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[TheTone]

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Nintendo saved their biggest announcement for last at this morning's E3 press conference, unveiling the first full sequel to a 3D Mario game on the same system: Mario Galaxy 2.

From the trailer on show, it appears to be the same deal as the first game. Planetoids you run around, 3D puzzles, unique mechanics on various levels, flying pirate ships and, yes, bee suits.

The graphics have seen a slight improvement from the looks of things, with nicer grass, but yeah, expect more Mario Galaxy. Just newer.

No details on a release date (or any other new features) yet, but we might get that later in the week.

kotaku.

should be great. oli says there are bigger worlds. prove it to me in this thread oli

[BradshawTheHoss]

Hope it's 2010, I'd like to ignore the Wii for one more year.

[Tiny Tim]

Whats different from this game and the first other than Yoshi being added in?

[Ego Loss]

Different levels I'd guess...

[Zondaro]

2010 release confirmed by Joystiq.

[FancieBombJack]

Wow Nintendo fucking BLOWS.

[TheTone]

SD Direct Feed Mario Galaxy II wii Trailer:

click me

[elgordo]

Another Mario 64..

SHAWKER

[DJ_Tet]

That looks pretty sick but definitely more of the same. Here's hoping there's a 'Touch Fuzzy Get Dizzy' galaxy

[Sambain]

I peeked into this thread and saw no screenshots loading, so it's all good. I'm taking a day off when this and Metroid hits.

[katsuce]

there won't be any bigger levels. galaxy maxed out the wii, and that's why we only got to play on tiny planets

[olimario]

Freezeflame's mountain wasn't a small level

[seb4]

the Snow Galaxy between 0:57 and 1:00 is obviously bigger than anything in Galaxy 1.

[olimario]

Say seb...
Do you get the vibe at all that this isn't as "put together" as Galaxy 1? I feel like this is a little bland and lacks identity at this stage.

[katsuce]

like galaxy's stages had any identity

[seb4]

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Do you get the vibe at all that this isn't as "put together" as Galaxy 1? I feel like this is a little bland and lacks identity at this stage.

looks perfectly fine to me. since when do levels in Mario games need to express an "identity" that makes sense when "put together" in the context of all the other levels?

the only Mario game with a true "theme" and "identity" was Mario Sunshine, and that's regarded as one of the worst Mario's ever.

Nintendo's primary objective with Mario games is to design levels and gameplay mechanics that are fun to play, without the need of any deeper meaning. the trailer of SMG2 tells me Nintendo is doing exacctly that.

i'm sure they'll create some hub and simple story to superficially connect everything, if that's what you want.

[TheTone]

OLI WANTS TO SAVE THE PRINCESS THOUGH.

[olimario]

I mean the stages themselves.
I just don't see the polish and togetherness of SMG1's worlds.

It's just because the game is still a year away from release probably.

Hard to explain what I'm thinking.

[TheTone]

looks kinda empty?

lacks any life?

that will probably all be added (incidental animations etc).

[soul2soul]

To fast after the last Galaxy..

Which I still haven't finished.. shame on me

Edited by soul2soul, 04 June 2009 - 04:47 PM.

[seb4]

soul2soul, on 04 June 2009 - 04:45 PM, said:

To fast after the last Galaxy..

Which I still haven't finished.. shame on me

too fast? it won't be released for at least another year.

[Barnaby Jones]

that looks pretty badass

adam sessler said galaxy1 was the best mario ever

[katsuce]

ok

who's adam sessler

[Hans]

Wow...2010.

2008 and now 2009 -- years that I won't buy a single Wii game.

[First]

I was pleasantly surprised by this announcement.

SMG is imo still one of the best games of this generation.

This one will be so mine.

Edited by First, 05 June 2009 - 12:40 AM.