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it is just great

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: August 31, 2008
Author: Amazon User

the 1rst gift my kid was expecting for xmas...when it arrived he almost went nuts.....

Dashed hopes...

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: August 27, 2008
Author: Amazon User

After thoroughly enjoying Mario Kart Wii, I decided to give Super Mario Galaxy a try. I started playing the Mario games with the first one, and have played most of the main titles, including Mario 64. I'm not an expert on gaming, but even I could tell that this game was lacking. Here are my top complaints:

This game seems to be made for young children. The plot is weak, the characters are cartoonish, and the levels are not mentally challenging. Puzzles are something I have come to expect after playing Mario 64, yet there are no puzzles in this game. The most taxing part of playing it is simply in mastering the new controllers, which happens in the first few levels.

The wacky camera angles drove me crazy in Mario 64, and they are back in full force. Mario jumps off ledges and runs into foes because you can't see in front of him, and sometimes you can't see Mario at all (when he gets stuck behind something all you can see is his shadow).

Nintendo should also have made it possible to skip the dialogue sections. These are a constant source of annoyance, as most of what is said is not helpful for gameplay and you have to repeat the same segments over and over and over again every time you die.

The throw-backs to the old games are fun at times, but I was very ready for some new scenes. Just like in Mario 64, this had the water world, the ghost world, etc., but nothing really changed. I expected more characters, different and interesting worlds, new moves and activities, or just some general changes. Unfortunately, these were the same old things we've done before. What kept me going was the hope that there would be something better to come, and I was disappointed.

Those of you out there who enjoy games but have to scrimp and save to buy them will understand my final complaint. This game costs $[...], but does not deliver $[...] worth of game!!! I want secret levels! I want more games-within-the-game!! Give me more to do!

All in all, I expected more bang for my buck. Although this was fun, it just doesn't live up to the hype. Alas, another disappointing Wii game.

Fun but not a 2 player game

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: August 27, 2008
Author: Amazon User

This game is fun but don't be fooled into thinking it is a 2 player game. The 2nd players role is insignificant. It is fun for one person though and the graphics are great!

My favorite Wii game so far.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: August 25, 2008
Author: Amazon User

One of my all time favorite games was Mario 64. This takes similar gameplay mechanics and level design and brings the game into the "next-generation".

THIS GAME SHINES WITH GREAT LEVEL DESIGN AND INGENUITY.

The play difficulty has a good range, so that I think someone without much experience can get into it... though I suggest they start at the beginning to learn the moves. My first time playing was in a game store and I had a hard time, because I didn't know the new moves Mario had. Keep that in mind if you play it in a store. Otherwise, I think that this can appeal to both younger audience (as it is playable for them) and hard-core gamers as there is sufficient difficulty.

An inclusion of multi-player cooperative is fun, but I don't think it's meant for two hard-core gamers. The second player can be played quite well by small kids, which has been great with my nephews and niece. They simply point and collect the star bits, and have great fun with it.

Arguablly the greatest title this generation

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: August 17, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I have been gaming for a long time and nintendo is the most memorable part of my early childhood. I have played many games through all of my gaming years and I have to say that this is arguably not only the best 3D mario game to date, as well as the best game this generation, but quite simply one of the greatest games Ever created. If I could describe it in one word, that word would be masterpeice. It is truly a work of art that comes along ever so rarley. I will go into the specifics.

Gameplay: This is truly platforming at its best. It controls pretty much the same as mario 64 did. but better. You press A to jump, press A three times to triple jump, press Z and then A to td a back flip, and move mario with the analog stick. Of course there are also some wii specific controls like shaking the remote to make mario spin which works flawlessly and feels fantastic, aiming at the screen to pick up star shards, there are also levils where you will ride on a glass ball or steer a manta ray and that also feels great. What realy sets this game apart is its new gravity affects. It is a joy to just stand on one planetoid, press A, and float to another. Things will go upside down, rightside up, and all over the place, it is truly a workm of genious. This game probably has the best levil desighn of any 3D game period, I have never seen levils desighned the way they are in this game, there is just so much care, thaught, variety, and imagination in all of these different galaxys. The boss battles are truly epic, esspecially the ones with bowser, and each require uniqe ways to beat them. The galaxys are all seamlessly connected through the huge spaceship called the comet observatory, which is a very well desighned hub. I could go on and on about how amazing it is but simply put, this is gameplay at its best.

