Mario is back, and instead of playin in the Sunshine, he is defeating the Galaxy!

User Rating: 10 | Super Mario Galaxy WII
By Shadow_Hokage | Review Date:
Who doesn't like Mario? Every knows and loves the plumber of games. Mario made a huge impact with his first releases, selling millions, and then revolutionized the gaming world by leading it into 3D with Super Mario 64. He came back in a good, solid fun platformer, Super Mario Sunshine. The problem was... It wasn't new, or fresh, and people were disappointed in the groundbreaking plumber. The same complaint does NOT fit Galaxy. While gravity mechanics, excellent platforming, and sheer fun are not new, amrio combines them all and gives them his own element.
Puzzles are not the toughest you've found, but they are occasionally challenging, and they give you a sense of accomplishment. Finding fragments of of hidden star in a sand pyramid that flows back and forth, all while shifting gravity as well makes you just smile when you finish. Sunshines puzzles, easy, hard, or otherwise left you going "-BLAM!-, Glad I dont have to do that again!", while Galaxy's, even if they are hard, make you want to come back.
The actual Gameplay resembles 64 with new moves, a variety of new objectives, and costumes. These cosumes belong to a few select galaxies each, and have several effects. A boo suit lets you float and go through walls, a bee suit lets you fly and climb honey walls, a black and red mario suit lets you fly, and Ice and Fire power come back from other games. The ONLY frustating element in the ENTIRE game is the spring suit in the toy galaxy, just because it's controls are so clunky.
You need 60 power stars to finish the game, and there are 120 possible. If you get all 120, you can play through the game, with a special treat! If you want to know, read the end of my review, and while I dont have currently (I only have 51 stars, including the hidden ones), my friend and the Gamespot employees do.
The game does'nt use many of the Wii motion controls, but when it does it comes in the form of mini-games. These include star-bowl riding, ray-surfing, and scooting a bubble around a level using the wii-mote while mario rides inside. These are INCREDIBLY fun.
The graphics are the best on the Wii yet, and it all comes together in what can only be described as an updated mario style. Sound includes several of your old Mario favorites, and some new ones, but dont worry, they follow the Mario spirit much better than some of the ones in Sunshine did, and they all are on at the exact right moment.

You will love Mario's latest adventure, do not rent this, BUY IT.

(If you obtain all 120 stars, you can play through the game again as luigi, with slightly better jump, and different sound effects)

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