Super Mario Sunshine
Super Mario Sunshine U.S. Release Date: August 26, 2002 The GameCube Archives Score: 9.2/10 If one game is emblematic of my lackluster initial run with the Nintendo GameCube, it's 2002's Super Mario Sunshine . While I did find isolated pleasures with games like Metroid Prime and Resident Evil 4 , most of my experience with the GameCube was more similar to my experience with Mario's 128-bit adventure. I halfheartedly bought the game the week that it was released, played it for a few weeks, was disappointed, and never played it again until...right now, 20 years later. Back in the fall of '02, I was also experiencing the worst depressive period of my life, dealing with some heavy stuff a 20-year old shouldn't, and not really in the mood for a sunny, happy video game. Maybe that's why (the admittedly perfect) Metroid Prime did a much better job of capturing my interest a few months later. As for Sunshine , at the time it received some high critical praise,