Nintendo has announced that the next game to be added to the ever expanding Nintendo Classics library will be Super Mario Sunshine (2002). Previously announced over a year ago, appearing briefly on a sizzle reel when GameCube was first revealed as a newly added benefit for Switch Online + Expansion Pack subscribers, we now finally have a release date. Super Mario Sunshine launches on 13th August 2026 via the “Nintendo GameCube – Nintendo Classics” app, exclusive to the Nintendo Switch 2 system. If you were lucky enough to purchase Super Mario 3D All-Stars before it was discontinued in 2021, or if you’re willing to pay reseller prices for a physical copy, Super Mario Sunshine can also be enjoyed on the original Switch.
Super Mario Sunshine coming to Nintendo Classics in August
Now that we have all of the games from 3D all stars, I wonder if prices will drop for that game.
Nice. Recently 100%’d it.
I wonder how the spraying controls on the switch 2 joycon
As much as I love this game, I’m so excited to play this game once again. I still have the original game disc.
I really feel like the spongebob “THAT’S WHAT WE’VE WANTED ALL ALONG!!~ :D” meme LOL
This is amazing… so beautiful… we’re finally getting a month where we get 2 Expansion Pak releases rather than just a single one like July’s 1 GBA game…. I sincerely hope this means in September we get Pokémon Colosseum (and also maybe a GBA game or 64 game too ehe)
I can’t wait to play this I’ve been holding off on replaying it for a whole year!!! I think I’m gonna go for 100% on this omg
Bought this game for game cube back in the day. Lasted maybe an hour or two before I decided it was not the Mario for me. Never touched that disc since
Try it again now, you might realize it was actually pretty great. The controls are honestly a lot more crisp like 64. Galaxy on the other hand took a step back from sunshine, as far as how Mario moves.
Your point on Galaxy vs Sunshine is very much subjective. I feel I have far more control with Galaxy’s floaty controls whereas I find Sunshine’s controls awkward and unforgiving. I enjoy the variety of movement options in Sunshine which make traversing around levels fun but apply it to some platforming scenarios and I find it very frustrating.
There are other issues with Sunshine too, like the fact that it’s this awkward hybrid of linear and open. It’s pretending to be open with the level design but in actuality there’s one objective it wants you to pursue, often with a fairly linear path to reach it, so it’s often a case of aimlessly wander around the level until you find where the dev actually wants you to go. And it pretends that it’s like Mario 64 in that you can pick and choose the shines you want to get whereas actually to beat the game you’ll need the first 7 in all of the courses – and any other shine you acquire is completely pointless towards the objective of just beating the game. So you can’t pick and choose to skip the ones you don’t like the way you can in 64 or Galaxy.
I like Sunshine, but it is by far my least favourite on the 3D All-Stars Collection. I understand that some people love the feel of the controls, and don’t agree or aren’t bothered by my other points, but just noting there’s definitely another perspective to Sunshine.
I love Sunshine’s controls. I Would even do a few Pianta Village shines when I immediately gained access to Delfino Plaza. Galaxy’s super stiff controls wouldn’t allow for something as crazy.
Well I’ll say this: if the decompilation project gets completed and someone puts out a native port for iOS so that I can then play it on my iPad (as I’ve recently done with the wonderful Twilight Princess decomp port), that will be the ideal setting for me to give it another go.
Yeah Sunshine sucks ngl, it’s a buggy unfinished mess with awful level design for the most part. Worst 3D Mario by far.
Some people just can’t get past their nostalgia blindness and see it for how bad it really is.
Galaxy 1 & 2 are by far the better games, it’s not even close.
I played it for the first time in 2020, and really enjoyed it. It’s really charming and is really fun. It’s probably the most unpolished 3d Mario, but it has such good controls and fun open ended levels that I adore it.
