Super Mario Galaxy

[Tubes]

I'm getting this for Christmas. :)

Discuss.

[Vor]

Never liked that sort of game myself, but a guy on Radio 1 today claimed it was a good game.

[Wullie]

I hope you also get a selection box.

[Tubes]

I hope you also get a selection box.

I will be, thanks.

[Magpie]

What's a selection box? And yep, I'm also getting this for Christmas. Last year it was Zelda, This year it's SMG and next year it will be SSB Brawl.

[Fry Crayola]

Super Mario Galaxy is just charmingly superb. That is all, for it is half six and time to leave work.

[Mike]

I have it, haven't played it much, roll on the Christmas Holidays, I shall enjoy it then.

[Tokey]

Being the huge nintendo fan Im ashamed to admit I dont own this.

Does it warrent the hype? Or is it Sunshine all over again?

[Mike]

Being the huge nintendo fan Im ashamed to admit I dont own this.

Does it warrent the hype? Or is it Sunshine all over again?

It warrents the hype. The best reason to own a Wii.

[Conte]

Reviews seem to rate it as one of the best Mario's ever.

On the Christmas list, can't wait to play it.

[Tubes]

Reviews seem to rate it as one of the best Mario's ever.

On the Christmas list, can't wait to play it.

Aye, same here. :D

Probably be played ahead of Call of Duty. :D

[Yevrah]

Reviews seem to rate it as one of the best Mario's ever.

On the Christmas list, can't wait to play it.

From memory, reviews said Sunshine was quite good though, and that was a absolute travesty.

I've played the opening to Mario galaxy and it did look pretty good mind.

[Staff]

I'm getting a Wii for xmas, not sure if I have this game.

If not, I'll have to invest.

[Samadini]

My brother finally let me play on his Wii. I've not done much at all, but so far galaxy seems awesome.

[Tubes]

I've retrieved the 'power star' or whatever it's called and it took me about 5 minutes, that's all I've had for games. :D

[Yevrah]

Played this in more depth over Chritsmas and I'm very meh about the whole thing. It's very easy and I really don't like the levels spread out over planets for each galaxy.

That said it's still very good, but like Zelda it fails to reach the heights of its N64 counterpart but improves on the Gamecube version.

[Offshore Toon]

The bee level is superb. :hail:

[Offshore Toon]

I can't stop feeding Lumas. :wub:

[Tokey]

Offshore... this a recommended purchase in your opinion?

[Offshore Toon]

My opinion is not that of an expert's, but I find this game to be very enjoyable. It's just as good as, if not better than, the likes of COD4.

[Fry Crayola]

Super Mario Galaxy should be a recommended purchase for anyone with a Wii. And for some, a reason to buy one.

[Offshore Toon]

It was one of the reasons I bought one.

[Tokey]

Finally playing this properly, which I know is shameful for a nintendo fan such as myself.

At a friends house so I can play this uninterupted :) Just beaten the Dino Piranha...

[Tokey]

Just beaten King Kaliente :D

[Tokey]

YAY im a bee :D

[Sever]

:lol: You child.

Might have to get this soon for the girlfriend and just hog it.

[Tokey]

Its touching my inner child (but not in that way) :checkit:

this game is seriously awesome :)

I might have to buy a copy for 'the wife'

[Tokey]

Im crawling around on a queen bees arse whilst shes saying, and I quote:

'mmmmm, that feels good'

[Sever]

:lol: What a kinky bugger. How far you into the game?

[Tokey]

Im doing the second star on the bee galaxy. Trying to kill a mandibug i think its called.

Didnt get the bee costume this time :(

however you do get to squish bugs :D

[Tokey]

Just defeated the first major boss.

A giant mechanical spider that you have to climb up and direct bullet bills into his head.

[Offshore Toon]

Tokey is further than I am after one day. I'll have to put a stop to that.

[Tokey]

Tokey is further than I am after one day. I'll have to put a stop to that.

I got up to Karameks ship

[Offshore Toon]

I've got the first five stars. That's all I know. I'll be getting the 6th in a bit.

[Tokey]

Think I have about 15?

[Offshore Toon]

15? Are you sure? That would mean you've completed 5 of the worlds, and probably the first galaxy.

[Tokey]

Yeah definately onto second galaxy nearly finished that one too

[Offshore Toon]

I've just finished the first galaxy. What are the crowns about?

[Tokey]

I've just finished the first galaxy. What are the crowns about?

If that was in the writing then I probably missed that bit.... completing it at such speed does have its drawbacks :lol:

Problem is im probably not going to get another go for weeks.

[Offshore Toon]

That level where you're on top of the ball is fucking annoying. After a few attempts of trying to collect everything (and failing) I just went gung ho, which worked.

[Tokey]

That level where you're on top of the ball is fucking annoying. After a few attempts of trying to collect everything (and failing) I just went gung ho, which worked.

