Super Mario Galaxy

Super Mario Galaxy is the last episode left the series of the Super Mario and is called for this reason, at least initially, with being the principal play Mario console Wii, as its predecessors in the series were it for the preceding consoles. It was developed by the studio Nintendo EAD Tokyo, intern at Nintendo. It would be derived from a play called Super Mario 128 announced on Gamecube in 2000, but which never left. Super Mario Galaxy is the continuation Super Mario Sunshine, play left on Nintendo Gamecube in 2002.

History

Every hundred years, a comet crosses the sky of the Kingdom Mushroom and pours there grinds star fragments. Toads are armed then with courage and collect the star fragments then gather them close to the castle, where they amalgamate to give rise to a super star.

To celebrate this godsend (it is literally one), a festival is organized: the festival of the star fragments. In her great kindness, the Peach Princess invites Mario and entrusts to him with the passage which it has something for him (but what??). Extremely of this Mario invitation goes to the castle, and when it arrives the festival beats full sound and it is filled with wonder. All with the air at best, but…

Flying ships of Bowser (so seen in Super Mario Bros. 3 and Super Mario 64) arrive and launch balls of gun on Toadville. The balls on fire destroy the city, and the rays of ice freeze Toads. Mario, while trying to avoid the shooting of balls, notices that principal ship flying, that of Bowser, move towards the castle of Peach. Mario sinks of this step to the castle, but arrived on the bridge, a flying saucer arrives and carries the Castle in space. Mario, who is always on the bridge, tries to be raised, but Kamek, Koopa magician which raised Bowser, arrives and destroys the bridge of the castle. Mario is thus projected in space and lands on the strange moon above the Kingdom Mushroom.

When it returns to him, Mario carries out that it is in a place that it does not know. Hardly it has time to notice in front of him a small star which shines that this one changes into white rabbit and puts itself to speak to him. " Be awaked to you? Then amuses us a little! ". Carried out by rabbit, Mario makes soon the meeting of strange Harmonie, mother of stars. And the galactic adventures of Mario start.

Characters

Mario

Mario is the hero of the Kingdom Mushroom, but also a plumber. He and Peach have a very personal relation of love. It must traverse the galaxies to find 120 Super Stars to accumulate enough power to be propelled to the Castle of the Peach Princess and to save her beloved.

Peach princess

She is the princess Kingdom Mushroom. She is often made kidnap by Bowser, but meanwhile, she makes sport and has fun the festival. This time, Bowser sent its castle in space. Will Mario succeed in saving it?

Princess Harmonizes

It is the princess who sees all since the way of the gate of stars: when it was small, it was given up by her mother. She is the friend of all Lumas, and Lumas call it all " maman". Bowser stole 7 large stars of its spacecraft and its house, where live also all Lumas. Without these stars, its house cannot recover its capacitées of spacecraft, and thus cannot travel any more through space. Knowing the problem of Mario, the assistance in its adventure Harmonizes.

Bowser

Bowser is the horrible king of the Royaume Koopa, which sows terror everywhere and wants to marry in Peach to reign on the Kingdom Mushroom. With each time it captures it, Mario arrives and always beats it, but this year, during the festival of the star fragments, it manages to capture Peach at the same time as it takes along its castle in space whereas Mario can nothing make for preventing some. It stole 7 Large Stars to Harmony to create its own galaxy which it invites Peach to visit. Mario will end up beating Bowser and recovering all Large Stars but…

Luigi

Luigi is the little brother of Mario, he is fixed in mechanics. He lives with his big brother, and wants to be a hero like him. He is him besides also plumber. Whereas Mario was also going to celebrate to him the festival of the cycle of the asteroids, Luigi was, with a few tens of Toads, in the Castle of the Peach Princess. When Bowser sent the castle in space, Toads succeeded in fleeing, but not Luigi, which was projected in the haunted Manor. After being delivered by Mario, he explained to him why he had found by chance a super star. He thus gave it to Mario who carried out it in the Palate of the Princess Harmonizes. After Mario saved the galaxies, Luigi made the same adventure, but in another parallel world…

Bowser Jr.

Bowser Junior, the son of Bowser, which had made its appearance in the precedent opus of the series, is of return, more malicious than ever! Bowser gave him its own flying ship. Bowser Junior is given to get rid of Mario.

Cosmic Mario

Mario Cosmique is a clone of Mario, but in blue, which lives on Comet of shade. Thinking that there is a Mario in excess in this dimension, it decided to face Mario with the race. Who will be the best?

Luma

Lumas are babies stars, as small as of normal mushrooms. They call the princess Harmonie " Mom ". They eat star glares. According to their colors, they can be transformed into certain things or give capacities.

Luma reds give new objects;

Luma blue are transformed into Stars Cramps;

Luma yellows can be transformed into Rings Stars;

Luma pinks (Goinfres Luma) are transformed into new planets, in exchange of star fragments of which they are fond of delicacies.

