1.  Nobody is saying that it's your fault that those pictures were released as they were, only that using said pictures as examples for the basis of a comparison was not an accurate metric.

2. Actually, I haven't ignored any of your provided links.  In fact the ones to the Youtube videos on the first page were excellent examples of your point, which I agree with.  All I asked for was a link showing that the Mario Galaxy games had parallax mapping, particularly when you were so adamant about it in your response to Viper 1.  How is that illogical?

Where did you find these numbers?

I'm not talking about the 3DS. I'm talking about the Wii. It has 3 processors. one of them is an 200 Mhz ARM processor with a small cache of ram I believe. Its been nicknamed starlet. I believe it is what handles most of the OS and security features as well as Wiiconnect24.

You would have to know it by looking at it. If you look at the very bottom angle of the boulderers they are flat but in all other angles you can see depth and shadows in the crevices. Consult the picture I posted earlier that shows the differences between various texture effects.

http://graphics.cs.brown.edu/games/SteepParallax/compare.jpg

I can't find where it was stated in news but it was known before MG was even released that it would be using parallax mapping. This link is the best I could find as most news that is that old has either been archived or removed on a lot of sites. I can only find references to it on various sites and forum, but they all say that MG used parallax mapping.

http://www.gamespot.com/forums/topic/25407082

Also, the predominant form of mapping used in Mario Glaxay and most GC./Wii games in general is EBEM/EMBM. Its the most natural texture effect the hardware does and its the easiest one to implement.

I saw where the guy in that forum you linked said that the Galaxies would use parallax mapping, but frankly, I trust this opinion more:

http://handheldwii.wordpress.com/2009/01/17/72944782/

Scroll down to where he talks about EMBM and brings up the Wii and Super Mario Galaxy.  Ironically, he even specifically mentions the effect on the boulders you cited as being EMBM.  Later when he moves on to Parallax Mapping, he specifically describes it as an effect "the Wii hasn't seen before".

Remember that the Wii's EMBM in the hands of a talented company like Nintendo can appear to be an even more advanced effect than it really is.  I remember when I played F-Zero GX (Sega) on the Gamecube, I was convinced that some things had to be EMBM just because of how good it looked, before a tech-savvy friend of mine pointed out that it likely wasn't, because it would be difficult for the Cube to achieve it at that framerate... it just looked really good.

Try posting a picture that isn't from the Dolphin emulator next time, buddy. 

Actually, it uses both EMBM and normal mapping.  Much of the normal mapping was used on the smaller spheroids and certain floating blocks.  But agreed that no parallax mapping was used.

Quite certain that's a normal map, not a parallax map.  Your point about a flat edge at the bottom of the boulder even helps suggest it is a normal map as a parallax map can show texture depth or height better at acute angles than a regular normal map can.

Here is a list of some objects and models found inside the game and their technical aspects.
http://tcrf.net/Super_Mario_Galaxy

Be sure to check the list of Early Objects and Unused Planets as well.   What you'll notice is that many things have a normal map but nothing has a parallax map.

Also to note, High Voltage Software's Quantum Engine 3 (regarding as one of the most graphically advanced 3rd party Wii game engines) does not feature parallax mapping at all. 

I have no clue!

Come on guys go a little easy on the new guy, it must be very discouraging for him.

@lilbroex: I think you owe everyone here an apology.

LOL...that's what I said 2 days ago lol!!! Many of these esp the RE:DC is coming from Dolphin which gives credence to the 3DS edge compared to the Wii.