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a.l.e.x59 on 15 November 2007
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fkusumot said:
Super Mario Galaxy is such a letdown. It brings nothing new to platforming. After playing it seems clear that it's all a bunch of "been there, done that" rolled into one slick package, but all shine and little substance leave the player wanting so much more. Miyamoto truly seems to have run out of ideas. Take for instance this one example: Mario is still wearing the same clothes from 1985! Where is the character progression? The plot is nearly non-existent and what threadbare shreds there are seem to be an almost total retread of the tired "save the princess" formula. In a more modern vein, why is there no multi-player support? It's the 21st century Nintendo! For this and many other major flaws I have to give this game a 7.5/10. I blame Wii Fit.

You only prove that it is impossible for everyone to like a game, no matter how good it may be. Perhaps it is not Super Mario Galaxy, that is the let down, but the fact that maybe you've just tired of platforming. If Super Mario Galaxy was the first Mario game, or better yet, the first video game you have ever played, than perhaps your opinion would be different. Miyamoto is not running out of ideas. That is where you have crossed the line of "opinion," and "attempted fact." Mario is not wearing the same clothes from 1985. Take a closer look for yourself:


By the way, Mario began in 1981, not 1985. Never-the-less, he did not wear the same clothes, since 1981, or 1985. He wore different clothes in the original Super Mario Bros. He wore a short-sleeved shirt in Super Mario Sunshine, and he wore a totally different outfit when his soccer games started to come out. Even if his clothes are all similar, he would look far too weird, wearing a totally different outfit. I think everyone would much rather have Mario, looking like Mario, than looking weird, with a new outfit. There is multi-player support. There are not many other flaws. Why can't you appreciate the game for what it is? Game Rankings gave this game 97.5%, and Metacritic gave it 97%. If you looked at all the positives, rather than all the negatives, than you would see why this game could, perhaps, be the greatest video game of all time. It's Mario. There's only 10, original, Mario platformers. The next Mario game will not come out until, maybe, another 5 years, so maybe you should at least, try to have some fun with Galaxy.