{"id":115591,"date":"2020-07-18T15:55:00","date_gmt":"2020-07-18T15:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2020\/07\/super_mario_sunshine_is_now_18_years_old"},"modified":"2020-07-18T15:55:00","modified_gmt":"2020-07-18T15:55:00","slug":"super-mario-sunshine-is-now-18-years-old","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2020\/07\/18\/super-mario-sunshine-is-now-18-years-old\/","title":{"rendered":"Super Mario Sunshine Is Now 18 Years Old"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/47e7eadedaf86\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/47e7eadedaf86\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<figure class=\"picture strip\">\n<div class=\"img\"><a title=\"Mario Sunshine\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/47e7eadedaf86\/mario-sunshine.original.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/47e7eadedaf86\/mario-sunshine.900x.jpg\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" alt=\"Mario Sunshine\"><\/a><span class=\"image-credit\" title=\"Image Credit\">Nintendo Life<\/span><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>18 years ago on 19th July 2002, Nintendo released <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/gamecube\/super_mario_sunshine\">Super Mario Sunshine<\/a><\/strong> on the GameCube in Japan. It was followed by a North American release in August, and a European release in October. If this game was a person, it would have now reached adulthood in a lot of countries.<\/p>\n<p>This tropical-themed entry saw Mario travel to Isle Delfino to clean up the graffiti mess made by a villain known as Shadow Mario &#8211; with the assistance of the water-powered device F.L.U.D.D. It&#8217;s still one of the most unique 3D Mario games to date.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"object object-tweet\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p><span lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Happy 18th anniversary to Super Mario Sunshine. <\/p>\n<p>Perhaps if the rumors are true, and this game is headed to Switch, it will finally give me the motivation to beat the game. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/CXeYknfe4Q\">pic.twitter.com\/CXeYknfe4Q<\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/span>\u2014 Stealth (@Stealth40k) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Stealth40k\/status\/1284453727693410304?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 18, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Super Mario Sunshine went on to become one of the best-selling GameCube titles &#8211; shifting more than five million copies worldwide and was easily one of the highlights of this particular generation. Although, sales <a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20180310073936\/https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/glixel\/features\/super-mario-odyssey-was-shaped-by-marios-biggest-flops-w496166\">reportedly<\/a> did not live up to Nintendo&#8217;s expectations at the time.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this week, Sunshine artwork was spotted on a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2020\/07\/hasbro_celebrates_super_marios_35th_anniversary_with_monopoly_and_jenga\">Monopoly Super Mario Celebration Edition box<\/a> &#8211; which also happens to be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2020\/03\/nintendo_to_remaster_most_of_super_mariors_35-year_catalogue_for_switch_in_2020_new_report_says\">linked to rumours about Nintendo potentially remastering Mario&#8217;s back catalogue<\/a> (including Sunshine) for his 35th anniversary.<\/p>\n<p>What do you think? Is it about time Nintendo re-released this game? Do you have fond memories of playing this title back in the day? <em>Tell us down below.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nintendo Life 18 years ago on 19th July 2002, Nintendo released Super Mario Sunshine on the GameCube in Japan. It was followed by a North American release in August, and a European release in October. If this game was a person, it would have now reached adulthood in a lot of countries. 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