Hey guys. Its the Irish Gamer here once again with another blog on something I wanted to talk about. What I wanted to talk about is none other than Super Mario Galaxy.

First and foremost, if you have a Wii and don't have this game, get it right now or for Christmas because it is without a doubt, the best game on that system right now. It will be pretty much a daunting task for anything to come out after it to topple it. If you enjoyed Super Mario 64 and felt disappointed by Super Mario Sunshine then this will make you fall in love with Mario again because it just makes what was great about Mario 64 and increase it tenfold.

Anyway, last night I completed the game as Mario and got 120 stars. *SPOILER* But the game is not over yet, as a matter of fact since you unlock Luigi once you obtain the 120 stars and can go through it as him, which I will be doing next year but not now.*END SPOILER* I will be most looking forward to playing the game again soon because it is just a delight to play and tons of fun. Some of the galaxies are extremely excellent to do and that is probably the best part of the game: its level design. There is a great variety of galaxies and some of the stars in it are really fun to get and you cannot wait to go back into it again. Some of my favourite galaxies include: Dreadnought Galaxy, Sweet Sweet Galaxy and Gusty Garden (love the music in that galaxy) but nearly all of them are great fun to do.

If there is one thing in the game that I did not like, it is the purple coin challenges. Now some of them I didn't mind doing now since they were on a time limit or you were on a moving platform and obtained them although if you missed one, you were screwed. It was the ones that were a little spread out that got on my nerves since I found them just tedious to do and annoyed you in that you got a lot only to die accidentally or whatnot and having to waste another 5-10 mins or so doing it again. For example, I got all of them in Honeyhive Galaxy only to fall off and die therefore had to do it all over again and that galaxy is one of the worst culprits in terms of the coin challenges. Apart from that and some minor camera issues, I find the game practically flawless. It has superb gameplay, stellar graphics and a memorable soundtrack and its a game that you would definitely come back to again just so you can play some of your favourite galaxies.

For people who know me, they pretty much have an idea of what my current GOTY is but after completing this, I have to think on it again since I just adored playing this and its a close call between this and the other game so you will have to wait and find out which one reigns supreme when my awards come about.

Just get Galaxy and enjoy it like I have. Also, since the Best and Worst of Awards from GS are coming up, I honestly hope this game wins their GOTY. I just hope it isn't something obvious like Halo 3 or a FPS anyway but who knows. I will be doing a video review of this game sometime. I will have to record a good amount of footage though first before I can and take it from there.

Until next time, take care and toodles!