Super Mario Galaxy 2: Now with official release date.

[McChimp]

Didn't see a Mario Galaxy 2 thread on here, so I thought I'd get it going due to my current excitement over the release date announcement.

So, May 23rd. in the US, and PALGN has it listed tentatively as the 15th May (obviously that will most likely change).

Nintendo Summit announcement with patented "Sexy Trailer (http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3178094)".

[borgster101]

Wow, that's earlier than I expected .. and Metroid in June! Seems like enough of a window open for a Zelda release by Christmas 2010 ... pretty awesome!

[Natrak]

The footage looks like loads of fun. I'm still not sold on Other M but SMG2 looks like it should be great, even if it does prove to be samey. Can't wait, I just hope 'mid year' means early June rather than sometime in August.

[Zace]

I should really get around to playing the first one some more. Everytime I pick it up, I just really want to play NSMBW

[McChimp]

I'm the other way around; any time I pick up NSMB all I want to do is play Galaxy.

[Stevorooni]

Should give me enough time to give the original another run through

[fishfishmonkeyhat]

Otherwise how will you follow the story!

[McChimp]

Yeah, the old 'Bowser kidnaps princess, mario goes out of his way to save the princess, doesn't get any a$$ as a thank you' plot is a hard one to follow, huh?

[Jay]

Eurogamer has a pretty cool hands on up atm.

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/super-mario-galaxy-2-hands-on

[Starscream]

May 2009 release? Might be a bit too early for me to be looking for JB trade fodder at this present moment....

[Stevorooni]

Completed the original over the weekend (not with all stars though), the game is still a lot of fun and a lot easier than I remember my original play through being.

Now I wonder if I should bother getting all the stars again, those purple coin challenges were a pain.

[ireadtabloids]

Completed the original over the weekend (not with all stars though), the game is still a lot of fun and a lot easier than I remember my original play through being.

Now I wonder if I should bother getting all the stars again, those purple coin challenges were a pain.

It's worth it, man!

Yay! Really looking forward to this one :D

[Halt, Hammerzeit]

I've got a save game for SMG where I'm half way through getting all the stars as Luigi. Couldn't really be bothered doing more that that. Sure it was nice playing as Luigi in a straight platforming Mario game for the first time since Yoshi's Island (for me anyway), but I don't know what everybody was complaining about with Luigi not being in these games.

[Filthy Old Drunk]

those purple coin challenges were a pain.

Luigi's purple coins. What an arsehole of a level.

[Stevorooni]

Luigi's purple coins. What an arsehole of a level.

Yeah I'm up to that now, I think I'll leave it until last.
Gotta remember my technique I used previously.

[Mr Pie]

Looks like the Wii might get a workout this year too... I still havent touched it since I finished SSBB.

[fishfishmonkeyhat]

Yeah I'm up to that now, I think I'll leave it until last.
Gotta remember my technique I used previously.

Don't shut your eyes.

DON'T EVEN BLINK!

[Nic Xtreme]

Apparently this is quite good. (http://www.edge-online.com/magazine/review-super-mario-galaxy-2) EDGE are usually pretty strict, too. Or should that read "fair".

[borgster101]

Well of course it's good .. the experience from the first game with the additional couple of years of development on this, is sure to make it something special.

There's still no official Australian date, but it sounds like an early June, not too far away!

[Nic Xtreme]

Yeah apparently the first or second week of June, which I'm glad to hear :D

Wish we'd get an AU release for Sin & Punishment 2 and Picross 3D *clubnintendopointsclubnintendopoints*

[borgster101]

Sin & Punishment is out in Europe this week I think ... tempted to order it!

[Nic Xtreme]

Sin & Punishment is out in Europe this week I think ... tempted to order it!

Argh you're right I had heard the US one was delayed and I thought it was the same for the EU one <_< (it's only ~$56 to import, too!)

[borgster101]

I saw the release date for this on the Nintendo Channel as 10th of June 2010, no other confirmations I can see ... but it looks like it will be around that time guys! :)

[McChimp]

It's the 'non-official, guesstimated' release date, derived from the confirmed European release of June 10th. Not even the official Nintendo site had a specific date listed last I checked (which was, what, Friday?).

[Natrak]

Oh Nintendo Australia, could you be more terrible?

[borgster101]

It's the 'non-official, guesstimated' release date, derived from the confirmed European release of June 10th. Not even the official Nintendo site had a specific date listed last I checked (which was, what, Friday?).
Yeah, typicaly NAL stuff I guess .. but it's got to be close enough I would imagine :/

[McChimp]

I'm going by that date, and that's what I'm telling customers too, with a little added 'subject to change' to cover my a$$.

[Jickle]

Just got a press release - official Australian release date is July 1.

[borgster101]

Well ****! Few more weeks off from the EU release :/

But at least it's confirmed now.

[McChimp]

True, although I'm severely p*ssed that we've got to wait even LONGER than the EU date (better part of a month). I'm sorry, but June 10th should be more than enough time to get the game sorted and to our shores.

[Stevorooni]

So we get "Lame Release Date" as a bonus Mario powerup in our versions.

At least it gives me a month to concentrate on Red Dead Redemption

[Filthy Old Drunk]

****ing horse shit.

[naclj]

I'd rather ride a dinosaur!

i hate nintendo. i hardly care about my wii at all and then the game i most want gets delayed just like old nintendo always used to do.
way to screw the hardcore gamers once again.

oh well guess ill import it then

[Nic Xtreme]

I'll still grab this locally via trade in. Work + Sakura Wars + All the other games to play mean I can wait.

Plus, although I know this will be an amazing game, it's not one of those MUST PLAY ASAP titles, like a new Ace Attorney game, or what Metroid will be if I have to wait a month...

[borgster101]

I don't know I'd put Galaxy up there as a must play ASAP ... but that doesn't mean I'll worry about importing if the wait is only a few weeks, especially when you factor in shipping and the fact that there's other games currently being played anyway.

So yeah I semi-agree with you :p

[9warbane]

I feels wrong that there is going to be two platforming Mario games on Wii.

