Game Art Styles

Super Mario Sunshine

Nintendo EAD · 2002

Third-person · Platformer · Console

Dimension
3D
Rendering
Stylized 3D
Colors
TealGrayBlueWhiteGreenYellowBlackOrangeBrown
Linework
No outlines
Shading
Soft gradient
Texture
Low-res textures
Palette
Vibrant
Proportions
Exaggerated, Cute
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About

Super Mario Sunshine is a 3D platform game set on the tropical Isle Delfino. Mario uses the water-spraying F.L.U.D.D. device to clean pollution, traverse environments and collect Shine Sprites after being blamed for a lookalike's vandalism.

Art style

Super Mario Sunshine (2002, Nintendo EAD) is a stylized 3D game played from a third-person view. Its look is built from shapes without outlines, soft gradient shading and low-res textures. The palette is vibrant.

Details

Release
Original release · GameCube
Developer
Nintendo EAD
Publisher
Nintendo
Released
2002-07-19 Japan, GameCube
2002-08-26 North America, GameCube
2002-10-04 Europe, GameCube
2002-10-11 Australia, GameCube
Platforms
GameCube
Also known as
スーパーマリオサンシャイン (Japan)
Sūpā Mario Sanshain (Japan)
Credits
Hiroshi Matsunaga Character Design
Takeshi Hosono Character Design
Satomi Maekawa Character Design
Ryuichi Yamamoto Character Design
Michiho Hayashi Character Design
Akiko Hirono Character Design
Kenta Motokura Character Design
Futoshi Shirai Map Director
Hiromu Takemura Map Design
Atsushi Miyagi Map Design
Shinko Konishi Map Design
Taeko Sugawara Map Design
Kazumi Yamaguchi Map Object Design
Ren Uehara Screen Design
Hidekazu Ota Screen Design
Takumi Kawagoe Demo Design
Naoki Mori Demo Design
Hiroyasu Kuwabara Demo Design
Shunsuke Makita Demo Design
Keijiro Inoue Effect Design
Yoshiaki Koizumi Director
Kenta Usui Director
Shigeru Miyamoto Producer
Takashi Tezuka Producer
Links
official · wikipedia · mariowiki.com

Screenshots 5

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