Mario Sunshine has quite a few problems, most likely too many to count, yet I found it oddly charming. I actually really liked my time with it despite how much of the time I think the game suffers from messy design.

I think the saving grace here is that it's a game I remembered not liking and everyone dogs on that I found myself having more fun than expected with, VS a game heralded as an all-time classic that just isn't clicking for me. I therefore weirdly had more time for Sunshine? And ended up enjoying it a lot despite the flaws? Sometimes these things blindsight you.