New Super Mario Galaxy screenshots, possible box art, NSF56K

PROX

Has anyone done this yet?

Kor

PROX wrote: »

Has anyone done this yet?

It starts...

JLM-AWP

NJD2004 wrote: »

Well i'll be getting a Wii just for this game.

Didn't you see the 17 montages during the press conference? It's a hot item. How do you expect to find one?

God, there were just too many of those for my liking.

agoaj

PROX wrote: »

Has anyone done this yet?

Late

SE++ got you by like an hour.

mekman 2

'Looks "incredible" and I love the remixed "power-up" sound, when Mario grabs a suit.

I've found my new favorite game.

MetaHybrid

Æthelred wrote: »

So what's going on with the collection of iced-gems in this game? I assume they're fractions of shattered stars or something; do we have to collect 100 of them to put together a star?

I think the second player can use them as ammo to shoot enemies, but there is probably more to it.

Blitz Rawket

This could be the single greatest game yet created. It's so novel and twisted, yet looks fun in a way very similar to the 2D games--like this is what 3D Mario should have been in the first place. I'm looking forward to it more than Brawl or MGS4.

MikeRyu

mekman 2 wrote: »

'Looks "incredible" and I love the remixed "power-up" sound, when Mario grabs a suit.

I've found my new favorite game.

I've only just noticed that too.

Could this be the first time in a long time that power-ups are proper power-ups again and not just tools used to get the next star?

Peewi

At first I thought that these crystal thingies had replaced coins, but rewatching the trailer, I noticed that there actually is coins in it. I'm just wondering what coins will be used for, because at a point an extra life is awarded when 50 crystals have been collected.

HtR-Laser

It looks like you can shoot the crystals in single player, too. There are a few times I've seen a single cursor shooting them in the trailer as opposed to there being two cursors on screen.

Bantry

Peewi wrote: »

At first I thought that these crystal thingies had replaced coins, but rewatching the trailer, I noticed that there actually is coins in it. I'm just wondering what coins will be used for, because at a point an extra life is awarded when 50 crystals have been collected.

Coins still refill life.

Which never really made sence to me, but then again mario doesn't have to make sence.

Maybe we'll actually get to use the coins as currency this time around.

Anyone else worried by the three section life-pizza? I hope you can make that bigger, although the guy that died in that demo video reapeared in the same place, so who knows what the point of that is now.

Zek

Bantry wrote: »

Peewi wrote: »

At first I thought that these crystal thingies had replaced coins, but rewatching the trailer, I noticed that there actually is coins in it. I'm just wondering what coins will be used for, because at a point an extra life is awarded when 50 crystals have been collected.

Coins still refill life.

Which never really made sence to me, but then again mario doesn't have to make sence.

Maybe we'll actually get to use the coins as currency this time around.

Anyone else worried by the three section life-pizza? I hope you can make that bigger, although the guy that died in that demo video reapeared in the same place, so who knows what the point of that is now.

I think I saw a 4 section life-pizza at one point, so it's probably upgradable. And I imagine the death penalty is toned down for the E3 demo.

Target Practice

agoaj wrote: »

Bee Mario! I wonder if he's voiced by Jerry Seinfeld in this game?

That was the first thing I thought of too.

Peewi

Bantry wrote: »

Anyone else worried by the three section life-pizza? I hope you can make that bigger, although the guy that died in that demo video reapeared in the same place, so who knows what the point of that is now.

I have an older video where there's 8 HP, so it's definitely upgradeable.

Original Rufus

So do we know that Galaxy is going to retain the hub world, stage-revisiting formula of old, or are we just assuming it will?

I'd love to see that idea, you know, abandoned, in a mine, but I'll still love the game regardless.

Bantry

Peewi wrote: »

I have an older video where there's 8 HP, so it's definitely upgradeable.

Interesting. Looks like we might have collectables that don't just increase the number by their icon on the pause scren for once.

Original Rufus wrote: »

So do we know that Galaxy is going to retain the hub world, stage-revisiting formula of old, or are we just assuming it will?

I'd love to see that idea, you know, abandoned, in a mine, but I'll still love the game regardless.

It sounds pretty likely to me. I'd rather have the missions (hopefully with some more varied objectives) than a linear set of levels, or a SMB3/SMW/NSMB style world map.

Considering how whacked out the levels are I can't begin to imagine how trippy the hub world will be. (assuming we haven't seen it already without knowing)

Then again, this is nintendo, so they could throw us a massive curve ball and come up with a completly different structure. Hell, I could imagine there just being a collossal single level of massive planets connected by tiny ones. That would be one hell of a free-roaming platformer.

Kor

Hub worlds can work for me, as long as they're progressive.

Example

Bad Hub World: Super Mario Sunshine

Good Hub World: Banjo-Kazooie

BahamutZERO

All I can think of is those commercials for that anti-allergy medication.

YesNoMu

Kor wrote: »

Hub worlds can work for me, as long as they're progressive.

Example

Bad Hub World: Super Mario Sunshine

Good Hub World: Banjo-Kazooie

You take that back, Delfino Isle was awesome. Walljumping up buildings, exploring the sewers, boosting around the place, it was fantastic.

MetaHybrid

YesNoMu wrote: »

Kor wrote: »

Hub worlds can work for me, as long as they're progressive.

Example

Bad Hub World: Super Mario Sunshine

Good Hub World: Banjo-Kazooie

You take that back, Delfino Isle was awesome. Walljumping up buildings, exploring the sewers, boosting around the place, it was fantastic.

I'd have to agree with Kor, the way you unlocked more places and found secret areas in Grunty's castle was really fun. I guess after seeing that, along with the castle in SM64, I was let down from the Hub world in sunshine.

