Wii

Super Mario Galaxy

Description

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.

Alternate Titles

• "Super Mario Wii" -- Korean title
• "Sūpā Mario Gyarakushī" -- Japanese title
• "SMG" -- Informal title
• "スーパーマリオギャラクシー" -- Japanese spelling

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User Reviews

Nintendo proves, once again, why they are the king of the 3D platformer	Nick Rycar (164)
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 (165)
A Study in Exquisite Game Design.	So Hai (290)
Mario Galaxy is by far the best 3D platformer ever made.	samsam12 (624)
It's the greatest game which I have ever played!	Juha-Pekka Kurvinen (3)
An very, very over rated game.	AxelStone (34)

The Press Says

Eurogamer.net (UK)	Nov 05, 2007	10 out of 10	100
Eurogamer.nl	Aug 06, 2008	10 out of 10	100
Gamereactor (Sweden)	Nov 08, 2007	10 out of 10	100
TotalVideoGames (TVG)	Nov 16, 2007	10 out of 10	100
GameZone	Nov 12, 2007	9.8 out of 10	98
Ferrago Ltd. (play.tm)	Nov 26, 2007	96 out of 100	96
The A.V. Club	Nov 26, 2007	A-	91
Gamervision	Nov 30, 2007	9 out of 10	90
GameDaily	Nov 10, 2007	9 out of 10	90
USA Today	Nov 19, 2007	9 out of 10	90

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Trivia

In the fall of 2007, it was discovered that certain letters on the box cover are marked with stars, and they spell the phrase "UR MR GAY" [you're mr. gay]. The question is, how did this get past Nintendo's proofreaders?