Hi! Welcome to my HD texture pack information page for Super Mario Sunshine!

Some general info regarding this texture pack which you should read before you download it;

• There are ~1400 unique textures in total in the game. Out of these textures several hundred have been completely re-textured. Some other textures have also been been up-scaled using A.I upscaling. Many filtered textures have also been modified or changed entirely to look better as well. Some textures remain completely untouched until I've worked on them since some textures look bad when upscaled.

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• I am completely up for suggestions, changes and submissions. You will of course be fully credited for any work you submit.
   

• The 4K version of the texture pack is scaled to 8x the default resolution, this means that (if internal resolution is increased in Dolphin) you may be able to view some textures at a staggering 6832x3480 resolution! Taking into account that you are using the provided widescreen hack of course. The 1080p version is scaled to 4x the default resolution, which still results to slightly above 1080p.

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• My goal with this texture pack is to enhance the original game visuals while staying faithful to the original vision. That means my textures are meant to blend in as much as possible with the old textures so the game feel doesn't change (with some exceptions, feedback is appreciated).

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• This texture pack is made for Ishiiruka Dolphin and includes shader presets to provide nice graphical features like Screen Space Ambient Occlusion (self shadowing around meshes), Bloom, Depth of Field, Tone Mapping and much more. And you can tweak it to make the game look however you like!

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• This texture pack will work with any custom mods / hacks of Super Mario Sunshine as long as they aren't adding new textures or changing old ones (in that case, conflicting textures will be overwritten by one another but it will still work). It has full support for the Sunburn mod.

• There is a 60 FPS patch provided with the texture pack, and it works without any major issues on the NTSC (North American) version of the game. The European version also has a 60 FPS patch, but might cause some glitches (most notably laggy cutscenes). Therefore, the 60 FPS patch is only enabled by default on the NTSC version of the game. The Japanese version has no codes enabled at all by default and is not recommended. You can also achieve 60 & 120 fps using Lossless Scaling, which will work on any version without any patches necessary.

• Currently, only NTCS and PAL textures have been modified. You can still use this texture pack on Japanense / Korean versions of the game in Dolphin, it will still work. This will not include the Jap/Kor region specific textures though.

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• If you don't like the way my texture pack looks over the All-Stars Switch version, please note that all post processing can be modified easily from user to user to fit your own preference, you can make it look however you like. There are also many benefits to playing the original GameCube version with a HD texture pack over the Switch version (see below).

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• If you are having issues with stuttering and lag, remember to check "Prefetch Custom Textures" in the 'Advanced' tab of the Graphics settings before asking for help. I also recommend enabling V-Sync as it removes screen tearing in full screen mode.​

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• Feel free to join my Discord server for updates on all my texture packs!

Why would I play this over the Switch / Super Mario 3D All Stars version?

There are many reasons why you would want to play the GameCube version of Super Mario Sunshine with a HD Texture Pack over the Switch version. Here are some I've listed out the top of my head;

• Better visuals (Higher resolution textures, material maps, rim lighting, depth of field, ambient occlusion, global illumination, tonemapping, post processing shaders and more!)

• It's free!

• Android & iOS Support (including SteamDeck, Nvidia Shield, AYA Neo etc.)

• 60 FPS

• Ultra Widescreen Support (21:9 or even higher)

• Superior mods and modding tools

• Free Cam

• Supports a plethora of cheats and patches

• Stereoscopic 3D support

• VR Potential

• Supports nearly all gamepads. Including PS4/5, Xbox One, GameCube, Joy-Con or the Switch Pro Controller.

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