Super Mario Galaxy voted 'best game' by BAFTA

Do you live in my motherland of Minneaps or what?

I do. South Side. Where you from?

Before I moved to San Diego recently I'd been living in St. Louis Park. Prior to that I was living in Uptown for awhile, before that Dinkytown during college and a few years after.

Agreed. This game blew my mind.

I am listening to the soundtrack as we speak. You better make a follow up Nintendo!

Can't say I'm familiar with all the games on the list, but the Galaxy score is one that stays with you. I probably actually haven't even touched it in 6 months, and didn't finish it, but I still remember the music. It was good stuff.

Yes! Couldn't agree more. I wish I could agree more, but I can't, it's not physically possible. Loved every minute of that game.

Galaxy was a pretty good game. I thought Wario Shake It was a better game but thats just my personal preference. I enjoyed playing through Call Of Duty 4 more so than Galaxy but they were both fantastic single player experiences.

The score was absolutely beautiful. I couldn't help but smile when I started digging into Good Egg Galaxy. Good ish, man.

Oh, come on!!!!

The final mission was AWESOME!!!!

Of course, reminded me of the final mission of bombimg the mustard gas factory on Medal Of Honor Allied Assault, but then again, it was quite hard and awesome mission!!!!

Also, the one in the plane, man, i want a game like that, Rainbow Six Vegas ain't doing it for me

Fallout 3 was out in 2009? Guess I banged my head and thought that was NOT out this year.

Btw, read the first reply to the post before yours for an explanation.

Btw, you are wrong.

Because they moved their awards from October to March (a sensible idea, as October is before all the AAA games come out), thus making it necessary to include games from the full 18 months between the two ceremonies.

I personally thought Galaxy was okish, not as great as many claimed, but since its got a lot of praise, I don't talk much about it...

But this? your comment is full of bs

"Super Mario Galaxy deserves that title, specially since it is the only original game in that list, and before you say it's a mario sequel, it's gameplay is too different to be called a sequel."

Galaxy is not original, and yes, it is a sequel.

How can you claim that the gameplay is different when the basic Mario concept still there? not only that, but the most of the freaking cast still there!

Hell, by your definition, all the Ratchet and Clank games wouldn't be sequels, nor the Devil May Cry games, pretty much most games, once again by your definition, wouldn't have a sequel!

"Galaxy is not original, and yes, it is a sequel."

Now I'm wondering if you've ever played a Mario game. With the exception of the Mario RPGS, Mario games are not sequels since there are absolutely no connection to them besides using the same main characters.

You wouldn't say Ocarina of Time is a sequel to Link's awakening now would you?

Galaxy isn't much different than the other 3-d mario games from a basic gameplay standpoint. The only real difference was the wii controls and "gravity" that didn't change the cameras orientation when you walked on different surfaces. Truth be told the game probably could have been done on the Game Cube without a huge degredation in quality from a technical standpoint. I don't take any exception to Galaxy winning the award because it was a good game. However, I do take exception when someone says it was the only original game nominated for the award.

COD Modern Warfare was equally original as Galaxy within the context of the series. Even of they were Noshino make a great point in that just because something is a sequel doesn't mean it lacks originality. If Modern Warfare is an un-original sequel then so is Mario Galaxy. They both have a formula that they follow while adding brand new subject matter, environments, story elements and gameplay mechanics.

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"Galaxy is not original, and yes, it is a sequel."

"Now I'm wondering if you've ever played a Mario game. With the exception of the Mario RPGS, Mario games are not sequels since there are absolutely no connection to them besides using the same main characters."

"You wouldn't say Ocarina of Time is a sequel to Link's awakening now would you?"

You also just described Call Of Duty Modern Warfare. The difference being that there weren't any of the same characters from the other games like in Mario. Modern Warfare has no connection to any other COD game other than the name. My question is that if it has the same characters and is a "new adventure" or whatever by said characters how is it not a sequel? By the broad definition of a sequel which is "anything that happens after or as a result of something else" it is a sequel because it happens after something else. Now, I wouldn't consider it a direct sequel but it is still the adventures of Mario and friends. I guess you could make a good argument for it being a sequel and for it not being a sequel. However, if COD 4 is a sequel then so is Galaxy. They are both continuations of a narrative within a universe. It's pretty vague but it loosely fits into that mold. Personally I don't think either of them are sequels unless you se the more ambigious definition of the term.

"Super Mario Galaxy deserves that title, specially since it is the only original game in that list, and before you say it's a mario sequel, it's gameplay is too different to be called a sequel."

The basic Mario principles are there. It's a pretty Mario game, you know. It's definitely a sequel.

"You wouldn't say Ocarina of Time is a sequel to Link's awakening now would you?"

Of course not, don't be absurd. Ocarina of Time is obviously a PREQUEL to Link's Awakening.

I think Mario Galaxy had the perfect difficulty level. Some parts were challenging, but never to the point where it was annoying or frustrating. I'm still not a huge fan of the Wii, but Mario Galaxy is easily one of my favourite games ever, it alone is reason enough to get a Wii.

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Heck, sell BOTH of your kidneys; it's worth it.

What kind of TV are you playing on? Cuz it does.