I thought that Sunshine was an excellent addition to the mario series. I too find it unjust that they just seem to ignore the gamecube games in the genre's, but I think the reason is that the gamecube games tried taking different turns on the series we all loved, and some of these people hate change.
Wind Waker introduced a Ocean theme and Cel-shaded graphics.
Sunshine introduced the use of a weapon and various upgrades.
I thought these games were great, but I think maybe the revolution of the PS2 overshadowed these games. It seems to me like the PS2 raised the rating scale, so these games obviously couldn't live up to PS2 games, so I think that may have influenced the ratings.
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