Topic: Super Mario Galaxy VS Super Mario Sunshine

Both games are spectacular, with Galaxy edging out Sunshine because...well...it's Super Mario Galaxy!

Super Mario Sunshine gives you more to do, and has more openness and exploration to its levels, and the gameplay gives you more options. IMO, Super Mario Galaxy is by far the lesser game.

Both are great, but Galaxy is absolutely fantastic. I like Sunshine, but it just feels defferent and not like a Mario game. I like FLUDD, but I perfer Mario without it. And, the levels were pretty repetitive, pretty much all being island themes. But as I said, I love them both.

Hoping that Galaxy 2 can out-do them both! I'm currently convinced that it can be, but I guess I'll just have to wait...

Galaxy. But 64 is better than all of them. Sunshine is really good though.

Sunshine all day, every day. Galaxy is a masterpiece, don't get me wrong--I just think Sunshine is...MORE of a masterpiece.

It's as much a part of the main game as any unlockable hard mode is part of the main game. It's optional, yes, but when people complain about the game not being difficult enough for them, it's kind of silly that they aren't utilizing it.

I don't think he was talking about purple coin challenges about Luigi, I think he was referring to the level "Luigi's Purple coins" in Toy Time Galaxy:

I thought the purple coin thing was easy, I beat it on a 3rd try. At first I thought that I had to get ALL the coins, but then I realized there was like double of what I had to get.

Wiil there be an Super Mario Sunshine 2

cuz there Mario 64 Ds
and Super Mario Galaxy.2

What where you expecting from a game set on an island? A farmland?

The "Luigi levels" aren't just levels 200 - 220. You play the entire game again as Luigi, whose reduced traction causes a significant increase in difficulty...especially in the race levels, and on-rails purple coins levels.

But, again, it's not really fair to say the game isn't hard enough when there IS an optional harder mode that you choose not to explore. To each his own, but surely you have to see why that's not much of a complaint.

What makes Megaman and Contra so appealing are their simple and fun gameplay mechanics, not their difficulty. All that does is make the game seem longer to make up for the content.
Have you ever played the first Lost Winds? I don't think anyone could say that was a hard game, unless you couldn't figure out some of the puzzles. That didn't get rid of any of its charm though. The reason why you say so many modern games aren't fun isn't because of the difficulty, it's because they aren't fun to play. Many gamers actually complain about a game being too challenging, because it gets rid of any sense of progression due to not being able to beat anything within the game.
You've got to keep in mind, many people that played the first Galaxy couldn't even get past the first level. Not everyone is a seasoned gamer.

I personally loved them both, but I always liked Sunshine a little better. It had an incredible hub world and the general atmosphere of the game is just fantastic. The FLUDD wasn't great, but I don't think it made the game worse in any way. However, I haven't played it in around 4 years, so maybe if I played it now I would have different feelings. Super Mario 64 is still my favorite 3D Mario, though.

Well, it is not an easy choice, that is for sure.
Both are great games, and have made it into my favorites. Galaxy was very clever and fun, and different from the others. I mean come on. NO ONE had ever thought of space for a game. On the other hand, Sunshine abandon us on a strange island with a little device. Galaxy was definitly too easy, but Sunshine was too hard for the blue coins. I felt that Galaxy could have done better, but was extremely good already. The only problem with sunshine were those dumb camera angles, and those dumb blue coins. I felt that the bosses in Galaxy were funner and more interesting, but hte final boss was a FAIL. Sunshine was the exact opposite. You basically faught the exact same bosses over and over, but the final boss was awesome.
Personally I have to go with Galaxy as a better game, but Sunshine as a better challenge.

It's actually quite hard to choose. Sunshine is great because I have great memories growing up with it and it has a superior hub. On the other hand, Super Mario Galaxy has a far superior story, superior graphics and a WAY BIGGER variety for levels(Sunshine had only tropical places). I don't know which to choose.

They are very, very, close, but I have a slight preference towards Sunshine.

Galaxy did everything Sunshine did wrong, right. Everything Sunshine did right Galaxy perfected.

Cute, but untrue. Galaxy severely limited the player's control over the camera, and all but completely did away with Sunshine's knack for huge, exploration based levels. Galaxy was also significantly easier--even going for 100% with both characters wasn't much of a challenge. Just time consuming.

Anyway, Galaxy is still one of the greatest platformers ever made. I just happen to like Sunshine more.

I'll take limited control over a functional camera than total control over a busted one.

Point taken about the exploration of levels, though. I personally love what Mario Galaxy does to usher you through levels in a predetermined way without it feeling limiting, but there's no question that it IS limiting, and that leads to a very different gameplay experience. It's just one I enjoy, I guess.