best friend mess around with the water effects for half an hour when he came over yesterday. (he's a graphics whore in a big way) Either way it's a good game, and worth checking out if you have a Gamecube.

 

[Sk8rKiD]

I never heard of it...But the last few Mario games have been a waste of time (Mario Party)

 

[GT Hero79]

if i ever decide to take my business back to nintendo i'll buy mario game as its 1 ggame thats always fun

 

[Rumple Foreskin]

I played this game for about 10 mins and I love it. The graphics are great. Its classic Mario platforming at its best.

 

[space]

Originally posted by Sk8rKiD
I never heard of it...But the last few Mario games have been a waste of time (Mario Party)

Those can be fun, as long as you though in some twists.....



😈

 

[askia47]

despite the look of mario right now it's an excellent game which should not be missed. as it is very good.

 

[GTO_VR4]

I also saw great reviews on this game, so it cant be bad. The only downfall , for me that is... is that it doesnt run at a hi frame rate...like it should talking about 60+fps

 

[Tom M]

Very few games run at 60FPS anymore, as companies compete for the best screenshots. Even Halo only ran at 15-30 (closer to 30, but lower when things got hairy)
Mario runs between 30-60 when you are running around, but when you are zoomed all the way out above the water (particularly the ocean) it slows down to 20-30 which is definitely smooth enough not to matter, but it is noticable. It also chugs down to that rate when you fight the centipede on the shore, especially when zoomed out (which is most of the fight)
The only time we'll see 60fps anymore is in 3d fighting games (they need to be) and on PC games (provided you've got the hardware)

 

[Sk8rKiD]

I dont play mario anymore the good ol days are gone...

 

[duo17]

Originally posted by Tercel_driver
I have not played this game cuz i dont own a gc, but from what u said i guess this game is a dissapointment.

I loved Super Mario World on the Snes.

I just recently found my SNES in my basement and i erased my old Super Mario World game so i could start over. I could play that game all day long. My favorite character is Yoshi.

 

[askia47]

that was a classic game very good indeed