Fourth Game Review - Super Mario Galaxy

Super Mario Galaxy is one of the few games every Wii gamer has been waiting for!
Nintendo promised a lot with this new platforming title, and you can clearly see it is an enormous upgrade from Mario's last outing the first time you start it up.

When I first picked up this game last year I remember being shocked. I never expected any Wii games visuls to make my jaw drop, but this one literally did just that.

For me this game was a real feast for both the eyes and the ears. The soundtrack is truly amazing, and I feel it really lives up to Nintendo's standard. Most of the music is made up of classic and remixed Mario tunes that will have you humming along eventually.

As expected the game starts off with a letter from Peach inviting Mario to her castle, because she has a special gift for him and he arrives to walk straight into chaos as Bowser and his son arrive in a fleet of airships and they use a giant UFO to haul the Princess' castle out of the ground. Mario chases but isint able to rescue her before Bowser and son jet off into space. From then Mario groups up with a group of creatures called the "Luma", they sort of look like stars and are led by a woman called Rosalina, who lives with these creatures on a large spaceship called the observatory. From there you must explore galaxys and collect power stars to help blast the observatory into the center of the universe in order to battle Bowser and save the Princess.

In short, the story is like Super Mario 64, but with a twist.
As with all Super Mario console games, the objective is to collect as many power stars as possible to rescue Princess Peach from Bowser. Even after you have collected enough power stars to rescue her you can keep on collecting until you have every single one in the game.

I found that every galaxy in the game is an absolute joy to run through. The level designs are top notch in every way, with tons and tons of clever traps and puzzles for Mario to get through. The difficulty level isin't very hard at the start, but as you go through you can expect to face a bit of a challenge.

Most players would come to expect fidgety controls with the Wii remote and Nunchuck, but believe it or not I found the controls to be flawless and easy to use.

The game even features different suits! Such as the Bee suit which allows Mario to hover for a short period of time over gaps and obstacles, but be careful when around water, as if you get wet you'll ruin the suit.

However, my favorite suit is the Boo suit, a Boo in the Mario universe is a ghost, but this suit lets you float around and pass through some solid walls.

I wont ruin the surprise for you by mentioning any more of the suits, as you'll probably want to find out for yourself if you've not played this awesome game yet.

Before I started writing out this review I tried to think of a few flaws I could point out, but to be honest there are none! The game is lengthy enough to last you for ages, the graphics are flawless, the audio is a real treat for your ears, I had no problems with controls, and the game even features a small multi-player mode where one other player can point their Wii Remote at the screen and take part in some of the basic fun like collecting and shooting stars at enemies on the screen to help the other player.
If ever there were a must-own Wii game, Super Mario Galaxy is it.

Just to summarise I will go over the games qualities:

Graphics: Superb, from start to finish you will notice how smooth and colourful everything is. Possibly the best on the Wii.

Sound: Awesome, I don't think many other games could possibly contend with the soundtrack of this game.

Gameplay: This game really lives up to previous Super Mario games, Nintendo have been really innovative and taken their time on certain aspects like the puzzles and obstacles throughout the game. The level design is pure genius.

Lifespan: It will take you a long time to even collect enough power stars to finish the main story of the game, overall there are 120 power stars to collect and even a few special hidden stars. If you're the type who has to unlock everything in a game then this will take you a long time to complete.