Super Mario Galaxy 2 gets 10/10 in Edge Magazine

Dozen Wicked Words

Edge Review Here

Only the 12th game they have given 10/10 to, heres the rest:


* Super Mario 64 (Nintendo 64) - E35 (1996)
* Gran Turismo (Sony PlayStation) - E55 (1997)
* The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (Nintendo 64) - E66 (1998)
* Halo: Combat Evolved (Xbox) - E105 (2001)
* Half-Life 2 (Windows PC) - E143 (2004)
* Halo 3 (Xbox 360) - E181 (2007)
* The Orange Box (Windows PC, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360) - E182 (2007)
* Super Mario Galaxy (Wii) - E183 (2007)
* Grand Theft Auto IV (PlayStation 3, Xbox 360) - E189 (2008)
* LittleBigPlanet (PlayStation 3) - E195 (2008)
* Bayonetta (PlayStation 3, Xbox 360) - E209 (2009) Stat taken from here post 4 Gaydrian!

Would have bought it regardless of the review but this is reassuring!!

Mr. K

No big surprise, but it's cool to see. Good 3D Mario is...good?

Josey Wales

I'm not sure if I'm going to get it. I have the first one but still haven't beaten it. I'm very close to the end but I just can't drag myself back to it. I don't know why. I guess maybe I just prefer 2D Mario games.

tman

Wonder if it's a well deserved 10/10, or a 'Halo 3' 10/10 though...

Mr E

Gran Turismo, GTAIV or Bayonetta aren't worth 10 either.

SMG2 is a launch day buy for me regardless, but a 10/10 review in Edge wouldn't automatically seal the deal for me.

VenomIreland

Possibly that they got paid to give it a high score, many gaming magazines, notably Japan's Famitsu, accept bribes.

Irish Halo

VenomIreland wrote: »

Possibly that they got paid to give it a high score, many gaming magazines, notably Japan's Famitsu, accept bribes.

Seeing as The Edge have only handed out twelve "10/10"s in its history this would suggest they can't be bought ....

VenomIreland

Irish Halo wrote: »

Seeing as The Edge have only handed out twelve "10/10"s in its history this would suggest they can't be bought ....

Famitsu had given out very few, then, all of a sudden, they were handing out 40/40's left,right and center.

Retr0gamer

Yeah but it also coincides with when they started taking 'advertising money'

I would never trust an Edge review and think they are full of **** but I'm looking forward to this game. It will be better than 10/10 Halo 3 that's for sure.

Ol' Donie

Am i right in saying this is out on June 11?

Last time i pre-ordered a game in a shop, i managed to get it the evening before it came out. If i could get my hands on this the evening befoe the World Cup started...well that would just be swell.:p

NunianVonFuch

I agree with every other ten except Halo 3 and GTA IV so this is a must-buy now! Galaxy was the only 3D Mario game I ever played to 100% and hopefully this can be equal to it.

johnny_ultimate

Mr E wrote: »

Bayonetta [isn't] worth 10 either.

Blasphemy!

Not too surprised about this after reading the review last night. Super Mario Galaxy was a wonderful experience, one of the most inventive and enjoyable games I've ever played. If this does indeed do even more with the ideas and mechanics laid out by the first, well I think my mind will be blown once again.

falan

Bayonetta on Amazon uk is only about £13 at the minute...22euro delivered to ireland:)

Ol' Donie

Hmmm...

Any chance there might be one of those midnight launches for this?

spongeman

I find Edge to give very tough and honest reviews.

Its very unlikely they take bribes.

krudler

Cant stand Edge tbh, they have an air of self importance about their reviews, as if other magazines should just wait and see what they give it, I much prefer Games TM's approach to gaming.

spongeman

Yeah but Games TM copied Edge's scoring system, ie 5 is average ?

tman

Spongeman1 wrote: »

Yeah but Games TM copied Edge's scoring system, ie 5 is average ?

