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Super Mario Galaxy is IGN's Game of the Year

twilightprince | January 11, 2008 | News | Wii 
Although it was a very tough decision, IGN has finally picked a winner. Super Mario Galaxy has won IGN's Game of the Year Award. Coming in close second was Bioshock, followed by Call of Duty 4.

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Although it had hefty competition, we selected Super Mario Galaxy as our Game of the Year because the spectacular platformer embodies the very best attributes of old-school game design -- namely, unsurpassed pick-up-and-play control and highly engaging, clever in-level challenges. Moreover, Galaxy truly feels like the spiritual successor to Super Mario 64 thanks to its homages to classic Mushroom Kingdom faces and places, and at the same time its new outer space theme nurtures an entirely fresh atmosphere overrun with different gravities and unpredictable upside-down worlds. Nintendo's famous plumber makes the old-style new again in this amazing Wii platformer.

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  • 0 thumbs!
    Pyrazor | January 12, 2008
    I found it funny that all the runner ups were Xbox 360 FPS games. >_>

    On multiple levels actually.
    • 0 thumbs!
      twilightprince | January 12, 2008
      Hey! Mass Effect is not a First Person Shooter.

      It's actually a sci-fi/action-RPG sorta game. And it's really brilliant.
  • 1 thumbs!
    Oceanic Sun | January 12, 2008
    It is rather humorous that the runner ups were FPS games, seeing as how "childish" Galaxy is.

    Overall, I thought it was rather obvious that Galaxy would be game of the year.
    • 0 thumbs!
      black doom | January 12, 2008
      Concepts such as the destruction of everything and mass suicide make it slightly more sensible.
  • 1 thumbs!
    Chad | January 12, 2008
    Of course Galaxy would be game of the year....for the Wii. As to everything else, including the highly praised 360 games that got all of those awards at the Spike Video Game awards show, that is just awesome.
  • 0 thumbs!
    Smiffers | January 12, 2008
    Im actually happy Galaxy made IGNs game of the year, I find 360 games overrated.
  • 0 thumbs!
    TheBradman1andOnly | January 12, 2008
    Suprised IGN chose this over CoD4, Halo and other FPS's.

    Still, can't fault them. SMG is a fantastic game.
  • -1 thumbs!
    Remino52 | January 12, 2008
    This was pretty obvious...
  • -1 thumbs!
    Remino52 | January 12, 2008
    ON gamefaqs.com the poll of the day was best game of 2007 the answer was galaxy.It even beat halo 3.
    • -1 thumbs!
      Capn Droid | January 12, 2008
      No, it wasn't obvious. It could've been BioShock, or Halo 3, or w/e. Nintendo isn't God, you know. Stop acting like it.
  • 0 thumbs!
    Remino52 | January 12, 2008
    Well I just said it beat halo three check yourself.If you don't believe me.
  • 2 thumbs!
    NyffTotal90 | January 12, 2008
    Glad to see Galaxy get game of the year. It was definitely deserved!
  • -1 thumbs!
    BANDITO ATTACK | January 12, 2008
    eh. not really. if mario galaxy had came out at the beginning of the year, it wouldn't have won. the 'game of the year' is always only like a few months old because they always forget about the super badass games from the beginning of the year.
    • 0 thumbs!
      Storm | January 13, 2008
      True. It's more fresh it people's heads that way. This year might be different, though, because with big names such as Super Smash Bros. and Metal Gear Solid, how can they not include those for at least nominations in the 2008 awards?

      I hope they don't bypass these games. -_-
      • 0 thumbs!
        Seeker X | January 13, 2008
        It really doesn't matter that much, honestly. GI, IGN, GS, etc all have their own GotY.
  • 0 thumbs!
    Evanster 69 | January 13, 2008
    I still get kick out of the cover of SMG lol.
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    KingX2 | January 13, 2008
    I didn't think it would win best award, because there were a few better game in my opinion. Still, I think it it deserves the award, because it WAS an awesome game.
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    Bri | January 14, 2008
    Nice, Mario nabbing yet another reward. The entire series is one that never sells out on the fans, no matter how many times the poor fool has to rescue the princess...

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