When i had my beloved Nintendo Wii "i had so much fun" using it and one of my favourite games indeed was this one. I had played Mario games on other systems such as the Nintendo 64 and the Dream Cast but Mario Sunshine left me frustrated and ready to throw the darn Dream Cast out the window because i got so far in it then i just couldn't get past one particular level "no matter how hard" that i tried and Super Mario 64 was brilliant but i never got round to finishing it. When i got my Nintendo Wii last Christmas, i was so excited about getting it and i had picked a few particular games one of them being the brilliant Sims Castaway. I have always loved The Sims games so for the first while although Super Mario Galaxy was sitting there i hardly ever used it. After my brother's reminding me for the hundreth time how good it was supposed to be. I decided it was time to give it a try. I must say at the beginning i was less than enthusiastic and was ready to be cracking up and very irritated by it because Mario Sunshine almost drove me mad. I have to say i was pleasantly surprised because this was actually brilliant and quite addictive too. I found myself up at 4 am in the morning still unable to stop playing it.

The controls were easy to use and the only time that i remember them being particularly hard to use was in levels such as The Rolling Gizmo Galaxy. In this you had to balance Mario on top of a ball and get Mario around the level without falling of the edge. This reminded me of the Super Monkey Ball games. The controller had to be moved corresponding with the way that you needed it to and this involved tilting the controller. This was probably the only thing that i didn't like about the game because its another one of those levels like in Mario Sunshine that had me wanting to throw the "Wii out the window. It was a nightmare and the music for the level in question was extremely irritating and reminded me of clown music you would hear at a circus. After playing this level over and over about a hundred times before completing it..

Which believe me is highly irritating "especially" if you have dodged a lot of obstacles in order to get there and been ever so careful. Once you get further on you will also gain many other means of transport. These include the ability to fly and the ability to walk on water(this turns to ice) for limited amounts of time. The main place is The Comet Observatory which you will see a lot of. This is were you start of and also were you return to once you exit or complete a level. It is beautiful and thankfully the music wont drive you insane either.The music used in it "is miles apart" from the irritating excuse for music used in that Rolling Gizmo fiasco. This has six circular shaped areas and each one gives you access to the levels in the game. There is quite a lot of places in this area to explore and it is my favourite part. This is similar to the other Mario games in the sense that "the more power stars" you collect. The more levels will become available to you. The only difference being that in this you are opening up new galaxy's.You just travel from one area to the next based on which part you need to access. You can run or walk, i always preferred to run because obviously its a lot quicker.

The plot for this is good and it is quite interesting to watch it unfold as you get further up in the levels. The plot begins with Princess Peach inviting Mario to The Star Festival to celebrate a comet. Then evil bowzer shows up in The mushroom kingdom and wreaks havoc. He rips peaches castle from the ground and carry's it off with her into the depths of outer space. Mario try's unsuccessfully to rescue her. As all Mario players will be aware of who have seen the plots of the games in the past. Peach is the damsel in distress and Mario always try's to save her. After his first failed attempt he sets out again on his mission to rescue her from the evil grasp of Bowzer but will he? He has to regain the stolen power stars so that Rosalina'a mobile observatory can travel once again. The library also has a lot to do with the plot and as you progress in the game you will see more and more chapters will be opened up and when they are they will be read to you by Rosalina. If you choose. If you cant be bothered you can just skip the library LOL

They still maintained that i would not have the patience to complete the game fully and one of them said that he knew me and that with my impatience i simply wouldn't last for the whole game. So when i finally beat the game i was jumping up and down and saying yay! That may seem like a over reaction but after all the hours spent trying to beat it. I assure you that you would be too. This lasted quite a long time there was plenty of levels and because it was difficult it lasted even longer because some nights i just got so frustrated with it. I was like that's bloody it! Then i went on up to bed because since i was playing it all

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Super Mario Galaxy (Wii)

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