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. :(
it's not usually "hidden" as such. it's either an alternate path you can take or a sort of "task" you have to do. in some cases it's fairly obvious, on many instances I got that star first before getting the ordinary end of level one
What's your favourite level so far aspro?
I am just now starting World 4, just so you know where I am at.
It is difficult for me to pinpoint any single one. I guess it would be the paintbrush planet where you have to hold the wii-mote straight up and down like a joystick and use it to run around on a golden ball. I also like the rock suit.
Actually I think the level that blew my mind the most was the one where you are in water in space. Yeah, that's the one. Wow. How do you come up with that?