Super Mario Galaxy

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9.1

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  1. Shocktrooper1
    Oct 15, 2015
    10
    The best Super Mario game of all time. Nearly perfect in every way - level design, visuals, music, controls, everything.

    Full review to be added later.
  2. YellowKirby
    Nov 10, 2015
    9
    Super Mario Galaxy is probably one of the best video games ever made. It has good graphics (for its time), great controls and great gameplay. The only problem is the lack of a proper co-op mode. Overall, Super Mario Galaxy is a must-buy for anyone who has a Wii, and this game is worth buying one.
  3. GAMERGUY25
    Sep 24, 2015
    10
    Super mario galaxy brings everything I want in a video game into one amazing installment. Gorgeous levels, breathtaking soundtrack and fun power ups makes this and its sequel the pinnacle of 3D platforming. Of course the game starts with princess peach being kidnapped so bowser and her can rule the cosmos. Mario meets a young luma, rosalina and he gets her starship to travel through spaceSuper mario galaxy brings everything I want in a video game into one amazing installment. Gorgeous levels, breathtaking soundtrack and fun power ups makes this and its sequel the pinnacle of 3D platforming. Of course the game starts with princess peach being kidnapped so bowser and her can rule the cosmos. Mario meets a young luma, rosalina and he gets her starship to travel through space to reach peach. The road to princess peach is unlike anything I have played to this date. The way gravity works depending on the planets shape or arrows on the wall change up the gameplay dramatically and I would love to see it return some day. The levels mario faces are some of the best in any game to date. from the beauty of gusty garden to the whimsical feel of toy time galaxy, every level is almost perfect. Super mario galaxy brings with it an amazing experience and is hands down the best mario has gotten… Expand
  4. JRRR
    Oct 31, 2015
    9
    Although I gave it a 9 it's more a 9.5/10, can't do that in Metacritic. This game is one of the best on the Wii and one of the best of last gen, my only criticism are the manta ray levels and having to play ALL the game again as Luigi to beat it 100%, aside from that this is an amazing game. Must buy.
  5. obthegeek
    Nov 22, 2020
    10
    this game makes me cry man, its perfection
    the soundtrack, the graphics, rosalina, gawd
  6. zachary1000
    Nov 10, 2015
    9
    Super Mario Galaxy is my favorite game of all time and space (pun intended). So why do I only give it a 9? Unfortunately, the game has bad swimming/flying controls, and it occasionally crashed on me. Nonetheless, if you are looking for an unforgettable adventure, this is the game for you. The atmosphere, level design, graphics, and soundtrack are fantastic to the point that if you have notSuper Mario Galaxy is my favorite game of all time and space (pun intended). So why do I only give it a 9? Unfortunately, the game has bad swimming/flying controls, and it occasionally crashed on me. Nonetheless, if you are looking for an unforgettable adventure, this is the game for you. The atmosphere, level design, graphics, and soundtrack are fantastic to the point that if you have not experienced this masterpiece, you are truly missing out.… Expand
  7. TheRedFern
    Jul 8, 2023
    8
    We did not finish this game, but my wife and I had a remarkable time playing it. We did something so strange one night when we were inebriated, we decided to start this game and play it each holding one of the Wii controllers. We were newly married at the time and it was so fun to experience this game and its challenges with an unintended level of co-operative challenge. It was aWe did not finish this game, but my wife and I had a remarkable time playing it. We did something so strange one night when we were inebriated, we decided to start this game and play it each holding one of the Wii controllers. We were newly married at the time and it was so fun to experience this game and its challenges with an unintended level of co-operative challenge. It was a remarkably different experience in the way they designed the world and we thoroughly enjoyed it.… Expand
  8. Legendkiller250
    Nov 14, 2015
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Camera angles great graphics great alot of pepole are saying the plot is bad Its what its always been that makes the game fun your the good guy stoping the bad guy from takeing over the world COMEONE did you think hel make antartica melt useing hairdryers? this game has hours of fun gameplay Open worlds to explore power stars to be colecting hours of missions need i go on? this game is out of this world play and see for yourself:)… Expand
  9. Cosmozerk
    Apr 12, 2016
    10
    Super Mario Galaxy is not only the best game on the Wii, not only one of the best Mario games ever, not only is a unique, satisfying experience..., but it's also a lot of fun.

