The Galaxy of Mario
June 1, 2009 by Arthor Transter
Filed under Nintendo Wii Games
Super Mario Galaxy was released in Japan, United States, Canada, Europe, and Australasia on November of 2007 and in Korea on September of 2008. This 3D video game was introduced by Nintendo EAD Tokyo and presented by Nintendo for Wii. It follows other 3D platformer game Super Mario 64 and Super Mario Sunshine.
The main character on this video game is Mario. His goal is to rescue Princess Peach from enemy, Bowser. Levels of games are set on different galaxies with minor planets and worlds and each stage can increase power like gravity effects and new power-ups
Outer space is the main setting of the game. Mario moves from galaxy to galaxy to accumulate Power Stars but he needs to complete the quest and defeat all enemies. Each galaxy is composed of planets and other space objects that player will discover. This 3D platformer game uses a new physics system that acknowledge for a unique feature. However, movements to a 2-dimentional axis are limited.
As of December 31, 2008, Nintendo had sold 7.66 million copies of Super Mario Galaxy worldwide. This game is the second best-selling non-bundled Wii and ranked sixth best-selling Nintendo-published Wii game. Based on Famitsus report, Super Mario Galaxy has sold 912,746 copies in Japan as of July 9, 2008. And since the launch of the Wii, as of April 1, 2008 Super Mario Galaxy has become the third best-selling video game in Canada according to the NPD Group.
TonTenReview and MobyGames considered Super Mario Galaxy as the highest rated game of all time. Super Mario Galaxy was the best game for Wii and this is the only Mario game that top spot on the list and the only video to be voted for the top position.
The Super Mario Galaxy is famous to be one of the best titles of all time and named Game of the Year by IGN, GameSpot, Nintendo Power, GameTrailers, Edge and Yahoo! Games towards the end of 2007. February 7, 2008, Super Mario Galaxy named as "Adventure Game of the Year" award by Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences at the Interactive Achievement Awards
