Author Topic: Mario Galaxy (Read 321620 times)

ShyGuy · « **Reply #300 on:** October 04, 2007, 11:39:35 AM »

Okay, I just watched the video of the intro. Holy Crap, is that better than Sunshine. Gamecube 1.5 INDEED.

GoldenPhoenix · « **Reply #301 on:** October 04, 2007, 11:44:30 AM »

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Okay, I just watched the video of the intro. Holy Crap, is that better than Sunshine. Gamecube 1.5 INDEED.

Well according to my friend it looks like N64 1.5 if that.

ShyGuy · « **Reply #302 on:** October 04, 2007, 11:52:52 AM »

Your friend is an idiot, punch him in the face.

Mashiro · « **Reply #303 on:** October 04, 2007, 12:43:44 PM »

I stand by my previous statement:

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Your friend is legally blind

I must say though the games beauty never ceases to amaze me. =)

Hostile Creation · « **Reply #304 on:** October 04, 2007, 12:49:05 PM »

I love Sunshine. I never owned the game (borrowed it twice, extensively), but I still want to get it sometime. Why? Because it feels like a huge playground. Super Mario 64 and SMB3 and all those games, they have a great layout and they're very well constructed and the objectives are challenging yet fun. Super Mario Sunshine has a reasonably good structure, but not much of one when comparing it to previous Mario games. Yet I have played tons of Sunshine and would still like to, just because it's fun to move in the game, because the controls are the most brilliant I've ever laid my fingers on.

I'm not going to say that it's better than Mario 64 or SMB3. I've played the other two more, but only because they've been out longer (and I had less games to play then, relying on my parents to purchase them for me). I just find Sunshine a very enjoyable experience, and like the setting, it feels like taking a vacation for a few hours whenever I play.

I think Super Mario Galaxy will blow it away, though. I think it will define, for me, the Mario game. That's kind of a highfalutin' thing to say, but I've seen the videos and it seems so fully to be what I've always wanted from a game, that it's hard to believe it could be otherwise.
I suppose I could be setting myself up for disappointment. I hope I'm just setting myself up for supreme satisfaction.

Svevan · « **Reply #305 on:** October 04, 2007, 04:51:04 PM »

Based on those videos, this game looks magical.

I'm still worried about using the pointer, though. You all will have to tell me your opinion when the game comes out, cause I may be the only one who really hates it.

Crimm · « **Reply #306 on:** October 04, 2007, 05:11:13 PM »

I want this game so much. I'm kind of worried, Nintendo isn't doing this game the hype service it seems to deserve. They're doin a bit for Brawl, but I think maybe they should spend some time on Galaxy.

IceCold · « **Reply #307 on:** October 04, 2007, 05:12:49 PM »

Well Sunshine still sold 6 million + units on the Cube of all consoles, so I'm not worried about sales for Galaxy - they'll be just fine. But I do agree that they should still set aside a huge budget for advertising.

Crimm · « **Reply #308 on:** October 04, 2007, 05:18:42 PM »

It isn't that I'm worried about sales, I think it will do fine with the install base. I'm not so much worried about Galaxy either. I think they should be using Galaxy to say "HEY REGULAR GAMERS! LOOK! WE CAN DO GODDAMN AMAZING GAMES HERE TOO!"

GoldenPhoenix · « **Reply #309 on:** October 04, 2007, 06:21:16 PM »

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I want this game so much. I'm kind of worried, Nintendo isn't doing this game the hype service it seems to deserve. They're doin a bit for Brawl, but I think maybe they should spend some time on Galaxy.

Oh gosh, don't start that again!

Crimm · « **Reply #310 on:** October 04, 2007, 06:25:06 PM »

CONSIDER IT STARTED!

NOT ENOUGH PR!

Mashiro · « **Reply #311 on:** October 05, 2007, 02:38:46 PM »

From The-Magicbox.com

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Nintendo announced they received 700,000 pre-orders of the Wii action game Super Mario Galaxy in Japan, the game will be available in Japan on November 1, 2007.

Not enough PR Nintendo, BOO.

Crimm · « **Reply #312 on:** October 05, 2007, 02:54:38 PM »

Keyword: Japan

IceCold · « **Reply #313 on:** October 05, 2007, 04:59:40 PM »

Damn, that is amazing. Japan has always liked 2D Mario games more - Sunshine didn't do too well over there. But the preorders for Galaxy are even more than those for New Super Mario Bros and Animal Crossing: WW back in the day.

I guess the Wii and the Mario franchise are incredibly hot right now in Japan.

Crimm · « **Reply #314 on:** October 05, 2007, 05:10:32 PM »

I just wonder if NCL is doing more to hype it over there than NOA is here.

Svevan · « **Reply #315 on:** October 05, 2007, 07:21:47 PM »

People in North America still look at Mario boxes and laugh. The original unofficial boxart for Mario Galaxy seriously looked like a PlaySchool game; Super Mario Sunshine did little to sell itself.

That is, to the average gamer. Mario fans (who should have never been pushed to the fringe, but they were) knew the games were great.

