Tom's Hardware writes, "If anything about Super Mario Galaxy will make you shout "Zowies!" it should be the way the Wii renders geometry on the fly. A good chunk of the landscapes seems small and round, representing small "planets" within each galaxy. On that same note, this spherical rendering makes one heck of a gameplay element, especially in boss battles (Bowser's Dark Matter Plant in the Bedroom dome comes to mind) when speed and accuracy becomes an issue. Still, everything is extremely gorgeous, and Mario doesn't look too bad himself, shaded and shadowed and smooth and oh so yummy. The water surface effects shimmer in the artificial light. Everything retains that comical Mario silliness but takes on a new depth of solidification, with perhaps a clipping here or there, but virtually more solid than anything released in the past. You actually get sucked into the world -no matter how crazy or impossible the geometry really is- and simply believe."
Cultured Vultures: Put on your freshest dungarees and chow down on the ripest mushroom as we reel off the best Mario games ever made to celebrate Mar10 Day.
My top 3 are Mario 3, Mario World and Mario 64. Mario Odyssey is also excellent, and I enjoyed Sunshine but didn't care for the Galaxy series.
Cultured Vultures: Put on your freshest dungarees and chow down on the ripest mushroom as we reel off the best Mario games ever made.
The Nintendo Entertainment Podcast is here, and it's the host's birthday! But don't worry, they'll talk news and Super Mario Galaxy too!
Bullsh1t. This is a 10 game, not 9.5.
stop hating. it deserves 10 out 10 cause there is nothing better then mario galaxy at this time. and i have the 360 too..
dont hate.. wii the best