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#5: Super Mario Galaxy (Wii)
Release Date: November 12th, 2007
Last Year: #5
Almost a year after the Wii launced, Super Mario Galaxy would come out and show us all that Mario still had so much to offer the world of video games. His adventures throughout the years have been legendary, but Super Mario Galaxy had so many exciting ideas to show us in his 3D playground of outer space. Each Galaxy is some new idea implemented in 3D space, and more importantly, these ideas are incredibly fun to play. Whether it's using gravity to pull Mario to different spaces, or using the different suits to change the rules of the worlds around him, this game executes what it sets out to do perfectly. You're never doing the same thing for long, and by the time you've collected the 120th star, you're ready to do everything again. Fortunately, Luigi's ready to play, and his altered physics make everything feel just as fresh as it was when you first played the game. Getting all 242 stars was a joy (even Luigi's Purple Coins...), and the game is testament that this hobby of ours has so many ideas that can be implemented... and how much fun we can have.
Bowser's Hair: Is epic.
I love: Ice Skating
#4: Super Mario World (Super NES/GameBoy Advance/Wii)
Release Date: August 13, 1991
Last Year: #4
Super Mario World was the first game that made me jealous of a console I didn't own. In fact, my neighbor had a Super Nintendo Entertainment System, and I would make it a point to go over that as much as I could, just to get a look at Super Mario World. The colors, the sounds, the vastness of the game... everything came together to create this world that was larger than life... and I wanted to be a part of it. I even remember taking the controller for myself and beating my first level (the one in the Forest of Illusion where you're riding that moving platform through the entire level). I finally got to own the game for myself when it released on the GameBoy Advance, and it was like walking into a time machine. Everything was still there: the wonderful sounds, the colorful sights, the pitch perfect controls... I had fallen in love with Super Mario World again. Everything was right with the world.
Favorite Colored Yoshi: Blue (Flight is awesome)
Favorite Koopaling: Ludwig Von Koopa