YesNoMu

Oh, I'm not denying that BK's was great. I just think Sunshine gets an undeserved bad rap, for being too different.

Akatsuki

I loved jumping around in Sunshine's hub it was really fun.

Speed Racer

MetaHybrid wrote: »

YesNoMu wrote: »

Kor wrote: »

Hub worlds can work for me, as long as they're progressive.

Example

Bad Hub World: Super Mario Sunshine

Good Hub World: Banjo-Kazooie

You take that back, Delfino Isle was awesome. Walljumping up buildings, exploring the sewers, boosting around the place, it was fantastic.

I'd have to agree with Kor, the way you unlocked more places and found secret areas in Grunty's castle was really fun. I guess after seeing that, along with the castle in SM64, I was let down from the Hub world in sunshine.

The two hub worlds serve different purposes. The Banjo hub is more like a level in and of itself, where you just have to take breaks from it every now and then to do the other levels. the Sunshine hub is really just a hub.

Kor

Mushroom Pie wrote: »

MetaHybrid wrote: »

YesNoMu wrote: »

Kor wrote: »

Hub worlds can work for me, as long as they're progressive.

Example

Bad Hub World: Super Mario Sunshine

Good Hub World: Banjo-Kazooie

You take that back, Delfino Isle was awesome. Walljumping up buildings, exploring the sewers, boosting around the place, it was fantastic.

I'd have to agree with Kor, the way you unlocked more places and found secret areas in Grunty's castle was really fun. I guess after seeing that, along with the castle in SM64, I was let down from the Hub world in sunshine.

The two hub worlds serve different purposes. The Banjo hub is more like a level in and of itself, where you just have to take breaks from it every now and then to do the other levels. the Sunshine hub is really just a hub.

Then let me more accurately say that I want a hub world that has a transition to the worlds I'm traveling too.

I do not want more magical portals (ala SM64 and SMS) than I know what to do with.

Yeah, it was cool teleporting to the first world in SMS with that wierd watery window thingy, but then doing it again for world 2, 3, 5, & 7... That kinda sucked...

(I know those aren't the accurate levels, just making a point)

Lunker

Did you see this yet? You need to see this right the fuck now. 5-minute developer walkthrough -- shows the bee suit, transitioning between worlds and basic controls, all by a player that actually knows what he's doing.

I've been on a blackout in general, but I had to watch this ... and I won't be watching anything else. Seal the deal, Day 1 purchase for me, as if it weren't already.

Fireflash

That gameplay walkthrough is pure awesome.

LockeCole

This looks awesome. I want the shoe powerup from SMB3!

It looks great, although is it just me or does the world seem to be made out of felt?

Kor

So can someone answer a few questions for those of us behind filters?

Namely, the Hub question?

LockeCole

Any of those vids on youtube... I don't know how the hell this happened, but youtube isn't blocked at my work, but pretty much every other clip showing site is.

No Great Name

Fun times with game trailers comments(why do all sites feel that letting their idiot users make comments is a good idea?):

Thugnasty: Why Not Just FLY up instead of climbing honey combs. And Mario sounds like a fag

cloudeagle

Lunker wrote: »

Did you see this yet? You need to see this right the fuck now. 5-minute developer walkthrough -- shows the bee suit, transitioning between worlds and basic controls, all by a player that actually knows what he's doing.

I've been on a blackout in general, but I had to watch this ... and I won't be watching anything else. Seal the deal, Day 1 purchase for me, as if it weren't already.

I'll second this; it's pretty goddamn cool and will ease the fears of people who don't think there will be enough traditional platforming.

Plus Mario gets to tickle a big-ass bee queen.

Zek

Man, the bee queen's fur is really nice looking.

chubs

I think the shard thingies might just be ammo.

Edit: Oh. Just watched the walkthrough thing. Neat!

AbsoluteZero

I hope we get to collect star-derived items again. I hope that is the entire point of the game.

Graviija

I've got to admit, I'm not the biggest Mario fan. I mean, I've always liked the games, even loved a few, but as far as Nintendo's big three go (Metroid, Mario, Zelda) Mario has always been pretty far behind.

But this. This game. I can't even describe how excited just watching that video made me. Jesus CHRIST this looks so awesome.

Big Dookie

That video is hot. I'm feeling a little flushed right now.

Peewi

AbsoluteZero wrote: »

I hope we get to collect star-derived items again. I hope that is the entire point of the game.

It looks like it. I mean, that walkthrough video ends with the getting of a star.

toxk_02

From the currently live Roundtable: http://www.gamespot.com/news/6174737.html?action=convert&om_clk=latestnews&tag=latestnews;title;0

5:05 The game will have 6 greater areas with 40 galaxies spread across them. Of course, there will be 120 stars to collect, so this should have all the bulk of a typical Mario adventure.

5:01 He shows how, after you've collected enough star pieces, you can feed them to a friendly little star dude. His hunger sated, he zooms off into the sky and creates a new little planetoid.

5:00 They're now going to show off a new level not yet shown here at E3.

AbsoluteZero

Wahaha.

Shiggy just agreed Sunshine wasn't a worthy successor to Mario 64.

JJ

toxk_02 wrote: »

From the currently live Roundtable: http://www.gamespot.com/news/6174737.html?action=convert&om_clk=latestnews&tag=latestnews;title;0

5:05 The game will have 6 greater areas with 40 galaxies spread across them. Of course, there will be 120 stars to collect, so this should have all the bulk of a typical Mario adventure.

5:01 He shows how, after you've collected enough star pieces, you can feed them to a friendly little star dude. His hunger sated, he zooms off into the sky and creates a new little planetoid.

5:00 They're now going to show off a new level not yet shown here at E3.

Those posts don't show up for me. Could you post the whole thing? Put it under spoiler tags if it's big.