Graphics: These are easily the best graphics on the wii. It proves that wii is more powerfull than consoles prior to it. It has crisp textures, great lighting effects, huge draw distances, advanced partical effects, heat distortion, transparencies, specularity, and bump mapping. The explosions are spectacular, the charecters look great and animate flawllessly, especially bowser whos hair moves in the wind, lava looks just like the real thing and will almost make you feel the heat from looking at it. Galaxy proves though, that graphics are much more than just polygons. It as a Beutifall colorfull art style that is varied and spread throughout all of the galaxys with different looking enemies and planets, and galaxys alltogether, it portays the final fronteir in such a beutifall way that its just breathtaking. One of the best artistic acheivments in a game ever. This is a beutifall game.

Sound: the Orchestrated soundtrack is absolutley Amazing, you will find yourself singing and humming them through all of your day to day activities. It has classic mario themes as well as new ones like bowser epic boss battle music, space junk galaxy, gusty garden galaxy, melty molten galaxy, and many many more. It arguably is home to some of Nintendos finest soundtrack in history.

Replay value: You will never tire of this masterpeice, you will go back and replay it over and over and over, people will still be playing this game fot generations to come.

Super Mario Galaxy is a truly Groundbreaking acheivment. It is a game that comes along way to rarely and I cannot stress enouph how amazing it is. This game will be looked back on as a classic and I cannot think of any game this generation that I would rather play on any console. This game is Absolutely a must buy if you own a wii and if you do not own one, it alone justifies the purches for one. This is truly one of the greatest games of all time.

Only if you already love Mario

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: July 31, 2008
Author: Amazon User

Okay, maybe I'm not even qualified to write a review for this game, because I'm probably not the intended audience. I've never spent more than a few hours on a Mario game.

I play games like The Sims and Civilization on my Mac, and my favorite Wii games have been those like Endless Ocean: Dive, Discover, Dream, Wii Sports, Rayman Raving Rabbids -- games where I'm not constantly dying. But I also really enjoyed The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, at least for the weekend it was in my possession, so I thought maybe this one would be up my alley as well.

I was wrong. Perhaps it's because I don't have any nostalgic attachment to Mario, but I found the game and plot less-than-compelling. Collect stars and save the princess from the bad guy, blah blah blah. By the third galaxy or so, I was dying so frequently that playing itself wasn't fun, and with no plot to keep me interested, I gave up on it after just a couple of hours of play.

I'm okay with constant dying and restarts in games like Zack & Wiki, when it's the result of not having solved the puzzle yet; I lose enthusiasm quickly when it's entirely related to my control over my left thumb. I don't, by the way, think I have unusually bad fine motor skills, though I'll admit my twitch-skills aren't those of a long-time console gamer.

All in all, I'm sure that for those devoted to the franchise, this is a fun new twist. The game doesn't seem, though, to use the Wii controllers in any novel ways (at least not in the beginning stages). If you weren't into previous Mario games, I can't imagine this would hold much appeal either.

Awesome

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 3
Date: July 31, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I have always been a Mario loyalist, shying away from the shoot-'em-dead games with blood and guts. It took me FOREVER to find the Wii and Mario Galaxy was the first game I bought. I love this game. I've heard several people complain about the camera angles, which yes, are annoying BUT that adds to the challenge. Can you reach the top of the mountain or jump onto that cliff when you really can't see where you're going to land? It all adds to the challenge of the game. I also found the levels in this game (finally) more challenging than those in Mario 64 which I always felt was too easy. The music is awesome too! Throwbacks to original Mario games will send you into nostalgia, if you're like me and remember the originals. All over I truly love this game & though I have yet to beat it, I am sure I will eventually.

Galaxy is entertaining for one or two players

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: July 28, 2008
Author: Amazon User

My family is enjoying Super Mario Galaxy. The graphics are terrific. Sometimes I feel like I am standing on my head! I like the way the remote and the nunchuck make the character maneuver around the board. I wish you could save your game a little more frequently. Sometimes I have to leave the game before I have reached another level, but the more familiar I get with the game, the better it goes. I would recommend this game for variety and fun!

Deserves the accolades!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 4
Date: July 28, 2008
Author: Amazon User

SMG merits the high rating it has received from other reviewers. The game is proof that software written for the Wii employs all of the advantages of the platform. Games ported to Wii lack the utility of Wii based sw and often suffer from clunkiness compared to the experience on the primary system. The bottom line is that this game is a winner for the Wii!

Not impressive in any way.

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 1 / 4
Date: July 24, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I really don't understand the appeal of this game. There is nothing impressive or original in this game. The control is terrible. You'll waste a lot of time falling off of the edges of the planets into outer space and starting all the way over. The graphics are fine for the Wii but the Wii is really just a gamecube. You spend most of your time running around and jumping on beetles or shooting stars into marshmellow aliens mouths. I'm pretty much the only person I know that doesn't like this game so you'll probably love it but I just had to say something.

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