It's been on one each since 64. :(

[Jay]

Which means a whole 2 consoles. Personally I'm stoked to see a sequel to this generation's best game.

[AranchineD]

this generation's best game.

http://img139.imageshack.us/img139/4083/thesimpsonss04e14brothe.jpg

[Natrak]

Psh. It's definitely up there. Super Mario Galaxy was fantastic.

[Jay]

I was being hyperbolic but as Natrak said it's definitely up there.

[fishfishmonkeyhat]

Aran's just being a ******.

[Jay]

Yeah, I figured, though I am waiting for Watchers to come in and declare it the worst game in video game history. Fighting hyperbole with hyperbole in the great hyperbole war of 2010, the greatest war in history of wars.

[Natrak]

Uncharted 2 and Super Mario Galaxy, two of the worst games I have ever played.

[AranchineD]

Uncharted 2 isn't that bad, man

[McChimp]

Uncharted 2 and Super Mario Galaxy, two of the worst games I have ever played.

......and on the other end of things you're probably proclaiming 'Dora saves the Ice Princess' as the THE. BEST. GAME. EVARRRRRR!

[fishfishmonkeyhat]

He probably is!

[banjoeskimo]

Will have this on Monday. Galaxy 2 + LOST finale = my head asplode.

[Stevorooni]

Well I'll be playing Galaxy 2.... in a month and a bit when ye olde sailboat that delivers Nintendo games to Australia finally makes it here...

[Hyperblau]

http://au.wii.ign.com/articles/109/1091239p1.html

10/10 from IGN

[borgster101]

Just watched the video review, argh makes the wait feel more painful now :/

[BB2K]

I'mma buy this when it's cheap.

[Jay]

You'll be waiting a while if the first game is anything to go by.

[AranchineD]

You'll be waiting a while if the first game is anything to go by.

Or anything to do with Nintendo in Australia, for that matter.

[Jickle]

I'll buy it at a high price.


(If I don't get a review copy).

[Nic Xtreme]

Or anything to do with Nintendo in Australia, for that matter.

Not quite. Paper Mario, just like in Australia, still isn't cheap to import from the UK :/

[Natrak]

Not quite. Paper Mario, just like in Australia, still isn't cheap to import from the UK :/

Yeah, it's Nintendo's strategy worldwide this gen, all part of their 'evergreen' thing, I guess.

[BB2K]

You'll be waiting a while if the first game is anything to go by.

I'm prepared to.

Also, did Jickle make an RE4 reference?

[Twisted Conspiracy]

Wow, I knew I'd heard that somewhere...

[REQUIEM]

Scored a near perfect score.

http://www.gametrailers.com/video/review-super-mario/100404

[JubeiSaotome]

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[borgster101]

Whoa a 10 from Gamespot as well! O_O

[9warbane]

The ten out of ten reviews are insane.

Sure, it's good but it's very similar.

Hearing about no hub world sucked but the map is pretty cool, reminds me of SMB3 and New SMB.

[REQUIEM]

The ten out of ten reviews are insane.

Sure, it's good but it's very similar.

Hearing about no hub world sucked but the map is pretty cool, reminds me of SMB3 and New SMB.

Its all to samey for a 10 IMO.

[Jay]

Are you guys already playing it? Bastards. Cannot wait for this. Even my triple shot of new games in the last three days (RDR, PoP:TFS and AW) have not fully assuaged me.

[REQUIEM]

Are you guys already playing it? Bastards. Cannot wait for this. Even my triple shot of new games in the last three days (RDR, PoP:TFS and AW) have not fully assuaged me.

Not me but all the footage I have seen the only thing that looked different was the drill tool. Bar that it just looked the same to me.

[9warbane]

Its all to samey for a 10 IMO.
Defiantly.
Are you guys already playing it?
Half way through world 2. :cool:

New power ups are pretty good.

[Mr Pie]

I wonder if Mario ever gets sick of saving the world?

[Jay]

Eurogamer review is up.

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/super-mario-galaxy-2-review?page=1

10.

And I have to say I disagree with notions that the game shouldn't be getting 10s because it is a sequel and uses similar game mechanics to its predecessor. By that rationale no FPS ever should get a 10.

[Halt, Hammerzeit]

I don't think any game should ever get a 10/10. To me that means that the game is perfect and there are no flaws. There's got to be something about it that isn't good.

[Hyperblau]

I don't think any game should ever get a 10/10. To me that means that the game is perfect and there are no flaws.

Not this again...

[Nic Xtreme]

I don't think any game should ever get a 10/10. To me that means that the game is perfect and there are no flaws. There's got to be something about it that isn't good.

<_<...

[tau]

Eurogamer review is up.

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/super-mario-galaxy-2-review?page=1

10.

And I have to say I disagree with notions that the game shouldn't be getting 10s because it is a sequel and uses similar game mechanics to its predecessor. By that rationale no FPS ever should get a 10.

Well apparently while it does use similar game mechanics, it uses them with incredible creativity and variety. so yay, can't wait etc~!

[Jickle]

I don't think any game should ever get a 10/10. To me that means that the game is perfect and there are no flaws. There's got to be something about it that isn't good.

This is a ridiculous, borderline insane argument that should have died years ago (or, more to the point, should have never been conceived). As much as numerical systems are a pain in the butt for the writer (less so for the reader, since a number can make the opinion of an inadequate review clearer) you're not going to hand out 10s, why even bother scoring out of 10? If perfection literally cannot exist, why factor it into the scoring? It seems to be a complaint that only gamers ever bring up, too - ever see anyone argue that The Godfather doesn't deserve 5 stars? 10 just means 'you should really...really buy this game'.

[borgster101]

This is a ridiculous, borderline insane argument that should have died years ago (or, more to the point, should have never been conceived). As much as numerical systems are a pain in the butt for the writer (less so for the reader, since a number can make the opinion of an inadequate review clearer) you're not going to hand out 10s, why even bother scoring out of 10? If perfection literally cannot exist, why factor it into the scoring? It seems to be a complaint that only gamers ever bring up, too - ever see anyone argue that The Godfather doesn't deserve 5 stars? 10 just means 'you should really...really buy this game'.
This X 100.

