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Generally favorable reviews - based on 80 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 77 out of 80
  2. Negative: 0 out of 80
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  1. Oct 6, 2025
    Both Mario Galaxy are the best of the best, and of course you have to play it; better on Nintendo Switch 2. But I feel a little disappointed for the lack of new extra content to show how these games were created; to do something more as a celebration of the 40th years of Mario Bros's games, and not only like a simple remaster. [Recommended]
  2. Sep 30, 2025
    Galaxy and Galaxy 2 push the platform-game genre to the outer limits of possibility, and then past them. They redefine our relationship with video game space over and over again, in a spirit that is both joyful and wicked. These impeccable, no-nonsense remasters bring them back in precisely all their glory: no more, as if that were possible, and certainly no less. You can’t put a price tag on that.
  3. Oct 2, 2025
    It’s great to have a pair of the most inventive platformers ever made easily accessible in 2025. At the same time, these releases are disappointing in just how simple they are. Nintendo has an enviable amount of history and talent, and re-releases like this would be the ideal place to share that with the world. Alas, we get straightforward ports instead.