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| Marcel van der List
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|  "Re(1):Mario sunshine question."
, posted Fri 26 Jul 03:34
Hi,
i've bought and played Super Mario Sunshine (SMS). Here are my short impressions.
- camerawork is not very good. There is almost no 'automatic camera' that follows you around. The left trigger puts the camera behind the little plumber, the c-stick lets you controle the camera - rotate, zoom in and zoom out. (Very) Often the camera get stuck behind a wall... When Mario is behind a wall or under ground, a silhouette of Mario will be visible.
- There is a lot to do on Dolphic Island - the main island). It's like a huge 'Castle Courtyard, seen in Super Mario 64. Climb in trees, practice the walljump, swim, grab coins, talk to people.
- New levels are openend by reaching certain goals. Defeat a boss, collect that amount of coins etc.
- All the main characters talk. Peach, Toad, Mario, Toadworth (a very old and probably wise Toad). Speech is used in cutscenes, not very much ingame. Speech is in English, the subtititle is Japanese.
- So far i've found fout nozzles - the 'spray', the 'hover', the 'superjump' and the 'waverace thingie'. In a level you can carry only two nozzles. If you need to switch nozzle, simply buttstomp on the correct box. You can't stiwch the 'spray'
- Spraying water is fairly easy. R trigger controls the F.L.O.D. (I believe that's the name for the backack) and since R is analog, you can spray water in any amount you like. If you press R all the way (*click*) Mario will stand still and spray water, if you press R not to the fullest, mario can spray water AND walk around. F.L.O.D. can be refilled by standing in water and press R.
- SMS reminds me of Sonic Adventure 1. A 'solid' story connects all levels and happenings. There is a lot of exploring to do when not in a level.
- When very high (eg. the top of a tower) you can see almost all the islands (levels). When you try to swim to an island... you will hit a invisible wall. *yuck*.
- There are mini-levels that give you that very old school feeling. Run, jump, slide while platforms are turning, dissapearing and so on.
- Water. Water. Everywhere.
- Green mushrooms give a extra life, wheepee!
A very cool game with lots to do, but some aspects (like the invisible wall) are not very Nintendo like
'into the wonderful'
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