The Super Mario Galaxy Countdown Thread!

[Homesrfan]

Maybe I'll keep my wii then (if i ever get it..)

Why would you sell your Wii? It's got great games already and even better ones coming.

[PaulMacC]

11 days to go.

[PaulMacC]

^ Adding new information.

8 days to go.

[Homesrfan]

Five days for me! I'll post a mini review when I play it.
Also, am I the only one from the USA on this forum.

[Homesrfan]

Habbox Forum 15 minute edit rule is the worse idea anyone ever had in the histroy of having ideas.

GameTrailers review here: http://www.gametrailers.com/player/27584.html (9.8)
Gamespot: http://www.gamespot.com/wii/action/s...ml?sid=6182474 (9.5)

When all is said and done, the thing that really makes Super Mario Galaxy such a standout game isn't the fact that it's another Mario game, but the fact that it doesn't even need to be a Mario game to be successful. Sure, it's got all the nostalgic flavor Mario fans would want, with the updated soundtrack, familiar foes, and various other Mario-related bric-a-brac scattered throughout the adventure, but the game never leans on these nostalgic aspects as a crutch. It instead puts the whole of its focus on its gameplay design, and with good reason. You could probably swap in just about any other characters from practically any other franchise, and this would still be a phenomenally fun game. That it layers all these memorable characters and components on top of that phenomenal design just makes it all the sweeter. If ever there were a must-own Wii game, Super Mario Galaxy is it.

IGN - http://wii.ign.com/articles/833/833298p1.html (9.7)

Super Mario Galaxy is one of the greatest platformers I have ever played, Wii's best game, and an absolute must-own experience. And to me, this odd trek through space really does feel like the true sequel to Mario 64. It harkens back to the N64 classic with nostalgic faces and places from the Mushroom Kingdom, but it also re-invents the franchise with new space-themed mechanics and fresh Wii-enhanced controls. It is, as I have said since I first played it, a near-perfect combination of old platforming values and new design.

Except to be blown away by the fantastic level challenges and galactic variety. Expect to be blown away by the addictive gravity effects -- you will jump off ledges just to see if you can rotate all the way around a structure. And expect to be blown away by the tight controls and beautiful graphics.

Eurogamer - http://www.eurogamer.net/article.php?article_id=86873 (10/10)

Super Mario Galaxy is an embarrassment. It's an embarrassment for platform games. It's an embarrassment for adventure games. It's an embarrassment for Nintendo and an embarrassment for the Wii. What have we all been playing at in the ten years since Super Mario 64 came out? This is what gaming ought to be like.

Bright, bold, unrepentantly loony, Galaxy is everything you wanted it to be. It's beautiful and inventive. It's pure-blood Mario without being a retro indulgence. It's a stiff platforming challenge and a free-wheeling romp. It's the best thing on Wii, and the best traditional game Nintendo has made in a decade. The only thing about it which dulls your enjoyment is the memory of all the mediocre games you've had to play in the meantime.

1UP - http://www.1up.com/do/reviewPage?cId=3164124 (9.5)

Super Mario Galaxy should be free of any such contention. It is an exceptional game by any standard, Mario or otherwise. It doesn't invent new kinds of gameplay, but it represents something that is perhaps equally important: A rethinking of how 3D platformers should work. The decade since the N64's debut has seen the genre struggle (and generally fail) to move beyond simply piling needlessly complex controls and obsessive-compulsive item collection on Mario 64's foundation. Galaxy strips away those encumbrances, revisits the essential concepts that made its esteemed predecessor so enjoyable, and then expands on them in new and intriguing ways.


In short, Galaxy is one of the most impressive, engrossing games in recent memory -- and quite the contrast to the rest of this year's triple-A gaming crop, which tends toward the dark, the M-rated, and the first-person perspective. Gaming may be growing up (per se), but gamers will always appreciate beautifully polished gameplay and inventive design...even if it's sugarcoated with squeaky baby stars and a goofy cartoon of a hero. Galaxy proves that Mario matters just as much today as he did 25 years ago, and that makes him one of a kind in this medium. But don't play Galaxy simply because Mario is the timeless godfather of gaming. No, play Galaxy because it's fantastic.

[Oni]

Five days for me! I'll post a mini review when I play it.
Also, am I the only one from the USA on this forum.

Atleast it isnt one of those games where theres like 5 months between releases, I would kill myself.

[Nemo]

Ohhh this game is gonna be so fun :>

[minidommy]

7 DAYS TOMMOROW! I pre-ordered this ages back so I'll get it like when it comes out! Also why do like all games come out on Fridays?

[Nemo]

7 DAYS TOMMOROW! I pre-ordered this ages back so I'll get it like when it comes out! Also why do like all games come out on Fridays?

coz everyone is off and then has the whole weekend to buy it

[PaulMacC]

Yeah, I like it when their released on Fridays.
My mums pre-ordering mines on Saturday.