Super Mario Galaxy: Teej’s Review

Right now I’m totally hooked on one of the best games to come out this year, the Wii game Super Mario Galaxy, the continuation of Mario’s brave, perilous, and gomba ass-kicking adventures. In it, our cute little Toad people are once again attacked by the evil Bowser, the massive lizard man who’s out to kidnap Princess Peach. As our truly helpless princess is taken away once again, we know there’s only one hero that we can rely on. Mario! So, along with the help of the cute star people known as “lumas,” Mario sets out on a mission across the universe to save her. The game’s setting is on tiny planets that form together to become galaxies, which are actually quite small to be real, but it’s Mario, so nobody really will care. With these galaxies comes the odd-ball creativity that often comes from Nintendo (An entire galaxy inhabited by penguins? Who knew?), and it often comes with a charm that nobody can shrug off. In addition to penguin galaxies, you’ll find a honey bee galaxy, a ghost galaxy, a surfing galaxy, and even a garbage dump galaxy. The different themes for galaxies within this game are completely endless. Since your “H.Q.” is a flying observatory, different areas of it have to be unlocked, each usually consisting of 4 regular galaxies to beat, and one or two bonus galaxies for extra stars. But whether you do the bonus galaxies or not, you’re guaranteed a full playing experience from the game.The game also utilizes the fact that there’s no perception in space to allow you to walk upside down on floating structures. It also has stars that make you “fly” across space to get to different planets. These are some cool little features that show Nintendo’s great attention to atmosphere and detail. But there are several problems to be found with the game. First of all, there are points where you get lost and have no idea what to do to continue the game. Second, you sometimes get so into the game that when you can’t beat a boss or a challenge level, you get really, really frustrated (Believe me, I had my share of grunts and yells).  So, overall, Super Mario Galaxy is a really good game. It may be frustrating to beat challenges at times, but the game’s charm and pure ability to cause excitement make the major cussing worth it. I give Super Mario Galaxy 9 pixels out of 10. And as an added bonus, here’s a video for the trailer. Man, I love that music!