I didnt mind the ball one so much but I didnt bother to go for all the coins or bonuses. It was the surfing one that hacked me off.

[Seba]

I really can't get into this which is a shame, may have to eBay it. :(

[Tokey]

I really can't get into this which is a shame, may have to eBay it. :(

How much you want for it?

[Offshore Toon]

I didnt mind the ball one so much but I didnt bother to go for all the coins or bonuses. It was the surfing one that hacked me off.
That took a few tries, as well.

[Seba]

How much you want for it?

£15?
..

[Tokey]

£15?
..

done :)

ill pm you.

[Seba]

Don't send the cash over til monday or something because I won't be able to send it until then at the earliest.

[Offshore Toon]

I'll take it for £15.10. :uhoh:

[Tokey]

I'll take it for £15.10. :uhoh:

you wont like me when im angry toon :mad:

[Offshore Toon]

When I see profit, nothing can stand in my way. :youpi:

[Offshore Toon]

Every time I quit and then go back on, I lose about 10 lives. :moop:

Why?

[Tokey]

Out of practise?

[Offshore Toon]

No, it just happens. It has nothing to do with me failing.

Last night I left on about 22. I then came back on, got the 5 from Princess what's-her-face and the one near the Starshroom and then I had 9.

[SvN]

Stops people from over-saving I guess

[Offshore Toon]

Give me one good reason why I shouldn't just leave my Wii on until I've finished it?

If we all die because of global warming, then blame Nintendo!

[Tokey]

no idea. Havent played it long enough.

Personally its the one part of the game which i think is completely ridiculous. Why the hell does the game need lives?

[Offshore Toon]

They're pretty irrelevant, unless you're really shit.

[Fry Crayola]

The game only gives you five lives when you load it. It's not taking a specific amount away as a punishment for saving or anything, it's just design, and it is entirely pointless. Mario games haven't needed lives since Super Mario Bros 3, when they introduced saving.

[Offshore Toon]

I knew you'd have the answer, Fry.

Anyway, I plan on really racing through SMG this weekend, what with GTA coming up.

[Fry Crayola]

I haven't played this since before Christmas. It's got nothing to do with the quality of the game though, it's really only because I got the Orange Box and then got sidetracked with other stuff.

I'll probably go back to it in bursts soon enough. It's the perfect type of game for playing an hour here, an hour there, over the course of a few months until it's done.

[Lightly Salted]

Yeah short bursts are best after you've completed the main "story". You would think that, playing through again after getting all 120 stars would be harder. Why couldn't they have just hiked up the the difficulty to make it more challenging. But no I get to play through as a new character who is a few steps away from being retarded and they throw 20 extra lives on you when you start instead of the normal 5.

The skill of youngsters today seems to be built on repetition instead of challenge like games of the 80s/90s.

[Offshore Toon]

This boss is fucking impossible to beat. Either that or I don't have a clue how to beat him.

It the mole/bear cunt.

[Offshore Toon]

Got the bastard! :mad:

[Offshore Toon]

The ice galaxy. :drool:

[Vcassano]

This game is absolutely joyous; in the music, the sublime art direction, the gameplay. Everything about it is just so wondrous. This is definitely the perfect answer to those who say the Wii is a poor console because of the graphics.

Only got three stars so far and you can probably tell I'm rather enjoying it.

[Offshore Toon]

I've got 40 odd, and even thought I don't like some of the levels, you will come across brilliant ones and fall in love with it again.

I don't care about the graphics much, but I wouldn't say they're bad at all.

[mf phonics]

So, this should be arriving through my door in about 8 hours. Anything I should know before starting? Oh and should a heavy smoker regret going near this game? I shake like a bitch.

[Offshore Toon]

Make sure you have lots of food and drink around you and go to the toilet before you start.

[Tokey]

Its quite good fun two player as well actually...

[mf phonics]

Got 2 stars and then decided to go to bed. It's nice, camera angles a pain though.

[mf phonics]

Aight, I give in. It's pretty good. It is ridiculously eays at the moment but it's only the first grand star. How many are there?

[Offshore Toon]

Lots.

It's easy, yes, but ridiculously fun. It does get a lot harder, and in turn frustrating, but those periods don't last too long.

[mf phonics]

It's 3:53 and I've just finished playing :moop:

[Jonezy Foxile]

Recently bought a Wii, and the girlfriend and me are having a great time with this game. We only picked up 21 stars so far, and I think this game will last us a while as we only play a few hours here and there. Took me 12 bloody lives to beat that blue Mario guy on the Bee galaxy, so I might struggle later on.

Love our the two player works, and how it takes no time to get loads of lives. Overall what a charming game this is.

