Super Mario Sunshine

aka: SMS

Released

July 19th, 2002 on GameCube

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Developers

Nintendo EAD

Moby Score

8.2

#1,065 of 154K

Critics

87% (68)

Players

(246)

Ranking

#32 on GameCube

Collected By

476 players

Genre: Action
Perspective: 3rd-person (Other)
Visual: Free-roaming camera
Gameplay: Platform
Interface: Direct control

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Description official descriptions

Mario, Princess Peach, Toadsworth, and Toad have come to Isle Delfino for some relaxation. Upon arrival, however, they discover the island has been polluted causing its energy source, the Shine Sprites, to disappear. The culprit is similar in appearance to Mario, who is blamed for the mess, so the portly plumber is forced to clean up the island. Mario is given an invention called FLUDD (a backpack with several water nozzles) to help him clean up graffiti and mud and capture the real villain. Gameplay features a combination of action and puzzle solving, with numerous stages and multiple episodes to each stage, and plenty of hidden secrets and surprises.

Spellings

スーパーマリオサンシャイン - Japanese spelling
슈퍼 마리오 썬샤인 - Korean spelling

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Executive Producer	Satoru Iwata
Producers	Shigeru Miyamoto Takashi Tezuka
Directors	Yoshiaki Koizumi Kenta Usui
Map Director	Futoshi Shirai
Assistant Directors	Makoto Miyanaga Takao Shimizu Yasuyuki Oyagi Kimiharu Hyodo Shigeyuki Asuke
Character Design	Hiroshi Matsunaga Takeshi Hosono Satomi Maekawa Ryuichi Yamamoto Michiho Hayashi Akiko Hirono Kenta Motokura
Map Design	Hiromu Takemura Atsushi Miyagi Shinko Konishi Taeko Sugawara
Map Object Design	Kazumi Yamaguchi
Screen Design	Ren Uehara Hidekazu Ota
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1001 Video Games

Super Mario Sunshine appears in the book 1001 Video Games You Must Play Before You Die by General Editor Tony Mott.

Bugs

There is a major glitch in the game that allows you to access a sub world, sometimes called the "Blue Hell". The game physics are dropped down (meaning, for example, you can move around normally underwater, but if you jump it will revert to normal) and you can access many areas with little or no effort, particularly the Yoshi fruit boats.

Japanese version

In the Japanese version of Super Mario Sunshine, "Isle Delfino" is known as "Dolphic Island". When a player retrieves a Shine Sprite, the "message" says "Shine Get!" instead of the English "Shine!" Also, despite being developed in Japan, the Japanese version is all in English with Japanese subtitles.

References

This game is set on a tropical island named Isle Delfino. "Delfino" is Italian for "Dolphin", which was Gamecube's prototype's name. Also, there are some words written in Italian around the game, like "Benvenuto" ("welcome"), etc.
There's a reference to the Beatles in this game. There is a yellow submarine on the Ricco Harbor stage.
In the attic of the Hotel Delfino, the janitor complains about the ghosts, wishing someone would come and "suck them up in a vacuum cleaner". This is a reference to another Gamecube title, Luigi's Mansion, where Luigi did indeed suck up ghosts in a vacuum cleaner.
When you first find FLUDD, look in the lower left corner to view scenes from previous Mario games, including Super Mario Bros., Super Mario World, and Super Mario 64.

Awards

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- 2002 – Best GameCube Game of the Year (Readers' Vote)
- 2002– Best GameCube Dexterity Game of the Year
- 2002 – Best GameCube Dexterity Game of the Year (Readers' Vote)

Information also contributed by Ben Miller, gamewarrior, MegaMegaMan, and Tiago Jacques