Super Mario Sunshine Review Roundup

In the ongoing human effort to make sense of creative work, Kotaku has gathered the professional critical chorus around Super Mario Sunshine — a Nintendo title that carries the weight of legacy and the scrutiny of expectation. The roundup is less about delivering a verdict than about mapping the shape of a conversation: where critics find common ground, where they diverge, and what those divergences reveal about the game's place in a larger story. It is a reminder that criticism, at its best, is not judgment but orientation.