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. :(
There was a story in Galaxy? Did I blink or something?
The story takes place at the very begining, and again at the very end before and after you fight Bowser. It's just three or four short cutscenes, but it's still pretty cool.
I honestly don't know why Miyamoto is against putting more story in SMG 2. It boggles the mind.
The story Travo is talking about is the storybook sequence of Rosalina. Even the ending is about Rosalina! Seriously pay attention people.
Huh? That's what I was talking about!
No you did not, you said cutscenes, not storybook! The story is the most underappreciated part of Galaxy!
I consider those "storybook" scenes to be cutscenes. They sure as hell aren't gameplay!
Personally I love what Miyamoto said. Just have ships come in and lower a giant cake on chains. That's perfect
I dont mind either way but mario games are not about story.