I'm still so early in the game, only about seven or eight stars in.  I really do like the throwbacks to older Marios like Super Mario Bros. 3 and the airships.  The first major boss in the first galaxy was pretty easy, but a lot of fun to fight.

Fuck. I hate everyone who's started playing it already. Fucking college is kicking my ass right now (5 exams this week and a 15 page paper due Monday). I have to restrain myself from buying it until Thanksgiving break.

Fuck.

Played for about an hour last night. I've got three power stars now and the game is pretty great so far! No worthless exposition or anything. Just pure platforming goodness.

Getting this tomorrow but I doubt I can play it too much this weekend. :-(

Everyone must play this game. Nintendo has outdone themselves. What unbelievable game design. There is not a single game like this out there. I'm in gaming heaven and if there is one game you must play this year, it's this. I'm only about 25 stars in and am already blown away. After Sunshine and Twilight Princess I thought Nintendo was losing it. First came Bioshock and now this. Two next gen experiences in the space of months.

Everyone must play this game. Nintendo has outdone themselves. What unbelievable game design. There is not a single game like this out there. I'm in gaming heaven and if there is one game you must play this year, it's this. I'm only about 25 stars in and am already blown away. After Sunshine and Twilight Princess I thought Nintendo was losing it. First came Bioshock and now this. Two next gen experiences in the space of months.

Twilight Princess was great though.

Anyway yeah, this game is pretty great. I think some people are exaggerating about how great it is, but it's a lot of fun nonetheless. I must admit that the gameplay and level design is maybe the best I've seen in any platformer for a long time, but as great as the controls are, sometimes they do act a little bit funny I think (very rarely though). I'm surprised how well the camera works in the chaotic level design. But yeah, this is a must get for anyone who owns a Wii, but don't buy a Wii for only this game, it's not THAT good. :P

I have 30 stars so far and it's a great, great game. However, I am not completely satisfied with it and as rami said, it's not as amazing as some people make it seem to be, at least not in my opinion. Well, it might be a bit unfair to say this because I can't think of many platformers which I have enjoyed more. It's just... I dunno, it has been really entertaining but hasn't completely amazed me I suppose.

The level design is really fantastic. The levels have a lot of variety and are insanely fun but I do think all of them, even the largest ones, are too small. There's little to no exploration because all the star quests so far have been very linear. I really miss larger levels, I loved wandering and finding cool stuff in Mario 64 but in Galaxy, it's like playing a sidescroller in 3D, you know? It's cool in a way since the are no boring moments whatsoever and it's a lot of fun all the time but I can't help but miss exploration and large, open-ended levels. Not that Mario 64's levels were that huge but definitely larger than Galaxy's.

Another thing which bothers me is how damn easy this game is. I'm not let down by this since I was expecting Galaxy to be this easy but damn. Why can't they make a difficult platformer for once. If Mario was actually challenging, it could be so much more entertaining. It's too bad really. Also, I have only played a few hours and already got 30 stars so Galaxy is pretty short which is a shame.

Actually, those are my only gripes with Galaxy. Camera system is fantastic, gameplay is almost flawless, it's got some amazing level design, a lot of variety and minigames, excellent music... it's all-around a great platformer and definitely one of the best games I have bought this year. I don't know if I like it more than Mario 64 though, and I still prefer Twilight Princess to Mario Galaxy (fite for best wii title..) but who knows, that might change. But that's no reason to not get this game. It's worth your money.

... And exploring the castle was so much more fun than exploring the observatory.

Here's a fun fact.

In the cover of the game some of the letters in the title have a shiny star in them. Read the letters with a star in them, and see what comes up.

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I am amazed. I must get this game. now.
SSBW however, Ill fkin kill myself if it doesn't come out SOON AONHFADOGHSAODNGOSFDNG