Hardest Levels in Super Mario Sunshine

Only people who played the game can understand the pure evil of this level.

This is nothing short of a journey to get to.

I hate this Star the most out of any 3D Mario game I've played, even more than rainbow road purple coins from Galaxy 2

This area was the reason I couldn't beat Super Mario Sunshine as a kid.

Anything that involves using fludd in order to steer a boat in my opinion.

The boat full of viruses

I hate this level its very difficult to get to area you need to get to and a lot of times fall to your death.

The controls are pretty broken. Other than that I guess it's not too bad when you get the hang of it.

So glitchy oh my buddha

This level is the worst because it's luck based, the toxic river is way easier

Ugh maybe the hardest shine in the game a long with the lily pad

While this level would have been hardwer without FLUDD, he is basically useless here because if you use him the sand bird platform will fly away and you may as well fall, and on top of that, about halfway through he will start rotating and it's so hard! Combine that with Sunshine's terrible controls and you have the perfect run (pun intended)

Stupid level is damn near impossible, FLUDD is useless until the very end, and you actually have to jump off the sand bird at the right time to get the last coin. Took my family 4 YEARS to beat it

Oh my god. This should be put where number 2 is because the Bowser Boss is quite easy. The Watermelon is annoying enough to push around and then it can get popped by those annoying cataquacks on top of that. You need 110% focus or your melon is done for. This hyperventilated me a LOT!

You cannot explain how dreadful this level is with words. It's not possible. It's one of the worst things I tried completing in a video game and I groan every time I think of going through a 100% completion run of Super Mario Sunshine because of it, as well as a few others.

This is the one. Many say the lilly pad level or the pachinko game, but this shine is just unbearable. What sucks is that you think a level in world three would be easier, but it surprises you. A true test of your patience.

If you don't know how to find a specific short cut, hell awaits you. Good luck.

That maze sucks

The wall jumps at angles are incredibly challenging and you have to hit the perfect angle or you're screwed. not to mention the rotating blocks. first one is already hard enough, second one rotates even faster, and the third one is on a angle. makes me lose my mind

Getting to the shell is hard enough and the secret level isn't any better

The reason I stopped playing for a few weeks before coming back and grinding it out

If you didn't know you can kill it by being in the ocean in order maintain your water, it's utter complete hell. End of story.

I had to scroll the camera up to a birds eye view for this boss battle.

The Shining reference is cool but the level is a pain in the arse

Yoshi jumping mechanics are really wack.

This Star sucks until you realise you can just spin jump through the whole level

Any secret level is hard

If you run out of water, you can easily mess this level up.

Very asinine boss fight.

It took me ages to understand how to beat this level as a kid.

You wouldn't think a level in the first world would be that hard, but that's not the case here, you first have to get to an area that is hard rto get to in the first place becuase the water surrounding it is poisonous for no reason, and then the level inside the secret is just cruel! You've got flipping platforms and cubes that will rotate in multiplie directions! This wouldn't be so bad if only the controls weren't horrible!

It's not that hard, while the coins can be placed in some obnoxious areas, at least you don't die by falling (unlike a certain bird stage)

Wow. Don't even get me started with how many times it took me to complete this level. Is there some sort of trick that I've missed? It's been 20 times and I still haven't managed to complete it