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Super Mario Sunshine Comments by Tom Bramwell

4 October, 2002

Review - Mario goes on holiday, and Tom hitches a ride

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sam_spade
08/10/02 @ 10:01
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/wrenches topic back off eviltobz

I managed to finish Mario64 about four years after I bought it. I'm thinking it will be the same for Sunshine. I have a terrible sulk problem with games like these - so I have two goes on a platform level (the second one usually lasts about 15 seconds) and then I have to do something else for half an hour till I've calmed down.
otto [mod]
08/10/02 @ 10:06
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lol, me too. I got about four levels into Super Mario World on GBA before giving up in disgust. I'll probably go back to it some time next year.
UncleLou
08/10/02 @ 10:06
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"*still chuckling*"

He'll never recover from that, will he? Everytime he'll make one of his propecies, someone will link to this thread. It's not the fact he said something which just isn't true (everyone did that some time), it's the combination of his big acting and the so obviously fake news. Lol.
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sam_spade
08/10/02 @ 10:13
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*click*
Add to Favorites
*tap-tap-tap*
Name = Bill Gates is Evil Thread of Shame
*Click*
OK
otto [mod]
08/10/02 @ 10:13
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Put it this way, his credibility as a self-styled industry expert (not that he had any to begin with) kind of got blown out of the water. :)
eviltobz
08/10/02 @ 10:19
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/wrenches topic back off eviltobz

sorry sam, u just aint strong enough ;)
sam_spade
08/10/02 @ 10:33
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:P
Machiavel
08/10/02 @ 10:35
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Right. 19 stars and I'm stuck on all the four open worlds. There's me swaggering with gamer conceit at completing Pete Piranha's revenge and now I'm faced with polluted water, a harbour meccano set puzzle, eight irresponsibly placed red coins in the fairground and a sandbird that seems to have only seven.

I don't want to turn to a faq - you'll lose that sense of discovery and (eventual) satisfaction. But what's left? Pottering around town delivering fruit!
otto [mod]
08/10/02 @ 10:48
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Right - about to embarrass myself here - how do you pick up those damn durians?? Hitting the B button ain't doing it - I only seem able to kick the damn things... :(
sam_spade
08/10/02 @ 10:52
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I'm with otto on this one, I haven't got a clue. Unless you have to actually boot them across - something which may snap my, already, fragile mind.
ssuellid
08/10/02 @ 10:53
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"about to embarrass myself here "

After what BGIE said you have no chance. I wonder if he wants to help me move some cash out of Nigeria? Or buy some magic beans?
Mr Sleep
08/10/02 @ 11:04
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I am sure he will come back and claim he knew it was a joke...
Whizzo
08/10/02 @ 11:11
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I thought he may have deleted the comments after he realised his mistake, however I've now got a copy sitting on my HD so when I'm feeling a little down I can open it up and feel a little bit better! ;-)
otto [mod]
08/10/02 @ 11:14
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I thought he may have deleted the comments after he realised his mistake

...which is why I quoted him. In fact, why don't I do it again?

Whizzo, I suggest a quick Yahoo! search. "Microsoft acquires Linux". But of course could "never" happen, according to you. Ah. The ill-informed. You've got to love them!

*sniggers*
Mr Sleep
08/10/02 @ 11:21
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"Some other evidence is Micrsoft's willingness to make such huge purchases. Namely Linux cost them 19 billion, and Nintendo's offer of 25 billion will be considerably smaller next time Microsoft goes to the dealing table. Since Nintendo's stock has already fallen 40% this year alone, Nintendo is nearing the market cap of EA. EA is 10 billion strong."

For posterity :)
Whizzo
08/10/02 @ 11:22
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No otto, I'm still not getting your meaning? :-)
BartonFink
08/10/02 @ 11:59
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I thought he may have deleted the comments after he realised his mistake

...which is why I quoted him. In fact, why don't I do it again?

