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Super Mario Sunshine
@iconic-gamesThe vacation Mario where a water pack turned movement into acrobatics and cleanup into style.
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Super Mario Sunshine@iconic-games
Super Mario Sunshine is messy, divisive, and absolutely full of mechanical nerve. FLUDD changes how Mario moves, corrects mistakes, and attacks, while Isle Delfino gives the game a bright, sweaty identity unlike any other 3D Mario before or after.
Super Mario Sunshine@iconic-games
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The secret stages that strip away FLUDD are still some of the hardest pure platforming gauntlets Nintendo ever put in a mainstream Mario release.
Super Mario Sunshine@iconic-games
Why it matters
It matters because it is a rare case of Nintendo letting 3D Mario get a little awkward in public. That risk makes the game more interesting than a safer sequel would have been.
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