[Halt, Hammerzeit]

Maybe it's just me. I tend to think mathematically and 10/10 or 100% or whatever you want to call it just seems to be unachievable to me. Just my opinion.

[borgster101]

See you're thinking about it the wrong way.

100% in a review context doesn't mean a "perfect score". Let's look at a common example where scores are used; exams. If you get 100% it basically means you got every question correct, hence a "perfect score", it's a lot more quantitative.

However this is only the case in exams that feature right or wrong answers, like multiple choice questions, or science/maths sort of exams where the answer is right or wrong.

But then in say an English exam, or anything where you have to right an essay and give an opinion piece, it's a lot more difficult to assign a numerical score. Hence, the highest mark may just be an A+ ... or even if you do get a numerical score, 100% is a subjective judgement by the marker and it doesn't mean you got "everything right", it just means you constucted an excellent argument weighing up both sides and there was nothing signficant that was missed or has a flaw in logic etc.

Reviews for games (or any medium) is a lot like the second example (i.e. the English exam) where there is no pure "right or wrong" and therefore 100% in this context does not mean "perfect", it simply means that the game in question provides an outstanding level of entertainment that has no signficant flaws that hinder the experience. Of course the game will have flaws (there's videos of glitches on YouTube for example for many of the top scoring games), but these "flaws" are so insignficant that they don't affect the enjoyment of the game, and hence it warrants the 10/10 score.

[Halt, Hammerzeit]

That's your opinion on the matter, and I have mine. Let's just agree to disagree about this.

[Blob]

Still think its rediculous that GTA4 got a 10/10 from IGN. None of my friends truly enjoyed it as much as San Andreas and a couple of us couldnt even bring ourselves to finish it. Looking forward to seeing if this is actually that great though because the last Galaxy was amazing.

[ireadtabloids]

and back to talking about the actual game again.

So has anyone on the forums had a chance to play an imported copy yet?

[StorminNorman]

I don't think any game should ever get a 10/10. To me that means that the game is perfect and there are no flaws. There's got to be something about it that isn't good.

Think of the number more as a category, rather than a score. Edge magazine's original definition of 10/10 was "Miyamoto".

How much is this going for? I was gonna pick it up along with Blur today.

[Jay]

It's not out yet. Is it? I was just in JB and bought Blur but didn't see it (wasn't looking it must be said because it's still a couple of weeks away isn't it?)

[Halt, Hammerzeit]

The EB webite lists the release date as the 1st July.

[tau]

Release date(s)

JP May 27, 2010
NA May 23, 2010
EU June 11, 2010
AUS July 1, 2010

ripped from wikipedia. Laaame.

[borgster101]

Yep July 1st is the Australian release date.

[StorminNorman]

Aww man. I heard that it came out on Sunday. :/ I thought that was an odd day for a video game release. Waiting all the way until July kind of sucks though, I think I'll have lost interest by then.

Curse the non-region-free-ness of the Wii. :(

[Cubby]

Does this mean Galaxy 1 will finally drop in price? I can't believe it still basically sells at full price.

[Halt, Hammerzeit]

I know. Twilight Princess still sells for full price too. Come on Nintendo, it came out at launch! Drop the price already!

[borgster101]

Aww man. I heard that it came out on Sunday. :/ I thought that was an odd day for a video game release. Waiting all the way until July kind of sucks though, I think I'll have lost interest by then.

Curse the non-region-free-ness of the Wii. :(
The game is too awesome to lose interest in a months time :p

Though if you really can't wait the EU version comes out June 10, and will work on the AU Wii :)

[9warbane]

Or you could get the Japanese or American version and use a homebrew app to play it like the cool kids do.

[fishfishmonkeyhat]

Is this homebrew app your imagination?

[9warbane]

http://wiibrew.org/wiki/Gecko_OS

http://wiibrew.org/wiki/TinyLoad

http://wiibrew.org/wiki/AnyRegion_Changer

[Slippery]

Infraction incoming? I can't remember how strict Watchers and Co are on homebrew and such.

[Nic Xtreme]

Infraction incoming? I can't remember how strict Watchers and Co are on homebrew and such.

Except he's not using it to pirate, but to play imported copies.

Regardless if that's true or not, that's not against the forum rules. Piracy is.

[Watchers]

I don't care. I don't work for Nintendo and I do it myself.

[fishfishmonkeyhat]

De-modding incoming?!

[Slippery]

Mod me so I can go facist on Warbane's arse.

[Stevorooni]

I support Watcher's bid for public nudity

[Watchers]

I support Watcher's bid for public nudity

Damn Nintendo and their anti-nudity stance.

[Jickle]

I just got home and found a review copy of this had arrived in the mail.

This...this is good news.

[Natrak]

I hate you so much.

[Jickle]

3 stars in...and initial impressions are so good that I actually hate myself a little for having the game so far ahead of you guys.

[Rambo]

Eat a dick.

[Jay]

I just got home and found a review copy of this had arrived in the mail.

This...this is good news.

Oh my god. And...?

[amcam]

Does this mean Galaxy 1 will finally drop in price? I can't believe it still basically sells at full price.

I know. Twilight Princess still sells for full price too. Come on Nintendo, it came out at launch! Drop the price already!


Semi-inside info passed on by a Manager of my local EB:

Nintendo believes that they don't need to drop price on their own games to increase sales... It's why Super Mario 64 DS is still $45 at EB...

[Halt, Hammerzeit]

That's thing, though, isn't it? People will pay anything with Mario, Zelda or any of Nintendo's flagship characters in it. Hell, even I will, I'm just more likely to buy it at launch instead of waiting to see if the prices will drop.

[fishfishmonkeyhat]

Oh my god. And...?

3 stars

You'll never make the box quote with that attitude!