Chiko

Chiko is white Luma, which was before a friend of Peach. It gave to Mario and Luigi the capacity to whirl.

Chocosta

It is the elder one of Luma, very good friend of Harmony which he knows better than whoever. It with the color of the chocolate. He also knows very well Luma.

Cosmic Luigi

Just like his/her big brother, Mario Cosmic, Luigi Cosmique want to beat his double, Luigi, with the race.

Gameplay

Mario is controlled at the same time by the Nunchuk and the movements of the player. For example, to carry out a special jump, the hand of the player will carry out a movement upwards or from left to right, by shaking the lever. Another character will accompany Mario at the time of his adventures: a star which will enable you to carry out certain attacks. This star will have to be moved using the Wiimote, used like pointer, and will be also used to interact with certain elements of the decoration.

Co-operative mode

The co-operative mode of the play makes it possible two joueuers to make the adventure at the same time. Player 1 directs Mario, as in the normal version, any innovation on this point Ci. On the other hand, player 2 is there to help the player by collecting fragments, by blocking enemies a few seconds, while making jump Mario… all that while clicking above with the Wii remote control. The co-operative mode is a tool of assistance more than another thing. Player 2 does not have many things to make and is there as a visitor than another thing.

Transformations

By taking objects, Mario changes and can use certain capacities, unusable when Mario is normal. Here a list of its transformations.

Mario bee: By eating Champi Bumblebee, Mario transforms himself into man-bee and can fly during a course amount of time, but also cling to the hives and the petals of flowers. If Mario bee touches water, it will become again normal.

Mario phantom: When Mario eats Fantô-Champi, it is transformed into Boo phantom and can fly infinitely. It can also become intangible and cross nettings and certain walls. If Mario phantom passes in the light, it becomes again human. It should be noted that it is impossible to speak with somebody if one is Mario phantom.

Mario rainbow: Since Super Mario Bros., the stars return invincible that which touches one of them… By taking a star, Mario will thus become invincible and super-rapid. At the end of a few seconds, Mario becomes again vulnerable.

Mario of ice: If Mario touches a Fleur of Glace, its body is transformed into ice and it can thus run on water and the lava, by leaving a platform frozen behind him. If Mario of ice touches fire, it will become again normal.

Mario of fire: Traditional… When Mario touches a Fleur of Feu, fire runs in its veins in the place of blood, and Mario can launch fireballs. That thus enables him to attack remote enemies. If Mario of fire is made touch by an enemy, it will become again normal.

Mario arises: When Mario touches Champi-Arises, its body becomes elastic and enoué by a giant spring. In this form, Mario can rebound and make enormous jumps, to reach very high places. If it is made touch by an enemy, it will become again normal, therefore attention!

Mario-wheel: When Mario touches a Star of Flight, it is transformed into Mario-Wheel: it can fly in the airs and thus to pass certain places, go on inaccessible platforms, etc etc… At the end of a few tens of seconds, Mario becomes again normal.

To note that Luigi has the same transformations as his/her brother.

Controversies

Jacket: If one reads only the letters of the title decorated with a star, one can read " U R MR. GAY" (You are Mr. Gay = You are Mr. Gay). The originators claim that this fact is a coincidence. NOTE: The developers decided to change the logo of the play. Now, the letters decorated with a star are P MY GAX.

Language: Several Inhabitants of Quebec complained about the quality of the Quebec version because the characters of the plays speak in joual (ex: " Moé chu postier." ; " The trunk will arrive, a little patience." ; " Hééé! there are bombs in mass! Do you want to be to make use of it to explode drainings in the corner? ").

Criticisms

Super Mario Galaxy is considered, with the image of Super Mario 64 on Nintendo 64, like a revolutionary play in its kind, which was worth excellent criticisms on behalf of the majority to him of store and treating Web sites of the video plays. Jeuxvideo.com allots the note of 19/20, IGN the note of 9,7/10 and GameSpy to him as Puissance Nintendo grant both to him the perfect note.

The site Game Rankings, specialized in the regrouping of the notes of various media of the video game gives to the play an average of 97,8/100, which enables him to exceed, since November 17th, 2007, The Legend off Zelda: Ocarina off Time, play considered from its exit as the best set of all times. November 21st, Ocarina Of Time takes again the first place.

The three plays the best with dimensions ones on Game Rankings thus left the studios of Nintendo (Metroid Prime, Ocarina off Time and Super Mario Galaxy).

In the same way, the site Metacritic, in its classification of the best video games of all times by the international press, off places it at the 2nd position with a total of 98/100 behind legendary The Legend Zelda: Ocarina off Time and its 99/100.

Lastly, the play collected the perfect note in a very great number of specialized magazines. It is often described like more the big game Mario of the series, more the big game of platforms of all times and like best the video game of the decade.

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