[Samadini]

I've just spent around 9 hours on this today. Like everyone else has said, it is jolly good fun. Onto the third galaxie now and there's only one star I haven't been able to get yet; the cosmic comet race on the bee planet. I takes me about 3 attempts do the super-jumpy-backwards-thingy, so he beats me easily every time.

How long did it take for you guys to complete this? I've got about 2 weeks before I go back to uni.

[ItalAussie]

I suspect that two weeks is enough for completion, but maybe not 100% completion.

[Vcassano]

242 is the only means of completion ;)

Samadini, the best way to beat the Cosmic Mario/Luigi is to use the crouch-forward jump where you release z just as you jump to get a huge jump.

[ItalAussie]

I've had the game for three days, and I've just finished the Engine Room, with 74 stars to the good.

[mf phonics]

I just couldn't be bothered with this game. There were just massively infuriating levels (that weren't aided by the shitty Wii controller)

[ItalAussie]

I haven't found any impossible, and I've most of the way through.

Which ones specifically?

You can just skip stars if you don't want to get them, as well. There's more than enough to finish the game. I've been skipping most of the red/blue comets, because I hate speedruns.

[Jonezy Foxile]

Only got 34 stars now, havent played so much lately, but the holidays should give me and the girlfriend time to get some stars.

Haven't given up on a star yet, but I think I'll skip the speed runs like ItalAussie as well. Samadini, that run on the bee level; you can shortcut up over the cliff and jump directly to the waterfall, then you will only need one super backward jump. Remember to jump as fuck in the honey or you'll get stuck.

Bubble level been the highpoint so far. And swimming is fun, but christ I'm whack at those controls.

[Vcassano]

There are only a couple of speedruns in there: the races against cosmic Mario/Luigi. The Super Mario 64 collectathons are almost all gone too, as I think only a couple of the purple comets are not unique set ups.

Also mfphonics how is the Wii controller terrible? It works absoutely perfectly with the game and I fail to see any better method of control that enables finesse while still capturing the viscera nature of the spin attacks.

[ItalAussie]

It depends on what you're used to.

I'm very much not used to the Wii controller, so it took some time to master. I think it could work with a regular controller if done right, but I don't have any real problems.

Oh, and swimming levels can go jump. Swimming has never been implemented well in a 3D platformer. Not ever.

[mf phonics]

Swimming levels got right on my tits.

@Vcassano: I just hate the Wii controller. It's in-accurate, fiddly and generally pisses me off. You could easily have SMG without 'gestures'. My main problem with the Wii isn't SMG anyway. I just can't stand the control and the pointless gestures that are only implemented because they have to be.

[Fry Crayola]

Oh, and swimming levels can go jump. Swimming has never been implemented well in a 3D platformer. Not ever.

Swimming is perfectly fine in Tomb Raider Anniversary. Indeed, some of the underwater levels in the game are among my favourites.

[Vcassano]

Swimming levels got right on my tits.

@Vcassano: I just hate the Wii controller. It's in-accurate, fiddly and generally pisses me off. You could easily have SMG without 'gestures'. My main problem with the Wii isn't SMG anyway. I just can't stand the control and the pointless gestures that are only implemented because they have to be.

It wouldn't be as good without the visceral feel of the spin or the collection of star bits with the pointer. That said it isn't perfect for every game and 'waggle' can be diabolical if not done right; just look at Twilight Princess. However with certain games it is perfect, such as Resident Evil 4.

[Jonezy Foxile]

How the hell are you supposed to beat Bouldergeist without taking a single hit..? It took me ages to whoop him after eating the mushroom that gives you 6 life points. Guess that will have to wait.

First level in the Freeze galaxy took me a while too. King Brrr was well bloody annoying.

[Samadini]

Bouldergeist was hard for a few goes, just learn the pattern of his attacks. I just kept running around until the spikes from the floor then just went all out on him. Just smash his hands off and you're sorted really.

[Jonezy Foxile]

Bouldergeist was hard for a few goes, just learn the pattern of his attacks. I just kept running around until the spikes from the floor then just went all out on him. Just smash his hands off and you're sorted really.

You make it sound so easy. I think the daredevil version of Bouldergeist will have to wait for now.

Rest of the freeze galaxy was fun. Some solid platforming and fire Mario!

[Samadini]

Bah! Don't be a wimp, it's not that hard. The daredevil run used up a few lives, but I got there eventually. I think I'm more or less at the same stage as you, haven't left anything out yet.

My brother has claimed his Wii back though, so I don't think I'll be completing this before I go back to uni.

[Vcassano]

Daredevil run of Melty Molten Galaxy, now there's a real test of your platforming skills or Luigi's Purple Coins. I hope there is another in the main series for Wii with a larger number of really hardcore platforming levels. Like the void levels in Sunshine.