[banjoeskimo]

I've had this for a week now, just finished with 120 stars this morning. I cannot, cannot, CANNOT insist enough that you all need to get 120 stars. Best Mario surprise ever. Here's a hint: it's not Luigi, and it opens up a lot of new gameplay.

For those who are curious, or need motivation, spoilers are below. Note: it's not story related, so it's not really a huge spoiler? But anyone intending to perfect the game already need not look.

Once you collect all 120 stars and beat Bowser, something called the "Green Star Challenge" unlocks. Basically? It unlocks another 120 secret stars that are strewn throughout the levels you've already completed. The game actually has 240 stars to collect. 120 is only the halfway point. Best Mario game ever!

[borgster101]

Damn you.

[Rambo]

Eat a dick.

[9warbane]

But anyone intending to perfect the game already need not look.

Once you collect all 120 stars and beat Bowser, something called the "Green Star Challenge" unlocks. Basically? It unlocks another 120 secret stars that are strewn throughout the levels you've already completed. The game actually has 240 stars to collect. 120 is only the halfway point. Best Mario game ever!

What's actually different with the Green Star Challenge? Added time limit or an even shorter one or are the stars in different locations or the levels are slightly changed increasing difficulty?

[Natrak]

The green stars are in obscure locations

[AranchineD]

So your reward for finishing the game is that you get to play the game again?

[Natrak]

Yes. It's a terrible game.

[Jickle]

A bit over 6 hours in, I have about 34 stars. This game is just ludicrously wonderful.

[Cerebral]

So your reward for finishing the game is that you get to play the game again?

Get a load of this guy.

[banjoeskimo]

So your reward for finishing the game is that you get to play the game again?

Yeah, but it's a lot like Master Quest. Same levels, but an entirely different skill-set is needed to obtain the extra stars. Whereas most normal stars are set up so that you're led down the garden path and what you need to do to obtain them is quite obvious, the green stars are just there. It's entirely up to the player to find them and figure out what's required to obtain them.

As an example: I spent half an hour scouring a level looking for one until I finally noticed it peeking out from behind a rock. The catch? The rock was at least 3-4 long jump distances away across a sea of lava. The only way to get the star was to have a full health meter, and successfully bounce Mario across the lava, hitting the star on the last bounce.

Not all the green stars are this crazy, but many of them are intensely satisfying to grab. My guess is that by the time most of you are done with the game there'll be a perception that hitting 120 is when the real game starts.

Not to say that the first 120 stars aren't challenging, they are, oftentimes moreso than the original Galaxy, but the green star challenge is a whole new layer unto itself.

[fishfishmonkeyhat]

Well I'm glad you didn't bother to put that post in a spoiler!

[banjoeskimo]

Psh, cat's out of the bag after Aran's comment anyway. :p

[Jay]

Four stars in and absolutely loving it. Why did I spend most of yesterday not playing it? I can see myself taking tomorrow off work because I've sat up too long tonight, what between this and the World Cup. Mario Galaxyitis with a touch of Brazil v Ivory Coast Flu - can I get a medical certificate for that condition?

[Jay]

So I managed to drag myself in to work today, but not before grabbing my 12th star this morning. Say what you like about Nintendo, they know how to make awesome video games.

[Natrak]

Wish my copy would arrive already. :P

[Stevorooni]

I wish that Natrak's copy would arrive too... in my mailbox instead of his

[naclj]

i ordered a copy from CDWOW (as soon as the UK/Aus releases were announced) and it took a week from the actual UK release to send me an email saying sorry we have no copies "due to not getting their shipment from their supplier" so now its only a week and a bit till it really comes out here and there is NO way my UK copy will get here before then, so really i gained nothing (though it was only $66 AUD)
and i am itching to play some mario.

though RDR and Bioshock 2 should keep me occupied. But id still rather Mario

[[m]averick]

Four stars in and absolutely loving it. Why did I spend most of yesterday not playing it? I can see myself taking tomorrow off work because I've sat up too long tonight, what between this and the World Cup. Mario Galaxyitis with a touch of Brazil v Ivory Coast Flu - can I get a medical certificate for that condition?


Lol, you lazy bastard. School holidays start next week... :p

[Jay]

I know, so I ended up not doing it. At 20 stars now. :)

[cube_punk]

I hate Zavvi. Shipped on the 10th, and still no sight of it. At this rate I could have just waited for the local release >:(

[Cobla]

That sucks. :(

I picked up a copy in the city last week (Dungeon Crawl, what legends) and now that I'm up to world 5 (of 6) I'm starting to dread reaching the end.

So there's definitely negatives (of a sort) to getting it early! ;)

[Halt, Hammerzeit]

That sucks. :(

I picked up a copy in the city last week (Dungeon Crawl, what legends) and now that I'm up to world 5 (of 6) I'm starting to dread reaching the end.

So there's definitely negatives (of a sort) to getting it early! ;)

Wait, this is on sale now? I thought it didn't come out until the 1st July!

[Blob]

I hate Zavvi. Shipped on the 10th, and still no sight of it. At this rate I could have just waited for the local release >:(

Im in the same boat, checking the mailbox every day to be dissapointed :/

[Cobla]

Wait, this is on sale now? I thought it didn't come out until the 1st July!1st of July is still the date for local release.

Dungeon Crawl (http://www.dungeoncrawl.com.au/) are a store in the city in Melbourne who specialise in import games. They got their shipment of Galaxy 2 (from the UK) last week which is why I was able to pick it up.

[TheMixta43]

Traded in three games at JB to score this for $28, can't wait until next Thursday when I pick it up.

I'm embarrased to say I haven't completed the first one (I do own it though). I couldn't have passed up a new release for $28 though, especially one of this caliber.

[St@ckboy]

I too am yet to finish SMG1, which is why I'm not buying 2 yet.

Don't disown me, Hyper.

[Blob]

Mario Galaxy 2 get!! Very much a straight up sequel in the first few levels but I look forward to seeing what comes later on.

[cube_punk]

Still nothing in my mailbox :(

[fishfishmonkeyhat]

I get this second week of holidays. And I just found out I get 3 weeks!

