Nintendo announces Super Mario Galaxy's review scores, record sales

Nintendo has issued an official press release touting the accomplishments of Super Mario Galaxy for Wii:

• GameRankings.com now lists Super Mario Galaxy as the best-reviewed game of all time.

• Metacritic.com lists Super Mario Galaxy as having "Universal Acclaim" with a score of 98 out of 100.

• Praises from GameSpot, Yahoo!, and 1UP for Super Mario Galaxy.

• Super Mario Galaxy had the strongest one-week debut of any Wii game to date; its first week sales in the U.S. reached a record of over 500,000 units, according to internal sales figures.

The source article is the full official press release from Nintendo.

[Maestro]

Super Mario Galaxy = game of the decade.

[ukilnme]

for my wife and kids.

[PS360WII]

and yourself if you like to play video games ^^

[Ikanago]

Galaxy has now dropped back to number two behind OOT as they continue to aggregate more reviews. Not too shabby though.

I know I'm playing it right now. Going for all 120 stars. Such a great and fun game. It puts a smile on my face.

[whitepowermyass]

it was higher when it had the same number of reviews anyway. oot has the advantage of only being reviewed about 31 times.

[Ikanago]

back then games weren't reviewed by nearly as many outlets. Now we have every gaming blog on the web throwing in their two cents. So you're right, it's not a direct comparison.

[BubyDudy]

In the end of the day, who cares if it's "first", "second" or "last". It's a great game.

[whitepowermyass]

true

[Padre]

Bubydudy rules.

[Shaka2K6]

Is boring.lacks innovative gasmeplay.

[BubyDudy]

If SMG's gameplay isn't innovative, which game's gameplay is then? Halo 3's? :P

It was just an example! NO FANBOIZ COMMENTS BELOW THIS LINE

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