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. :(
I just did what was easily the hardest challenge so far, a speed comet challange on one of the harder platforming levels, it was excellent.
That track was written by Kondo.
I've been listening to the soundtrack all yesterday and part of today. It's amazing music, up there with Joe Hisashi.
Here is a video of the orchestra prepping and performing, including Yokota, Kondo and Miyamoto.
http://www.gametrailers.com/video/japanese-orchestra-super-mario/100576
Sky station
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=coJkI7g564A
Or starship mario?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-v_hcE7quc
I actually heard some of those complaints about SMG2.
One preview I remember said that the game was Nintendo at their swaggering best to the point of being obnoxious.
80 something stars in, I am in world 6 and these levels have been incredible! Still nothing crazy hard but these levels are so well done. This game effortlessly mixes 3D with 2D unlike anything I have seen. Its gotten to the point where the 3D stuff feels as focused and well designed as 2D Mario levels. Again the big complaint I got is that there is what feels to me to many throw away stars which require some simple mini game like objective to complete rather than having full second or third stars in these incredible levels. I guess I need to look at this game more like a 2D Mario, you literally could go stage to stage when I am used to sticking to one 3D stage for a while with many objectives. But yeah the level design is CRAZY!
Watch out Vader, the Throwback Galaxy was already spoiled by Gaminggeek, so watch the spoilers from now of one. Only the OMG gjejfkj patented Vaders posts, please.
I know, that is why I knew it was ok to post it. You know nothing about the later galaxies, but I will tell you there are some levels that are like
. Strangely there is also one that was like
but its surrounded by
. I will beat the game (in terms of final boss) tonight, full reaction to that later.