Impressions: Super Mario Sunshine

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19 Jul 2002, 10:47 PM
Yoshi

Impressions: Super Mario Sunshine

After putting in roughly five hours of gameplay time, I am ready to report back on Super Mario Sunshine.

The major difference between Sunshine and Mario 64 is of course the water pump. When Mario first acquires it, he can use it to either shoot a stream of water like a fire hose or to hover over the ground. As the game progresses, Mario can find power up boxes that contain new abilities for the pump, the first being a rocket that shoots Mario straight up.

Aside from the obvious elements that are derivative of the pump, Sunshine is essentially a pumped up Mario 64. The levels are bigger. The colors are brighter and more plentiful. The action is more intense early on. Many of the same moves for Mario even carried over. Of course, we cannot forget that stars have become shines, thus the wonderfully Engrish phrase "Shine Get!".

Another difference in the two games is the dialogue. Cut scenes are fully voice acted in English with Japanese subtitles. This helps the story progress quite well, even for us gaijins. That story is one of Mario being framed by defacing the island where the game takes place. Mario must clear his name by cleaning up graffiti and by catching the liquid imposter.

I'll be back tomorrow with more impressions. Same fat plumber time. Same fat plumber channel.
19 Jul 2002, 11:29 PM
burgundy

I hate you.

Good work, though. Can't wait to read more.

Is this your first time playing SMS?
20 Jul 2002, 09:28 AM
Yoshi

Yes. I was absent from E3, so yesterday was my first taste.
20 Jul 2002, 03:55 PM
Johnny Nighttrain

just cause i don't have the game, i have to give you shit.

and, your impressions sucked hard ass, they didn't tell us anything that we didn't already know. seriously though, look at what you what? what the fuck did you tell us? nothing.

no offense or anything, but those impressions were really worthless. tell us something we don't know already. the least you can do is tell us your opinion of the game.
20 Jul 2002, 04:02 PM
Kidnemo

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Originally posted by Lucas Barton
just cause i don't have the game, i have to give you shit.

and, your impressions sucked hard ass, they didn't tell us anything that we didn't already know. seriously though, look at what you what? what the fuck did you tell us? nothing.

no offense or anything, but those impressions were really worthless. tell us something we don't know already. the least you can do is tell us your opinion of the game.

You should of reserved it jackass!
20 Jul 2002, 04:06 PM
polywaggles

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Originally posted by Kidnemo

You should of reserved it jackass!

"Should have" ^_^
20 Jul 2002, 04:07 PM
Kidnemo

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Originally posted by polywaggles

"Should have" ^_^

Should've perhaps?
20 Jul 2002, 04:10 PM
polywaggles

That would be an acceptable abbreviation, yes.
20 Jul 2002, 04:13 PM
ruhztee

Quote:

look at what you what?

What?

Anyway...
Hmm... Could you tell us the button layout? I'm curious.
20 Jul 2002, 05:02 PM
Xeno

http://www.geocities.com/yokoshimadesu/control.txt

all credit to Lugia for this.
20 Jul 2002, 06:17 PM
Yoshi

Wow. I guess I would have seen that quick reference card had I bothered to touch the manual. :D
20 Jul 2002, 09:07 PM
Xeno

;) I can't stand playing a game unless i've read through the manual on my way home

<---hopes someone will upload a translated japanese manual
20 Jul 2002, 10:10 PM
Doc Eggman

Hm, apparently since Luigi had a vacuum cleaner in Luigi's Mansion, Mario got jealous and got a backpack of his own.

We get to hear more Mario-speak? Ack. As if the bits from Super Mario 64 and Super Mario Advance 2 weren't enough.
20 Jul 2002, 10:34 PM
Yoshi

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Originally posted by Doc Eggman
We get to hear more Mario-speak? Ack. As if the bits from Super Mario 64 and Super Mario Advance 2 weren't enough.

It's not that often or that much, thankfully.
21 Jul 2002, 12:51 AM
1CCOSA

Haha, speaking of Mario's voice, at the E3 Nintendo contest table, they had the VA who does Mario, Luigi, and Wario's voices (he's hilarious and great at improv comedy) doing Mario's voice through a CG animated Mario face he'd move around on the screen. He'd switch to TV shows like soap operas and commericials and move the Mario head over the people's faces and spoof them MST3K style. It was HILARIOUS. He'd hit on the Nintendo rep women and joke with the contestants. One day some MTV reporter guy and a female MTV producer came through and he heckled them and made fun of MTV saying "Don't sign the contract!!!! Don't do it!" Then he kept hitting on the MTV producer chick and she kept ignoring him, man did she look pissed. Hahahaha. :lol:
21 Jul 2002, 04:31 AM
burgundy

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Originally posted by Kosh_H
Haha, speaking of Mario's voice, at the E3 Nintendo contest table, they had the VA who does Mario, Luigi, and Wario's voices (he's hilarious and great at improv comedy) doing Mario's voice through a CG animated Mario face he'd move around on the screen. He'd switch to TV shows like soap operas and commericials and move the Mario head over the people's faces and spoof them MST3K style. It was HILARIOUS. He'd hit on the Nintendo rep women and joke with the contestants. One day some MTV reporter guy and a female MTV producer came through and he heckled them and made fun of MTV saying "Don't sign the contract!!!! Don't do it!" Then he kept hitting on the MTV producer chick and she kept ignoring him, man did she look pissed. Hahahaha. :lol:

It was Wario, not Mario, at least every time I saw it. But that only made it funnier.
21 Jul 2002, 12:49 PM
Josh

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Originally posted by Doc Eggman
We get to hear more Mario-speak?

Its-a me... stereotype-a.
21 Jul 2002, 01:12 PM
Frogacuda

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Originally posted by 88mph

Its-a me... stereotype-a.

Mario was so much cooler when he was from brooklyn and not Italy.
21 Jul 2002, 06:04 PM
bahn

...and how is that?
22 Jul 2002, 04:27 AM
1CCOSA

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Originally posted by burgundy
It was Wario, not Mario, at least every time I saw it. But that only made it funnier.

He also yelled something like "MTV will swallow your soul!!!" :lol:

I saw him doing both Mario and Wario pretty equally. Obviously I spent most of my time in the Nintendo booth. :D