(long overdue, and we're entering the summer time!!!!! see https://www.mariowiki.com/index.php?title=Super_Mario_Sunshine&oldid=1723956 for original article)
'''''Super Mario Sunshine''''' is a 3D [[SuperNintendo MarioGameCube]] (series)|''Supergame Mario''and series]]the second [[Genre#Platform|3D platforming]] title forwithin the [[NintendoSuper GameCubeMario (series)|''Super Mario'' series]].Ittitle, following followsafter ''[[Super Mario 64]]''. It was first released in [[2002]], and isreceived thea second[[Player's 3DChoice]] [[reissue|re-release]] in [[2003]]. ''Super Mario Sunshine'' platformer.was Itboth wasdeveloped theand firstpublished mainby [[Nintendo]], like with earlier ''Super Mario'' series installments, and is the first title notof its series to not be a launch title for its respective Nintendo console (not including the [[Family Computer]]). The 120 total [[Shine Sprite]]s in this game is the same number of total [[Power Star]]s in ''Super Mario 64''. This game also introduced many recurring characters and bosses in the ''Mario'' series, including [[Toadsworth]], [[Bowser Jr.]], [[Petey Piranha]], [[Gooper Blooper]], [[Pianta]]s, [[Noki]]s, [[Shadow Mario]], and [[F.L.U.D.D.]]. ''Sunshine'' is the second game in the ''Mario'' series to have extensive voice acting, the first being ''[[Hotel Mario]]'', making ''Sunshine'' the first 3D ''Mario'' game to have said voice acting.