The great reviews just keep coming in.
This time around? Gamespot. With the megaton whopper that is the 9.5/10. Why is it notable? In simplest terms, the internet imploded when
this ereview hit the tubes.
You see phrases and sentences like "Practically every galaxy you explore is an absolute joy to experience" and "Mario Galaxy simply takes the basics of what made Mario 64 such a dynamite game, and turns them completely crazy" and it immediately bring smiles to your face, and makes the wait for November 12th even harder.
Review Notes:
Final Score: 9.5/10
Reviewer: Alex Navarro
The Good:
Some of the best level designs of any 3D platformer
Beautiful, colorful graphics
Controls work just about flawlessly in nearly every situation
Soundtrack is a delight
Lots of stages and tons of stars to find and collect.
The Bad:
A couple of Mario's special suits can be frustrating to use
Minimal amount of story doesn't tie everything together especially well.
Here is the game that Wii owners have been pining for, a game that has tons of appeal for both the less experienced player and the longtime gamer. A game that deftly combines accessibility and challenge, all wrapped up in a package that's both deep and addictive. Super Mario Galaxy is all of this and more. It is simultaneously one of Mario's best adventures and a game that doesn't require fandom of the portly plumber's previous engagements to appreciate. The sheer quality of Mario Galaxy's wonderful level designs, tight controls, and brilliant presentation is the sort of thing that just about anyone who loves gaming should be able to appreciate, and that many will fall head-over-heels for.
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When all is said and done, the thing that really makes Super Mario Galaxy such a standout game isn't the fact that it's another Mario game, but the fact that it doesn't even need to be a Mario game to be successful. Sure, it's got all the nostalgic flavor Mario fans would want, with the updated soundtrack, familiar foes, and various other Mario-related bric-a-brac scattered throughout the adventure, but the game never leans on these nostalgic aspects as a crutch. It instead puts the whole of its focus on its gameplay design, and with good reason. You could probably swap in just about any other characters from practically any other franchise, and this would still be a phenomenally fun game. That it layers all these memorable characters and components on top of that phenomenal design just makes it all the sweeter. If ever there were a must-own Wii game, Super Mario Galaxy is it.
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*pushes Brawl off the top of my most-wanted Wii game list*
Brawl will still be the best.
SMG = fun for a month, then it quickly becomes more and more boring, giving it a total life of ~3 months at most.
You decide.
And Galaxy, like most games of it's kind, will not last for years unless you play it VERY slowly and replay it several times. Face it, Brawl will be better.
So again you don't know right now the SMG is practically flawless due to its score 9.8, i can't see Brawl beating or matching that score. So please unless you got proof your point is null and void.
Oh, you have even less proof than me. You seem to care only about the ratings, but Brawl doesn't have one yet, so you can't say Galaxy is better from the rating. And I don't see you giving out points of how you are right like I am, you just say that it's better because it has a higher rating, when you can't even compare them by the rating yet.
And in the end, it really is all about preference. We can think one game is better than another one, but that doesn't mean other have to believe it. This argument is silly. Especially when I'm the only one making good points, so unless YOU have some proof, I suggest you crawl back into your hole finalblade.
Looks like that taught him... he's got nothing to retaliate!
Except for the "Probably biggest must-own Wii game" part. That's gonna be SSB Brawl.