Super Mario Galaxy

OmegamanOmegaman Join Date: 2004-01-11 Member: 25239Members
<div class="IPBDescription">Best! Platformer! Ever!</div>I swear, this game is AMAZING. Anyone else bought it? This is seriously the best game I've played in a loooong time. It's magic, man.



Also, this is pretty funny:

<img src="http://nsidernews.com/wp-content/uploads/sonysponsored_super_mario_galaxy_review.gif" border="0" class="linked-image" />

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  • FaskaliaFaskalia Wechsellichtzeichenanlage Join Date: 2004-09-12 Member: 31651Members, Constellation
    I really like, how they demand a more realistic platformer... Please name me one "realistic" platformer,that was ever developed for a sony console.
  • enf0rcerenf0rcer intrigued... Join Date: 2003-03-16 Member: 14584Members
    edited November 2007
    saying that the game looks lifeless makes me have little respect for that reviews opinion. The screenshots I've seen are all vibrant and wonderfully stylized.

    To be honest - this game alone might be the single most contributing factor to me wanting to buy a wii this christmas.
  • Nil_IQNil_IQ Join Date: 2003-04-15 Member: 15520Members
    I'd never read a review on Variety before... and now I never will again.

    I must aquire this game.
  • XythXyth Avatar Join Date: 2003-11-04 Member: 22312Members
    OH NO! A review pointed out the downfalls of a video game! How dare they!
  • TychoCelchuuuTychoCelchuuu Anememone Join Date: 2002-03-23 Member: 345Members
    <!--quoteo(post=1660678:date=Nov 15 2007, 01:10 PM:name=Xyth)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Xyth @ Nov 15 2007, 01:10 PM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1660678"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->OH NO! A review pointed out the downfalls of a video game! How dare they!<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->

    I think we're supposed to notice the "Sponsored by: Sony" thing, which of course probably didn't influence the review at all. Variety simply doesn't know heads from tails when it comes to video games.
  • cshank4cshank4 Join Date: 2003-02-11 Member: 13425Members
    edited November 2007
    What a load of BS.

    It looks as well as it can on the Wii. It plays like a drug trip and it's addictive, which I haven't found a game to be since Pokemon (Yeah...).



    For added fun? Listen to Dark Side of the Moon while playing it, you'll feel like your mind's been raped <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin-fix.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":D" border="0" alt="biggrin-fix.gif" />



    Edit: <a href="http://arstechnica.com/reviews/games/super-mario-galaxy-review.ars" target="_blank">This</a> is a better and more encompassing review.
  • ThaldarinThaldarin Alonzi&#33; Join Date: 2003-07-15 Member: 18173Members, Constellation
    Wii bad for 3rd person games? They clearly never played RE4 which totally owned with the use of wii controls.
  • douchebagatrondouchebagatron Custom member title Join Date: 2003-12-20 Member: 24581Members, Constellation, Reinforced - Shadow
    just got back from the store with mario. also picked up medal of honor heroes 2, mostly for the 32 player online. will be back to give impressions on both after a while
  • ShzarShzar Join Date: 2003-09-21 Member: 21098Members, Constellation
    edited November 2007
    This game is omg terrific. The controls around the little planets take some getting used to, but once you do, it is just so much fun to long jump around a tiny spheroid, nearly breaking orbit, landing on a goomba and using that bounce to propel into the next gravity well. It looks great and I haven't seen it dip below 60 FPS. Yada yada endless praise from a Nintendo fanboy.

    I've only gotten 24 stars so far, but if the overall excellence keeps up, I would say that it would dethrone Mario 64 as Platformer King. That is a mere opinion, but I haven't been quite so giddy about getting home after work and playing a game since I first played Mario 64. It's good to feel like a 12-year-old again.
  • AlignAlign Remain Calm Join Date: 2002-11-02 Member: 5216Forum Moderators, Constellation
    It has SMB3 references! Woo!