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Thought this would’ve been added earlier in the summer, but beginning of August isn’t a bad time for it. I’d recommend using a GameCube controller with the analogue shoulder buttons so one can get the full range of F.L.U.D.D.’s spray power. Digital-only is gonna lock you in place every time you want to shoot- not ideal in many scenarios.
Look forward to playing this again on The Switch. For me, this game didn’t disappoint.
Physical copy, huh? Funny thing that.
Super Mario Sunshine on 3D All-Stars looks better, Beautiful honestly, and has native Wide Screen Support. People had a very long time to get 3D All-Stars. GameStop sealing it for over one hundred USD is why you shouldn’t support them ever and let the company burn. They just promote other resellers to do the same. Anyway, I’m seeing it on ebay for seventy and seventy five USD. That’s only about fifteen more dollars than the original asking price. It had a Switch 2 update as well if I remember right, could be wrong. It is the Definite way to play 64 and Sunshine though. Mario Galaxy looks beautiful in HD but the Switch Gyro is so bad for somebody that played the original that I couldn’t do it. I think the JoyCon2 work better though.
Sometimes I like to dream and fantasize about having a partner like Frost.
After getting 3D All-stars, I realized the games just play better on their original hardware and I didn’t need to keep paying money for official emulation. Hold up well when played on the GameCube with component cables and a CRT.
While it has its warts, this is some of the best 3D platforming out there. Game has some great verticality. Climbing those steel beams way high up there really gave it some scale and added to the pressure of trying not to fall.
I played 64 and Sunshine as a kid. Never truly beat either as I was so young. Galaxy games were when I was able to start 100%ing them. Really used to think the Galaxy games were WAY superior but having just picked up 3D All Stars and quickly 100%’d both 64 and Sunshine, I have to say I really do dislike how stiff Mario is in Galaxy. Sunshine is very underrated. As long as you don’t mind looking up where blue coins are, your second play through can probably be done without looking up any. And the two special levels with super jank controls are disappointing but short-lived challenges.
The greed is real.
I swear you have never written a positive comment. All you have done is whine, complain, and screamed. The “Old Man Yells At Cloud” meme really fits you.
I feel the same as Some Guy. I had every Main Mario Game at the original time that each launced. Mario Galaxy and Galaxy 2 used to me ny favorite. When I got 3D All-stars I only played 64 and Sunshine. I gave the Galaxy and Galaxy 2 bundle and dont touch them as well. Mario dies move incredibly slow in them, sometimes things like turning are wonky. I loved and beat one hundred percented both on Wii. Tbf the Switch’s Gyro ruins the experience a lot for me. I wish you could use the right stick for the pointer at times. I also changed and have knowledge from beating the original game. A feature I hate more than anything is when you beat the Galaxy games, they show how nany times you died on the main menu for all to see. “Congratulations, You died over 1000 times! That isn’t a good feeling and pisses me off so much that now if I die in Mario Galaxy, I have to reset the whole game because when you leave or beat a stage it auto saves. It’s too much stress and takes all the original fun away for me. I hate death counters, they could at least tucked it away in a menu and not the title screen.
I feel the same as Some Guy. I had every Main Mario Game at the original time that each launced. Mario Galaxy and Galaxy 2 used to me my favorite. When I got 3D All-stars I only played 64 and Sunshine. I have the Galaxy and Galaxy 2 bundle and dont touch them as well. Mario does move incredibly slow in them, sometimes things like turning are wonky. I loved and beat one hundred percented both on Wii. To be fair the Switch’s Gyro ruins the experience a lot for me. I wish you could use the right stick for the pointer at times. I also changed and have knowledge from beating the original game. A feature I hate more than anything is when you beat the Galaxy games, they show how nany times you died on the main menu for all to see. “Congratulations, You died over 1000 times! That isn’t a good feeling and pisses me off so much that now if I die in Mario Galaxy, I have to reset the whole game because when you leave or beat a stage it auto saves. It’s too much stress and takes all the original fun away for me. I hate death counters, they could at least tucked it away in a menu and not the title screen