

This is considered to be the root of Sunshine's lower level count compared to 64 and lack of polish in some areas such as the 30 FPS framerate, and Shigeru Miyamoto believed at the time that the game could have been more interesting if it had more development time. The shortened development time was due to two main factors: the development of Nintendo's at-the-time new R&D system, and the need to release the game by summer partly due to Sunshine's vacation theming and partly due to a scarce library and demand for the Nintendo GameCube.

Toadsworth and the male Piantas were nearly universally assumed by fans for years to be voiced by Charles Martinet ( thanks to the game's credits not actually specifying which voice actors voiced which characters), but Scott Burns ended up confirming he was the actual voice behind the characters in an email with a fan in 2021, nearly two decades after the game's initial release. Scott Burns voices Bowser, Toadsworth and the male Piantas, as well various other NPCs.Jen Taylor voices both Peach and the Toads (besides Toadsworth).Charles Martinet, in addition to voicing Mario, voiced the Isle Delfino commercial at the beginning of the game, a voice role he didn't even remember having until he replayed the game !.
