Super Mario Galaxy - Gen. Discussion & Info.

The fact that this thread has had about as many views as the Manhunt 2 thread makes me wonder if this game will sell mediocre in the States.
 
[quote name='Zen Davis']The fact that this thread has had about as many views as the Manhunt 2 thread makes me wonder if this game will sell mediocre in the States.[/quote]You're kidding, right? If that's the case, then I'm quite sure Zack & Wiki will somehow sell twice as much! ;)

I unfortunately couldn't stop from viewing the new trailer... hopefully I will forget some of what I saw over the next three weeks. I will tempt you all to watch it as well.

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Manhunt was just controversial, and no doubt got a lot of views from people (myself included) with no intention of buying the game back when it got an AO etc.
 
[quote name='Strell']I'm going to go preorder this today at Target and get one of those nifty gift cards.

That is all.[/quote]Whatever are you referring to?
 
I was there on...Wednesday I think, and there was a nifty little lenticular gift card. It was in the game case with the Wii games. There was a sort of banner/sign in there saying to pre-order the game to get the coin.

I figure a neat little gift card is good stuff too.
 
[quote name='Strell']I was there on...Wednesday I think, and there was a nifty little lenticular gift card. It was in the game case with the Wii games. There was a sort of banner/sign in there saying to pre-order the game to get the coin.

I figure a neat little gift card is good stuff too.[/QUOTE]

When you pre-ordered, did you receive the gift card up front, or is this something you get when you pick up the game? I'm trying to decide if the Target gift card is enough for me to warrant not using my BB gift card...
 
[quote name='BlueLobstah']When you pre-ordered, did you receive the gift card up front, or is this something you get when you pick up the game? I'm trying to decide if the Target gift card is enough for me to warrant not using my BB gift card...[/quote]Circuit City ad also says you get a gift card, so unless it's Target-specific, you have a couple options. I might just go ahead and preorder at Target. It'll be the second game I pay full price for (not using store credit) this year. Crazy.

Edit: Nevermind, that was the Target ad mentioning the gift card. Guess I'll preorder there.
 
No way does Nintendo miss the holidays with undoubtedly their top AAA title of the generation.

Besides, the game is done, no? They wouldn't delay it for marketing purposes, so there'd have to be something seriously wrong with the build to spur such a delay...which I'm wagering is not the case with SMG.

So yeah, November 12.
 
Reality's Fringe;3486486 said:
So, Gamestop got an email that this has been pushed back until after the new year. Anyone have any info on that?
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Sounds like BS. Nintendo would have 0 big games going into this holiday.
 
[quote name='Plinko']Sounds like BS. Nintendo would have 0 big games going into this holiday.[/QUOTE]

Sir, I think you forget....SONIC AND MARIO AT THE DENTIST!
 
[quote name='Oops! I did it again.']No way does Nintendo miss the holidays with undoubtedly their top AAA title of the generation.

Besides, the game is done, no? They wouldn't delay it for marketing purposes, so there'd have to be something seriously wrong with the build to spur such a delay...which I'm wagering is not the case with SMG.

So yeah, November 12.[/quote]They could delay it for marketing purposes, but terribly shitty ones.

Considering it's due out 11/1 in Japan, I don't see how it could be delayed.

Just for the record (even though Kaplan's on the way out), just last week she was referring to the Smash delay as being good for Galaxy.

http://www.consolenewsblog.com/12770-kaplan-wii-smash-delay-is-good-for-super-mario-galaxy/
 
Yeah, I can't see this getting delayed.

It's THE must have holiday game for the Wii, and from all reports it's pretty much done and ready to go.
 
Well, my friend (manager at local GS) got an email yesterday morning about it being pushed back from corporate office. I was confused too considering everywhere else says it's still on schedule.
 
Preordered. Gift card is pretty fancy.

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Also, screw you Prima, with your hardcover Collector's Edition guides. Mario doesn't even need a guide, but I just preordered the damn thing on Amazon. Hopefully I will decide to cancel that by 11/9.

http://amazon.com/gp/product/076155713X/ref=pd_cp_b_2/105-2652002-5374825?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=center-41&pf_rd_r=196FF4CGP51VXCMS2PXE&pf_rd_t=201&pf_rd_p=317711001&pf_rd_i=0761556435
 
Was my Target the only one that didn't have the coins in yet? I guess I'm supposed to get the coin when (and if) I pick up the game.
 
[quote name='MisterHand']Was my Target the only one that didn't have the coins in yet? I guess I'm supposed to get the coin when (and if) I pick up the game.[/QUOTE]

No one has the coins yet as far as I know. You get them whenever you pick the game up.

I went to Target to check it out, and as been posted it appears to just be a card containing whatever you put down for the game. I think I'll just hold off until I see a better deal, or just use my BB gift card. Also, I noticed that Target said Nov. 14th, so is Galaxy's ship date the 12th or is that the actual street release date? I never can figure it out...
 