Whizzo, I suggest a quick Yahoo! search. "Microsoft acquires Linux". But of course could "never" happen, according to you. Ah. The ill-informed. You've got to love them!

*sniggers*


LOL&ROFL - Please guys stop yer killing me just ruined my monitor with coffee. Missed that one
sam_spade
08/10/02 @ 12:22
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I think we should stop teasing him now because we have better things to worry about.

Like rampaging video characters in a completely true news story - watch out Bill the Master Chief is coming for you!

In other news Gameplay is flogging a load of naff THQ games.
UncleLou
08/10/02 @ 12:32
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Btw, the source of this news is www.denounce.com which is subtitled "All the news that never happened".
ssuellid
08/10/02 @ 12:33
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Re Gameplays sale:-

Play.com seem to be selling a different title cheap every week on every platform.

This week its

GC - Red Card soccer for £17.99
XBox - Wreckless for £16.99
GBA - Bomberman Tournament for £14.99
PS2 - MGS2 for £17.99
DVD - Godfather Boxed set for £35.99

edit - forgot the PC - Mafia for £22.99
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Mr Sleep
08/10/02 @ 12:34
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Reminds me of that scene in Galaxy Quest "Whoever wrote this episode should die!"
eviltobz
08/10/02 @ 14:34
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I simply hate games that won't let you save mid-level, especially when they're full of frustrating platform puzzles that take multiple goes to get past.

from what i can gather, when you save in game it remembers any of the important stuff that you've got. well, the blue coins anyway. so you can have a good explore around, find loads of blue coins and let the game save, then just concentrate on finishing the level separately. which so far has been pretty easy once you acquire the boost pack :) The gold coins just seem to respawn each time you start the level so i tend to ignore them unless i need health.
otto [mod]
08/10/02 @ 14:43
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-> eviltobz: yes exactly, I think that's how it works. Which is OK as far as it goes but a real pain when you spend ages and ages trying to get past a given obstacle only to have to do it all over again next time you start. Still, haven't got that rocket pack yet so let's see if that makes a difference...
Azule
08/10/02 @ 15:10
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Right - about to embarrass myself here - how do you pick up those damn durians?? Hitting the B button ain't doing it - I only seem able to kick the damn things... :(

If this helps, just keep walking with it at about running pace, it won't kick across the screen then.
eviltobz
08/10/02 @ 15:28
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theres also some walkthrough bits here.

just had a bit of a glance at a couple and theres some pretty useful stuff there for getting past bits that have been causing me trouble.
Nemesis
08/10/02 @ 15:33
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If you pick up the Official Ninty mag you get a free seperate SMS guide which is quite snazzy.

/thump of money pouch/

Why thankyou.
otto [mod]
08/10/02 @ 15:33
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Cheers Azule, doesn't really help much though cos they disappear after a set period of time (meaning the task is against the clock?) and you can't take them down with you into the tunnels, so I'm guessing it's an annoying "pixel perfect timed hoof across the canal" jobby.

Also cheers for the link eviltobz, I confess I've already checked gamefaqs and not found the answer to the durian question (haven't looked at all the walkthroughs though).
eviltobz
08/10/02 @ 15:35
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theres a specific isle delfino walkthrough which has a paragraph about the durians in there
otto [mod]
08/10/02 @ 15:40
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thx tobz
otto [mod]
08/10/02 @ 15:47
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Seems that, yes, you have to boot it.
eviltobz
08/10/02 @ 15:54
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so not only do you have the main game to play, but also a football (footdurian???) mini game. hows that for value. hmmmmm.
otto [mod]
08/10/02 @ 15:58
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btw anyone here actually eaten durian? It smells like the cheese scraped from the devil's scrotum, and given that fact I can't actually tell you what it tastes like. :p
Azule
08/10/02 @ 15:59
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Back to square one again, otto. :P
Azule
08/10/02 @ 16:02
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I didn't even know those fruits(?) had a name. Maybe if I'd gone on vacation to a tropical island I would know.
Nemesis
08/10/02 @ 16:04
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2) Durian tastes very strange but 'fresh' not unlike a riper kind of watermelon, once you get past the smell...

