Super Mario Galaxy Video Review

00:00:21.470hey everyone it's matt from IGN this is

00:00:24.000the video review of super mario galaxy

00:00:25.710this new 3d platformer arrives from

00:00:27.900Nintendo's Tokyo studio which developed

00:00:29.820DK jungle beat on GameCube that was an

00:00:31.830underrated game and I really recommend

00:00:33.239you check it out if you haven't already

00:00:34.309Nintendo is really outwardly build a

00:00:36.630galaxy as the spiritual sequel to Super

00:00:38.940Mario 64 and I think that's not just a

00:00:41.219gimmick it really is accurate this game

00:00:43.050really harkens back to that n64 classic

00:00:45.239but it also has a very new feeling about

00:00:47.219it

00:00:47.579I've said this before and I'll say it

00:00:48.840again it is the best marriage of old and

00:00:51.090new you have traditional analog control

00:00:52.710of Mario but at the same time you have

00:00:54.449all these new Wii remote controls in

00:00:56.100addition to some really fancy graphics

00:00:57.899on Nintendo's new system Mario games

00:01:00.000have never been known for their

00:01:00.960storylines and this one's no different

00:01:02.730once again Bowser's back and this time

00:01:04.500yet again he wants speech so he invades

00:01:07.290the Mushroom Kingdom at night during a

00:01:08.670festival and armed with a fleet of

00:01:10.530spaceships literally rips the castle

00:01:13.080from its foundation and whisks the

00:01:15.240princess off into outer space

00:01:16.799at which point Mario gives chase not

00:01:19.320exactly the most original tale I know

00:01:21.030but the production values are

00:01:22.409exceptional in fact if you go back and

00:01:24.479compare this to Mario Sunshine whose

00:01:26.850opening cinema featured a rendered idle

00:01:29.159animation of Mario of all things you're

00:01:31.350gonna see just a dramatic difference a

00:01:33.360huge improvement in the way this game is

00:01:35.280presented and this attention to detail

00:01:36.810extends well beyond the opening

00:01:38.520cinematic and through to the final boss

00:01:40.350fight with Mario Galaxy you're getting a

00:01:42.630platformer that uses the Wii Remote but

00:01:44.579doesn't really abuse it thankfully what

00:01:47.009I really mean by that is that the game

00:01:48.329knows its limits so you are using analog

00:01:50.820control to control Myo but at the same

00:01:52.560time you utilize the Wii Remote simply

00:01:54.540pointing at the screen to pick up star

00:01:56.460shards about levels or you can shake the

00:01:58.619Wii Remote to a spin Mario which is very

00:02:01.079useful in levels it feels very good you

00:02:03.509don't ever feel that gimmicky sense that

00:02:05.100the Wii Remote has been pushed upon you

00:02:06.659simply because it's there but at the

00:02:08.550same time there are levels in which you

00:02:10.349will use the Wii Remote and you need

00:02:11.970gesturing ways for instance there is a

00:02:14.250level where you have to write it up a

00:02:15.570glass ball and you hope that we remote

00:02:17.370like a flight stick to control Mario

00:02:18.990there's also a stage in which you have

00:02:20.700to ride atop a manta ray and you control

00:02:22.410the animal by tilting the Wii Remote

00:02:24.090left and right as though you were

00:02:25.740turning a lock-and-key and that too

00:02:27.480feels very good as in every Mario game

00:02:29.760control is spectacular it's very tight

00:02:32.190it's very responsive and simply running

00:02:34.470around the levels is so much fun because

00:02:36.210you can long jump and you can string

00:02:38.160together triple jumps I actually think

00:02:40.320the process of exploring levels are

00:02:41.910simply goofing off is more enjoyable

00:02:43.500than any other Mario game because of the

00:02:45.750new gravity effects and also because the

00:02:47.640way you can traverse levels you can run

00:02:49.380upside down you can run right-side up

00:02:51.360and you can jump off ledges at which

00:02:53.130point all hell breaks loose gravity was

00:02:55.170part of the appeal then is to experiment

