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Super Mario Galaxy is IGN's Game of the Year

January 11, 2008 in News comments 18

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
    Pyrazor Jan 12, 08
    I found it funny that all the runner ups were Xbox 360 FPS games. >_>

    On multiple levels actually.
    • 0
      Dio Jan 12, 08
      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
    Oceanic Sun Jan 12, 08
    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
      black doom Jan 12, 08
      Concepts such as the destruction of everything and mass suicide make it slightly more sensible.
  • 1
    Chad Jan 12, 08
    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
    Smiffers Jan 12, 08
    Im actually happy Galaxy made IGNs game of the year, I find 360 games overrated.
  • 0
    BradSK Jan 12, 08
    Suprised IGN chose this over CoD4, Halo and other FPS's.

    Still, can't fault them. SMG is a fantastic game.
  • -1
    Remino52 Jan 12, 08
    This was pretty obvious...
  • -1
    Remino52 Jan 12, 08
    ON gamefaqs.com the poll of the day was best game of 2007 the answer was galaxy.It even beat halo 3.
    • -1
      Capn Droid Jan 12, 08
      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
    Remino52 Jan 12, 08
    Well I just said it beat halo three check yourself.If you don't believe me.
  • 2
    Reason Jan 12, 08
    Glad to see Galaxy get game of the year. It was definitely deserved!
  • -1
    BANDITO ATTACK Jan 12, 08
    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
      Storm Jan 13, 08
      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
        Seeker X Jan 13, 08
        It really doesn't matter that much, honestly. GI, IGN, GS, etc all have their own GotY.
  • 0
    Evanster Jan 13, 08
    I still get kick out of the cover of SMG lol.
  • 0
    King X2 Jan 13, 08
    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 Jan 14, 08
    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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