Why is Super Mario Galaxy so much better than Super Mario Sunshine?

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I just "finished" Super Mario Galaxy. I haven't gotten ALL the stars, but I really don't have the time to.

mackmillion99

well, i liked galaxy a little bit more, but they r both great in their own ways. i loved the water gun in sunshine, and the plot in galaxy......

and what do u mean by u don't have enough time to get all the stars?!?! then u really haven't finished the game yet.

That's why I put "finished" in quotes. I played until I beat Bowser at the center of the universe. After that I really lost my drive to hop back on and finish the game. I know I haven't finished it all the way, but I'm in college and I'm also engaged. I have MUCH more important things going on.

Personally, I spent a huge amount of time playing Sunshine and got over 100 shines...but for some reason I quickly got bored with Galaxy. I know Galaxy is a great game, but maybe I lost interest in the gameplay. Maybe I just need to spend more time with it--I only got about 30 stars in SMG.

Comparing the two from a gameplay standpoint, you really have to look at SMS like a totally different animal from SM64 or SMG. The concept was the same, but the water pack made things unusual. SMS is a great game in its own right though, and different enough from SM64 that I guess I enjoyed it more because it wasn't just basic platforming.

I don't really care about the cleaning stuff up but it was so hard though. Those times when you have to go on your own without the watergun was very intense.

Galaxy couldn't compare to that.

Sunshine is better and more fun to me.

'm sure lots of people have said this before, but i just couldn't get along with the whole squirt thing (FLUDD)... VERY annoying.. Plus, i feel that Galaxy has a smoother feel to it, like you're actually there... Sunshine, to me, feels like you're there for that mission AND THAT MISSION ONLY - no free roam abilities, and bad gameplay... but this is just in my opinion. I really dont think that Mario Sunshine is a good game at all. Galaxy, on the other hand, is an absolute marvel - a gem of a game.

Like i said, this is simply my opinion, and if people disagree, well, good for them. Dont hate on me, i know i'm new, but i have my thoughts too!

I totally agree. I did like Sunshine more than Galaxy. I did like Galaxy but Sunshine had better replay value, better music, and more nostalgic value. On the other hand, Galaxy was very inventive and original, but the controls can be confusing and levels can get out of wack.

Bottom Line:

Sunshine>>>Galaxy

Sunshine is one of those rare Mario platformers that I want to love and play through right to the end, but I was finding myself just not liking it that much.

Sunshine will always be low on the Mario totem pole... one of the worst Mario platformers ever, I believe. Galaxy was pure awesomeness, though.

SMG basically took the best parts of SMS (the non-FLUDD levels) and made an entire game of them. The only things that SMS did better were the free-roaming aspect and the difficulty. There were quite a few lack-luster or simply bad FLUDD level. One of the worst was having to clean the beach.

Another thing SMG did well was the suits and I wish they'd have made more use of them, especially the ice and boo suits. They also should've made levels where you used the flying Mario suit.

It isnt. Sunshine was challenging, longer, and overall more fun.

I also thought it was alot more creative than galaxy, even with all of galaxy's planets.