[Jonezy Foxile]

Bah! Don't be a wimp, it's not that hard. The daredevil run used up a few lives, but I got there eventually. I think I'm more or less at the same stage as you, haven't left anything out yet.

My brother has claimed his Wii back though, so I don't think I'll be completing this before I go back to uni.

Tried not to wimp and had a right go at the bitch cunt called Bouldergeist with a Daredevil Comet around. Took me a bloody ice age to get him down, but after somewhere between 30-50 lifes the cunt finally went down.... :D

Tell your brother to sod off and claim the Wii until you have saved the Princess.

Playing hide and seek with Luigi for secret stars is a bit dull. Are there more epic boss battles in the waiting...?

[ItalAussie]

Tried not to wimp and had a right go at the bitch cunt called Bouldergeist with a Daredevil Comet around. Took me a bloody ice age to get him down, but after somewhere between 30-50 lifes the cunt finally went down.... :D
I beat him without losing any health first time in the actual level, but then it took me about half a dozen goes to do it when the Daredevil Comet showed up :moop:.

I've got 116 stars. The remaining stars I need to get:

- Cosmic Mario Race in the Gold Leaf galaxy (Not too difficult, just haven't gotten around to it)
- Purple Comet Challenge on the Toy Land galaxy (Hardest in the game, I suspect)
- Purple and Red Comet Challenges on the Dreadnought galaxy (Haven't tried either yet).

The other stars have ranged from insanely difficult (such as the hidden star on Dreadnought Galaxy) to surprisingly simple (such as the Trial Galaxies).

The frustrating thing is that I wasn't even going for 100% completion, as I borrowed it off a mate. However, if I'm that close, I may as well go for the last few stars.

[Vcassano]

I beat him without losing any health first time in the actual level, but then it took me about half a dozen goes to do it when the Daredevil Comet showed up :moop:.

I've got 116 stars. The remaining stars I need to get:

- Cosmic Mario Race in the Gold Leaf galaxy (Not too difficult, just haven't gotten around to it)
- Purple Comet Challenge on the Toy Land galaxy (Hardest in the game, I suspect)
- Purple and Red Comet Challenges on the Dreadnought galaxy (Haven't tried either yet).

The other stars have ranged from insanely difficult (such as the hidden star on Dreadnought Galaxy) to surprisingly simple (such as the Trial Galaxies).

The frustrating thing is that I wasn't even going for 100% completion, as I borrowed it off a mate. However, if I'm that close, I may as well go for the last few stars.

100% completion is 242 stars not 120 :dc:

But you are right that Luigi's Purple Coins (Toy Land Galaxy's Purple Comet)
is rock hard. The key is having a pre-planned route as there are 150 available coins.

[Jonezy Foxile]

242 stars.... Blimey. Thats for the dedicated I guess, not sure if I'm that dedicated yet.

Luigi's Purple Coins sounds like something, that will take me weeks and a lucky break to complete, ohh the fun and frustrations to be had... :)

On a platforming sidenote, anyone tried Wario Land: Shake It?

[ItalAussie]

I don't have the game for long enough to go for 242 coins. I'll be content to finish the Mario half of the game.

[Lichtie]

Is the purple coin in Toy land the one with the flipping and disappearing platforms?

If so, then it was easily the hardest level in the game for me. Took me so many attempts.

I got the 120 and started working through with Luigi but I had to move my Wii from the Living Room to my room and never bothered to connect it again, that was about 8 months ago and I've just given it to my brother to play with.

[Samadini]

Are you my brother? :uhoh:

[Lichtie]

Yes. Yes I am.

[ItalAussie]

Alright, I just have to do the purple coin runs in Dreadnought and Toyland.

[ItalAussie]

And done. 120 stars, and Luigi mode unlocked.

Now I'm going to play some of the other games I borrowed from my mate, which remain completely untouched as yet.

[Fry Crayola]

Hmm, I think I should go back to this. I can't remember why I stopped but I'm pretty sure it was an external influence.

[Shindig]

It's the fact I'd have to buy a Wii that puts me off.

[Jonezy Foxile]

And done. 120 stars, and Luigi mode unlocked.

Now I'm going to play some of the other games I borrowed from my mate, which remain completely untouched as yet.

Kudos!

No problems with Luigi's Purple Coins?

[Vcassano]

Luigi's Purple coins are easy with Mario if you have a strategy. With Luigi it is a little harder :( The Daredevil Comet on Melty Molten is the real test of your skills.

[ItalAussie]

Kudos!

No problems with Luigi's Purple Coins?
It took me a few tries, but I got there in the end.

Once I realised that I didn't need to get every single coin, but that I could skip the trickier ones, it wasn't so bad. It's vital to have a planned route though.

The good thing is that as long as you get a 1-up in each run, lives are a complete non-issue. You can tell some of the trickier levels, because there is a really obvious 1-up somewhere near the start.