Galaxy 2 did address many of the faults of Galaxy 1, but also regressed some of the good things Galaxy 1 brought to the table. But I enjoyed the gameplay of Galaxy 2 more despite the disappointing final boss fight and bonus reward at the end.
Sunshine was a solid game, but I disliked the blue coin hunting and the unbalance in the difficulty in some of the levels. I mean there are two special courses that are a pain with one of the courses adding more pain to just unlock*. Don't forget boating in Corona Mountain either. That was bad having FLUDD to steer. I crashed a lot.
Now 64 is still my favorite 3D Mario regardless of the visuals not holding up well today. You had mostly complete freedom to do what you want when you want with the only hints to the stars you get is in the episode names. Plus Metal Mario's theme.
* There's this special course in Isle Delfino that needs Yoshi to unlock, but you had to take him across vast stretches of water via boats without drowning him or starving him. That was tedious. The special course that Yoshi unlocks is a poison river trip to collect 8 red coins.
The river instantly kills you if you fall in just as falling out of bounds kills you. And the only thing you get to help is a friggin' leaf boat that you use FLUDD to drive. And the boat takes on poison water too if you put too much weight on one side of the boat. I went in with 50 Marios and finally beat the damn thing on my last Mario.
Sunshine was a solid game, but I disliked the blue coin hunting and the unbalance in the difficulty in some of the levels. I mean there are two special courses that are a pain with one of the courses adding more pain to just unlock*. Don't forget boating in Corona Mountain either. That was bad having FLUDD to steer. I crashed a lot.
Now 64 is still my favorite 3D Mario regardless of the visuals not holding up well today. You had mostly complete freedom to do what you want when you want with the only hints to the stars you get is in the episode names. Plus Metal Mario's theme.
* There's this special course in Isle Delfino that needs Yoshi to unlock, but you had to take him across vast stretches of water via boats without drowning him or starving him. That was tedious. The special course that Yoshi unlocks is a poison river trip to collect 8 red coins.
The river instantly kills you if you fall in just as falling out of bounds kills you. And the only thing you get to help is a friggin' leaf boat that you use FLUDD to drive. And the boat takes on poison water too if you put too much weight on one side of the boat. I went in with 50 Marios and finally beat the damn thing on my last Mario.