Video: Guess What, Super Mario Sunshine Looks Amazing Running At 60fps

I feel like you guys show this and Mario Galaxy in HD just about every year...it's not that surprising anymore...

I heard Nintendo is working on another Nintendo Gamecube Remaster for this year like what they did with Wind Waker 2 years ago, I'm hoping for Super Mario Sunshine.

I'd like to see either SMS or F-Zero GX get an HD remaster for Wii U. They would both look gorgeous in HD.

@HawkeyeWii i believe f-zero gx originally ran at 60fps

@CanisWolfred I still want it, and perhaps Nintendo is paying attention to what the fans want... just maybe.

Yes F-Zero GX definitely ran at a locked 60fps using a modified version of the SMB2 game engine.

I don't get the reverence so many people seem to have for Sunshine. It must be a generational thing since I see a lot of folks talking about childhood whenever it's brought up and saying how it was their first Mario game. As someone in his 30's, I played this game in my early 20's and it's just okay to me. Possibly the worst 3D Mario game imo. A bad Mario game is still a great game, of course, but I don't need to see an HD version, a sequel, or a revisit to this game at all.

I have to say, that SMS would be cool as a remaster on WiiU, but I alway felt like SMS was a bit to monotonous in it's level desing. Shure, Fludd changed the platforming up quite a bit, but the complete painting of this game in a tropical island theme made it somewhat linear when it came to changing up the levels.
For me, SMS lacked the variety that SM64 and later installments had when it comes to Leveltypes and leveldesing.
For me it was just a bit to simple, but I think that's because they introduced Fludd and based very many puzzles around Water, paint and Fludd.

I always enjoyed the parts of SMS that I played, but eventually the camera pissed me off so much I just stopped, specifically on a stage requiring you to climb a Ferris wheel.

Would be interested in a remaster if they fixed it up a bit, or even more in a new game that uses the structure of the game

480p... My rusty old laptop can't even handle 60fps at 720p...

HD remaster. Get on that, Nintendo.

SMS is my favorite game of all time.

@TurianAgent So much yes to this. I would even welcome motion controls for FLUDD, and I'm not a fan of motion controls.

....Thought this was actually an official remake or something. :/

Super Mario Sunshine looks great running at 60 frames per second. Now all that's needed is for the game to be in HD and some changes to the game and I would be extremely happy. Though I would prefer new games over remakes.

@grumblebuzzz I played this game when I was a kid and had fun with it. I went back a few years ago to play and still had fun with it. I would agree it isn't the best 3D Mario game and definitely has its share of problems. A remake would be appreciated and if Nintendo gave this game the Wind Waker HD treatment, then it would definitely jump up to one of my favorite Mario games.

Well I've now discovered my laptop can't handle 60fps videos so thanks for that.

Anyone who grew up on/played Sunshine will remember that level...shiver shutter ...
IMMA CHUCKSTER!!! tosses without warning

Oh man! I want Super Mario Sunshine to get a rerelease on Wii U so bad! I've been avoiding playing it in the hopes it gets a remaster or something.

I loved Sunshine! I really hope Nintendo either makes an HD remake for Sunshine or a sequel.

This looks great! I missed out on the GameCube. I'd play this though.

And when Nintendo's not giving you this kind of quality with it's own re-releases of Wii titles and its VC games etc (and bare in mind the guys doing this stuff on Dolphin are not official developers for Nintendo or whatever) does anyone wonder why emu****** are so popular?

Homebrew does what Nintendon't!

I don't see the difference at all. This is a joke right as it's not funny

@SuprisedStar That level was so annoying lol

Very few game actually look better sub 60 FPS. And no, "it looks more cinematic" is a horrible excuse for less smooth frame rate.

@Kirk lol it's so true!

This is literally all I want. Old games uprezzed to 1080p at 60fps. But Nintendo refuses to do that. Either we get a huge, expensive, time-consuming remastering, or we get the original--end of story.

Why does everyone downplay this stuff by saying "All they're doing is uprezzing it"? So many Nintendo games already look so amazing that this is all they need!

