Release Date: Available Now
Developer: Nintendo
Publisher: Nintendo
Multiplayer: 2 players...sort of.
My Time with Game: Uncompleted (4 days)
One Sentence Review: Probably the definitive Mario game of the hd console generation and one of the few necessary titles in a very small Wii library.
Super Mario Galaxy 2 didn't really need to be made. The first one did a great enough job on its own and it really set a standard for how Mario games should be played and visualized on a next gen system. That being said, thank Jebus Miyamoto that they made Super Mario Galaxy 2.
Who wants to guess who gets kidnapped again? Ya, ok, so they don't often win points for originality in the storyline of these games, Paper Mario series excluded. Ignoring that fact you find yourself with a 3d world jumping platforming with tight controls and pretty visuals. Nintendo did a decent job of making the camera stay where it needs to be and I only occasionally encountered scenarios where I felt the Wii camera was the hardest part of the game. I say hardest because unlike its predecessor, SMG2 makes you work for your shiny meals. The star collection is back and while opening up new worlds seems to happen just as fast, you'll find yourself sticking around each of the worlds till total, frustrating, agonizing, completion. All of that in a good way. The puzzles and level design have all been slightly bumped up in difficulty which means the game now requires a bit of thought before leaping. The addition of your should be obese-dinosaur friend Yoshi also adds for a new play dynamic.
This is a really good game. It has a balance of challenge and fun that gives it a longevity and replay value most Wii titles don't carry. Yes its a Nintendo game so the same can be said for pretty much all of their titles, but this is one series they have an investment in to do particularly well, and they did. My only real criticism with the game is actually not so much with the game. SMG2 has beautiful graphics. Seriously open ended views with starry nights and very animated planet visuals. It really makes you wish the Wii was a more HD system. This will sell well enough to once again print money for the big N, but I really hope someone there makes a suggestion or a mention that maybe they have hit a plateau with this system, and its time to grow up, and release something that graphically plays alongside the big boy systems.
One more thing. I have a girlfriend. I'm not mentioning that in an alpha dog look at me I'm a man kind of way. I am mentioning it because having a girl that's willing to stick with a guy who plays Video Games is a gift. That being said, it helps when games come along that allow for more than one player to assist in a common goal. It also helps when the difficulty for that second player is next to nothing, the character they play makes you're head explode in cuteness, and their own personal goal is collecting shiny objects. This is the multi-player aspect of SMG2. In other words, don't invite friends over to play this game with you. Otherwise you're a dick. Now excuse me I am going to call my friends over to watch me play. Woot Woot!
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