Super Mario Galaxy
A 3D platformer and first Wii entry in the Super Mario franchise, Super Mario Galaxy sees Mario jump across planets and galaxies with varying items, enemies, geographies and gravity mechanics in order to reach…
Super Mario Galaxy is an adventure developed by Nintendo Entertainment Analysis & Development, released 1 November 2007 on Wii U and Wii. The main story takes about 14 hrs to finish.
What Super Mario Galaxy is
Super Mario Galaxy is an adventure game developed by Nintendo Entertainment Analysis & Development and released in 2007. It was published by Nintendo. It is available on Wii U and Wii.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Every hundred years, a huge comet flies by in the skies above the Mushroom Kingdom. One year, that comet filled the entire sky, and from it fell a stream of shooting stars. The Toads scooped up the Star Bits and brought them to the castle, where they were reborn as a great Power Star. It was a happy time in the Mushroom Kingdom. Then one night Mario received a letter... “Dear Mario, I’ll be waiting for you at the castle on the night of the Star Festival. There’s something I’d like to give you. from Peach” With invitation in hand, Mario headed off to the castle just as the Star Festival was getting into full swing. Surrounded by Toads gleefully trying to catch falling Star Bits, Mario was…
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Co-operative and Single player.
Where it sits in the Mario Bros. series
Super Mario Galaxy is the 50th of 66 entries we hold in the Mario Bros. series. The next entry was Mario Party DS in 2007. Its critic score of 99 is 25 points above the series average of 74. The highest-rated entry is Super Mario World at 100.
How it was received
Super Mario Galaxy holds a critic score of 99 out of 100. That places it above 100% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2007 averaged 64, so it scored 35 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 94, across 1,309 votes.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 14 hrs. Completing everything takes closer to 19.3 hrs, roughly 1.4 times the length of the critical path.
What it launched against
Super Mario Galaxy launched on 1 November 2007, within three weeks of Mass Effect, Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, Uncharted: Drake's Fortune and The Witcher. It reviewed better than all of them.
Released around the same time: Mass Effect, Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, Uncharted: Drake's Fortune, The Witcher.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Super Mario Galaxy yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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