Wii - Super Mario Galaxy 2 E3 Preview
Date: Thursday June 4, 2009Posted in: Preview, Super Mario Galaxy 2, Wii
Yesterday, we relayed the fact that Super Mario Galaxy 2 was announced at this year’s E3. Today, we’ll break down everything we KNOW about the game, everything we’ve HEARD about the game, and everything we can INFER about the game from screenshots and trailers.
Words About Super Mario Galaxy 2 From Nintendo
From their own press release:
Super Mario Galaxy™ 2: This upcoming adventure for the Wii console marks the first time a second 3-D Mario game has arrived in the same console generation. In the game, Mario rides his trusty dinosaur companion, Yoshi™, to new stars and the fantastic worlds found there. This 3-D platforming adventure provides longtime video game fans with a fresh round of out-of-this-world challenges in the style introduced in the critically acclaimed original. The game is planned for 2010.
We also found this quote from Miyamoto reported on Kotaku:
…Miyamoto said that the original plan was to “essentially create new variations of the worlds in Super Mario Galaxy.” But, over time, the developers have had so many ideas that Miyamoto estimates that 90% of the game’s levels are all new. The rest, he said, are levels from the original Mario Galaxy with different objectives.
The controls haven’t changed, but Mario’s been given new abilities via the addition of Yoshi and a drill item. Miyamoto also told Kotaku that “there’s something that might be kind of a little bit ghost like but still a little different.” …
Our Take on Super Mario Galaxy 2
Let’s start off by saying that while we were big fans of the first Super Mario Galaxy, we got all the way to the end, lost interest in it and to this day never finished it. Of course, if there were achievements involved, it’d probably be a different story but there weren’t (’cause it’s on Wii) so that’s where we are. That being said, um…
It sounds like by all accounts this game is going to be more of the same of the first one. Sure, great playing and great looking game, but after the millionth planet and millionth star, what ends up driving you to play it? The answer to that is STORY but as we all know, most of the Mario games seem to follow the same path which is probably the big elephant in the room as to why we stopped playing the first one. So why knows. And if we stop and think of it, we don’t think the inclusion of Yoshi is going to be enough for us. But maybe that means we’ve grown out of the target demo. We’ll have to wait and see!
A Zillion Super Mario Games Announced at E3
Date: Wednesday June 3, 2009Posted in: DSi, NDS, Preview, Wii
If you’re more of a casual gamer than those of us around here, you might not know that the Super Bowl of Videogamedom (otherwise known as E3) is going on right now! And you might ALSO not know that at Nintendo’s press conference the other day, they seemingly revealed a zillion new Super Mario Games available across all their systems! “Wowee wow!” - We know! You can expect a lot more information about these games in the days and weeks to come, but until then here’s a little snippet of what you missed:
Super Mario Bros Wii - Wii
It looks like Super Mario Bros has been reimagined for the Wii! That means all of the side scrolling action that you’ve come to know from the two plumbers is now coming back for the holiday season. But different than what you’re used to seeing, this time you can play with up to three of your friends at the same time (yes that means 4 people at once as Mario, Luigi, Toad and another Toad) as you get all the familiar power ups (and new ones) and traverse the game in another Super Mario Bros adventure!
Super Mario Galaxy 2 - Wii
Heralded as the Nintendo’s first true sequel to one of their 3D games on the same console, introducing Super Mario Galaxy 2 for the Wii. From trailers, it looks like you’re going to be seeing more of the Galaxy action that made the first one an instant classic including the great Wiimote gestures, powerups, and worlds. In this outing, Nintendo is finally giving us Yoshi again! (When was the last time we saw HIM on a next gen system?!)
Mario & Luigi: Bowser’s Inside Story - NDS
Ok get this - Apparently Bowser has eaten some kind of magic mushroom and begins to inhale everything around him including Mario, Luigi and Princess Peach! While at first it may sound like yet another Mario and Luigi game, this one has two plots going on at the same time… The action inside Bowser, and the action outside which has Bowser trying to stop a coup of his castle. And with both storylines affecting each other, the game looks like it might have some promise for the small system.
Mario vs Donkey Kong: Minis March Again! - DSi Ware
And finally there’s this game for the DSi. Truthfully, I’m not sure what’s going on here but it looks like DK is wearing a tie again and there’s a whole bunch of miniature people walking around uh… doing stuff. I know that you can build levels and upload them, but just stay tuned for more details.
Super Mario Bros Super Super Show Tease
Date: Thursday May 28, 2009Posted in: Super Mario Bros, Super Mario Bros Super Show
Because it was mentioned in the last post, and because you really NEVER need a reason to check out a clip from the Super Mario Bros Super Show, here you go. (Suddenly I feel like Conan with the Walker Texas Ranger Lever)
