Super Mario Galaxy - Page 2

**Barkworm** · 11-17-2007, 03:37 PM

It's TONS better than Mario 64.

**ThirdMarioBro** · 11-18-2007, 10:44 AM

Best Mario game ever made? Yup. Sorry SMB3.

Favorite video game soundtrack? Yep. Fu*k MIDI.

Epic scope? In a Mario game? Somehow...yes. I love you Miyamoto.

*goes back to Wii for all-day binge marathon*

Peanut · 11-18-2007, 11:40 AM

It's not better than Super Mario 64. With the increased difficulty of the late game, there are points when the controls have a hard time wrestling with the insane level design, and it will constantly lead to a cheap death. Also, a lot of the charm of the costumes wear off completely. The only two cool ones are limited and one of them is used in a SINGLE level. Spring and Boo Mario are also terribly un-fun to use. They even have repeat level designs, except mirrored and with a different colour scheme. That's completely unacceptable.

I've been playing it for a good long while now, and while it's still amazing and still one of the best games I've played this year, there are some missteps that keep it from reaching true legendary status in my mind. Maybe once I beat it, I'll feel differently, but I was playing it late last-night and getting kinda frustrated at the controls during a few parts, and that should never ever happen with any game.

Edit: Just beat it. I don't know.

**ThirdMarioBro** · 11-18-2007, 10:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Peanut

The only two cool ones are limited and one of them is used in a SINGLE level.

*coughkuribosshoecough*

This game blows SM64 out of the water, sodomizes Sunshine, and shares a bottle of Scotch with SMB3.

Peanut · 11-18-2007, 10:53 PM

I still don't think it does, but it is close to matching the perfection of SM64. I think on the whole it WOULD have been a better game, but I dunno. My problem is almost fully with the Wii controls to be honest.

But you know what? SMG still blows the f*ck out of everything that's been released this year, and that's saying a LOT when you look at the insane line-up we've had this year. It's easily one of the best games this decade.

Edit: OH! I've been meaning to bring this up, but does anyone else absolutely cringe in pain when you first go into the Wii channel for SMG, and Mario yells out the SUPER shrill "SUUUPER MAAARIO GAAAAAAAALAXYYYYYYYYYYY!"? I actually have to mute the damn thing.

*Wildcat* · 11-18-2007, 11:09 PM

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Originally Posted by ThirdMarioBro

*coughkuribosshoecough*

This game blows SM64 out of the water, sodomizes Sunshine, and shares a bottle of Scotch with SMB3.

.......anyway....

though I have not played Super Mario Galaxy yet....I think the reason some poeple say Super Mario 64 is better,or will always be better is because that was the first 3D Mario and first big 3D platformer to be released.

People arnt looking at 'Galaxy' as a new Mario,thier looking at it as something to compare Super Mario 64 too,which you cant do...you cant base what you think on how much fun it was to play the first 3D Mario.....it would be like basing how much fun it is to play a 3D console today on the first time you played a 3D console 8-9 years ago.

We wouldnt say...Oh,the Wii or Xbox 360 is not as much fun to play as it was to play the N64 or Playstation 1.....you just have to think of Super Mario 64 and Galaxy in general terms,as if 3D platformers have been around forever.

**Barkworm** · 11-19-2007, 01:46 AM

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Originally Posted by Peanut

Edit: OH! I've been meaning to bring this up, but does anyone else absolutely cringe in pain when you first go into the Wii channel for SMG, and Mario yells out the SUPER shrill "SUUUPER MAAARIO GAAAAAAAALAXYYYYYYYYYYY!"? I actually have to mute the damn thing.

Totally. I usually like Mario's voice actor but that line is beyond annoying.

**ThirdMarioBro** · 11-19-2007, 02:01 AM

Yeah, it is overkill, but I got all giddy whenever Gamestop forgot to take me out of their computer after I canceled the preorder and Mario/Charles Martinet called me Sunday morning and left a funny message on the answering machine.

Nintendo really needs to do more cool stuff like that. I love Charles, but he needs to put a little bit more Italian back in the voice and a lot less falsetto like it was around 1997 (Mario Kart 64 era).

On another note, anybody notice Nintendo's getting a little more ballsy with the Mario death animations? Its childish for just about any other game in the industry, but this is "green blood Ganon" Nintendo we're talking about here. It started with New SMB's Bowser getting his flesh melted off when falling into the lava. Now in Galaxy,

Spoiler:

Awesome.

Spoiler:

I never once thought I'd call a Mario game epic before, but dammit Galaxy is. Hell, Koji even blew my "MIDI dynamic/adaptive music" argument to hell by pulling off dynamic music with a full orchestra. You're the fu*king man. Screw MIDI. It has no use now on consoles.

