Well? What do you think of Super Mario Galaxy?

[esteban]

Nat you must have only seen Cabella's African Safari so far then, you should check out Gears of War or Assassin's Creed and then play Mario again.

I have to say, Gears of War on a 42" HD screen is pretty sweet.

[esteban]

The worst thing that happened to the Mario franchise was when they gave everybody voices. I always thought of the Mario world kind of like it was portrayed in the movie. Then they started adding voices to everyone and everything and it started feeling like a bunch of f*cking toddlers or something.

Thank you. At first it was kind of neat, I'll admit it. But the novelty quickly wore off and it just became grating / obnoxious.

Truth be told, though, I can get annoyed with a lot of games when they have repetitive sound effects that are obnoxious. Dance Dance Revolution is a big offender here (with the inane comments... I don't mind inanity, but it needs to be delivered with gusto!)

blah, blah, blah....

I am still without a Wii... so I haven't played SMG. Looks kool as hell, though.

[Turbo D]

I played it at best buy. Couldn't really get into it there, but it seemed like fun.

[nat]

I got a second copy for my birthday, straight from my inside source at the Nintendo USA facility right here in Redmond, WA.

As much as I enjoy the game, I don't need two copies. So this latest copy is available for trade if someone wants to trade me another Wii game (I'd like Metroid Prime 3). The copy I have available is still in shrinkwrap, even has the Internal Use Only/Not For Retail Sale sticker on it. Not like that makes it any more valuable or anything, but still. Feel free to PM me if anyone wants to trade.

[guyjin]

I got a second copy for my birthday, straight from my inside source at the Nintendo USA facility right here in Redmond, WA.

Wow, that's awesome.

As much as I enjoy the game, I don't need two copies. So this latest copy is available for trade if someone wants to trade me another Wii game (I'd like Metroid Prime 3). The copy I have available is still in shrinkwrap, even has the Internal Use Only/Not For Retail Sale sticker on it. Not like that makes it any more valuable or anything, but still. Feel free to PM me if anyone wants to trade.

I'd ebay it if I were you. if you call it "SEALED ULTRA RARE!!!!" you might get more than retail for it.
I'd trade metroid prime 3 for it, if i had it.

Nat you must have only seen Cabella's African Safari so far then, you should check out Gears of War or Assassin's Creed and then play Mario again.

I've seen Assassin's creed, and Nat is right.

[Necromancer]

Truth be told, though, I can get annoyed with a lot of games when they have repetitive sound effects that are obnoxious.

Bravo!  Bravo!  Bravo!  Bravo!  Bravo!  Bravo!  Bravo!  Bravo!  Bravo!  Bravo! 

I've seen Assassin's creed, and Nat is right.

Only if you're talking about artwork, which is obviously subjective; the Wii isn't even in the ballpark when it comes to resolution, textures, and fancy effects.

[nat]

Well you can't really compare Mario to a game like Gears of War in the first place.

One is obviously meant to be a cartoon, the other as realistic as possible. It's apples and oranges. I will admit that GoW looks really f*cking nice though.

I personally think that SMG looks friggin' great, the best looking Mario game ever. And that says a lot coming from me, someone who doesn't like 3D games much to begin with.

My point was more that SMG wouldn't look any better if it was on the 360 instead of the Wii. It's no question the 360 and PS3 have more graphical horsepower than the Wii, but I wholeheartedly disagree with the statement that the Wii "isn't even in the ballpark."

It's in the ballpark, it's just in the outfield. The difference between them all isn't as significant as some people make it out to be.

[Kitsunexus]

...the other as realistic as possible.

Somehow I doubt Gears Of War was designed to be as realistic as possible. Something about aliens... 

[nat]

...the other as realistic as possible.

Somehow I doubt Gears Of War was designed to be as realistic as possible. Something about aliens... 

You know what I mean, Troll of the Year. 

[Kitsunexus]

Troll of the Year.

Yay, I win! Already! ^______^

[Turbo D]

haha, I we all knew what nat meant. Does anyone know how games like call of duty look on wii compared to ps3 or 360?

[GUTS]

Assassin's Creed has incredibly architecture, tons of extremely detailed character models on screen at once, complex interactions with the environment, and amazing lighting all happening at once (the lighting in particular is mind-blowing).  Galaxy has what?  Some nice looking textures?  The Wii couldn't even handle the lighting effects Assassin's Creed uses, anyone who says that Galaxy looks even remotely close to Assassin's Creed is just plain delusional.  Do yourself a favor- play Assassin's Creed up until you get to Jerusalem, then climb a building and look out over the city and notice the detail, draw distance, and lighting.  The Wii will never, ever be able to do graphics like that.  The end.

I'm not talking gameplay of course- Assassin's Creed was ultimately not that great of a game, and by all accounts Galaxy is an amazing game.  We're talking PURELY graphics here.

[nat]

I've only seen Gears of War, not Assassin's Creed.

I'll have to look into it.

[guyjin]

Assassin's Creed has incredibly architecture, tons of extremely detailed character models on screen at once, complex interactions with the environment, and amazing lighting all happening at once (the lighting in particular is mind-blowing).  Galaxy has what?  Some nice looking textures? 

I must have been imagining all the lighting effects Galaxy does, then. That, or you haven't played it (like most haters) and have no idea what you're talking about.

The Wii couldn't even handle the lighting effects Assassin's Creed uses, anyone who says that Galaxy looks even remotely close to Assassin's Creed is just plain delusional.  Do yourself a favor- play Assassin's Creed up until you get to Jerusalem, then climb a building and look out over the city and notice the detail, draw distance, and lighting.  The Wii will never, ever be able to do graphics like that.  The end.

Meh. The Genesis could never do all the colors that the TG16 or SNES did, but that didn't mean it didn't get comprable games. Hell, they were often better (final fight?)

I'm not talking gameplay of course- Assassin's Creed was ultimately not that great of a game, and by all accounts Galaxy is an amazing game.  We're talking PURELY graphics here.

[Joe Redifer]

ASS-ASS-in's Creed is another game which is trying for photorealistic graphics.  Perhaps we should talk about the sad, sad gameplay in ASS-ASS-in's Creed instead.  It is ASS!