00:02:57.720to simply try things and see what

00:02:59.460happens for example watch what happens

00:03:01.770when I jump off this Tower

00:03:09.450I had two fears going in the galaxy the

00:03:13.650first is that all the levels in the game

00:03:14.970would look pretty much the same clinging

00:03:17.010to a space motif in the same way that

00:03:18.510sunshine clung to an island motif and

00:03:20.540second that mario would only traverse

00:03:22.800small planets never really exploring or

00:03:25.110platforming atop giant land masses i

00:03:27.600think you can see in the footage however

00:03:29.250that both those spheres are pretty well

00:03:30.750unwarranted the game not only features

00:03:33.030more than 40 galaxies to explore all of

00:03:34.950them very different design but it does

00:03:37.350have those big levels just as it has the

00:03:39.060small asteroids and space debris to

00:03:41.160navigate but don't take my word for it

00:03:43.290I'm gonna shut up now and let you watch

00:03:45.120some of this video

00:05:11.710clearly I love the controls in the game

00:05:13.690just as I love the diversity in levels

00:05:15.520but is there anything in galaxy that's

00:05:17.470not quite perfect well yes the game

00:05:21.039features a secondary storyline about a

00:05:22.870character named Rosalina and the tale

00:05:24.729itself is not only a bit of a downer but

00:05:26.620it's really irrelevant to the main

00:05:28.150gameplay thankfully the tail isn't

00:05:30.430forced upon you you can skip it if you

00:05:31.990want to you go to the library room in

00:05:33.759the hub world you can watch it if you

00:05:34.960don't go there you'll never see it game

00:05:37.210features an automatic camera system

00:05:38.800which works very very well most of the

00:05:41.110time but every so often you'll hit a

00:05:43.180camera angle that's not quite ideal and

00:05:44.979will obstruct the platforming ahead of

00:05:47.349you and then there's the issue of

00:05:49.449difficulty you can collect 120 stars in

00:05:52.000the game but you can technically

00:05:53.860complete everything with only 60 and the

00:05:56.470quest of the first 60 stars I think is a

00:05:58.270bit easy especially some of the boss

00:05:59.949fights which aren't nearly as formidable

00:06:01.599as they appear on the other hand

00:06:03.460completing the game with 120 stars is a

00:06:05.889very different beast than completing the

00:06:07.539game with 60 stars and the quest to that

00:06:09.759final goal is much more difficult not to

00:06:11.949mention highly entertaining Nintendo's

00:06:14.199Tokyo studio has with galaxies created a

00:06:16.030title that really pushes we and really

00:06:17.979feels like was made for Nintendo's new

00:06:19.510system and I had to give him credit for

00:06:21.190that not only is the art spectacular but

00:06:23.229these are the best graphics on Wii

00:06:24.639period characters look great up close

00:06:26.740they animate fluidly you have advanced

00:06:29.020lighting effects advanced particle

00:06:30.520effects you have specularity have

00:06:32.380refraction your reflection you have

00:06:34.090transparencies all this running at a

00:06:36.280smooth frame rate throughout and not

00:06:38.110only that but everything runs in 480p

00:06:39.789progressive and and 16 by 9 widescreen

00:06:41.800modes on top of that galaxy's music much

00:06:44.979of which is orchestrated sounds amazing

00:06:47.229the game uses the movies extras for

00:06:50.289example you can pick up a second Wii

00:06:51.639Remote headed to a friend and he can

00:06:52.990help you out through the adventure and

00:06:54.130also you can take snapshots of your star

00:06:56.680achievement list and send in two buddies

00:06:58.659over the wiiconnect24 super mario galaxy

00:07:01.419is not only one of the best platformers

00:07:03.370I've ever played it is the best game on

00:07:05.590Wii and the number one reason to pick up

00:07:07.599in Tendo system right now I've given the

00:07:09.759game in 9.7 & Editors Choice Award

00:07:12.430don't hesitate go get it

00:07:14.520ah

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