SUPER MARIO SUNSHINE

Super Mario Sunshine is a 2002  platform game  developed and published by  Nintendo  for the  GameCube . It is the second  3D  game in the  Super Mario  series , following  Super Mario 64  (1996). The game was directed by  Yoshiaki Koizumi  and Kenta Usui, produced by series creators  Shigeru Miyamoto  and  Takashi Tezuka , written by Makoto Wada, and scored by  Koji Kondo  and Shinobu Tanaka. The game takes place on the tropical Isle Delfino, where  Mario ,  Toadsworth ,  Princess Peach , and five  Toads  are taking a vacation. A villain resembling Mario, known as Shadow Mario, vandalizes the island with graffiti and leaves Mario to be wrongfully convicted for the mess. Mario is ordered to clean up Isle Delfino, using a device called the Flash Liquidizer Ultra Dousing Device (F.L.U.D.D.), while saving Princess Peach from Shadow Mario. Super Mario Sunshine  received critical acclaim, with reviewers praising the game's graphics, gameplay, story, soundtrack, and the addition of F.L.U.D.D. as a mechanic, though some criticized the game's camera and F.L.U.D.D.'s gimmicky nature as well as the decision to use full voice acting for some characters. The game sold over five million copies worldwide by 2006, making it one of the  best-selling GameCube games . The game was re-released as a part of the  Player's Choice  brand in 2003.  Nintendo EPD  re-released it alongside  Super Mario 64  and  Super Mario Galaxy  in the  Super Mario 3D All-Stars  collection for the  Nintendo Switch  in 2020.