So on average, how long is the entire game (rounded to the nearest hour) ?

That third Bowser Jr fight really got me. Only the third leg of it, though, because i kept trying to scale the tank directly, until i figured out that i could jump between the clouds further up.

Rounded to the nearest hour, it took me 31 hours to get all 242 stars.

Depends on your skills. I'm at 25 hours with only 95 stars (because I keep dying even when I try to catch a boomerang thrown by those Boomerang Bros.)

The game is longer than Galaxy 1, believe me. And you want to replay it again and again. Galaxy 2, because of it's World Map system (which is very excellent) is more addictive than any Mario 3D game. It has more of a feeling of being a 2D game.

I told you not to lose faith in Japan in a way. I think Galaxy 2 will perform better due to heavy legs in Japan. I said about 300k Japan, heh?

Nintendo did a smart move by showing Japanese many 2D levels and how the World Map looks. It's a different approach, business and creativeness wise.

I would consider the new World Map system (so far as I have seen) as more logical than the original from Super Mario Galaxy.

you have to admit those first day were a little down

America numbers will be soon, I wonder how it will do...

Pretty well looking at pre-orders...........

I'm almost done with my video review (I only need to analize it well and do the voice over)

Took me about 22 hours for every star.

Do you intend to post it on Youtube?