Don't most places use that system? Eurogamer to name one...

who coincidentally gave SMG2 10/10

You can hardly hold that against them

spongeman

Im surprised Goldeneye did'nt get a ten ?

ghostchant

Spongeman1 wrote: »

Yeah but Games TM copied Edge's scoring system, ie 5 is average ?

I would have thought that when using a marking scale between 0 (I'm guessing 0, rather than 1) and 10, 5 would be the logical definition of average. It's not like Edge invented arithmetic.

Though you do come across reviews on sites and in magazines that label games as "average" and then give them 7 out of 10 or equivalent.

witnessmenow

ghostchant wrote: »

I would have thought that when using a marking scale between 0 (I'm guessing 0, rather than 1) and 10, 5 would be the logical definition of average. It's not like Edge invented arithmetic.

Though you do come across reviews on sites and in magazines that label games as "average" and then give them 7 out of 10 or equivalent.

The former is how it should be, if a site is giving average games 7/10 then basically anything below 4 or 5 is terrible.

3 scores between average (7/10) and perfection (10/10) isn't enough, while having 3 scores between terrible (3/10) and absolutely woeful (0/10) is pointlessly high.

CiDeRmAn

tman wrote: »

Wonder if it's a well deserved 10/10, or a 'Halo 3' 10/10 though...

Ohh, bitchy!

It is possibly an 11/10, that is, so good it needs a whole new branch of imaginary numbers to come up with a score better than 10/10.

The game truly is a piece of jeweled perfection, a constant source of delight and surprise and capable of making any gamer, however jaded, remember what it was like as a child, playing games for the first time.
For me, that was the first time I played Battlezone and Donkey Kong in an arcade back in the day, for you it'll be something different I suppose, but rest assured Super Mario Galaxy 2 will take you there.

witnessmenow

Guess its time to dig out the ol wii so :P

wes

Pre-ordered this the other day. Will have to get the batteries charged and ready to play this .

Dozen Wicked Words

The coop play with the second player looks a bit better than the first, a little luma rather that a plain star. My kids thought the original was brilliant in itself, they were happy enough collecting star bits and holding off enemies, so I think they will be delighted with that and Yoshi arriving.

Star Lord

I got a US copy, it's fecking excellent so far, and I'm just at the end of the first galaxy as I've been really busy! I'd say that already it's got a slight edge on the first Galaxy game.

Mcjmetroid

It's a great game guys. I believe it to be mario's best 3d platformer.

Unless games like super mario 64 and sunshine in this game you know EXACTLY where you're going and it's unlikely you will get lost.

The map system works too. The 10/10 scores are justified, any complaint with the game isn't worth docking it a mark.

Dermo

any irish retailers doing pre order deals?

Josey Wales

How does the co-op play work in this game? There was not much to it in the first.

johnny_ultimate

Can't wait to get my hands on this. Screw every other game in my 'currently playing' pile.

Am going to pop down to Bray town around six or seven and see if anyone is selling early.

Turtwig

Definite buy tomorrow. Looking forward to the weekend even more now.:)

doyler442

I'm very surprised with the lack of enthusiasm around this game - every review has basically said its one of the best games they have ever played yet some people are having doubts and few people seem to be posting here about it.

If this was a release for Xbox or PS3 there would be pages and pages of people talking about it and trying to find out if someone has got it yet from any stores.

I can't wait for it and will definitely be going in tonight round 6 to see if I have any chance of getting it, and if not probably try Tesco later tonight.

Mr. K

Dermo wrote: »

any irish retailers doing pre order deals?

Game have a collector's tin (like they did for NSMBW) and HMV have a t-shirt.

Game's tin: http://gonintendo.com/viewstory.php?id=123365

HMV t-shirt: http://hmv.com/hmvweb/displayProductDetails.do?ctx=324;6;-1;-1;83&sku=302287

Mr E

If anyone gets confirmed prices for the various retailers, please post here.
Definitely grabbing this at lunchtime tomorrow.

Mcjmetroid

Josey Wales wrote: »

How does the co-op play work in this game? There was not much to it in the first.