I played through the first one on a 4:3 tv, so it'll be fun to play this on the widescreen.

[Natrak]

My copy turned up :D Hope Cube's did too.

[Cobla]

I'm up to 49 stars and all of a sudden, holy shit it's ****ing hard! :eek:

Still, hard in the good way, where you die repeatedly in rapid succession but just cannot seem to stop playing. Awesome.

[cube_punk]

My copy turned up :D Hope Cube's did too.

Another weekend of waiting :( then going to Sydney on Monday so I might not even SEE it until Tuesday.

What makes it worse is that all our copies arrived at work today. So not only do I not have mine I've been waiting nearly 2 1/2 weeks for, I had the damn Australian copies staring at me all day!!

[Natrak]

Oh man, that really sucks. I would have thought for sure it'd have turned up by now, particularly since my copy shipped the day after yours. I can definitely imagine the local copies of the game staring you in the face would drive you nuts.

I'm about 8 (I think) stars in. So far I'm digging the new structure, it feels like there should be a lot more variety than in the first game - rather than doing multiple stars from the one world based around a certain theme levels seem to be limited to two stars each before you're moving onto the next one which is usually quite different from the previous.

Annoying that your stash of lives still doesn't carry between play sessions, but at least they're very easy to accumulate. At this early, not particularly challenging stage, I'll regularly find I've amassed 20 without even realising. Not sure why they continue to bother with the whole 'Lives' thing at all, really.

[banjoeskimo]

Finally snagged the final, 242nd star last night. Godamn that was a bitch. Having a 2nd player to help you out was absolutely essential. All in all a fantastic game. Don't forget to get "all" 120 stars!

[Natrak]

Rightside Down World in World 1 was awesome. Galaxy 1 played with sidescrolling gravity shifts but I don't remember any of it quite playing with my head like that did, and this is only in World 1.

[naclj]

my copy has finally been shipped from the UK yay! now i can get it a week after the aus release.

oh well shit happens. now they just need to ship sin and punishment as well

[Jay]

Shit gets hard quick.

I'm going to have nightmares about purple coins. I think I've just gotten over the pain of them from the last frickin' game.

[Natrak]

About 35 stars in now, it's great. The prankster comets just keep coming, lol - guess they won't stop until there's been enough to correspond with my Comet Coin tally. Found they really had me in '...just one more star' mode. :P

When one of them had 'Purple Coins' in the title I might have physically gulped - got that one done in one attempt though (by the skin of my teeth).

[Jay]

Have you done the flip world purple coin challenge? Arrrghh!

[Natrak]

Nope, but dear god I had enough trouble with Flip World in the first place - constantly fighting my instinctual shaking of the wii remote at the tail end of a jump. I can't imagine having to collect purple coins to a time limit with prankster marios tailing me at the same time (I assume that's what it'd be) :P

[Jay]

You got it in one. **** me, the game gets truly challenging real quick.

[banjoeskimo]

Are any of you using the co-op mode? I find having a second player can really help. Unlike the first game, player 2 is actually useful this time; they can attack enemies, grab coins and even activate checkpoints for you.

[Natrak]

So the Flip-swap Galaxy wasn't so bad. No prankster Marios giving chase so I could afford to be a little more measured than I imagined. It still took several attempts, but it wasn't annoyingly difficult.

40 Stars.

[Filthy Old Drunk]

The first time I did that one I accidentally jumped into one of those electric barriers, but I got it on the second attempt with a few seconds to spare which was surprising considering the ones that trouble me are the timed ones. I'm not a gamer who likes to rush through things so when faced with having to do something quickly I usually fail more times that I should. It just seems kind of a cheap difficulty to me. I'd rather more complex platforming elements or harder enemies to test my skill rather than "kill these enemies/collect a bunch of bullshit purple coins within x minutes". The two that have troubled me the most - which is not a lot or anything, just the two that took me the most times - were the ones where you had to kill the crabs and the spiney guys. I'd always miss one or two.

[Cerebral]

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/6705127/SB4E01-1.jpg

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[Natrak]

Har har!

[cube_punk]

That is amazing.

[cube_punk]

Just got a picture SMS from the gf of my copy that just arrived at home :( and I'm sitting in the middle of Sydney!

[Halt, Hammerzeit]

Sucks to be you.

[Natrak]

50 Stars, just hit World 4 and the first Galaxy up is the (highlight for spoilers) Supermassive Galaxy, awesome.

[Halt, Hammerzeit]

Don't suppose anybody's noticed if street date has been broken anywhere?

[Natrak]

Flipsville Galaxy's Purple Coins were a real challenge. Took me a while to figure out the quickest/most efficient way of grabbing all of the Purple Coins. Big fist pump when I grabbed that bastard of a star.

[Jay]

Ah shit. I have just paused the game as Mario is flying towards Flipsville to get that star. **** it.

[Natrak]

lmao

C'mon Jay, you can do eet.

Watching some youtube clips of it now to see how others went about it, turns out you can wall jump while holding the drill, well that would have been nice to know. :P

[Jay]

I just tried it. Oh wow. I think I got about 60 coins. But I had no system whatsoever. Methinks this one will take some planning...

[Natrak]

Aye, at first there are some groups of coins that're just like 'Now how the hell am I supposed to grab those!?'. Without realising I could wallkick I had to take advantage of the gravity changes; the room in the upper right corner was a bastard.

It's not too bad once you figure out your preferred order of tackling the rooms and find quick ways to clear each one. But in the meantime it's pretty brutal.

[banjoeskimo]

Not to sound like a broken record, but if you're having troubles with the coin challenges grab a second player. Unlike Galaxy 1, they're useful this time and can grab coins for you.

[Mr Pie]

Don't suppose anybody's noticed if street date has been broken anywhere?

That would be Thursday, July 1st.

[Jay]

Okay, so I didn't really like the spring suit in the first Mario Galaxy, and was a little miffed to hear that it was back. I was right. It's sooo annoying. OMG.