    STORY: Super Mario Galaxy starts with Peach sending a letter to Mario, telling him to come to the castle, and Mario then going to the castle. Apparently in the mushroom kingdom they're celebrating the Star    Super Mario Galaxy is not only the best game on the Wii, not only one of the best Mario games ever, not only is a unique, satisfying experience..., but it's also a lot of fun.

    STORY: Super Mario Galaxy starts with Peach sending a letter to Mario, telling him to come to the castle, and Mario then going to the castle. Apparently in the mushroom kingdom they're celebrating the Star Festival, which happens 100 years betwen the newest and the oldest.

    Well the celebration doesn't last for long, since Bowser comes out of nowhere and kidnaps the Prince's, but not in the traditional way, ooooh no instead he calls a giant U.F.O, destroys the terrain around the castle and brings it to space. Mario tries to go rescue, but namek, the evil koopa wizard, shoots Mario with his Magic projectile and sends him into outer space.

    Fortunately Mario lands in a friendly planet and encounters this Floating-Star and he plays Hide and seek with them...oh and the Floating Stars transform into bunny.

    After catching all the Bunny Stars, they point Mario to a building where he founds Rosalina, pretty much the God of the Mario Universe and the "Mother" of the Lumas (The floating stars that transformed into Bunnies), who explains that he needs to find the Maxi-Stars and Power-Stars that Bowser stael out of them from the their "Spaceship" called the Planetarium.

    Rosalina gives Mario a new spin-ability to get back one Maxi-star and Mario does just that. Mario and the star go to the Planetarium and Rosalina asks Mario to go and get more, so the planetarium can run again and get the power necessary to save Princess Peach.

    PRESENTATION: Super Mario galaxy takes great advantage of the Wii's power. While the console is not as powerful as the PS3 or Xbox 360, but Nintendo took good use of what they had at hand and as a result ,Super Mario Galaxy is one of the best looking and preforming games of the system.

    The smooth 60fps, the saturated colors, the models, everything is great. The soundtrack...do i even need to say anything?, this music is AMAZING!!, it has everything: it's catchy, fits perfectly with the environments, it rarely loops and the instrumentation is done (for the most part) with a full on orchestra and it just sound awesome.

    GAMEPLAY: Super Mario Galaxy is a 3D gravity based collectathon platformer game. Now for anyone who is not familiar with the term "Collectathon", it basicly means a game where you go around a certain map collecting things and completing certain objectives. Games like Banjo-kazooie, Super Mario 64, Donkey Kong 64 and this game, are good examples of this.

    The main feature that this game brings to the table is gravity based platformer. It behaves just like is sounds, you can move in a 360º space and you can go above or below the places that you explore. There are some places were depending on where your are, you will go up or down (mostly in 2D places). The camera angles complement this new feature and very few times it will give you any problems.

    Another thing that Galaxy brings is the motion controls. There are many different level gimmicks around the Wiimote and i really enjoy them, i never had any major control issues and most of the are very simple to use like: point this, control that or shake the controller to do the spin attack...and speaking of...

    To make the platforming in this game a lot more deep, we have the spin attack. It can be used to attack enemies and do a homing jump on them, but the main thing about the move is that it can be used along with the normal jump, long jump, somersault, crouch jump, every jump! to get some extra air time and altitude and believe me it doesn't sound like much, but when you are playing the game this becomes very useful and a lifesaver at times.

    To complete a stage you have to grab the powestar that you get by completing a certain mission and there's 120 stars in total. Some of them are very simple like getting from point A to point B or finding this specific thing on the map, but to get more variety, you also have things like race to the finish against your shadow counterpart or with a bunch of penguins, we also get some comets here and there that grant you things like collect 100 purple coins, beat the stage in a time limit or with incremental speed you know stuff like that.

    We also have some new power ups like the bee suit that allows you to hover or the ghost one that allows you to cross certain walls, but you lose them by touching water and light respectively. The fire flower is also back, but with a strange time limit, and the starman is back to, no super mushroom sadly, but it's because Mario has a health bar this time, but you do have this other one that gives you 6 hit points instead of 3 and then we have the Ice Flower which allows you to go over water...that's it.

