Super Mario Galaxy: Let the reviews begin. - Page 2

BreakABone · 11-07-2007, 09:15 PM

- Activities kickoff at 8 p.m (expect long lines!)
- DJ, dancers, Velcro wall, bungee run, trivia with fans, and other activities
- In-store laser light show
- Mario will be there for photo ops
- 250 Wiis at the store available for purchase
- Store open until 10 p.m., and will re-open at midnight to start sales

More news for midnight launch

gekko · 11-07-2007, 09:20 PM

Doubt it beats Sunshine, but maybe it'll be worth playing.

BlueFire · 11-07-2007, 10:32 PM

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Originally Posted by gekko

Doubt it beats Sunshine, but maybe it'll be worth playing.

rofl

Jason1 · 11-07-2007, 10:42 PM

Sunshine got kinda a bad rap for no reason. Okay it had some really lame cut scenes and the secondy characters were horribly designed. The actual levels and gameplay were still great I thought.

DeathsHand · 11-08-2007, 01:51 AM

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Originally Posted by Jason1

Sunshine got kinda a bad rap for no reason.

Mario 64 set the standard for 3D gaming right off at the beginning of N64's lifetime...

Sunshine was the first official Mario game since M64, it meandered about somewheres in the middle of the cube's lifetime looking like an upgraded N64 game, and I believe some people complained that it didn't bring anything new to the table outside of what some folks labeled a "gimmicky" water pack... thing (which probably wouldn't have been quite as big a deal at the time were it not for the fact that Nintendo hid it in previews like it was some big secret... Not featuring it in screenshots and the like)...

But a 92% rating on Gamerankings is hardly a "bad rap"... Personally I thought the game started off quite fun until I completely lost interest somewheres around the halfway point...

bobcat · 11-08-2007, 03:22 AM

I highly enjoyed Sunshine........and i'm gonna enjoy this one for sure. Look at those reviews!

I just finished reading the reviews on IGN and Gamespot.....man this game sounds so damn good! It's a heeee Mariooooooooo waaaaaaaaaaaa

gekko · 11-07-2007, 11:09 PM

Soo... apparently it ships with a "Rush to Floor" box, and some Best Buy's have already sold out

GameMaster · 11-07-2007, 11:39 PM

thatmariolover · 11-09-2007, 05:57 PM

So I finally beat it with 120 stars. The last Bowser stage is awesome, though the last fight left a little to be desired.

Bond · 11-10-2007, 08:12 PM

I like how IGN calls the graphics "Outstanding on the Wii," and then gives it a 9.5.

Jason1 · 11-10-2007, 09:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Bond

I like how IGN calls the graphics "Outstanding on the Wii," and then gives it a 9.5.

Well, I mean, there's always room for improvement...thats the way I look at it anyways...

thatmariolover · 11-11-2007, 03:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Bond

I like how IGN calls the graphics "Outstanding on the Wii," and then gives it a 9.5.

I guess I don't know where you're going with that. They are outstanding for the Wii. The 9.5 is a clear statement that there's always room for improvement, as Jason says. But if you're inferring they should give it a low score on graphics because it doesn't compete with Xbox 360 or PS3, I disagree. I think it only makes sense to rate the game for what was possible given the circumstances.

Bond · 11-12-2007, 11:02 AM

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Originally Posted by thatmariolover

I guess I don't know where you're going with that. They are outstanding for the Wii. The 9.5 is a clear statement that there's always room for improvement, as Jason says. But if you're inferring they should give it a low score on graphics because it doesn't compete with Xbox 360 or PS3, I disagree. I think it only makes sense to rate the game for what was possible given the circumstances.

I suppose I just have an issue with their ratings of Wii graphics in general. Let me explain...

So IGN gives the game a 9.5 rating - and then justifies it with, "Outstanding... on the Wii." So, obviously it would not be outstanding on the PS3 or Xbox 360, so naturally it would get a lower score, but how much lower? A 7.0? So is a 7.0 on the PS3/Xbox 360 equivalent to a 9.5 on the Wii? I have no idea. And what if a third party releases a game on all three consoles. Will it receive a 7.0 on the PS3/Xbox 360 and a 9.5 on the Wii? Would that affect the game's overall score?

I just sense fairness issues with that rating system.

Angrist · 11-12-2007, 12:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Bond

And what if a third party releases a game on all three consoles. Will it receive a 7.0 on the PS3/Xbox 360 and a 9.5 on the Wii?

Why not? A developer can really push the Wii graphics to make it look good, so Wii-owners will be amazed by it and love it. The same graphics on the PS3/360 won't impress their owners, because they're used to better stuff. So yes, a 9.5 for the Wii and a 7 for the other versions sounds very normal to me.

What rating would you suggest? The bést looking game so far gets a 10, the rest somewhere between 0 and 10? In that case, PSP, DS and retro games all get incredibly low scores for graphics. If they account for 1/4 of the final grade, they can bring down a otherwise perfect game from a 10 to a 7.5.

Or maybe we should base it on reality 'graphics'? A theoretical future game has graphics so good that it's indistinguishable from real life. That game's graphics get a 10. Anything that looks worse than that, gets a lower score. Graphics of 360 and PS3 games can't get higher than a 6, only for the fact that they're not 3D virtual reality.

Get real. Scores should be based on what's póssible in the given situation.