Crimm · « **Reply #316 on:** October 05, 2007, 07:23:29 PM »

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People in North America still look at Mario boxes and laugh. The original unofficial boxart for Mario Galaxy seriously looked like a PlaySchool game

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I honestly think Nintendo needs to find a way to make game playable in stores. I've thought up a few ways you could mount the Wii remotes. If Mario Galaxy plays as good as it looks, the ability to play it may sell the game just fine.

Mashiro · « **Reply #317 on:** October 05, 2007, 08:27:00 PM »

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People in North America still look at Mario boxes and laugh.

And you know this . . . how?

*Awaiting enlightenment*

Svevan · « **Reply #318 on:** October 05, 2007, 08:36:29 PM »

I have seen people's reactions in store once or twice. I have also had one person look through my game collection, point out Super Mario Sunshine, and say, "I saw this in the store and laughed out loud." A non-gamer, for sure, but they thought the game looked stupid.

edit: Also, I laughed out loud at the original unofficial SM Galaxy art, or I would have had I not been crying.

And have you never been inside a GameStop? Those people hate cartoony crap like Mario and Celda; it's OFFENSIVE to them.

GoldenPhoenix · « **Reply #319 on:** October 05, 2007, 08:42:25 PM »

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I have seen people's reactions in store once or twice. I have also had one person look through my game collection, point out Super Mario Sunshine, and say, "I saw this in the store and laughed out loud." A non-gamer, for sure, but they thought the game looked stupid.

edit: Also, I laughed out loud at the original unofficial SM Galaxy art, or I would have had I not been crying.

And have you never been inside a GameStop? Those people hate cartoony crap like Mario and Celda; it's OFFENSIVE to them.

Must be why the manager at Gamestop was trying to sell people Mario Galaxy right?

Mashiro · « **Reply #320 on:** October 05, 2007, 08:43:56 PM »

Ah perhaps you should have worded it people you know or in your area . . . because (myself being in North America and such and at the time of Sunshine having worked in video game retail) have never seen people laugh at its box art out-loud.

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edit: Also, I laughed out loud at the original unofficial SM Galaxy art, or I would have had I not been crying.

And have you never been inside a GameStop? Those people hate cartoony crap like Mario and Celda; it's OFFENSIVE to them.

So you were crying at unofficial box art why?

And who gives a damn about these supposed people inside gamestop. It's OFFENSIVE to them? Why? Where you live seems weird because the gamestops around me are very happy to promote Wii's games, including Mario Galaxy and they themselves say they cannot wait for it so . . .

Double Edit: It's nice to know you can speak for ALL THE PEOPLE IN THE WORLD working at Gamestop. You clearly know all Evan.

*No longer awaiting enlightenment*

GoldenPhoenix · « **Reply #321 on:** October 05, 2007, 08:47:06 PM »

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Ah perhaps you should have worded it people you know or in your area . . . because (myself being in North America and such and at the time of Sunshine having worked in video game retail) have never seen people laugh at box art out-loud.

Actually I concur, I haven't seen it. Heck most people seem to outright ignore the box art if it isn't of a game they are interested in or doesn't intrigue them. When someone who obviously knows nothing about games looks at the box art, they only seem to react to ones they are interested in. The only time I can imagine someone laughing at it is if they hate the game and are with a friend or something and feel like mocking it.

IceCold · « **Reply #322 on:** October 05, 2007, 08:53:49 PM »

Plus the actual box art for Galaxy is amazing.

Crimm · « **Reply #323 on:** October 05, 2007, 09:02:08 PM »

Cartoony = bad?

I vote for the Mega Man II treatment. You get on that burly Mario, NOA.

Svevan · « **Reply #324 on:** October 05, 2007, 09:03:57 PM »

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Ah perhaps you should have worded it people you know or in your area . . . because (myself being in North America and such and at the time of Sunshine having worked in video game retail) have never seen people laugh at its box art out-loud.

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edit: Also, I laughed out loud at the original unofficial SM Galaxy art, or I would have had I not been crying.

And have you never been inside a GameStop? Those people hate cartoony crap like Mario and Celda; it's OFFENSIVE to them.

So you were crying at unofficial box art why?

Because it was thought to be official at the time.

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And who gives a damn about these supposed people inside gamestop. It's OFFENSIVE to them? Why? Where you live seems weird because the gamestops around me are very happy to promote Wii's games, including Mario Galaxy and they themselves say they cannot wait for it so . . .

The workers at GameStop are one thing. The customers are another. I wasn't clear that I was talking about customers.

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Double Edit: It's nice to know you can speak for ALL THE PEOPLE IN THE WORLD working at Gamestop. You clearly know all Evan.

*No longer awaiting enlightenment*

Why'd you get so rude about a simple statement?

Fixed: I have seen people laugh at Mario box art. I believe it is too often candy-colored and kiddy-looking to attract anyone over the age of 12 unless they already know about the game.

I, like IceCold, love the SM Galaxy art. The only thing that will attract gamers to it is the word Mario.

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Author Topic: Mario Galaxy (Read 321620 times)