{"id":2297,"date":"2013-02-08T19:59:41","date_gmt":"2013-02-08T19:59:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.controlpadblues.com\/?p=2297"},"modified":"2013-02-08T19:59:41","modified_gmt":"2013-02-08T19:59:41","slug":"my-top-100-21-super-mario-galaxy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.controlpadblues.com\/?p=2297","title":{"rendered":"My Top 100: #21 – Super Mario Galaxy"},"content":{"rendered":"
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2007 – Wii (Nintendo)<\/p><\/div>\n

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It’s fairly difficult to come up with an interesting “retro” story when a game is a bit newer, but I’ll give it a shot anyway.<\/p>\n

When the Nintendo Revolution was re-branded as the Wii at E3 in 2006, it left a lot of us scratching our heads.\u00a0 We were still wrapping our minds around the idea of a remote control “baton”,\u00a0but\u00a0trying not to make childish jokes about the male anatomy became\u00a0the new challenge.<\/p>\n

Along with the name change,\u00a0Nintendo showed\u00a0new footage of titles we were expecting, and some we were not.\u00a0 Wii Sports, Excite Truck, Wario Ware\u00a0<\/em>and Metroid Prime 3 <\/em>were definitely\u00a0going to make the most of the new control scheme, and I was quite intrigued by all of them.\u00a0 Red Steel<\/em> looked incredible, as well!<\/p>\n

The Mario<\/em> game\u00a0shown\u00a0in the console’s demo video\u00a0looked\u00a0cool, but it\u00a0seemed like\u00a0you could\u00a0get pretty\u00a0dizzy going around\u00a0those little planets.\u00a0 I wasn’t convinced\u00a0the game\u00a0would be\u00a0anything spectacular, especially since Sunshine<\/em> had been\u00a0slightly disappointing.<\/p>\n

Thankfully,\u00a0I was proven wrong.<\/p>\n

This game is the ultimate realization of the dream Shigeru Miyamoto had\u00a0when making Super Mario 64<\/em>.\u00a0 There are no F.L.U.D.D.-like gimmicks; \u00a0just fantastic platforming with\u00a0such a wide variety of gameplay elements\u00a0that it’ll\u00a0rock your socks off.<\/p>\n

For example, you had to re-think the whole concept of “walking off the edge”.\u00a0 What was a\u00a0death trap in prior games was now an invitation for you\u00a0to take a chance, and to see if you could explore the underside of\u00a0the world you were on.\u00a0 It was always an interesting feeling during those brief\u00a0moments where you weren’t completely sure if you were going to plummet to your death, or have the camera flip upside-down with you as gravity kept you\u00a0planted on the\u00a0surface.<\/p>\n

Wall jumps, double and triple-jumps and long jumps were all back.\u00a0 With a quick shake of the Wii Remote, Mario could\u00a0spin in mid-air and extend his hangtime for just a\u00a0smidge longer.\u00a0 This new move\u00a0really helped your ability to tackle some of the challenges the game threw at you – and there were many, as evidenced by the video below!<\/p>\n

Although Galaxy<\/em> didn’t quite have the impact other games in the series had, it’s still one of the best platformers I’ve ever had the pleasure of playing through more than once.<\/p>\n

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