    In conclusion Super Mario Galaxy is a fun and very replayable title that any Wii or Wii U owner must have in their shelf. I'll give it a 10/10    … Expand
  10. Luis1712
    Nov 25, 2015
    10
    Just as mario 64 but the awesome idea of the planets and a really original level disign and one of the bes orchestral soundtrack ten out of ten :v
  11. NintendoSTART
    Dec 16, 2015
    10
    This is my favorite mario game.The Soundtrack is beatiful,the gameplay is awesome,the graphics is too beatiful for the Nintendo Wii.This game is what 3D games needs to be.
  12. JWMG
    Jan 13, 2016
    9
    This game is one of the best Mario games ever. You will have a great time going through this game. The graphics, the music, and the gameplay make this game great. the only downside is the purple coin challenges.
  13. Alex2304
    Mar 13, 2016
    10
    Es el mejor juego de wii a mi parecer es increible , tiene una gran historia y no es como muchos de esta critica mencionan que los graficos son malos que no cambia nada que los controles son incomodos nada de eso es sierto todo es ergonomico , prueba el ingenio de nintendo junto a su consola , ademas es muy innovador para la epoca por que creen que 100 millones de personas compraron wiiEs el mejor juego de wii a mi parecer es increible , tiene una gran historia y no es como muchos de esta critica mencionan que los graficos son malos que no cambia nada que los controles son incomodos nada de eso es sierto todo es ergonomico , prueba el ingenio de nintendo junto a su consola , ademas es muy innovador para la epoca por que creen que 100 millones de personas compraron wii no solo por el wii sports no solo por su innovador control , sino por titulos tan grandes , innovadores y exelentes como este… Expand
  14. Silverzapper
    Mar 9, 2016
    10
    This is a masterpiece! I think this is the best 3d Mario game by far. It has beautiful worlds. I especially like the gravity or lack of. It makes way for so much creativity. If you don't have this then you need to get it!
  15. klyted2
    Feb 12, 2016
    8
    this game is awsome and a great game for fans who likes games that take place in space and like mario games but the controls suck major ass depends what controller how ever that didnt stop the game from being the best wii game i have played that was from 2007
  16. ruben1100
    Aug 10, 2020
    10
    Well, what to say about this masterpiece. It is easily the best Mario game I've ever played tied with the sequel of this game.
  17. IgnaNico
    Apr 17, 2016
    10
    Muy buen juego, buenas gráficas, fácil de jugar, niveles muy divertidos, una gran historia, uuna perfecta jugabilidad, muy recomendable para pasar el rato.
  18. TabbyCM
    Mar 1, 2016
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Wow! This game was and still is brilliant! I have played all of the 3D Mario games, and I find that this game introduces lots of new revolutionary places. Anti-gravity, graphics that look shiny and glimmery. Almost like SSB WiiU. Controls are good, but could have used Classic Controller Pro instead. Music is awesome and memorable. And, this is also the first 3D Mario game that you can play as Luigi once you finish the game! Overall, great, but could have been better, you know, multiplayer! Still, fun and great game. 10 out of 10… Expand
  19. SonEdo
    Mar 4, 2016
    10
    Forget about Ocarina Of Time, this is your greatest of all time! What can I say? This is Mario at the peak of his powers. They perfected the formula and I don't think any other Mario game can top it.
  20. yoshistar456
    Mar 19, 2016
    8
    I've never been a fan of the galaxy games. I don't think this is the best Mario game ever, I don't like the starbit mechanic, and I don't think the orchestrated soundtrack. Sure, the soundtrack is great, but it doesn't feel like it's from Mario. It feels like it's from Star Wars, and that's something a Mario soundtrack should never feel like. However, I'll give it a pass since Mario's inI've never been a fan of the galaxy games. I don't think this is the best Mario game ever, I don't like the starbit mechanic, and I don't think the orchestrated soundtrack. Sure, the soundtrack is great, but it doesn't feel like it's from Mario. It feels like it's from Star Wars, and that's something a Mario soundtrack should never feel like. However, I'll give it a pass since Mario's in space, and it soundtrack makes you feel like that. Despite my criticism, I do think this game is good. It's just not my favorite.… Expand
  21. extreme_yoshi
    May 10, 2016
    10
    One of the best wii games, the graphics locks awesome and all the 3d models, music are exellent, the level design too, i love this type of games, with space ambientation
  22. SuperMarioBro
    May 15, 2016
    10
    AWESOME, AWESOME AND ONE MORE - AWESOME!!! This game is so much wonderful: Beautiful world, graphics and even storyline. The best soundtrack of all games, what i listen. Better game of all games from Nintendo and other games.
  23. LonelyCritic
    May 29, 2016
    10
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  24. TyDN
    Jun 25, 2016
    10
    This game gives me pride for the franchise. That is all i can say about it. Difficult levels for some fun. Great first game if you just got a Wii. Little youthful though so be warned.
  25. mvpeter24
    Jul 2, 2016
    10
    The best video games have moments where you can't help but say "wow." About five minutes into Super Mario Galaxy, when you first see the gravity effect in action, you will say "wow." And that is just the first of many times in this 20 hour game where you will be blown away.

