Super Mario Galaxy 2 Review

The Mario series of games is definitely the game series that Nintendo seems to take most seriously. It's their best-selling franchise with the most consistent numbers and they keep bringing new and better things to it with each rendition. Here at MMO Explorer, we know that not all games are massive multiplayers and not everyone always wants to play online. Sometimes, even the most hard core online gamer has to take a break and turn to his Wii or her PS for a change of pace.

For many, that means playing Mario. When Super Mario Galaxy came out in 2007, a lot of people thought that this was the epitome of Mario games. It was awesome, it was 3-D, and it was highly addictive. Now we have Super Mario Galaxy 2. As if to prove that the first was just a good start on a new branch in the Mario Tree, Super Mario Galaxy II goes all out.

The game has spectacular graphics rendering, beautiful space-scapes, and is probably the most challenging Mario to-date. Probably the most challenging bit of the game is going from 3-dimsensional, 360-degree playing to sudden transitions to old-style 2-dimensional mazes. It sounds hokey to say it, but actually playing it is a blast and requires a total shift in your thinking, mid-game.

These continual shifts in tempo and perspective (even going to upside-down play) are fun to react to and require some real skill-honing to shift from one mode to play to the next. Best of all, you can basically get all the way to 60 stars (finish) without seeing the same game play scenario twice.

A truly great game.