Riot Of The Blood said:
See, I don't consider Mario Galaxy to be better than Mario 64. I still had faith in Mario until Galaxy came out. But now, I feel that Mario has peaked as well. Mario's quality has dropped off dramaticly, in my opinion. However, I still love Mario, and I understand that every series will peak at some time. So, with that said, I don't think there's much left to do with Mario. I think that's one of the reasons Nintendo doesn't release Mario game as much--they want to keep the series fresh, but it's hard since the series has peaked.
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We could sit and argue preferences over if Galaxy or 64 is better but it comes down to whatever our preferences are. Luckily sites like Metacritic and Gamerankings exist to solve little problems like this. True, reviews are in the end still opinions but it's a good stick to measure by.
Super Mario Galaxy is the better game, though not by much. It took what Super Mario 64 and Sunshine started and built upon things learned from both games. If Nintendo had peaked with 64, Galaxy would have been just a rehash and would have suffered because of it.
Nintendo has proved time and time again that it can take old ideas and make them interesting again.
