Super Mario Galaxy 2 Review

I have played Mario Galaxy 2 and have completed the game. These are my thoughts about the game play, graphics and where I think the game could have been improved.

The game is a classic Mario game.

Mario has to rescue Princess Peach, as Bowser has once again kidnapped her. It's a good and a bad thing that this is the same storyline as other Mario games. It's a good thing because you don't have to learn a whole new set of characters, and Bowser is hard enough to beat as it is! 

It's a bad thing because seriously, how many times do you have to rescue a princess before the kidnapper realises that he isn't going to get away with it?! If I was Mario or Princess Peach, I would be thinking about taking out a restraining order against Bowser!

The graphics are bright and colourful and it is lovely to see a lot of colour in the video game, especially considering a lot of games these days are going quite dark or are just using blocks of colour.

The characters are still in their cartoon style of animation, but it is a lot smoother than the old 8Bit games where Mario first made his name as *the* hero of an action platformer.

I think that the game could have been improved by being longer and having a wider selection of power ups available.

I give the game eight stars out of ten.