So in honour of this fact, I thought I'd ask you guys what you thought Mario's worst ever suit was? Spring for me, no doubt. No doubt in my mind.

[tau]

That would be Thursday, July 1st.

Breaking a street date refers to a retailer selling the game early, sometimes making other retailers sell it early too.

[Mr Pie]

Ah. I didnt read Hiredman's question properly.

[Halt, Hammerzeit]

Ah. I didnt read Hiredman's question properly.

I don't think you read it at all.

[fishfishmonkeyhat]

I remember reading all the hateful comments towards the spring suit in the first game, and then playing it myself and thinking it controlled fine.

Maybe you all need practice with your videogames!

[Halt, Hammerzeit]

I didn't like the spring suit either. It was harder than other suits to control and jumping on enemies was just annoying. The annoyance factor outweight the usefulness of jumping really high.

I was never really a fan of the frog suit in Mario Bros 3. Sure it made you swim a bit fast, but you couldn't attack. I prefered having the tanooki suit, tail or fire flower for underwater levels.

[fishfishmonkeyhat]

I think the thing is you needed to time your jumps to the animation. If you were just trying to jump when you wanted it wouldn't work.

[Natrak]

Yeah, it's just annoying when you're timing is just that little bit off...particularly when a Chomp is bearing down on you. :P

Speaking of Chompworks, just got the comet star for that galaxy, goddamn that was hard.

[Stevorooni]

Today is the day

$69 at JB and Kmart are the best deals I think

[fishfishmonkeyhat]

Just got mine from kmart. I can't afford it and I should be doing TAFE work, BUT **** IT ALLLLLLlllllllllllllllllllll...

[Stevorooni]

Bought mine, gonna be getting home real late though so will barely have time to sink into it until the weekend

[fishfishmonkeyhat]

Mario dies, he was Yoshi all along.

[Kev]

I'm just watching the Mario Galaxy 2 Tutorial DVD out of sheer curiosity. I realise it's meant for new players but it's the most patronising video ever.

[Stevorooni]

What is there a 20 minute lesson on jumping?

[fishfishmonkeyhat]

And that won't play in the Wii right, being a DVD?

lol

[Natrak]

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Finished the story with 87 stars. Still got a loong way to go if I want to do everything.

[Stevorooni]

OMG this game is even better than the first one.

[Halt, Hammerzeit]

I've only played through the first world, but I'm liking it so far. I must say I prefer Rosalina's ship from the first game than the 'faceship' that we have now. I'd forgotten how much I love the gravity altering levels, though. They still freak me out a little.

[Cobla]

I'm just watching the Mario Galaxy 2 Tutorial DVD out of sheer curiosity. I realise it's meant for new players but it's the most patronising video ever.It's pretty damn funny I reckon, though it annoys me how she pronounces it "Marry-o".

The best thing about the DVD IMO is the last couple vids which show off some pretty mad skills. Here 'tis (from about the 3:35 mark)
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[borgster101]

OMG this game is even better than the first one.

I'm loving it so far, basically reminding me of the first game .. which is a good thing because Galaxy is awesome. I just got the second world, but going to back to World 1 and finish off some stars I didn't get.

Seems to be a lot more variety in Galaxies even this early on.

[^gR]

so..worth buying? never played the first one :(

[banjoeskimo]

Ghosty, get your shit together, find some money and go buy both games. Galaxy 1 was the best game ever released on the Wii, right up until the second Galaxy 2 was released. I'm not even kidding. It should be embarrassing if you don't own at least one of them.

[^gR]

Is that you pauly!? Yeh I might have to go get galaxy 2.. Need to dust off the wii I think

[fishfishmonkeyhat]

Has anyone had any weird bugs? I got stuck in the background during the side on intro level.

[tau]

I got bored with the beginning of SMG1 and didn't get past a few levels. I figured I must have been missing something so went back to play more of it. Dear god, ****ING LOVE IT.

[Natrak]

so..worth buying? never played the first one :(

Buy both! But most of all buy Galaxy 2!

[Stevorooni]

Maybe play the 1st one yet to get used to everything, the 2nd one kind of dumps you in the middle of everything

But definitely get both

[fishfishmonkeyhat]

Maybe play the 1st one yet to get used to everything, the 2nd one kind of dumps you in the middle of everything

But definitely get bothhttp://www.hyper.com.au/forums/images/reputation/reputation_off.gif

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[borgster101]

OH MY GOD BOWSER LEVEL WAS SO AWESOMELY EPIC!!! O___O


Soo much fun ... its got that "just one more star" feeling, you dont want to put the controller down.

[Natrak]

The Bowser levels are all great and I really enjoyed each of Bowser Jr.'s boss battles. I really love the Bowser level speed runs, they're great levels to be rushing through and the music makes it feel so epic.

[Halt, Hammerzeit]

Soo much fun ... its got that "just one more star" feeling, you dont want to put the controller down.

I got into that tonight. Just one more then I'll stop. 2 hours later I'm supposed to be heading out the door to go out and I'm not even ready yet.

[Stevorooni]

32 stars, 3 grand stars so far.

Just opened up the 4th world.

[borgster101]

the music makes it feel so epic.
I love it for the nostalgic memories of Super Mario 64's Bowser levels ... but the music is at such a much higher level of quality now making the epicness even more epic!! :p

Played a bit more tonight, 20 stars now starting the 3rd world.

[Halt, Hammerzeit]

I love it for the nostalgic memories of Super Mario 64's Bowser levels ... but the music is at such a much higher level of quality now making the epicness even more epic!! :p

I've noticed some Super Mario World music in there too. It's great.

[Natrak]

The music in Galaxy 2 is all pretty tremendous, hopefully Zelda gets the same sort of treatment.

[Blob]

Im sitting on 69 stars, so one off the final fight with bowser it seems. Soom pretty cool levels in the 6th world especially one in particular (I won't ruin it but youll know when you get there).
If there wasn't a Gears of War 8X Exp event right now id be all over getting to 121 stars.

[Stevorooni]

40 stars just opened up the 5th world.