    Although I found myself dying a lot in the game, by slipping up and usually falling into a black hole...
    Good thing they toss extra lives around like candy.
  • Nil_IQNil_IQ Join Date: 2003-04-15 Member: 15520Members
    <!--quoteo(post=1660678:date=Nov 15 2007, 02:10 PM:name=Xyth)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Xyth @ Nov 15 2007, 02:10 PM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1660678"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->OH NO! A review pointed out the downfalls of a video game! How dare they!<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->

    I was actually referring to the "Sponsored by Sony" followed by the most pathetic attempt at unbiased reviewing i've ever seen outside of "Sony Defence Force"*.

    They slag off the Wii within the first sentance, and then again in the third. Then they insult Mario (Stereotypes? In a computer game? Never!), then the Wii again, then Twilight Princess, and then finally get around to slagging off the game itself. Then the Wii's controllers (OH NO! IT ONLY HAS ONE THUMB STICK! If only I had a console with two thumbsticks...), then the games' graphics, then HEY GUYS GUESS WHAT RATCHET AND CLANK HAS BETTER GRAPHICS AND ITS FOR THE PS3!


    Ahh, balanced journalism.




    * Yes I know SDF is a parody. At least I bloody well hope it is.
  • QuaunautQuaunaut The longest seven days in history... Join Date: 2003-03-21 Member: 14759Members, Constellation, Reinforced - Shadow
    Got this the day it came out. If I hadn't gotten Assassin's Creed yesterday, I'd probably be at 50 or 60 stars right now- Jebus the game is fun.
  • ANeMANeM Join Date: 2003-05-13 Member: 16267Members, Constellation
    <!--quoteo(post=1660712:date=Nov 15 2007, 01:35 PM:name=Quaunaut)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Quaunaut @ Nov 15 2007, 01:35 PM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1660712"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->Got this the day it came out. If I hadn't gotten Assassin's Creed yesterday, I'd probably be at 50 or 60 stars right now- Jebus the game is fun.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    I picked up both today. Somehow I imagine trying to choose between the two will only lead to me rocking back and forth in a corner while pointing accusingly at random objects and screaming vulgarities.
    To say the least, it should be enjoyable.
  • Kouji_SanKouji_San Sr. Hινε Uρкεερεг - EUPT Deputy The Netherlands Join Date: 2003-05-13 Member: 16271Members, NS2 Playtester, Squad Five Blue
    edited November 2007
    I love it how they are able to make each new mario game weirder then it's predecessor, It boggles the mind. Also Sonic needs a galaxy game, as he is much faster and blue then Mario y'know!l <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/tounge.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":p" border="0" alt="tounge.gif" />

    This Wii is starting to become more and more interesting each day. Might the day be upon us that yours truly is going out and getting a console once more o.O

    Sidenote:
    The Wii can also emulate previous Sega and Nintendo games right, right up to 3rd generation?
  • DiscoZombieDiscoZombie Join Date: 2003-08-05 Member: 18951Members
    <!--quoteo(post=1660699:date=Nov 15 2007, 03:45 PM:name=Shzar)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Shzar @ Nov 15 2007, 03:45 PM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1660699"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->This game is omg terrific. The controls around the little planets take some getting used to, but once you do, it is just so much fun to long jump around a tiny spheroid, nearly breaking orbit, landing on a goomba and using that bounce to propel into the next gravity well. It looks great and I haven't seen it dip below 60 FPS. Yada yada endless praise from a Nintendo fanboy.

