An awesome and fun game that every Wii owner should get!
In the game Princess Peach gets kidnapped again by Bowser, but instead of taking her back to his castle, Bowser takes her into space. This means that Mario must travel through space and explore many galaxies to find the Princess. In his travels, Mario makes new friends and now he must help them collect power stars in order for his new friends to take him to Princess Peach.
The galaxies that Mario travels to make up the stages in which he has to find the power stars, much like the worlds that were in the wall paintings in Super Mario 64. Each galaxy is beautiful, and most have unique themes like being a galaxy made up of toys, a haunted galaxy full of ghosts, or a galaxy full of bees. Each level is greatly designed and its fun to run around these levels and discover whats inside of them. There are many galaxies to play which keeps this game enjoyable.
Controlling Mario has never been easier. You use the nunchuck and Wii remote together, the nunchuck used to control where Mario walks and the Wii remote to make Mario jump and perform other actions. In this game Mario can swim, jump, climb, and use special suits like in the older Mario games and it controls a lot like Mario 64, which had really great controls. Some Wii remote features have also been added as well, like using the pointer to collect star bits and shaking the Wii remote to use Mario's spin attack. To get some stars you will have to use the Wii remote in other ways too, like moving Mario while he is on a ball by tilting the Wii remote. Most of Mario's power ups are also easy to control.
Another aspect of the gameplay that makes the game even better is the gravity. While in different galaxies you will have some crazy gravity and be able to walk on what appears to be ceilings. This allows you to explore more areas and solve some of the game's puzzles. It can provide you with more of a challenge as well.
Graphically this game is beautiful and may be the best looking game on the Wii right now. The worlds are colorful and very detailed. The characters are also detailed and have great animation. The art style is pleasant and really does help you enjoy the game even more. The camera is great and hardly causes any trouble either. The music is also just as great as the graphics.
At first this game does not start off that hard, but as you progress it does pick up and can get even get frustrating at times. With over 120 stars to collect this game should keep you busy for awhile if you try to collect them all. The game also has great replay value which will make this game easily worth 50 dollars.
Overall I would say that this is the best 3D Mario game since Mario 64, which is saying a lot. If you want a good fun game that everyone could enjoy I recommend that you buy this game.