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Bowser put up nearly 2 minutes of a fight in the last fight...wow!

Okay, first off, AURA rating...is

YELLOW!

Yup. I mean I wanted to like Super Mario Galaxy but I've played better platformers on the PS2 (mostly Jak series and Ratchet & Clank). I especially disliked the rigidity of the life system but even more so how the game would completely ignore how many lives you had when you booted a save and just toss you a few extra lives in a letter from Peach. Seriously, I think she's just there, chilling with Bowser and stringing Mario along.

Graphics - Awesome. My eyes melt. Shiny and it has textures I haven't ever seen (no 360 or anything else next-gen-y). Still...where the nice graphics are put...are kinda like "uh...why bother?" Still, it has a nice look even if the added special effects seem rather useless.

Gameplay - Only masochists need apply. I'm just not used to doing precision movement with a little stick on thingie. And it's very unforgiving about missing a jump. I hate the powerups (except the bee one, which is about the only useful one). With special rage reserved for the f-ing horrible Spring Mario which jumps around, barely controlled when he needs to make precise leaps. Absolutely terrible. And rest assured, the most annoying gameplay mechanics will also be the most overused ones. Swimming (terribly implimented), has a special place in gaming hell. And flying. Screw flying. I hate the timer on certain powerups like fireball. Who the heck puts a timer on fireball? That's moving backwards. At least the invincibility star is more useful. Gravity is mildly amusing but it's mostly used for "collect all five bits of star" or "flip unknown quantity of panels in the floor". The camera...btw...for all those apologists...is terrible. It's more budge game platformer terrible, but it's pretty terrible and makes the game much harder at points than it should be. One thing I really need to point out is that the camera will move to a 2D perspective and you're still moving in 3 dimensions and if you don't keep it straight then you will fall or otherwise fail. Considering how small the action is at this point and hard to judge. In fact, it feels like Miyamoto is trying to make a case that a 3D mario sucks compared with a 2D one, especially with how often he goes back to 2D. Despite the issues with the 3D dimension steering in these sections, the 2D levels often surpass the free-roaming ones.

Story - Ha hahahahahaha....seriously though, Rosalin is really a much more interesting princess than the established ladies. Her book she reads is about the best section of story you're gonna get. Oh and Bowser loses. And Luigi is such a damsel.

Conclusion - If you're not sick of Mario yet, I'd recommend it (especially for those who know the platforming twitch system), otherwise, only the DS Mario original has been a fun game for me. I'd recommend that game over this one.
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