Like what, exactly? Revolutionize the industry like Mario 64? Put the GameCube ahead of the PS2?
Be realistic here. All the major innovations in 3d platforming have been made (adding the element of time doesn't count. I'd call that 4d gaming). What made Mario 64 so big was pretty much the fact that it had never been done before. Mario Sunshine could never claim the same thing no matter how much Miyamoto racked his brains. All that's left to be done now is to tweak the gameplay to perfection.
Mario Sunshine did as well as could be reasonably expected. Anybody who had been anticipating earthquakes throughout videogaming was just deluding himself.
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