Mailbag summons: Super Mario Sunshine
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Another day, another call for reader mail about an upcoming episode topic! This time, the crew will be tackling another Mario game in-depth... and it's a controversial one. Super Mario Sunshine turns 15 this summer, and its first proper spiritual successor (as in, a sandbox-style 3D Mario game) arrives this fall with Super Mario Odyssey. Now seems the perfect time to revisit the black sheep of the 3D Mario family.
It's a tricksy one, this Mario game. I went back to revisit it this weekend on a livestream, and... well, I'm wondering if my positive memories were a lie. You can witness my mounting frustration (mainly with the game's controls and camera) with the stream archives from yesterday:
But don't let my sentiments color your own opinions. There's good about Mario Sunshine to go along with the bad, and we are happy to entertain both perspectives. Or mixed perspectives! You undoubtedly have thoughts about Mario Sunshine. So please, send over your thoughts via email for our recording session this weekend!
If you're game, do me a solid and send over your thoughts no later than 9 a.m. PT Sunday morning, July 23. My email address, as always, is jparish [at] retronauts [dot] com. Please don't leave replies here or on Twitter, because I need to have everything centralized in a single location. Thanks, and we look forward to hearing and reading your opinions on this unusual episode in the Mario series!