[quote name='MisterHand']Was my Target the only one that didn't have the coins in yet? I guess I'm supposed to get the coin when (and if) I pick up the game.[/quote]I believe they're intended to ship with the game, but the ad implied you would get the coin with the card when you preordered, so I guess they felt the need to mention it.
 
So I finally made it over to Target to get the little card...and basically, I only bought a gift card, aye?

The guy made it sound like if I walked up on release day and showed the card, they'd have a copy of the game with the coin.

Which makes me wonder - are all copies going out with coins?

Just a little confused. I could go order another copy elsewhere if required.
 
According to the gentleman at Neo-Gaf:

My Gamespot got this baby in early for play. I will write my full impressions after i eat dinner.

The short answer: 7.0

The long answer: Bioshock has been raped out of GOTY: Fact. How did this happen if it is a fact? I do not know. But it happened. My words, they have been swallowed.
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And then he says.

I mean I have to find words to describe what I played.

Endlessly imaginative. Brilliantly vibrant; Mario played as if on speed and acid; each planetoid designed with the creativity of entire levels of other Mario games. I mean! This is the REAL fuckING DEAL. The short period I played, alone, is better than Super Mario Sunshine and I LOVED Super Mario Sunshine.

Genius; people said Twilight Princess was the return of "old Nintendo"... I loved Zelda. I thought that was the last fireworks of a dying Nintendo. I was wrong. THIS is undeniably The TRUE return to form for Nintendo; a harbinger of things to come if this is the talent they have in saddle. This is, in essence, the real "Return of the King"... Mario Galaxy is the diamond gem crown which EAD places upon its mighty head.

I have so much to say. But dinner is still cooking! Soon, friends!
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And some more.

god it's the type of game when you play, you want to wake people up just to tell them you did because it's revelatory. It's like you can FEEL the paradigm shifting under your feet when you play this, as if all Iwata's claims were proved true in an instant and the sound of a million doubters fell silent.

I am guys, you know, a HUGE Nintendo critic lately. I don't like the direction they've taken for various reasons, and I let myself be known on this issue. Everywhere. And I can say, in genuine, from the hour or so I kept coming back to the demo, that this was worth the price of Wii. I would pay $399.99 to play this.

It is almost like... jesus... it's like all those non-games were just tons and tons of crumbling rock plugging up some mighty volcano, and it all came undone with Mario Galaxy. The giant moved and swayed, melting faces in its wake. I am prone to hyperbole. I can assure you, nothing I can say will prepare.

My words may sounds hollow to some. Some more technical features: I thought wiimote would be at best a side step, as opposed to a step forward. It is comfortable, it works wonders, you do not need camera control at any moment (guys, they've designed a 3D platformer which requires NO CAMERA CONTROL EVER. Do you know what that alone indicates with the talent?). In short, it is better than traditional controls. For real. That's coming from me. Mario's momentum is just so perfectly honed that every little movement feels rewarding. You don't even have to do anything, you can just spin Mario around and around and you'll feel as giddy as a fucking schoolchild.

This game? It LOOKS like a 360 game, save resolution. Yes, they actually did do it. Anybody tries to post LAUGHING SMILIES at this proposition, poke them in the eye with your dick. They're laughing out of fear. They've actually done it here. ANYONE on GAF that denies the visual pleasure unfolding here is a bullshit artist and a troll. Yes, 360 can obviously do better but here is a Wii game that looks as good, and you won't even once remotely think 'oh hey if only that goomba had bump maping.'

God the design. The fucking LEVEL design. I played much of what we've seen in early videos of this game, and even KNOWING what to expect did not truly explain what the experience is like. Here is a product that essentially shits on all other developers from the top of some unreachable mountain top. I love Ratchet, I love Sunshine. I love platformers. So why is it that this game seems to open a door that makes me almost embarrassed to have ever lauded them? FROM AN HOUR OF PLAY.

Oh God I think I'm turning back into a Nintendo fanboy... but it's such pure joy, really encapsulate the very reason I began to play games. I feel like a new gamer.
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[quote name='Strell']7.0? As in a score?

Doesn't quite sound like a GOTY score to me...[/quote]It was a joke. The long answer was spoilered. If it will convince you, I will quote his full impressions.

*snip* Zen's got it covered above.
 
Another impression from another demo station:
Just got back from Gamestop.

It's...it's hard to describe.

I remember when I was a kid and I ran to TRU's video game department in August, weeks before Mario 64 came out, and played for an hour what I considered to be "the future" - the leap to 3D, the leap to something really amazing.

I got that feeling back and more.

Galaxy...Galaxy's the real deal.
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I'm half tempted to go and see if our local GameStop has the display, but know I really shouldn't because they would probably have to drag me out kicking and screaming at closing.
 
