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Topic	Leonhart Ranks 100 Games with Writeups: The Top 40!
LeonhartFour 02/25/20 12:51:18 PM #126:	#27. Super Mario Galaxy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XMF_KXEY5g8 I think that video encapsulates the sheer joy, freedom, and creativity that Super Mario Galaxy provides in its movement and jumping with the gravity mechanic it implements. It just makes jumping feel good. This is the game that made me fall in love with 3-D Mario again. I played a ton of Super Mario 64 back in the heyday of the Nintendo 64. There really wasnt anything like it before, but after playing Super Mario Sunshine, it kind of soured me on the experience. I think I went several years after that before I tried to play Mario 64 again, and it was for a Board 8 project where I ranked all of the stars from best to worst as I collected them (Im pretty sure it still exists on the Wiki in case someone wants to read it!). This project was also the first time I collected all 120 Shines in Sunshine, but the reason that got me to go back to those two was how much I loved Super Mario Galaxy. The games greatest strength, appropriately enough, is its atmosphere. I was fascinated by astronomy as a kid, so the idea of playing a game where youre blasting through space and traveling to different worlds with different properties and stuff was really cool to me. Theres just so much creativity and color in all the worlds. I love the feeling of activating a Launch Star as the camera zooms out to show a cinematic wide view of the surrounding area. My personal favorite one is launching out of the volcano in Melty Molten Galaxy and the camera cuts in front of Mario to show the volcano erupting behind him. It just looks so awesome. One of the things that enhances the games atmosphere is the fantastic soundtrack, which might be the best one in any Mario game of any kind. They went for a fully orchestrated score, and its simply beautiful. I suppose I do need to say a word about the controls because Super Mario Galaxy does use a lot of motion controls, and I know a lot of people flat out dont like them. Im somewhere in the middle where I dont mind games that have them, but I dont feel like they really add anything noteworthy to a game. For the most part, Galaxys motion controls are fine. You are constantly lightly flicking in order to spin, which is an important gameplay move because you have to spin to do a lot of stuff in the game, as well as being used to damage enemies. The only thing that ever really frustrated me was when you had to do the rolling ball levels because its so difficult to be precise with them, and those levels require a lot of precision. But for the most part, theyre fine. I think the game handles well outside of the rolling ball. You do have to use the motion controls for the power-ups, too, but I think they all feel pretty cool. I like the Ice Flower and the Boo Mushroom power-ups that Galaxy introduces as well. Super Mario Galaxys worlds are divided into a couple of types. You have worlds that have multiple stars to collect, which means theyre generally bigger and feature a lot of exploration. You also have worlds that only have one star (and occasionally a second), which tend to be more focused around a single feature and are more focused on platforming. I think it provides a good balance in the game. My favorite major worlds are Battlerock, Ghostly Galaxy, Gusty Garden, Freezeflame, Toy Time, and Melty Molten. My favorite minor worlds are Sweet Sweet Galaxy, Hurry Scurry, Buoy Base, Bigmouth, Sand Spiral, and Matter Splatter. You also have Prankster Comet challenges, which appear in select worlds and give you specific challenges, like collecting 100 Purple Coins, racing through a level against Cosmic Mario, or beating a boss without getting hit. The Bowser levels also tend to be really good, and the boss fights against him are really fun. The final level is super good, one of my favorite final areas in the series. Also, it was really nice that they finally brought back playable Luigi to a mainline Mario platformer, so that gives it a big boost in my eyes, too! --- http://i2.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/001/080/145/638.png https://imgur.com/WqDcNNq <cite>LeonhartFour posted [p:934856647] in Leonhart R... [t:78415064]...</cite> <quote>#27. Super Mario Galaxy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XMF_KXEY5g8 I think that video encapsulates the sheer joy, freedom, and creativity that Super Mario Galaxy provides in its movement and jumping with the gravity mechanic it implements. It just makes jumping feel good. This is the game that made me fall in love with 3-D Mario again. I played a ton of Super Mario 64 back in the heyday of the Nintendo 64. There really wasnt anything like it before, but after playing Super Mario Sunshine, it kind of soured me on the experience. I think I went several years after that before I tried to play Mario 64 again, and it was for a Board 8 project where I ranked all of the stars from best to worst as I collected them (Im pretty sure it still exists on the Wiki in case someone wants to read it!). This project was also the first time I collected all 120 Shines in Sunshine, but the reason that got me to go back to those two was how much I loved Super Mario Galaxy. The games greatest strength, appropriately enough, is its atmosphere. I was fascinated by astronomy as a kid, so the idea of playing a game where youre blasting through space and traveling to different worlds with different properties and stuff was really cool to me. Theres just so much creativity and color in all the worlds. I love the feeling of activating a Launch Star as the camera zooms out to show a cinematic wide view of the surrounding area. My personal favorite one is launching out of the volcano in Melty Molten Galaxy and the camera cuts in front of Mario to show the volcano erupting behind him. It just looks so awesome. One of the things that enhances the games atmosphere is the fantastic soundtrack, which might be the best one in any Mario game of any kind. They went for a fully orchestrated score, and its simply beautiful. I suppose I do need to say a word about the controls because Super Mario Galaxy does use a lot of motion controls, and I know a lot of people flat out dont like them. Im somewhere in the middle where I dont mind games that have them, but I dont feel like they really add anything noteworthy to a game. For the most part, Galaxys motion controls are fine. You are constantly lightly flicking in order to spin, which is an important gameplay move because you have to spin to do a lot of stuff in the game, as well as being used to damage enemies. The only thing that ever really frustrated me was when you had to do the rolling ball levels because its so difficult to be precise with them, and those levels require a lot of precision. But for the most part, theyre fine. I think the game handles well outside of the rolling ball. You do have to use the motion controls for the power-ups, too, but I think they all feel pretty cool. I like the Ice Flower and the Boo Mushroom power-ups that Galaxy introduces as well. Super Mario Galaxys worlds are divided into a couple of types. You have worlds that have multiple stars to collect, which means theyre generally bigger and feature a lot of exploration. You also have worlds that only have one star (and occasionally a second), which tend to be more focused around a single feature and are more focused on platforming. I think it provides a good balance in the game. My favorite major worlds are Battlerock, Ghostly Galaxy, Gusty Garden, Freezeflame, Toy Time, and Melty Molten. My favorite minor worlds are Sweet Sweet Galaxy, Hurry Scurry, Buoy Base, Bigmouth, Sand Spiral, and Matter Splatter. You also have Prankster Comet challenges, which appear in select worlds and give you specific challenges, like collecting 100 Purple Coins, racing through a level against Cosmic Mario, or beating a boss without getting hit. The Bowser levels also tend to be really good, and the boss fights against him are really fun. The final level is super good, one of my favorite final areas in the series. Also, it was really nice that they finally brought back playable Luigi to a mainline Mario platformer, so that gives it a big boost in my eyes, too! --- http://i2.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/001/080/145/638.png https://imgur.com/WqDcNNq</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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