So I’m reviewing my latest Mario game, the latest one to come out, Super Mario Galaxy. I’ll be rating out of 5. It’s okay if you disagree.
Story/Originality: 5/5
Let’s see… Every century a comet passes
by and drops Star Bits, which form into Power Stars, Lumas, or stay exactly
the same. Interesting. So of course, the Toads are having a festival to
celebrate it, and Mario’s invited. And then SOMETHING has to go wrong.
And that something comes in the form of Bowser and his airships. That’s
less original, but it gets better. Mario wakes up on a planetoid in the
“Gateway Galaxy” and the Luma introduce him to Princess Rosalina, and from
there his adventure begins. It’s a new storyline, but with some clichés
in there at a few points. Then there are features such as the Star Spin
and the Star Cursor, and of course Mario’s new Star Bit attack. And if
you play 2-Player, the other person controls a second cursor. It appears
to be original enough to outweigh the Bowser crashing the party cliché.
Graphics: 4/5
The graphics aren’t amazing compared
to some games, especially not the upcoming Super Smash Bros. Brawl. But
compared to recent Mario games, they’re pretty good.
Characters: 5/5
Well, well, well. We have Mario, Peach,
Bowser, the star people known as the Lumas, Rosalina, Bowser Jr, plenty
of new bosses, a band of Toads called the Toad Brigade, penguins, robots
called “Gearmos”, bunnies, bees, and a giant dolphin. And… Could it be?
That’s right, even Luigi appears! With a slew of new characters with Party/Tennis/Golf-reappearing
potential, as well as Luigi finally appearing, I’d say Nintendo done good
here.
Locations: 5/5
All those whiners crying about how
Sunshine’s levels were too tropical, well I have good news for you. Mario
Galaxy takes place mostly in space, but in the different galaxies. One
minute you’re in a haunted mansion, and a few minutes later you’ll be visiting
a desert. However, some of the galaxy names don’t make sense. Good Egg?
It’d better not be just because of the egg planetoid.
Music: 5/5
At first, I was a bit skeptical when
I heard Mario Galaxy takes on just orchestrated music. But after playing
the game myself, I learned it was amazing. They even brought back old themes
from Super Mario Bros. 3 like the airships and those levels that play that
one music. The boss themes are also swell and fitting for each boss, even
though they’re reused. Especially songs toward the ending are cool, too.
But one thing I don’t get: Whenever you fight a mole, it always plays the
same song. Do they have some kind of mole union that states you must always
have the same theme? Oh well.
Items: 4/5
Mario gets a few new Mushrooms to munch.
There’s the Bee Mushroom which gives him a bee suit, the Boo Mushroom which
turns him into a boo, the Spring Mushroom which coats Mario in a large
coil, the Red Star which lets Mario fly, and the Life Shroom which doubles
Mario’s life. He also finally gets to use the Fire Flower! And returning
from Mario & Luigi 2 (but with different effects), we see the Ice Flower
again! However the Red Star is mostly useless and it’s also time-limited
along with the two Flowers. Plus there could be a few more.
Difficulty: 3/5
In case you’re wondering, I rate difficulty
exactly the same as the other parts (lower score = bad). Parts of the game
are easy, and a lot of later parts get more difficult as you can expect.
However there are some early things that are hard, too. And the new Prankster
Comet swoops down into a galaxy now and again to spice things up, making
easy galaxies hard, and hard galaxies harder. There’s also a secret mode
that I won’t reveal anything about, except that it’s harder.
Replay Value: 5/5
Super Mario Galaxy is very replayable.
If you want to get secret mode, you have to beat the game 100%, and then
beat it 100% in the hard version (thus, 200%) to unlock a very special
level for both modes. Not to mention, some of the levels are just so fun
you’ll want to redo them again.
Fun Factor!: 4/5
Overall Score: 40/45, A-
Recommendation: Yeah, I’d recommend this game. It’s very fun and new, but still a bit hard. Even if you or another aren’t a Mario gamer, this just might get you hooked. If not, you may be at least amused by this game.
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