    I've only gotten 24 stars so far, but if the overall excellence keeps up, I would say that it would dethrone Mario 64 as Platformer King. That is a mere opinion, but I haven't been quite so giddy about getting home after work and playing a game since I first played Mario 64. It's good to feel like a 12-year-old again.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    QFT. Best mario since 3. 2 player mode is also especially awesome, since if you have a friend or GF with only a passing interest in video games, s/he can collect star bits with you without having to have too much dexterity =p
  • IsamilIsamil Join Date: 2003-11-25 Member: 23552Members, Constellation
    If you need any more reasons to get this game(or a Wii+this game), Zelda: Ocarina of Time just <a href="http://www.gamerankings.com/itemrankings/simpleratings.asp" target="_blank">lost its place</a> as highest rated game of all time, a position it's held for about ten years.
  • LikuLiku I, am the Somberlain. Join Date: 2003-01-10 Member: 12128Members
    Ouch, I might need to pick up a Wii prematurely. Damn you Nintendo.
  • ANeMANeM Join Date: 2003-05-13 Member: 16267Members, Constellation
    <!--quoteo(post=1660835:date=Nov 16 2007, 05:07 PM:name=DiscoZombie)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(DiscoZombie @ Nov 16 2007, 05:07 PM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1660835"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->QFT. Best mario since 3. 2 player mode is also especially awesome, since if you have a friend or GF with only a passing interest in video games, s/he can collect star bits with you without having to have too much dexterity =p<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    I found being the second player to be a wholly fulfilling experience. Not so much for the collecting star bits part or anything like that, more because there seems to be a fair supply of ways to sabotage player one. All the 'helpful' tools are really just to lure them into a false sense of security. "Don't worry I'll stop that boulder!" and then as they walk past, just.. let go. Oops! My bad!
  • CoolCookieCooksCoolCookieCooks Pretty Girl Join Date: 2003-05-18 Member: 16446Members, NS1 Playtester, Contributor, Constellation
    :]

    <img src="http://img255.imageshack.us/img255/4788/mariosonicip8.jpg" border="0" class="linked-image" />
  • TychoCelchuuuTychoCelchuuu Anememone Join Date: 2002-03-23 Member: 345Members
    Sonic would totally win in a race, unless Mario managed to jump on his head. Also, cut your hair.
  • AlignAlign Remain Calm Join Date: 2002-11-02 Member: 5216Forum Moderators, Constellation
    Tell us what it's like, C3.
  • CoolCookieCooksCoolCookieCooks Pretty Girl Join Date: 2003-05-18 Member: 16446Members, NS1 Playtester, Contributor, Constellation
    I havent had a chance to play it yet, its not even out here until next friday <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/tounge.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":p" border="0" alt="tounge.gif" />


    shall reply a verdict tomorrow sometime, depending on when I stop playing
  • DrSuredeathDrSuredeath Join Date: 2002-11-11 Member: 8217Members
    edited November 2007
    <!--quoteo(post=1660927:date=Nov 17 2007, 01:45 PM:name=CoolCookieCooks)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(CoolCookieCooks @ Nov 17 2007, 01:45 PM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1660927"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->:]

    Mario & Sonic crappy Olympic game<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->

    My Condolence to you.
    *Eagerly awaiting Galaxy in my mail, damn you 5-7 days free shipping.

    <!--quoteo--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE</div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->Sonic would totally win in a race, unless Mario managed to jump on his head. Also, cut your hair.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Sir, hold it! Mario is fast, just hold the jump button.
  • Awesome_LocksAwesome_Locks Join Date: 2007-10-22 Member: 62705Members
    I've heard great things about that game. I still haven't beat Twilight Princess, so after I finish that I'll probably get Galaxy >.<
  • CoolCookieCooksCoolCookieCooks Pretty Girl Join Date: 2003-05-18 Member: 16446Members, NS1 Playtester, Contributor, Constellation
    Mario & Sonic - Totally not worth the buy.

    Its just another game where you do the remote waving actions it shows on screen and you get big points. Except the added plus is you have Mario/Sonic characters in it.
  • Kouji_SanKouji_San Sr. Hινε Uρкεερεг - EUPT Deputy The Netherlands Join Date: 2003-05-13 Member: 16271Members, NS2 Playtester, Squad Five Blue
    <!--quoteo(post=1660931:date=Nov 17 2007, 08:43 PM:name=TychoCelchuuu)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(TychoCelchuuu @ Nov 17 2007, 08:43 PM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1660931"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->Sonic would totally win in a race, unless Mario managed to jump on his head. Also, cut your hair.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Yeah like WTF, doesn't he have SuperSonicSpeed, what does mario have in terms of speed other then a kart?


    And I bought a Wii, it has wii sport and my folks even like it. Even my dad played bowling and totally got addicted and this is a man that has not played ANY computer game in his ENTIRE life... Going to get Mario Galaxy next, maybe my mom would like that as well as SMB and SMB3 were her alltime favourite games
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