After this, he meets Lubba, a jolly Luma that looks like Grimace in yoga pants. Meanwhile, Mario befriends a Baby Luma, a happy little star-shaped creature, who proceeds to live in Mario’s hat, granting him special abilities. Bowser is so gigantic now he says things like, “I’M HUUUUGE!” He decided he needs to rule over something his own size, so he takes off to the galaxy! He still takes Peach with him because she’s just a hard habit to break. The story involves Princess Peach baking a cake and getting kidnapped. As you progress, you slowly go from a 2D to 3D world. You begin the game from the classic Super Mario Bros. It’s a minor quibble, as reviewers are wont to say, and the intro itself is actually quite clever. Even then, many early levels are interrupted between stars to advance the plot. I recalled Galaxy having a lot of plot to get through before the game truly began, but in 2, there is a fair amount of chit-chat and introductions that need to be taken care of before you can start galaxy-hopping freely. I replayed Galaxy 2, as I do for all my articles, and was surprised to rediscover how long-winded the intro was. (Apologies for the old-school screen capture) Mario with a magical hat? Sounds vaguely familiar. Yet Galaxy 2 is my favorite 3D Mario (although Super Mario 3D World comes very close). That’s usually the formula for disappointing movie sequels: Do what the original did again, only bigger and louder. Super Mario Galaxy upped the visuals, tightened the gameplay, steadied the camera, and added gravity defying physics (and those pesky motion controls).Īll Galaxy 2 did was take the original game and expand on it. Super Mario Sunshine took the template set by 64 and added new mechanics and precision platforming (that was still frustrating most of the time). Super Mario 64 was the original 3D Mario and set the tone for what was to come. The Wii had a lot of great games (if you can tolerate playing them in a non-slouched manner), and Galaxy 2 is my favorite of the console’s extensive catalog. I only consider Super Mario Galaxy 2 to be one of the top 10 games of the 2010s. franchise shakes and waggles on as we revisit the 2010 Nintendo Wii classic Super Mario Galaxy 2, a game that revolutionized nothing.
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