I see that the spring suit is still a ****ing bitch

[^gR]

It's $69.99 at Toys R Us for the next 9 days..plus my gf works there so I can get a 10% discount.

Might buy it today, that's pretty cheap

[StorminNorman]

Dad picked it up for $66 from JB Hi-Fi this morning.

Now if only he'd stop playing Forza so I could bloody play it!

[^gR]

gf buying it for me from work for $63

it better be good fools, I used up my 3rd anniversary present from her to get this! I was originally gonna ask for 50 blowjobs in 50 days, so don't let me down!

[Natrak]

It won't be our fault if there's something defective in you that causes you not to enjoy this game.

[^gR]

It sure as **** will be your fault

[fishfishmonkeyhat]

Your penis would be more defective if you got those 50 blowjobs!

[Blob]

gf buying it for me from work for $63

it better be good fools, I used up my 3rd anniversary present from her to get this! I was originally gonna ask for 50 blowjobs in 50 days, so don't let me down!

She should be giving you those as well..

[Natrak]

There is one thing I don't like in this game. And that is that gayass bird, Fluzzard. Fluzzard can go to hell. The first galaxy to feature him wasn't so bad, it just wasn't particularly fun, but the second one was just annoying as all hell, particularly flying through those 5 gates to get the comet coin. Glad it looks like I'll never have to deal with Fluzzard again (...except on the green star run...ugh).

110 stars. Just did Luigi's Purple Coin Chaos...it actually only took me two attempts.

[Stevorooni]

She should be giving you those as well..

while he's playing Mario Galaxy

or just give him one every time he gets a star

'So did you know this game has a million stars?'

[Natrak]

120 Stars done. Goddamn the game was outstanding and there's still 120 green stars to go (along with the two secret ones).

[^gR]

Got Galaxy. Haven't played yet. Just locked myself out of my car so looks like i wont be doing anything tomorrow anyway.

****.

[Stevorooni]

Did the Throwback Galaxy last night, what a ****ing hoot!

Nintendo need to remake Super Mario 64 Galaxy style.

[BB2K]

Okay, I've cracked, and I'm buying this tommorow. Unless I find a bunch of cheap DVDs that I'd rather have. I hated the first one at first, but then I warmed to it after getting all the stars.

[[m]averick]

Probably not worthy of a new thread but I'm really keen to get SMG2 and even SMG1 but I dont have a Wii. Apart from these two games what else are must have titles?

[Stevorooni]

Finished the game with 70 stars, now going back to get the rest (I'm up to 81) and all the stupid comet coins I missed

averick;1223314']Probably not worthy of a new thread but I'm really keen to get SMG2 and even SMG1 but I dont have a Wii. Apart from these two games what else are must have titles?


Mostly the Nintendo titles, Zelda Twilight Princess, New Super Mario Bros Wii, Wii Sports Resort.

House of the Dead Overkill and the Resident Evil Umbrella/Darkside Chronicles are good for zombie shooting fun too.

[Natrak]

178 stars (worlds 1-3 100% complete). The Green stars are pretty cool, the sound they make makes them a little easier to locate, but some of them are pretty obscure. Went and got the green stars from Fluzzard's levels early so I'd never have to deal with that stupid bird again. Also grabbed the green stars from the Rolling Coaster Galaxy just so I had the rolling ball stuff out of the way as well.

On Wii games - there aren't a lot of 'must haves' (Galaxy 1&2, Prime Trilogy, Twilight Princess, Brawl and possibly NSMBW and Mario Kart), I think, but there's a bunch of games worth checking out. Zack & Wiki, Disaster: Day of Crisis (although I can't personally recommend it, not having played it), Dead Space Extraction, MadWorld and A Boy and his Blob are some games off the top of my head.

Both Lost Winds games on WiiWare are sure to please as well - in fact, I'd almost consider them must-haves. I also highly recommend Bit.Trip. Runner if you don't mind constant death followed by sweet sweet success.

[fishfishmonkeyhat]

Having just watched the included DVD I'm positive it was made just so the developers could show off their mad skillz in the advanced section.

[Blob]

On Wii games - there aren't a lot of 'must haves' (Galaxy 1&2, Prime Trilogy, Twilight Princess, Brawl and possibly NSMBW and Mario Kart), I think, but there's a bunch of games worth checking out. Zack & Wiki, Disaster: Day of Crisis (although I can't personally recommend it, not having played it), Dead Space Extraction, MadWorld and A Boy and his Blob are some games off the top of my head.


Ignore Disaster its quite terrible. Godfather wii edition is in my mind a must have, it truly showcases good fun wii controls. Also the No more heroes titles, little kings story, and theres a gross of other titles that while not being console sellers often pique the intrest and deserve a play through at least.

[banjoeskimo]

averick;1223314']Probably not worthy of a new thread but I'm really keen to get SMG2 and even SMG1 but I dont have a Wii. Apart from these two games what else are must have titles?

Must Have:

New Super Mario Bros Wii
Twilight Princess
Metroid Prime Trilogy (if you can still find it)
Super Smash Bros. Brawl
Okami (if you didn't have it on the PS2)
Lost Winds 1 & 2 (Virtual Console)
Super Paper Mario

Worth Checking Out:

Dead Space Extraction (although it's free with Dead Space 2 on PS3)
No More Heroes 1 & 2
Trauma Team
Pikmin Wii-make
Resident Evil 4 Wii-make
Beat.Trip.Runner (Virtual Console)

I've also heard very good things about World of Goo, Tetris Party and Sin & Punishment.

[^gR]

played it. Have like, 12 stars. Pretty fun so far

[^gR]

Pretty awesome. Just about to enter the 3rd 'World' or some shit. They've got it backwards there, shouldn't it be the 3rd Galaxy? And worlds are the places you land on to get stars? newbs

My gf was having a go..terrible, terrible stuff. She used up like 20 lives, I was inwardly raging but she was having so much fun that I couldn't be a hater. Seems like a pretty quality game (**** you fluzzard)

[Natrak]

Well, the levels are galaxies because each one is made up of planets, but yeah, it's a little weird calling them worlds, maybe universes would have been better.

