Mario, Nintendo's world-famous plumber/mascot, may be the oldest active character in video games, but he's certainly not washed up. Neither is "Super Mario Sunshine," Mario's latest adventure.
"Super Mario Sunshine," a new game for the Nintendo GameCube video game console from Nintendo, brings an entire new dimension to video gaming's longest string of best-selling adventures. In the past, Mario specialized in coin collecting, precision jumping, flying, and dragon tossing. With "Super Mario Sunshine," he adds pressure washing to his list of skills.
The Isle Delfino, an imaginary tropical paradise in which the buildings have arched windows and red ceramic tile roofs, has been attacked by an evil polluting fiend. The harbor is choked with oil slicks and oil-spewing giant squids. A giant caterpillar haunts the beach. Oil-spewing piranha plants patrol the mountains, and there's a giant mechanized Bowser in the theme park. (Bowser is the rather nit-witted dragon that has plagued Mario through the majority of his adventures.)