Nintendo's holiday blockbuster is now playable at GameStop and other game stores in the U.S.
It's normal for Nintendo to put playable demos of its games at retail demo kiosks, but we thought it was worth a special mention for Super Mario Galaxy. The game is now playable at your local game store (including GameStop and EB Games stores nationwide), over two weeks before its release date of November 12th.
Nintendo shipped the full "gold" version of the game for the retail kiosks, so you could theoretically play through the entire game, except that other customers and eventually the staff will kick you off the kiosk or out of the store at some point. You can even save the game after getting one of the 120 stars, so if you're sneaky and keep your own separate game file, you might actually make some progress over the course of a few visits to the store.
Not surprisingly, Nintendo is a little concerned about people playing too far into the game, and they have apparently asked GameStop employees (through a corporate memo to stores) to prevent customers from taking video of the later stages.