[banjoeskimo]

My gf was having a go..terrible, terrible stuff. She used up like 20 lives, I was inwardly raging but she was having so much fun that I couldn't be a hater. Seems like a pretty quality game (**** you fluzzard)

Give her a second Wii remote while you play. She can do the easy stuff like pick up coins / star bits and hold / attack enemies for you. And since the second player can't die your 1UPs won't be at risk.

[Halt, Hammerzeit]

I'm not understanding the hate that everyone has for Fluzzard. I don't seem to be having the problems that everyone else is. Granted, I've only down 2 Fluzzard levels and just stuck with 1 star from each for now.

[Stevorooni]

Fluzzard is a jerk and they should have just given us regular controls for steering him rather than forcing remote tilting

[Cobla]

Yeah the tilt controls are shit. Dying because you're unco is one thing, but when it's due to crappy controls I find it rage inducing.

In unrelated news my Wii spacked out (yes that's the technical term, look it up) the other day and my save file with 87 stars was deleted! :mad: Heart breaking.

[Halt, Hammerzeit]

I actually quite like it, just like the ball levels. It's different and it's only a couple of levels (so far).

Edit: Cobla: Go to Gamefaqs and get a save file.

[Blob]

I'm not understanding the hate that everyone has for Fluzzard. I don't seem to be having the problems that everyone else is. Granted, I've only down 2 Fluzzard levels and just stuck with 1 star from each for now.

Didn't have an issue with these levels myself. The first 2 stars were done like that and while there was a little frustration trying to get the comet coin in the second fluzzard level I did it without destroying my wii remote, got close though.
Stoney storm (I think its called that) Galaxy can **** off and die for all I care though. I don't think it was that hard I think I just got into a dying rythm.

[Natrak]

First two Fluzzard stars weren't really a problem, I just didn't find them fun. Fleet Glide Galaxy is a pain, though.

The thing about Fluzzard's stars is that even if you ignore the unresponsive controls they still suck because they don't do any of the things that make Mario games fun.

[FF Freak]

I'm currently up to 138 stars (120 + 18 green) but haven't played since sunday as I didn't want to over play it. I'm gonna hate the fuzzard green stars as I already hated those missions. I also hate the spring costume...worst costume ever created.

I kinda find it annoying though that Nintendo has just regurgitated some of the levels from the first game.

[^gR]

I'm...stuck. On the water level, where you ice skate, the second star you have to get where you keep swimming down and down and you have to find the key to unlock the star at the start?

When you're doing the swimming down part, where it's sort of like 2d platform, there's a switch you have to push while you're underwater..how the **** do you push it? I tried (and tried and tried) to dive down into it thinking that would push it down..but it didn't

how the **** do you push/pull/move it??

[banjoeskimo]

Can you shake the Wii remote and flick the switch by spinning in to it?

[Halt, Hammerzeit]

Can't you spin the underwater switches?

Edit: Beaten to it.

[^gR]

ohhhh of course

my gf played the first part of that level, so I didn't really have much time to **** around underwater..tried everything except shaking the mote, didn't even consider it -_-'

thanks guys

[Natrak]

241 stars done. The 241st star was pretty challenging, but checkpoints made it doable. No idea how to get that comet coin, though.

[^gR]

Jesus I have 20 stars. Jeeeesus

[Natrak]

Got the comet coin, just needed to spin earlier than I was...but ohhhhhhh shit. "The Perfect Run" is hard.

At least the choices of music throughout are epic.

[^gR]

What do the comet coins get? I've gotten like 90% of them so far, recognising that at some stage I am going to have to come back and get them all..

[Natrak]

Comet Coins are what get the prankster comets to show up, so if you want 120 stars you need to collect every one of them.

[^gR]

Oh. I haven't had a prankster comet yet <<

[Natrak]

Yeah, they don't show up until you've collected a certain amount of them.

[Stevorooni]

102 stars now. Worlds 1 and 2 are 100%, 3 and 4 are getting close

[fishfishmonkeyhat]

The spring suit controls fine, lrn2gmnbs.

[Jay]

I beg to differ. It is ****ing retarded. Very, very frustrating. We don't all have the skills of a Blake. Or an Aran.

[Natrak]

The spring suit's not that bad, it's just annoying when your timing's just a little off. Thankfully that part where you use it to jump over Chomps can be achieved with backflips anyway, using the spring suit to climb the area after that is relatively easy. You only need the suit for a total of 2 stars out of 242 anyway iirc, it's not that big a deal.

[TheMixta43]

Really have to play this some more. Up to 38 stars now; just up to the third Galaxy of World 3. I also watched the tutorial DVD today after hearing about some cool advanced techniques on it. Done most of the stuff already but the spin quickly followed by a kick was new to me, must try it out next time I play. The game is continuing to get better and better..

[banjoeskimo]

The spring suit controls fine, lrn2gmnbs.

The spring controls are fine if you're moving forward in one direction, it's just a bitch when you need to turn around. I've seen many a player try to do precision jumping in the spring suit and fail utterly. At some point it's like playing Burnout; if you try to turn around in oncoming traffic you're just going to get reamed. You're better off just leaping headlong into danger and hoping for the best. This is especially true in the level where you have to jump forward over chomps on a narrow path. Don't turn around, just go for it.

[Natrak]

Or don't grab the spring suit at all and backflip over the chomps! :cool:

[Cobla]

Oh. I haven't had a prankster comet yet <<Yeah you have to get 4 stars from World 3 before any comets appear, as well as get all the regular stars (ie. not hidden stars) from the level where the prankster comet will appear.

After that there's a few other triggers to determine appearance of further comets... the number of comet medals you have (doesn't matter which) and also no purple coin challenges will appear until you've completed Puzzle Plank, no cosmic clones until you've completed Cloudy Court and no daredevil comets until you have at least two comet power stars.

So it's a pretty complicated system, but once you've completed the above pre-requisites all you need to worry about is the comet coins themselves.