While Mario still possessed all his athletic acumen, the high tech backpack gave him a new repertoire of moves that were pivotal to completing the game. Unlike power-ups like the Fire Flower or Tanooki Suit, Mario used the FLUDD consistently throughout Sunshine, using its replenishable supply of water to spray away pollution and enemies alike. Gadd, a nod to the inventor behind the ghost vacuum in Luigi's Mansion – was an aberration in the series.
The Flash Liquidizer Ultra Dousing Device – designed by Professor E. The biggest change by far though was giving Mario his FLUDD backpack. In some ways, it was doomed from the start. With the motion controls the Wii would gift to Super Mario Galaxy still a console generation away, and the GameCube not offering much technological innovation beyond more processing power and the adoption of a faster, high capacity disc format, Sunshine was relegated to being merely the second 3D Mario game. Mario 64 was painted onto blank canvas Sunshine had expectations to live up to.
When its metaphorical older brother had already revamped an entire gaming genre, proving 3D platformers were even seriously viable, Sunshine faced an uphill battle to impress. It was ultimately a case of 'little sibling' syndrome. Yet just as The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker had to live under the shadow of the similarly groundbreaking Ocarina of Time, so too was Sunshine judged more on the accomplishments of its predecessor than its own merits. The Nintendo 64's flagship title was undeniably historic – the first 3D Mario game redefined the franchise for a new era, and did so brilliantly.
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