If you define success by fantastic game play, inventive and imaginative levels, beautiful music and a refreshing joyful experience, then Super Mario Galaxy is definitely successful.

There are some flaws. The Wii motion controls are as tacked-on as any Wii game; never really adding to the immersion and always feeling like a hindrance. I found in a few areas the challenge in Super Mario Galaxy lies in actually getting Mario to do what you want him to do.

The second player controls make it so that someone who would otherwise just be sitting and watching can actually do stuff. Any time co-op is added to a game I am a fan.

What Super Mario Galaxy does right is bring back the joyful feeling of playing video games for me. Through the majority of Super Mario Galaxy I was grinning ear-to-ear. The level design feels brand-new, yet it evokes previous Mario games perfectly.

Score: 4/5. An instant classic Wii title, vital to any collection.
--Chris
http://weeklygeekshow.com/2007/12/review_super_mario_galaxy_

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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 and the 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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Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #33 in Video Games
• Brand: Nintendo
• Released on: 2007-11-12
• ESRB Rating: Everyone
• Platform: Nintendo Wii
• Original language: English
• Subtitled in: English, German, French, Italian, Spanish
• Dimensions: .59" h x 5.42" w x 7.52" l, .26 pounds

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

Amazon.com

Mario returns and takes his next adventure into space. Follow him as he travels from planet to planet bending the rules of gravity. Players experience perspective shifts as they run upside down through alien worlds. Meet challenges like surfing on a ray in an ocean in the clouds, rolling a ball through a treacherous garden, or floating in a bubble over a poisonous swamp. Control Mario with the Wii Remote and use the Nunchuk to perform his special moves. A special co-op function allows a second player to collect star bits for Mario or take care of enemies in his way. This title also includes opportunities to change Mario into a Boo or a bee.