Super Mario Sunshine (Game Cube, 2002)

...awaits you from beginning to end, but to Mario, its anything but a vacation. This game is far from the traditional Mario bashing blocks, having super powers etc. His main weapon of both defense and offense is a pressurized, personified, computerized water squirter.
It can be used for hovering in air, taking care of contamination, revealing secrets, puzzle solving, and destroying enemies. IF YOUR GOOD AT FIRST PLAYER SHOOTERS, I HIGHLY RECOMMEND THIS GAME as challenging as it is.

I personally liked the Island Jazzy Music, and the bright vacation spots the most. The hardest part of the game to me is the challenging platformers where the way of death is missing the platforms, probably the only traditional part remeniscient of Mario games. Too bad for no Luigi involvement at least to how far I came in game, for I could'nt beat it.