*Fang Wolf* · 11-19-2007, 06:01 AM

That Game look was Funny, I wait for Play it

*R-iZZy* · 11-19-2007, 07:53 PM

Anyone see this game become the greatest reviewed game of all-time, now? According to GameRankings.com, it actually surpassed Ocarina of Time!

I have the game, but studies have been screwing my time up, so I haven't taken it out the plastic yet. This upcoming Thanksgiving weekend, though, will be the time I spend getting into this game.

Still can't believe it's overall had better reviews than Ocarina of Time! That's gonna get to me for a while.

Peanut · 11-19-2007, 09:14 PM

OoT had a good run. What, 9 years? Fitting that a Nintendo game would be the one to take it out of the top, and even more fitting that the king of video game characters did it.

*Cure* · 11-19-2007, 09:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Peanut

OoT had a good run. What, 9 years? Fitting that a Nintendo game would be the one to take it out of the top, and even more fitting that the king of video game characters did it.

9 YEARS?! I feel old, man.

On topic...

Spoiler:

Peanut · 11-19-2007, 09:42 PM

Yeah, dude. It's totally f*ckin' lame.

Anyways, I was just thinking about this, but in the Bowser fight, how many people went straight for the tail? Show of hands. I know I sure did.

**ThirdMarioBro** · 11-19-2007, 10:15 PM

*raises hand*

Yep.

And about the fire flower, I know the time limit blows ass chunks (one of that Mario 64 gimmicks that should have been done away with), but seriously, I was so happy to just see it again in 3D that I overlooked the time limit. Give me a month and I'll be bitching about it regularly though.

*Mecha Cow* · 11-20-2007, 10:07 AM

Quote:

Anyways, I was just thinking about this, but in the Bowser fight, how many people went straight for the tail? Show of hands. I know I sure did.

Guilty. I was actually a bit disappointed when it didn't work.

*Spike Spiegel* · 11-21-2007, 02:57 PM

I played this game for about five minutes today at a GameStop...it was my first time using a Wii and I was a little confused by the gameplay.

Nice concept though...

**ThirdMarioBro** · 11-21-2007, 03:49 PM

Just beat it. 96 stars.

Now for the rest.

**Barkworm** · 11-24-2007, 03:27 AM

I still haven't beaten it but I noticed that the last couple of galaxies can't keep up with the initial brilliance of the game. As Peanut said, there are recycled levels, as well as recycled bosses and some rather underwhelming stars. I don't know. It almost seems like they ran out of ideas towards the end.

Ra · 11-24-2007, 03:46 AM

A wise gaming sage once said "best a good game with few bad faults than a bad game with few good faults". It may have run out of steam towards the end, but at least you can always play the game again with it's brilliant levels at the start. Right?

Hopefully I can try this baby out at my local games store. If not, I'm going to be crying myself to sleep every night for missing out on everything.

Peanut · 11-24-2007, 05:10 AM

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Originally Posted by Barkworm

I still haven't beaten it but I noticed that the last couple of galaxies can't keep up with the initial brilliance of the game. As Peanut said, there are recycled levels, as well as recycled bosses and some rather underwhelming stars. I don't know. It almost seems like they ran out of ideas towards the end.

Which was exactly my problem with the later portions of the game. It definitely isn't one of those games where I feel the ending becoming inevitable and slow up to try and savor it. I really felt it needed to end where it did, and honestly, it could have ended without the entire last set of galaxies and probably would have been better for it.

11-17-2007, 03:37 PM	#21
Barkworm Draconian leftist ruler Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Germany Posts: 6,759	It's TONS better than Mario 64. __________________ Make ****, not kill!

11-18-2007, 10:44 AM	#22
ThirdMarioBro Tea Time! Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 8,905	Best Mario game ever made? Yup. Sorry SMB3. Favorite video game soundtrack? Yep. Fuk MIDI. Epic scope? In a Mario game? Somehow...yes. I love you Miyamoto. goes back to Wii for all-day binge marathon* __________________

11-18-2007, 11:40 AM	#23
Peanut Second Gear Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: The New World Posts: 15,422	It's not better than Super Mario 64. With the increased difficulty of the late game, there are points when the controls have a hard time wrestling with the insane level design, and it will constantly lead to a cheap death. Also, a lot of the charm of the costumes wear off completely. The only two cool ones are limited and one of them is used in a SINGLE level. Spring and Boo Mario are also terribly un-fun to use. They even have repeat level designs, except mirrored and with a different colour scheme. That's completely unacceptable. I've been playing it for a good long while now, and while it's still amazing and still one of the best games I've played this year, there are some missteps that keep it from reaching true legendary status in my mind. Maybe once I beat it, I'll feel differently, but I was playing it late last-night and getting kinda frustrated at the controls during a few parts, and that should never ever happen with any game. Edit: Just beat it. I don't know. Last edited by Peanut; 11-18-2007 at 05:47 PM.

