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    Mario Galaxy

    I don't think this has it's own topic yet... or maybe it does and I didn't see it? Anyways, it deserves it's own.

    Anyone get to pick it up today? I go my copy a few days ago but I haven't got to play it much due to school, but so far I like it :D I'm past the part w/ the queen bee, I kept losing my bee suit cause I kept touching the water, but it's good fun overall!

    Post your thoughts/comments!

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    Re: Mario Galaxy

    Reserved it, will pick up tomorrow. I have very high hopes for this game, from what I heard so far it's pretty awesome.

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    Re: Mario Galaxy

    picking it up on my way home form work in about an hour /anxious

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    Re: Mario Galaxy

    If it's the only I played at the gamestop, it's really fun <_<

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    Re: Mario Galaxy

    I'm picking up a copy on the way home today. I'm so excited, and I just can't hide it, etc.

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    Re: Mario Galaxy

    Looks like a great game. I just need to find a Wii first.

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    Re: Mario Galaxy

    Picking my copy after work.. can't wait, seeing how people have been saying that this game is gonna show just how crappy gaming has been since Mario 64.

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    Re: Mario Galaxy

    Got mine! It's really fun, a little disorienting at first, but the level design is fantastic. I might try to finish this before it gets buried under my already enormous backlog of games.

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    Re: Mario Galaxy

    Got it earlier today, and have played for a little over 3 hours, have gotten through the first two 'hubs' so far. (they only have two full levels and two bonus stages and a Boss stage in each hub) I've only gotten the three listed stars in the regular levels so far, but I've found a couple of hidden ones, and did a Speed Race for another one.

    So far, this game is fantastic. I do get how a couple of reviewers complained that the game was too easy. I've died a handful of times, but 1-Ups are more common than air in this game, so it never really mattered. Mario having only 3 points of health takes a little getting used to as well.

    I wasn't really disoriented from the beginning, but there are some platforms where control can get a little wonky, like on the frisbee-shaped ones if you walk around their bottom.

    Taking a break for now because my wrist is a little sore. Guess I should have played Wii a bit more to warm up for this marathon session.

    Only thing I'm really missing is being able to make Mario dive, (when you would jump up and push the B/attack button to dive forward) but I haven't really needed anything like that anyway. I've unlocked the first water level. I'm not sure if that's a good thing or not, as I hate swimming.

    Although I am kinda relieved to see that the really gimmicky looking levels are put off as separate, single-star levels. So if you suck at Manta Ray surfing, (and I do) then you won't have to do it very much, or even at all.

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    Re: Mario Galaxy

    Got it yesterday, only on my 11th star, but it seems easy (just like a lot of reviewers said...). The camera angles can sometimes be annoying, especially when you are on another side of a sphere, and the camera struggles against you while you try to adjust it. Other than that, its a great game.

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    Got it, played for about 40 mins so far, and I'm loving it. I really like the return to Mario 64 style progression, and the level design is superb. It is pretty easy so far, but Mario games usually aren't the most challenging, and yeah 1 ups are very easy to come by.

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    Re: Mario Galaxy

    I've heard that the difficulty ramps up later on. Of course, 'later on' means after you have more than enough stars to beat the game, but who beats the game with the minimum amount of stars?

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    Re: Mario Galaxy

    You dont get to keep your 1 ups after you power down the Wii.
    About 30 stars into the game and still loving it.
    And the difficulty ramps up tremendously with the extra stars

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    Re: Mario Galaxy

    Quote Originally Posted by Vade
    You dont get to keep your 1 ups after you power down the Wii.
    About 30 stars into the game and still loving it.
    And the difficulty ramps up tremendously with the extra stars
    That's actually good to hear, if you kept 1-ups I'm sure most people would be maxing out after 10 stars (if not sooner). Back to playing for me!

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    Re: Mario Galaxy

    The swimming levels can get pretty frustrating... hard to manuver in 3D.

    Most levels don't really give me trouble, like someone said already 1ups pretty much is worth nothing in this game so you can just keep trying over and over. I still can't beat one of the comet levels trying to outrun the shadow... Also the last level gave me some problems and I couldn't figure out how to hit bowser for like 15 minutes... but after figuring it out, it's pretty straight forward.

    I really liked this game :D

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    Re: Mario Galaxy

    Yeah, about 24ish stars in and I had a good 30 lives. That was with dying maybe 10 times and not really going for many 1-Ups. Just collecting Star Bits gets you a ton.

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    Re: Mario Galaxy

    Just got mine like 5 minutes ago, time to play!

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    Re: Mario Galaxy

    There is a deal at Toys R Us if anyone hasn't picked it up yet. $50 for the game and you get a $25 gift card to go with it.

    http://www.spoofee.com/images/misc/mariogalaxy.jpg

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    Re: Mario Galaxy

    Got it... seemed like it would be fun if I still enjoyed this type of game. Was hoping it would bring back my enjoyment of plat formers.. going to spend more time on it but I doubt it will

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    Re: Mario Galaxy

    I have 50-something stars. Game sucked for the first hour, gave me a headache and got dizzy as hell. Now it's incredibly fun. The best parts are single star galaxies taht usually involve a race or something. The bee levels are fun as hell too (you'll know what I mean later on by that). They also have a thing called daredevil comets that put restrictions on some of the levels. They can get pretty challenging.

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