Coming: 2010
From IGN's Interview: "Reggie Fils-Aime on the Record"
IGN: You have a bit more insight on the development of Galaxy 2. What's the direction for the game? Do they really want to blow it out or will it be more of the same?
Reggie: What Mr. Miyamoto has shared is that if the first Galaxy was maybe more inviting in terms of all the audiences, what Galaxy 2 is going to be is maybe a little more Nintendo fan / harder gamer focused. A little tougher. The use of Yoshi makes it a little more challenging. We showed some of the snippets of some of the activities -- it's a bit more challenging. It's going to be, if you will, for more of that passionate Mario fan who grew up getting challenged with Super Mario World. It's going to be much more in that area.
From "Shigeru Miyamoto Roundtable LiveBlog"
"With Super Mario Galaxy, it's the first time we really worked with spherical worlds and we had a lot of ideas about how to use gravity. However, when we finished the game, we realized there were a ton of ideas we just couldn't fit in," he says.
More than 90 percent of what you will see in Super Mario Galaxy 2 is all brand new. Maybe even 95 percent . . . Galaxy 2 contains roughly the same amount of content as the original.
Galaxy 2 is very, very far along, but since Nintendo has New Super Mario Bros. Wii, it's going to hold off and keep Galaxy 2 for next year. :(
Galaxy 2 will be banned in Australia, because Peach has small boobs.
SOOOOOOOOOO much more streamlined and FOCUSED!!!
Some of the new enemies I've seen in the first 2 or 3 levels are absolutely PERFECT!!!
EASILY better than the original!!!
Yup, I don't know what magic Nintendo used but Galaxy 2 is HD, well its not but I can't tell the difference. Best looking game on the Wii by a mile.
I spent a good 10 minutes trying to reach this alternate route in the Yoshi pepper level, I know there is a secret that route. So I tried and tried and got there and all I got was a 1up and a bird thing telling me what a nice view it is from up there, ahhh!
It becomes clear from the first 20 minutes that this game is better than Galaxy.
So far not one, but I have not done a comet star yet.
Well I will save you the trouble and write the Galaxy 2 review for you
Dvader's Super Mario Galaxy 2 Review
It's better than Galaxy.
10/10
Most of the prankster comets were awesome. They were some of the best challenges in the game. Without them the game would be too easy.
Pretty much.