It's a little bit more invoved from the first game but the second player controls an orange luma.

They can spin mario, grab coins, grab star bits and press a and point at an enemy to stun them.

That's about it

Fysh

re: Prices - those of you not itching to get it in your grubby mitts tomorrow should check out this page on BleedingCool.com describing how to order it from Littlewoods at an eventual price of £24 (dropping to £20.80 if you go in for some cashback scheme as well).

johnny_ultimate

Predictably no-one would sell it to me (although the girl in Smyths seemed disappointed that she had a box of them beside her but couldn't sell them!) but I got a general price idea. 45 in Smyths with loyalty card, same in Gamestop (I didn't ask if they were selling it because I'm not buying it there anyway). Xtravision was 50, but according to the worker it comes with - and I quote - 'a free controller thingie'.

ShaneU

HMV is €45 iirc

It's £32 on amazon if you can wait until next week to get it.

Gunmonkey

johnny_ultimate wrote: »

Predictably no-one would sell it to me (although the girl in Smyths seemed disappointed that she had a box of them beside her but couldn't sell them!) but I got a general price idea. 45 in Smyths with loyalty card, same in Gamestop (I didn't ask if they were selling it because I'm not buying it there anyway). Xtravision was 50, but according to the worker it comes with - and I quote - 'a free controller thingie'.

Interesting, may take a peek tomorrow and see, even though I just bought the first SMG yesterday. Its probably a special rubber sleeve with Mario images or such.

corcaigh07

doyler442 wrote: »

I'm very surprised with the lack of enthusiasm around this game - every review has basically said its one of the best games they have ever played yet some people are having doubts and few people seem to be posting here about it.

If this was a release for Xbox or PS3 there would be pages and pages of people talking about it and trying to find out if someone has got it yet from any stores.

I can't wait for it and will definitely be going in tonight round 6 to see if I have any chance of getting it, and if not probably try Tesco later tonight.

ive the wii re-connected and everything for this epicness! i should be in my grasp sunday...

The_B_Man

Its pretty much just an extension of the first one. Its OK like but if you've played the first one and are expecting a big jump up, you might be dissappointed. It may as well have just been called the Mario Galaxy Extra Level Pack.

FutureGuy

Was in Game Limerick yesterday. They have a flyer at the counter with states they will give 25% extra on trade-ins. It says they'll give 37.50 for NSMB! It also comes with a 5 euro voucher, so you could get the game for peanuts.

doyler442

Just got it in Gamestop for 45e

wes

ShaneU wrote: »

HMV is €45 iirc

Got it for €40 in HMV.

Andrew76

Xtravision have it for €50 including the Wii Remote Joypad Holder. Tescos don't have it in stock. Arklow btw.

Josey Wales

wes wrote: »

Got it for €40 in HMV.

Off to HMV at lunch time so.

machiavellianme

wes wrote: »

Got it for €40 in HMV.

Did that include a tshirt?

Wiggles~

Are they not doing the same deal in HMV here as in England? £5 for the game if you trade in Mario Kart Wii and the wheel. I might have to hold up picking it up if they're not.

CiDeRmAn

The game is spectacular, not some mere extension, in so far as Super Mario World could have been considered an "extension" of Super Mario Bros. 3.
No, don't believe that nonsense, Super Mario Galaxy 2 adds so much to the realm of 3D platformers it tears up the rule book and creates something incredible.
The game contains more good ldeas per level than most good modern games contain in their entirety.
Buying this is a must for Wii owners and if you don't have a Wii, this game is the best reason you have to go and pick one up, it's that goodn folks.
I've been playing the NTSC version for a while now and can't get over just how much ingenuity is distilled into every level.

Josey Wales

I just picked this up in HMV for €40 and I got the free t-shirt too.

wes

machiavellianme wrote: »

Did that include a tshirt?

Yeah, but I think you need to pre-order. They also only had medium in HMV Grafton street when I was there, which is a poor selection for Gamers .