Breaking Down the Super Mario Galaxy 2 Trailer [56k]

So, if you've seen the new E3 trailer for Super Mario Galaxy 2, then you should remember there is ALOT going on in it. Well, I took the time to break it down for you to the best of my ability. You're Welcome.

First off, here's an annotated version of the trailer that I found: (I recommend clicking "HQ" and then going full-screen)VIDEO LINK

Wow, I think that's the smaller than all the planets in Galaxy 1 (if you don't count the shrinking planet).

Spectacular graphics!

Yoshi is in this one!

What could that power-up in the top, right corner do?

Looks like when you're on Yoshi, your aiming reticule is the small red dot. Maybe you have to encircle the spiky plant for him to eat it?

(Bob's Personal Note: The red dot is just supposed to look like Yoshi's tongue)

You can swing from floating flowers that Yoshi latches his tongue onto. And look, a winged Goomba!

Riding up the ramp like Sonic!

What does this bubble do when you feed it to Yoshi?

It makes him swell up like a balloon and float! That is wicked cool!

Hey, this is new...

It lets you drill through the ground!

He looks familiar. Looks like you get to use the new drill against him this time.

A big slide, reminiscent of Super Mario 64. This game is truly amazing now!

That thing is too cute. LittleBigPlanet anyone?

I love to see the interesting concepts of the side missions.

A new snowy/icy level!

A new underwater level!

The switch turns the surrounding water to ice! I love the way Mario skates on the ice.

A maze full of Boos!

Good to see the long-jump is returning...

That's a drum! Haha, thats awesome.

The bee suit is back!

Hmm...What's with the all the shadow Marios? Maybe they are ghost times that you can race (ala-Mariokart)?

Mario spins to flip the tiles.

Koopa-kid ships are coming out of black holes. Must be from a pre-boss-fight cinematic.

RUN!!!

Good to see that star bits are back. They were a good addition. And I love the texturing on the grass.

Good to see that you can still keep Yoshi when using a launch star.

That's it! I cannot wait!!!

Post your thoughts.

Super thanks to bob_newman for fixing the layout for me!

I noticed a winged goomba at 1:16.

i cant freaking wait!!!! :D

looks awsome, as you'd expect

i understand why people want one mario platformer a gen, it gives time to make things refresh and no rehashing

but Galaxy was so good, expanding upon it, and making it mre difficult (as they said it will be) is going to be awesome

don't worry guys, this isn't a game with a certain Lombax (9 games in 7 years) its MARIO! looks to be a solid sequel

i can't wait, Sin and Punishment is q1 2010, NSMB Wii is Q4 2009, so lets hope this is Q2 at latest

I'm prediciting a May 2010 release. At least i hope so.

I don't care what the pessimists say, this game is going to be incredible and possibly better than the first. I'm really looking forward to the new soundtrack too. The Galaxy orchestra made one amazing soundtrack and we will probably hear some more ear pleasing goodness.

In short, Mario Galaxy style and Yoshi=Instant Win. But something I noticed when I first watched the trailer is that the worlds while they still have the Galaxy feel to them seem to have more of a Mario 64 vibe to them. It looks like the game will find an even better mix of the spehrical gameplay and the large open environments of Mario 64. Sepewrath

I dunno, I think it looks the same tbh (besides yoshi, and a few minor details). That's just my opinion though...

[QUOTE="Sepewrath"]In short, Mario Galaxy style and Yoshi=Instant Win. But something I noticed when I first watched the trailer is that the worlds while they still have the Galaxy feel to them seem to have more of a Mario 64 vibe to them. It looks like the game will find an even better mix of the spehrical gameplay and the large open environments of Mario 64. danger_ranger95

I dunno, I think it looks the same tbh (besides yoshi, and a few minor details). That's just my opinion though...

Well if the first one was awesome, why make any drastic changes? If it's the same wouldn't that be a good thing?

Also, nice for putting this togethrr WetWilli, and thanks Bob_Newman for making it look pleasant. I can't wait for this game, but time seems to go a lot faster these days so I'm sure it'll be around in no time.

[QUOTE="danger_ranger95"]

[QUOTE="Sepewrath"]In short, Mario Galaxy style and Yoshi=Instant Win. But something I noticed when I first watched the trailer is that the worlds while they still have the Galaxy feel to them seem to have more of a Mario 64 vibe to them. It looks like the game will find an even better mix of the spehrical gameplay and the large open environments of Mario 64. Longcat2

I dunno, I think it looks the same tbh (besides yoshi, and a few minor details). That's just my opinion though...

Well if the first one was awesome, why make any drastic changes? If it's the same wouldn't that be a good thing?

Also, nice for putting this togethrr WetWilli, and thanks Bob_Newman for making it look pleasant. I can't wait for this game, but time seems to go a lot faster these days so I'm sure it'll be around in no time.

Oh I agree...even though I didn't particularly care for the first game too much, it was a very solid product (like most Nintendo games are). I'm excited for the people who are happy.

looks awsome, as you'd expect

i understand why people want one mario platformer a gen, it gives time to make things refresh and no rehashing

but Galaxy was so good, expanding upon it, and making it mre difficult (as they said it will be) is going to be awesome

don't worry guys, this isn't a game with a certain Lombax (9 games in 7 years) its MARIO! looks to be a solid sequel

i can't wait, Sin and Punishment is q1 2010, NSMB Wii is Q4 2009, so lets hope this is Q2 at latest

I'm prediciting a May 2010 release. At least i hope so.