[quote name='BlueLobstah']I'm half tempted to go and see if our local GameStop has the display, but know I really shouldn't because they would probably have to drag me out kicking and screaming at closing.[/quote]I think it's a timed demo (ten minutes and off), so you'd probably get pissed off at that before closing. ;)
 
Real deal.

I want to make something clear: Galaxy does not, in any way, replicate that feeling of first going 3D. It doesn't even try. It pushes that feeling aside and beats on it. It's one of the reasons I'm hesitant to give detailed impressions, because I want people to be able to know what it's like first-hand.

The very first moment you take control of Mario, it almost feels...Twilight Princess-esque. Like it's a perfect refinement of the formula, but ultimately stale. It doesn't seem like controlling Mario now is any different from controlling Mario was eleven years ago. This literally changes the first time you press the A button. Galaxy is the concentrated essence of every Mario game before it, but is also entirely unlike them.

There aren't words to describe how natural it feels to run around a spherical planet. It immediately reminds me of how I realized how analog stick works - "It's up in relation to where the camera is, I get it." It feels foreign for half a second, and my stomach twisted for that one bit, as I began to think that maybe this whole concept isn't all it's cracked up to be. But that feeling passes so quickly that you can't remember it amidst the thoughts that this is what gaming should have been all along.

I know, I sound like the stereotypical Nintendo fanboy. I won't deny that maybe my love for the license is coloring my view somewhat. But it's always been a conditional love - if they weren't making me happy, I'd walk out the door. This, however, is Nintendo's diamond ring and second honeymoon wrapped in to one. A troll in another thread actually put it best - Nintendo does not need to pay for their viral marketers, because this game delivers in ways that I never expected.
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More impressions.

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And here's the hyperbole which I shouldn't even bother posting.

But I will.

Because I love hyperbole.

Guys, I am not screwing you guys around. I even made a horrible avatar to commemorate this day. I am dead serious, this game can convince even the most cruel, bitter gamer around. I bet even Phil Harrison will fall upon his knees, eyes glistening with water, and begin to fucking TESTIFY.
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Mario Galaxy doesn't even need GOTY. Mario Galaxy is all "Hey Bioshock, you can have GOTY, you're pretty awesome." He sits back, smiling, and everyone then wants to be around Galaxy even though Bioshock got the hollow accolades. One day Mario Galaxy dies, and those who knew him will write great things about him. In the distant future, when people are all 'man I can't believe Microsoft is #1 now with their Zboxen 980', they'll still go back and record the time Nintendo stopped time itself to rain upon gamers this mana.
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The hype level on Neogaf has basically gone on overload with everyone basically getting their avatar Mario-ized. I'm going to get it done as well.

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the game was boring for the portion I played. But then again I didn't play it very long and it was very loud.
most exciting scene was apparently mario molesting a rabbit.
 
After 90 minutes of playtime, I can assure you all that Amir0x's hyperbole is 100% legitimate. This game, in maybe 5 minutes, renewed my declining interest in videogames. The setup is epic, the ideas are brilliant; everything you do = SMILEFEST. From the quality of the music and the scary-crisp graphics, to the brilliant and 'better because of waggle' control scheme; Nintendo seems to have crafted a perfect experience. The polish is readily apparent in every aspect of the game too, little touches of nostalgia sprinkle each planet, and the absolutely awesome things you do can't be put into words because they happen at such a non-stop rate. Every fucking second is a new gasm.

Super Mario Galaxy is going to be the best game this year, maybe ever. Seriously folks, holy fucking shit. Holy fucking shit. Holy fucking shit.
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More impressions.
 
[quote name='Zen Davis']More impressions
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Is it sad that I've seen so may photoshops of the box art that I thought that said, "I AM IN UR TV PROTECTING UR GAYS"?

[quote name='Zen Davis']Famitsu: 10/9/9/10
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I'm kinda surprised, I was hoping it would score better. Although honestly, 38 is still a really good score (if only Mario Sunshine wasn't 37...). I really like the few videos I've seen, and the initial impressions of gamers. Pretty much everything so far reminds me of SMB3/SM64, which is by no means a bad thing.
 
[quote name='BlueLobstah']Is it sad that I've seen so may photoshops of the box art that I thought that said, "I AM IN UR TV PROTECTING UR GAYS"?



I'm kinda surprised, I was hoping it would score better. Although honestly, 38 is still a really good score (if only Mario Sunshine wasn't 37...). I really like the few videos I've seen, and the initial impressions of gamers. Pretty much everything so far reminds me of SMB3/SM64, which is by no means a bad thing.[/quote]

Probably holding back their perfect 40 for Wii Fit. Someone seriously needs to update the title.
 
Well, everybody seems to be shitting themselves over how good this game is. I am officially cutting myself off of any more screenshots and trailers though. I've already seen way too much. The question now is to buy it on the first day and probably fail a couple of midterms right before thanksgiving or wait a few torturous days and be able to play it with no distractions over break.
 
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