The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Mario Galaxy

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Upon my departure from very quaint housewarming party, I made a detour from home to the fabulous Nintendo World, place of wonder. And as many gamers in NY were aware of, they were having a launch party for SUPER MARIO GALAXY.

Long story short, it was lame (they played LaBouche?). And I had to wait an hour, even though I did reserve it.

Now, what really made it worth it was the swag. The button, the shirt, and the commemorative coin.

Wait....no. What made it worth it when I got home was the sheer AWESOMENESS of the game. It is an astoundingly great game. It feels like Mario, rather than Mario plugged into some game he doesn't belong. The levels are huge and fun to explore. Each "galaxy", as they are called, feels so unique. They take a lot of elements from Super Mario 64, which works so well, as it was such a benchmark in the world of platforming, and Galaxy feels like it's a true "sequel" to it. The graphics, the physics, the gameplay, it's ALL worth the hype it's been getting.

And then there's the Rainbow Mario power-up you get. I always knew when he was REALLY in a bind, he'd come over to our side. He just couldn't resist the power forever.......