I do agree that there was much more charm to the story of Sunshine than Odyssey. I remember the cut scenes from Sunshine and the plot way more than I ever watched the stupid talks between mario and wisp. Each new place seemed interesting and had depth in Sunshine too. Where as in odyssey it felt like they were trying to give us what we wanted.... and the collectathons were too much. I actually had a desire to 100% sunshine, but I never felt the need in Odyssey. Sunshine seemed more like what Nintendo was interested in doing rather than trying to make a new mario game to satisfy our mario lust for switch.
It’s kinda funny that back when Super Mario Sunshine is new, people were not happy with the game. Now they like it and want another game like it. Either way, it got more love than hate, but more hate than the other Mario games. But I seem to like it more than the other Mario games for five reasons:
1. Super Mario 64 is too small and simple. It was good for the time, but now it’s outdated.
2. Super Mario Galaxy was ruined by the linearity and gravity mechanic.
3. Super Mario Galaxy 2 was ruined by having an excess in sidescroller sections. It’s like it’s not an actual 3D Mario.
4. Super Mario 3D Land and Super Mario 3D World eere too much like NSMB.
5. Super Mario Odyssey had too much repetition, an excess amount of Power Moons, and collecting is a bit meaningless.
Since Nintendo is doing away with Virtual Console and the Classic Edition systems, I would hope for an HD Remake of Super Mario Sunshine (which should also come with gameplay improvements and voicing improvements).