It was such a long time ago I just remember more of the vibes than the solid reasons I didn’t like it.
*The levels weren’t as open as 64. It felt more guardrailed. There was a lot less exploration.
*My favourite thing in 64 was getting flying caps and flying around which wasn’t a thing in Sunshine.
*64 had a darker, more mysterious tone that felt a lot more meaningful and Sunshine felt very frivolous
*cleaning up the sludge wasn’t a very fun minigame for me, it was a weird villain
By itself it was probably a good game but it shouldn’t have been a Mario game.
Bazoogle@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
As someone that didn’t play sunshine as a kid but did recently, sunshine is my least favorite. The controls are clunkier than the other mario games because of the water , there was way more repetition with the bosses (the stupid goo piranha plants). Super Mario 64 was great and I feel like Super Mario Galaxy was an insane leap from Sunshine
ericwdhs@discuss.online 2 weeks ago
Just curious, did you play the original or the All Stars version? The water mechanics were designed for the GameCube’s analog triggers, so the Switch’s digital triggers forced All Stars to use a workaround. I never played the All Stars version, so I don’t actually know if that made much of a difference.
Agreed on boss repetition. I was definitely less sensitive to that as a kid. (Maybe I still am?)