Guess what WASN'T remastered by fans. (Hint: It's the game in the title of this article). Guess what should be remastered. The Facebook link… the one that says this was remastered by fans.

...Doesn't look all that different to me.

Emulation does what Nintendon't.

@thiz I don't know. I use my eyes to see that it runs smoother. So... it looks smoother. It looks better. Not sure what the gripe is here. It doesn't make it sound better, or feel better to the touch, or taste or smell better. :/

Plus, higher frame rates do literally tend to make graphics in motion look better. Watch a movie on DVD and then take a look at the still frame when its paused. You might be surprised how low resolution it looks. Our brain fills in the details and gives the impression of higher resolution at higher frame rates.

NintendoFan 64: If you don't see a difference you may not be seeing it in 60fps. Like someone suggested you may need to use Chrome. Plus, you might not be remembering it right. Or you're just not sensitive to it.

It's like night and day to me. 30 fps in games feels horribly choppy to me most of the time. I don't like the disconnect between my actions and what happens on the screen. I feel the lack of response inbetween frames at ~30fps.

@DerpSandwich I agree with you, except I'd like them to at least throw an artist or two on there for the most egregious low-res textures. Since the beginning of Nintendo's 3d chips texture memory has been substandard, so everything is just washed out and blurry. Higher resolution and 60fps unfortunately makes it stand out even more. A mediocre artist could just sharpen up the worst spots.

I can see where Nintendo, at that point, would then really want to revisit it as well.

After having ripped all my GC collection to my PC, this is some fantastic news!
Now if they can just get those Rogue Squadron zfreeze bugs ironed out...

@nacho_chicken They just fixed them last month! https://dolphin-emu.org/blog/2015/02/01/dolphin-progress-report-january-2015/

I think we are all just hoping that Nintendo will eventually give this the remake it deserves, or at the very least just start a Gamecube section of the Virtual Console

@aaronsullivan That's a good point, cleaning up a few textures would also go a long way.

@SuprisedStar That level...

@grumblebuzzz I get tired of games like Super Mario 64 and Super Mario Bros 3 pretty quickly, but I can play Super Mario Sunshine over and over again. The water mechanics are just so much fun, and unlike most Mario games now-a-days it gives you so much freedom to explore the levels. The blue coins really help with that. I get that they can be annoying to find, but I've always liked games that allow you to fool around and still make progress. With the blue coins I can run around and explore the level freely knowing I'll still be able to get something out of it (e.g. even if I hit a dead end I still collected some blue coins). Because the blue coins exist, every nook and cranny of the game is important, and that makes it really special.

That does look really nice, actually...

@thiz Yeah, no. I mean yup, it plays/feels better but It also looks better for reasons I stated above. Many games come alive visually once you see them played at 60fps rather than the standard 30fps that most online videos show them in.

@thiz Do developers actually use that as an excuse why their games are 30 fps? If so... wow.

@MasterWario I hear you on Sunshine. I have always been a bit down on it because I remember stretches of disappointment when I first played through it. I went back to it a couple years ago and it was pretty great. The setting especially.

I know I was just saying how simple upgrades would be welcome, I think the rough edges could be smoothed out Wind Waker HD style. I bet gyro water controls with the GamePad would work well, too, as an option.

The video doesn't really look that much different to the original game. Something tells me Nintendo might be already developing a hd remaster for Wii U of this game. And to be fair, Sunshine in HD would be amazing.

I don't care if they managed to increase the framerate to a point that only metaphysical deities can notice in the first place, a flawed game is a flawed game regardless.

My crappy Windows 8 can barely run 720 60fps

@RupeeClock the option is there in IE as well.

It's just me, or does it looks like it's actually running faster? Are character animations "measured" (so to speak) in frames? I remember that when fzero was launched, because the difference in tv framerates (NTSC vs pal) it was more difficult for some...

i really liked sunshine for its time the colors and such was nice still sucks that it never got a sequel but yeah the cam would be bad at times but still all the other mario games got a sequel so why not

Too bad the graphics and framerate have little to do with why I don't like the game.