    Tight controls, incredible music, charming characters, and beautiful, colorful visuals define this game.    The best video games have moments where you can't help but say "wow." About five minutes into Super Mario Galaxy, when you first see the gravity effect in action, you will say "wow." And that is just the first of many times in this 20 hour game where you will be blown away.

    Tight controls, incredible music, charming characters, and beautiful, colorful visuals define this game. Nintendo has taken the 120-star 3D Mario series and changed it up here. Instead of big worlds to explore a la Mario Sunshine or Mario 64, this game has a more linear platforming focus. What you may miss from exploring is made up for with puzzles and platforming that can be delightfully difficult in this incredibly fast-paced and fun adventure. This game is a breakthrough in the Mario series, and should be considered one of the greatest Mario adventures ever.

    If you have a Wii, this game is a must-have for players of all ages. It's cheap now that it has been added as a Nintendo Selects title, and you're cheating yourself if you don't pick it up.    … Expand
  26. fujitanaoto00
    Sep 28, 2016
    9
    O jogo esta lindo, fases legais com graficos muito bons e boa criatividade, historia um pouco melhor que os outros mario, mas nao é grande coisa coisa assim
  27. jakethedog196
    Oct 8, 2016
    10
    Super Mario Galaxy is a phenomenal game. The visuals are great by Wii standards, the controls are responsive and the story, while nothing special, adds a back-story to the new character, Rosalina. The level design is spectacular, only beaten by the level design of the sequel, and the soundtrack is just as phenomenal, if not more so, as the rest of the game.

    Super Mario Galaxy is well    Super Mario Galaxy is a phenomenal game. The visuals are great by Wii standards, the controls are responsive and the story, while nothing special, adds a back-story to the new character, Rosalina. The level design is spectacular, only beaten by the level design of the sequel, and the soundtrack is just as phenomenal, if not more so, as the rest of the game.

    Super Mario Galaxy is well worth your time and is one of the greatest games of all time.    … Expand
  28. Skolpis
    Sep 4, 2017
    10
    Not too many games are perfect, but you can't get much more perfect than this game. The sound tracks, almost every single one has been stuck in my head for the past 10 years since it was released. The graphics, absolutely stunning. For a Wii Game, I would still say this game looks better than the majority of XBox 1 and PS4 games in terms of art and beauty. Each level, incredibly funNot too many games are perfect, but you can't get much more perfect than this game. The sound tracks, almost every single one has been stuck in my head for the past 10 years since it was released. The graphics, absolutely stunning. For a Wii Game, I would still say this game looks better than the majority of XBox 1 and PS4 games in terms of art and beauty. Each level, incredibly fun and satisfying in their own ways. This game is Perfect. You can tell by every aspect of this game that Nintendo poured their hearts out to make something beyond compare to any other game. The only thing I would change is making the game more difficult. But, they did that in super Mario galaxy 2! I recommend this game to every single person on the planet. An experience so great that it brings me to tears to think about the fun I had back when the game was first released.… Expand
  29. Untitled94
    Jul 15, 2021
    8
    When I'm in the right mood, this is one of the best Mario games I've played. The music is probably my favorite part about it, but the game itself is still a blast, even years later. Some levels make me want to use regular controls at times, but overall, it's a fun game.
  30. weskergamer
    Dec 19, 2019
    10
    This is the best 3D Super Mario game without any doubt and one of the best games of all time
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Metascore
97

Universal acclaim - based on 73 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 73 out of 73
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 73
  3. Negative: 0 out of 73
  1. Deeko
    100
    It's rare to play through a perfect game or one that nears perfection, but Galaxy definitely fits that mold.
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  2. games(TM)
    90
    Nintendo has crafted a platform game that, while not as technologically pioneering as its grandfather, is, level for level, more fun to play than "Mario 64." [Dec 2007, p.128]
  3. 1UP
    95
    Galaxy proves that Mario matters just as much today as he did 25 years ago, and that makes him one of a kind in this medium. But don't play Galaxy simply because Mario is the timeless godfather of gaming. No, play Galaxy because it's fantastic.
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