Releases

The two versions compared on this page.

Title screen

The English logo is a little bigger, and it has a fancy sun for the letter "O." Presumably due to the logo size difference, "Press start!" moved up to the top of the screen.

Options

The pictures on the Options screen moved around a little. The two versions have the same voice acting, so the Japanese version has subtitles by default.

Episode select

The Japanese version has Japanese above the area name. "Story" changed to "Episode," and "My score" was shortened to "Score."

Watered down

Though "Monte" was changed to "Pianta," the water bottle label does not reflect the change. "Monte Drink" is clearly visible on the water bottle in the English manual. The yellow lettering was blurred out in the offical art released by Nintendo. (Looking through the bottle, you can see untouched lettering on the back label.)

Instruction booklet	Official artwork

Too bad

When Mario bites the dust, the English version sympathizes with you.

Dolph-fun

Isle Delfino's name in the Japanese version is "Dolphic Island." However, the same English voice acting is used in both versions, so "Isle Delfino" is heard during the in-flight infomercial in the Japanese game also.

One instance of "Dolphic" still remains in the English version... sort of. Two posters that read "DOLPIC" hang on one wall in a room in Sirena Beach's Hotel Delfino.

Shine Get!

One of the more well-known things about Super Mario Sunshine before its U.S. release was the "Shine Get!" phrase shown everytime Mario obtained a Shine. Not surprisingly, this fine example of video game Engrish was changed to simply "Shine!" for the English version.

Areas

Characters

Notes:

• "Kinojii," Toadsworth's Japanese name, is a play on words; more specifically, a combination of kinoko (mushroom) and ojiisan (old man).

Enemies

The table below compares names provided by the game text and Nintendo's official Japanese and English game guides.

Items

Episodes