11-19-2007, 02:01 AM	#28
ThirdMarioBro Tea Time! Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 8,905	Yeah, it is overkill, but I got all giddy whenever Gamestop forgot to take me out of their computer after I canceled the preorder and Mario/Charles Martinet called me Sunday morning and left a funny message on the answering machine. Nintendo really needs to do more cool stuff like that. I love Charles, but he needs to put a little bit more Italian back in the voice and a lot less falsetto like it was around 1997 (Mario Kart 64 era). On another note, anybody notice Nintendo's getting a little more ballsy with the Mario death animations? Its childish for just about any other game in the industry, but this is "green blood Ganon" Nintendo we're talking about here. It started with New SMB's Bowser getting his flesh melted off when falling into the lava. Now in Galaxy, Spoiler: Mario gets electrocuted and his flesh burns off in powder dust leaving a crumpled skeleton? Mario sinks in sand and a hand reaches up to suffocate him and pull him down? Awesome. Spoiler: Seeing Rocky Wrench brought a BIG smile to my face too. I never once thought I'd call a Mario game epic before, but dammit Galaxy is. Hell, Koji even blew my "MIDI dynamic/adaptive music" argument to hell by pulling off dynamic music with a full orchestra. You're the fuking man. Screw MIDI. It has no use now on consoles. __________________ Last edited by ThirdMarioBro; 11-19-2007 at 02:13 AM.*

11-19-2007, 06:01 AM	#29
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11-18-2007, 10:53 PM	#25
Peanut Second Gear Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: The New World Posts: 15,422	I still don't think it does, but it is close to matching the perfection of SM64. I think on the whole it WOULD have been a better game, but I dunno. My problem is almost fully with the Wii controls to be honest. But you know what? SMG still blows the f*ck out of everything that's been released this year, and that's saying a LOT when you look at the insane line-up we've had this year. It's easily one of the best games this decade. Edit: OH! I've been meaning to bring this up, but does anyone else absolutely cringe in pain when you first go into the Wii channel for SMG, and Mario yells out the SUPER shrill "SUUUPER MAAARIO GAAAAAAAALAXYYYYYYYYYYY!"? I actually have to mute the damn thing.

11-19-2007, 07:53 PM	#30
R-iZZy The Long Con Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: G'ville, FL (Gator Country), USA Posts: 3,007	Anyone see this game become the greatest reviewed game of all-time, now? According to GameRankings.com, it actually surpassed Ocarina of Time! I have the game, but studies have been screwing my time up, so I haven't taken it out the plastic yet. This upcoming Thanksgiving weekend, though, will be the time I spend getting into this game. Still can't believe it's overall had better reviews than Ocarina of Time! That's gonna get to me for a while. __________________

11-19-2007, 09:14 PM	#31
Peanut Second Gear Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: The New World Posts: 15,422	OoT had a good run. What, 9 years? Fitting that a Nintendo game would be the one to take it out of the top, and even more fitting that the king of video game characters did it.

11-19-2007, 09:42 PM	#33
Peanut Second Gear Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: The New World Posts: 15,422	Yeah, dude. It's totally f*ckin' lame. Anyways, I was just thinking about this, but in the Bowser fight, how many people went straight for the tail? Show of hands. I know I sure did.

11-19-2007, 10:15 PM	#34
ThirdMarioBro Tea Time! Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 8,905	raises hand Yep. And about the fire flower, I know the time limit blows ass chunks (one of that Mario 64 gimmicks that should have been done away with), but seriously, I was so happy to just see it again in 3D that I overlooked the time limit. Give me a month and I'll be bitching about it regularly though. __________________

11-21-2007, 03:49 PM	#37
ThirdMarioBro Tea Time! Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 8,905	Just beat it. 96 stars. Now for the rest. __________________

11-24-2007, 03:27 AM	#38
Barkworm Draconian leftist ruler Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Germany Posts: 6,759	I still haven't beaten it but I noticed that the last couple of galaxies can't keep up with the initial brilliance of the game. As Peanut said, there are recycled levels, as well as recycled bosses and some rather underwhelming stars. I don't know. It almost seems like they ran out of ideas towards the end. __________________ Make ****, not kill!

11-24-2007, 03:46 AM	#39
Ra It's my desire? Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: In your pants. Posts: 4,441	A wise gaming sage once said "best a good game with few bad faults than a bad game with few good faults". It may have run out of steam towards the end, but at least you can always play the game again with it's brilliant levels at the start. Right? Hopefully I can try this baby out at my local games store. If not, I'm going to be crying myself to sleep every night for missing out on everything. __________________ "So. The whole lot of you against little old me? How retarded."