Yeah it is awesome and it is by far the best Mario game yet. I have no complaints about at all everything was just great.

I sure hope Nintendo uses this idea once more in the next Mario game as I feel that there is more that they can do with it.

This is why. Galaxy really is the best game in a decade and it is the highest priority on Wii gamers lists. Nintendo have higher standards than Stanley Kubrick imo.

Though its not "original", in the sense that Mario64 was for 3d, it has surpassed all 3d platformers and will be impossible to beat for another decade. SMG 2 will be the same game, though it will probably have less perfection put in to it.

Its the one game i recommend to new Wii owners and im proud to show it to people. That says something about the game when you just want to show people how great it is.

My favorite thing about the game is playing with 2d/3d/perspective distortion. That is the key to this game. Wouldn't any other game that forces you to move backwards instead of forwards, left instead of right, etc just frustrate people. You don't get frustrated with the game, its impossible. Even when you die its entertaining. People complain about camera problems but i maybe saw it once. The real problem, and great success, is the way Miyamoto has forced the player to constantly rethink the way Mario moves.

edit> this is what SMB did so well. It forced the users active involvement to figure out how to find the warp or negotiate pipes in the castles.

I used to say that i loved the 2d sections most in SMG. If you think about it, if there wasn't this variation there wouldn't be this constant need for the user to renegotiate their control of the character. That is of course what makes it so important as a milestone for platforming.

btw, small ounce of credit goes to Zelda Twilight Princess. Those magnet boots most likely tested the concept of forced perspective changes and it certainly worked in that game.

Not that I'm not going to play and love zelda or anything lol. I'm just really impressed with the level of stage design and the simplicity of it all. I don't really need SMG 2 for the next 5 years or so. I guess I'm that kind of gamer. Now what I really want is for nintendo to top Starfox 64 in the same vein. That would be my game of the forever no doubt

Yes, man. Star For, if made as a true sequel to the N64 version, would be great.

Is my second favorite Mario game, the first is Super Mario All-Stars.

Damn, I've a hard time believing that...

Go check out the songs from here again! You obviously weren't listening the first time around! (There's just no way someone out there thinks Gusty Garden sucks... it's impossible!)

Anyway, I did find the game great, though I guess it isn't exactly my type (nothing that screamed best game ever out to me). I probably need to give it another play through, the music is definitely drawing me in. Still, I might just prefer 2D games more, Mega Man 9 had reminded me of this fact...

I don't understand. Guess I'll have to accept the fact that people are just very different from each other.

I see nothing special on Rawk Hawk battle music. And I love this part of the game.

It has the best story ever, the princess is stolen and you (Mario) have to rescue her, what more could you ask for?