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Actually, I plan on picking up Medal of Honor Heroes 2 before Super Mario Galaxy, I want to see if MoH Heroes2 from EA can redeem some of the Wii online structure.
I hope it is a little darker...I want a reason to buy this game other than it's Mario. I hope it has somewhat of an engaging story.
And since when did Bowser turn into Raiden?
Would I be wrong in saying that Bowser was umm... CHARGIN HIS LAZAR?
@tehArtist: Yeah, I'm interested in MOH:H2 for the same reason. Maybe launch dates don't make much difference for games that are relatively unhyped.
@Kryptinite: It makes perfect sense! The UFO gave Bowser the power of lightning... somehow?
That Bowser bit somehow reminded me of the skyscraper scene in Ghostbusters. When they're all looking to the sky and there's lightning everywhere. Anywhoo, this game looks all new kinds of awesome. I. DO. WANT!
My guess: The publishers think Galaxy will sell out, and hope to cash in on the impulse buys.
23 Games! I'm guessing that most of them are the games that 'sneak' onto the market anyways. You know, the bargain-bin-bound games. (I think I just coined a new term, BBB titles)
Have you looked at November 20th's lineup?
Mass Effect
Rock Band
Kane & Lynch
Uncharted
All highly anticipated games, launching on the same day. I really hate these people. I'm going to be stuck in the games store all day trying to decide :P
The problem with owning a Wii for the past year has really been the dust collecting on my wads of monopoly money. There just haven't been that many games to buy. So let's say Mario Galaxy pulls me into the store because, hey, it's Mario, and hey^2, it's a decent new game--suddenly I see a wall full of games, the aggregate of which, in some cosmic coincidence of fatalistic proportions, matches Michael Jordon's number. So, with the planets aligned to provide me with so many options, I, the novelty-deprived Wii owner, splurge for two games instead of just one.
>sigh< No Best Buys or even Game Stops in the North Slope Borough, though. Amazon, thy will is hard.
Pardon the incoherency--V called. My fundamental point: With a couple notable exceptions, there hasn't been much reason for a Wii owner to go to a game store for quite a while. Mario Galaxy provides the reason, and perhaps publishers are hoping to profit off of all of those hungry eyes.
@Duby: I agree about the game drought, but then wouldn't publishers want to get their games to market a week earlier, so they already would be on the shelf when people go in to get Mario?
Maybe it's the retail equivalent of counter-programming. Or maybe the publishers are afraid that a poor-performing game won't last a week on the shelf near the Holy Shopping Season.
I think you are on to something, though -- I'd love to see how many times the typical Wii-only owner goes into a retail games store versus the 360-only owner. Damn casuals; gotta hook 'em when they come.