Er, still doesn't sound that enticing sorry!
otto [mod]
08/10/02 @ 16:09
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Ah sod it the old bat can go without durians for all I care
Azule
08/10/02 @ 16:18
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It smells like the cheese scraped from the devil's scrotum, and given that fact I can't actually tell you what it tastes like. :p

Can I put that into a phrase: satanic smegma.

/crawls back from where I came/
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Azule
08/10/02 @ 16:58
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I'm pretty sure NTSC Cube's do not support RGB.
otto [mod]
08/10/02 @ 17:16
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What's wrong with a PAL one?
Razz
09/10/02 @ 00:20
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"It smells like the cheese scraped from the devil's scrotum"

I've actually licked it from source.
sam_spade
09/10/02 @ 01:25
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From Magic Box

Nintendo of Europe announced they have sold 175,000 copies of Super Mario Sunshine for GameCube in Europe, during the first weekend of the release, the sales of the GameCube hardware has also increased by 40% in the same week.
mentat [mod]
09/10/02 @ 10:36
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Well I can honestly say that i've never had as much fun with a console in such a short time as i have with my cube.
Am well chuffed i swapped the 'box for it.
Picked up SMS at the weekend, and whilst in my local games trader i spotted pikmin for 20 brand new. So i bought that aswell...
Pikmin is sublime! I love that game. SMS is fantastic, SMB and SSB:M are superb both single and multi player. Rogue leader is like being in a film (albeit a sodding hard one..)

I think for the first half hour of playing this game i was just running around squirting everything with water and boosting over things. So much fun :)
Anyway, that's my Ninty fanboyism over for now... But my ps2's hardly getting a look in these days...
mentat [mod]
09/10/02 @ 11:20
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hmmm. maybe. am waiting for GTA vice city of course.

And i expect that BGIE is off trying to gather really useful info about how microsoft are actually buying out the ports at this very moment, giving each of the picketers a free xbox bundle in order that they allow all MS shipments through the blockade, but throw all the sony and ninty ones in the water.
It's true! Honest - i just made that up, therefore it has to be true!!!!
Ahem.
Nemesis
09/10/02 @ 11:25
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I'm waiting for the 'MS buying out Apple next week' one.

Well of all my consoles, I regard the GC as the cute baby of the family.

SMB - try to finish the beginner levels without losing a life to get the bonus levels after lvl10.
mentat [mod]
09/10/02 @ 11:28
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it's certainly the most entertaining...
However i was somewhat dismayed to discover that my SMB save got corrupted the other day - just about to unlock the first game that you need the points for, and i lost it all.... :(
Have to start over...
Nemesis
09/10/02 @ 11:31
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No way!

Official memory card?

I can finish the beginner levels now without losing a life, which helps when you want to unlock those mini-games. ;-)
Mr Sleep
09/10/02 @ 11:33
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"M$ buy's out Sony in shock $1 sale, Sony realising the futility of trying to compete against M$ step down their bid to be a better company. Dick Darlington is quoted as saying "We suck". Analysts have predicted this sale ever since M$ purchased Linux, Uranus and Pluto."

For this amazing story and more go to http://www.theillinformed.com
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Whizzo
09/10/02 @ 11:37
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It's true! Honest - i just made that up, therefore it has to be true!!!!

You've convinced me, the use of so many exclamation points helps validate your statement. ;-)
UncleLou
09/10/02 @ 11:37
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-> Mr Sleep: Hey, your link even works!

edit: Oh no, you have changed it.
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mentat [mod]
09/10/02 @ 11:38
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Not sure - i think it's a third party card. I'll probbly pick up an official larger card at the weekend and copy everything across onto that instead...
I think the problem for me in SMB is i try to pick up all the bananas, if i just go straight to the end of the level i might manage to rack the points up a little faster!

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