- Publisher: Nintendo
- Release Date: May 23, 2010

- Summary:
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- Developer: Nintendo EAD Tokyo
- Genre(s): Action, Platformer, Platformer, 3D, 3D
- # of players: No Online Multiplayer
- Cheats: On GameFAQs
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 87 out of 87
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Mixed: 0 out of 87
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Negative: 0 out of 87
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Improves on the first game and charms every bone of our game-loving bodies. With platforming and visual design of astronomical proportions, this is the best game for Wii so far.
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No matter which side of the gaming coin you come from, this whole new universe of planets is the most inventive, exuberant and, yes, fun set of challenges and diversions yet seen in the platform game genre. It miraculously outclasses a game that many believed could not be bettered, and once again leaves us wondering just how close Nintendo's bar has come to reaching its theoretical peak.
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Jan 18, 2011If you loved the first Super Mario Galaxy, you will adore the sequel.
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This the best Mario game Nintendo has released. Pure addiction.
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If you loved Galaxy you'll adore this. Yet another dazzling high-water mark in Mario's career. [June 2010, p.75]
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Super Mario Galaxy 2 is a big step up from an already great predecessor. It may not be perfect but it comes ever so close to it.
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Simultaneously more and less than its predecessor. It expands and elaborates on the gameplay in unpredictable ways, but the last one felt like a bigger, more complete adventure. That said, better core gameplay with less window dressing is infinitely preferable to the reverse.
Score distribution:
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Positive: 397 out of 431
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Mixed: 19 out of 431
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Negative: 15 out of 431
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S.KumarMay 24, 2010
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