I dunno, I think it looks the same tbh (besides yoshi, and a few minor details). That's just my opinion though...

danger_ranger95

I don't care what the pessimists say, this game is going to be incredible and possibly better than the first. I'm really looking forward to the new soundtrack too. The Galaxy orchestra made one amazing soundtrack and we will probably hear some more ear pleasing goodness.

FFCYAN

Must say that I agree with this.

Really looks amazing, even more than Super Mario Galaxy. The music that's playing in the trailer is a new arrangement of the Gusty Garden Galaxy theme. Maybe there'll be new arrangements of other themes too, looking forward to another amazing soundtrack.

Adding Yoshi was an awesome idea. It's cool how he can change colors and gain new abilities like running faster and floating.

That new wood npc looks cool, can't wait to see more of that galaxy. The new snow galaxy looks awesome, really excited for that one. It even looked like there was a music based galaxy, I saw some drums.

Mario's head as a planet is awesome.

Paragoombas and Red Koopa Troopas were added also.

I hope Rosalina returns, it wouldn't be the same without her either.

I think the game looks very awesome.

I'm thinking about quoting the OP and Bob.AlexSays

I hope that music is only for the trailer, cause it sounds like they went back to midi.

It's looking great!

It's kinda interesting that because mario games are always different from each other, that some say "this game looks just the same". Itdoesn't feel like something usual in Nintendo.However companies like activision, EA do it everytime and noone complains.

butit's clear from the images they had a lot more ideias than what they couldget into Galaxy 1.

This game will be great!!!!!!!

Fixed it for you. I couldn't stand how it looked (Being OCD as I am). :P

Just copy everything and paste it. I think it should work.

bob_newman

Thank you so much! I had to go to work, so I couldn't fix it right away.

Great topic!

Can't wait for it! :)

[QUOTE="darth-pyschosis"]

looks awsome, as you'd expect

i understand why people want one mario platformer a gen, it gives time to make things refresh and no rehashing

but Galaxy was so good, expanding upon it, and making it mre difficult (as they said it will be) is going to be awesome

don't worry guys, this isn't a game with a certain Lombax (9 games in 7 years) its MARIO! looks to be a solid sequel

i can't wait, Sin and Punishment is q1 2010, NSMB Wii is Q4 2009, so lets hope this is Q2 at latest

I'm prediciting a May 2010 release. At least i hope so.

Sepewrath

I dunno, I think it looks the same tbh (besides yoshi, and a few minor details). That's just my opinion though...

danger_ranger95

well I hope so... That was one of my beefs with Galaxy in the first place.

Thanks for the screens! This was a great trailer if you ask me, and this is coming from someone who doesn't even like the idea of a direct sequel to Galaxy. Only one thing about the video worries me: those purple coins in that "Shadow Mario" clip. I don't know about you guys, but I found those "Purple Coin" levels and the rest of those Comet missions were one of the few significant flaws in the original. I just feel like they were a cheap way of coming up with a way of having 120 stars in the game without having to create brand new levels or challenges. Now, judging by all of those Shadow Marios, the coins are probably part of an entirely original challenge, so I shouldn't complain just yet, but I'll still be keeping my eye on their plans to include those lazy comet levels.Emmenite7

The stages in the trailer seemed a lot bigger than Galaxy 1's stages, which is a verygood thing. And I totally missed that drum planet the first time around--nice find!

it looks just like galaxy 1

More Mario, more Yoshi, more everything. I just can't wait for this game! :D

Looks like it's going to be a few times longer and better than Galaxy. I can't wait. =)

I really hope this can top its predesscor because that game was awesome and this is looking fantastic also.

Great thread guys!

I think it looks fantastic and comparisions to it's predecessor are a good thing. Everyone agrees that Galaxy is a great game. Why would they change that?

Main 'complaint' with SMG was that there were so many cool things shown, that You felt like they should have let You play more with it. Like the ball, like the underwater worlds, like the racing etc,etc,etc,etc,etc.

So i won't be complaining about getting a SMG2...
It looks really good and i missed all those things safe for Yoshi, the first time i saw the trailer.

Very cool analyzation!

Yup, sure does look amazing. I feel it will be so much different to the first aswell, as Nintendo and Miyamoto wouldn't carry on the Galaxy idea if they didn't believe there wouldn't be many fresh ideas for a whole new game.
Carn't wait for it:D

I hope Galaxy 2 is better than Galaxy. Galaxy was to easy and it was fast to beat the story mode.

What could that power-up in the top, right corner do?

wetwilli64

When you look at the trailer that block appears to be one of thosecycling power up blocks from Super Mario World.

It looks really good, and the first was one of my favorite games this gen. I cant wait to play it, and it seems like 2010 is shaping up to be one of the greatest years in gaming.

I'm glad nintendo is releasing a sequel to SMG. At least we don't have to wait until the next gen to get a new Mario game. This is great!

it looks just like galaxy 1

riou7

Nice work. I'm looking forward to this game a lot.

[QUOTE="riou7"]

it looks just like galaxy 1

znator

That would be cool.

As for the graphics, they do look very silimar. Probably due to the fact that it's a sequel. But, there are obvious enhancements in the graphics. Just look at that grass! (Yay, Grass!). But, Galaxy was a beautiful game, so I'm not complaining.