![]() Mario Galaxy 2 builds on the strengths of its predecessor, adding new power-ups and abilities to the familiar mix. It played the fundamental elements of platformer designs like a classical composer plays with notes, subtly tweaking gravity, movement, and even lighting in ways that constantly challenged your expectations. The way it eschewed large, open environments in favor of series of smartly designed orbs and platforms floating in space was just genius. The original Mario Galaxy is about as good as it gets. On the other, I’m glad I didn’t have to wait for a new generation of consoles just to get another Mario game. ![]() ![]() ![]() On the one hand, that means that it is the first Mario title in years that doesn’t feel like a dramatic reinvention of the platformer. By that I mean that it is, by and large, just more levels of what we experienced in 2007’s Super Mario Galaxy. Super Mario Galaxy 2 is perhaps the truest “sequel” in the history of the storied franchise.
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