Mario takes to the skies and beyond in another outing to save the Princess. As the Mushroom Kingdom prepares to celebrate the arrival of a comet that appears in the skies every hundred years, Princess Peach sends Mario an invitation to attend. As Mario arrives, Bowser and minions attack the Kingdom and once again kidnap the Princess... and her entire castle. Mario gives chase but is lost as the ship leaves the atmosphere and ends up on a space station built on the visiting comet overseen by the mysterious Rosalina. It's up to Mario to brave new galaxies, find the elusive Power Stars, and bring his friends home.

Super Mario Galaxy plays similarly to Super Mario 64, as Mario explores his latest 3D world defying gravity, crossing various terrains, and even running upside down across the planet surfaces. Bouncing from planet to planet, Mario must collect Star Bits and coins, using his usual jump attacks and spins (now controlled with movement from the Wii Remote). The Wii Remote is also used to collect out of reach Star Bits and also can be controlled by a second player.

In addition, Mario can find new suits (similar to Super Mario Bros. 3) that give him the ability to turn into the ghostly Boo Mario, the high-flying Bee Mario, launch fireballs as Fire Mario and skate across frozen lakes as Ice Mario. New challenges also await Mario including ray surfing, balancing on a high-speed ball, floating inside bubbles, and other challenges in his quest to get all 120 stars. Even Luigi lends a hand in the search, making valuable contributions to the adventure.

Players can also take a snapshot of the worlds they've completed along with their best record times and send them to their friends via Wi-Fi.

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Alternate Titles

"슈퍼 마리오 Wii 갤럭시 어드벤처" -- Korean spelling
"Super Mario Wii: Galaxy Adventure" -- Korean title
"Sūpā Mario Gyarakushī" -- Japanese title
"SMG" -- Common abbreviation
"スーパーマリオギャラクシー" -- Japanese spelling

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Merchant	Title	Platform	Price
	Super Mario Galaxy Wii	Wii	$15.01
	Super Mario Galaxy	Wii	$8.00
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User Reviews

Nintendo proves, once again, why they are the king of the 3D platformer	Nick Rycar (200)
WOPS, In Space!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!	MasterMegid (899)
Breathes new life into platformers, but still doesn't go beyond it's true potential	Matt Neuteboom (941)
The most sophisticated platformer yet and the best Wii game there is!	Rensch (203)
A Study in Exquisite Game Design.	So Hai (338)
Mario Galaxy is by far the best 3D platformer ever made.	samsam12 (692)
It's the greatest game which I have ever played!	Juha-Pekka Kurvinen (5)
An very, very over rated game.	AxelStone (34)
A worthy sequel to Super Mario 64	Pixelspeech (890)

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The Press Says

EmpireOnline.com	Nov 29, 2007		100
gameZine (UK)	Nov 19, 2007	10 out of 10	100
Good Game	Nov 27, 2007	10 out of 10	100
Deeko	Oct 29, 2007	10 out of 10	100
GamersMark	Nov 11, 2007	9.9 out of 10	99
AusGamers	Nov 14, 2007	9.7 out of 10	97
Da Gameboyz	Nov 18, 2007	9.5 out of 10	95
Worth Playing	Nov 19, 2007	9.5 out of 10	95
Fragland.net	Dec 19, 2007	92.8 out of 100	93
RealGamer	Jan 07, 2008	8.6 out of 10	86

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Forums

Topic	# Posts	Last Post
About Super Mario Galazy	1	RICHARDSON ODION Dec 28, 2012

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Trivia

At the event "GameStar/GamePro Leserpreis 2007" (March 28, 2008) Super Mario Galaxy received the trophy "Best Console Game in 2007" after the reader's voting of German gaming magazine GamePro.

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This entry to the MobyGames database was contributed by Guy Chapman (1747) on Nov 24, 2007.