Super Mario Galaxy 2 Game Review

With Nintendo’s release of Super Mario Galaxy 2, they undoubtedly offered gaming enthusiasts one of the most well rounded games to ever be released. Super Mario Galaxy 2 was released in May 2010 to a large amount of fan fare from fans of the most popular gaming series in history as well as critical acclaim worldwide from reviewers of the game. The aggregation website MetaCritic offered the impressive successor to Super Mario Galaxy an astounding 97/100 rating, one of the highest universal rating for a game ever bestowed. Naturally, Nintendo has graced the gaming world with another quintessential release that will keep gamers happy for a long time to come.

In Super Mario Galaxy 2, we are presented with Mario again fighting arch enemy Bowser in order to save the Princess. Bowser has grown larger than ever before due to his diet of Grand Stars and easily invades Mushroom Kingdom and whisks the Princess away. He then launches into space with Mario in tow via Starship Mario. Mario must defeat Bowser while engaging on interstellar planet hopping that makes the game highly interactive.

Super Mario Galaxy 2 wasn’t initially supposed to be a completely new game. In fact it was initially titled Super Mario Galaxy 1.5 and was intended to add a few extra features to the already released original. This all changed when the developer’s at Nintendo kept coming up with innovative new ideas to add to the title until it got to the point where the title was so advanced that it warranted its own separate entity-and this is very apparent upon playing Super Mario Galaxy 2.

Although the game play itself is relatively similar to the initial game, there are noticeable differences such as smaller planets which allow for players to jump from planet to planet with more ease, a seemingly laser scope for Yoshi-a red dot that allows him to target where his tongue projects, etc… The multitude of features that allow Mario to be Super return as well. There are power up mushrooms, Sling Stars for navigation planets, a mushroom that enables Super Mario to drill entirely through planets as well as the Cloud Flower that helps Super Mario create platforms in the air.

The level of praise Super Mario Galaxy 2 has received is rather impressive given the storied history of the franchise. Nearly every gaming critic worldwide agrees that Super Mario Galaxy 2 presents users with a very interactive and seamlessly fun game while sticking to its tradition albeit simultaneously adding new tricks to help the powerful plumber along his trek. Anyone who has enjoyed previous Super Mario titles is bound to love this one as well for sure.