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| From: Nintendo
Category: Video Games
List Price: $49.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  328 reviews
Sales Rank: 48
Platform: Nintendo Wii
ESRB: Everyone
Media: Video Game
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: No
Age: 5 - 20 years
Operating System: Nintendo Wii
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3
Dimensions (in): 0 x 0 x 0
MPN: WI-RVLPRMGE
UPC: 045496900434
EAN: 0045496900434
ASIN: B000FQ9QVI
Release Date: November 12, 2007
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Join Mario as he ushers in a new era of video games, defying gravity across all the planets in the galaxy | | • | Players can run, jump, and battle enemies as they explore the many planets | | • | Press buttons, swing the Wii Remote and Nunchuk controllers, and use the Wii Remote to point at and drag things on-screen | | • | Perform mind-bending, low-gravity jumps across wild alien terrain | | • | For 1 to 2 players |
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Product Description
Every hundred years a comet passes over the Mushroom Kingdom and rains down stars and stardust, and as Princess Peach andthe citizens of the kingdom are celebrating the centennial event, Bowser and his legions attack by launching asteroids at the Mushroom Kingdom and crystalizing the Toads! Knowing that Bowser is after Princess Peach, Mario runs to save her. Things go awry as Bowser summons a massive spaceship, abducts Peach's entire castle and hits Mario with a massive magical attack. The next thing he knows, he finds himself on a mysterious moon high above the Mushroom Kingdom! Navigate Mario through a bevy of exciting new worlds and the depths of space, with all new enemies, power-ups and attack skills, as he collects the Stars needed to save Princess Peach! Two player functionality ESRB Rated RP for Rating Pending
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| Customer Reviews: Read 323 more reviews...
 Dashed hopes... August 27, 2008
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 August 27, 2008
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. August 25, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
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 August 17, 2008
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.
My kids love this game August 9, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
It would not be fair for me to write a review based on my opinion. What I can tell you is that this is in the top 25% (out of 12 Wii games) of the games we have that my 8 year old and 10 year old girl like.
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