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Prime sent over this awesome papercraft he did of the thwomp from Super Mario Galaxy. Since my daughter is crazy about Mario or Mario-man as she calls him, we will have to make a couple of these to have spares. Here is a link so you can get the instructions to make your own.
So I hear that everyone likes these new live streams of people playing games on day one. Well then we are going to try this thing out, kinda. While I love the idea of a live stream I really haven’t researched it and not sure how many will watch. So our technical staff pictured above has alerted me to the idea of a psuedo-live stream. Hopefully this is going to work out and I will have it posted before to late into the morning . *finger crossed*
Well after a long day of rocking or working rather, I stopped by my neighborhood Toys R Us to pick up my copy of Galaxy. I also got the preorder bonus as well which I wasn’t expecting since I didn’t preorder in time at TRU.
It is actually a pretty sweet promo item and isn’t the expected Mardi Gras style coin but much like a collectable coin. Because this is a collectable item it also came with a Certificate of Authenticity that is pictured below with the coin. So have you picked up Galaxy yet? If not you should fast.
Super Mario Galaxy is finally hitting stores and getting into our hands this week. While I wasn’t overly excited about another helping of Mario this time on the Wi, I have been strangely drawn to it over the last couple of weeks. Just finally playing the demo at my local Gamestop has made me become a fanatic about Galaxy and can’t wait to sit down to finally play it tomorrow night. Here is a round up from some of the online and print publications review of Super Mario Galaxy.
Deeko - 100%
It’s rare to play through a perfect game or one that nears perfection, but Galaxy definitely fits that mold.
GamePro - 100%
Super Mario Galaxy raises the bar in terms of what can be achieved on the Wii. Galaxy is the kind of game that you’re going to want to take your time with because there is just so much to do in the game. This is the first game in a long time that I’ve actually gone back and replayed levels just for fun. It’s everything you loved about Mario 64 and nothing you hated about “Super Mario Sunshine.”
Game Informer - 98%
Once that nostalgic music rings out and Mario leaps into the air, all your complaints instantly vanish. This is, in my opinion, the best Mario game since the NES classic, Super Mario Bros. It innovates in a genre that we had thought we had seen everything from, and in doing so delivers some of the most entertaining gameplay to date.
Computer and Video Games - 95%
Galaxy’s real success is in its ability to surprise, which it does consistently from start to finish. Just when you think Nintendo’s out of ideas you’re blasted off to another world that’s even crazier and more creative than the last.
GameDaily - 90%
The at-times awkward Wii-mote controls and a tacked-on co-op mode keep the game from reaching perfection, but gravity-bending levels still manage to keep the game fresh from start to finish, while familiar characters and soundtrack hit all the right nostalgic notes.
Via MetaCritic
In my midst of a Friday workday I ventured to the local Gamestop located across the street from the office only to find that the Wii Demo station has been blessed with a full version copy of Super Mario Galaxy. Now I don’t want to spoil it for you, so I recommended trying it out at Gamestop near you. But I want to tell you that it controls like a dream, the story is very epic this time and the graphics are beautiful.
While the fire flower has been MIA from the console Mario game since the SNES and I am glad that it is back. It gives me the warm fuzzes just to think about throwing a fireball at a goomba again but this time in 3D and now I only have to wait about a month until launch.