As much as I love Super Mario Galaxy, and as excited as I am about the sequel, I'm all about the plumber moving from left to right in 2D. It's less about nostalgia and more about my desire to partake in simple, polished platforming. That's why I was so glad to hear about 2D in Super Mario Galaxy 2.
Famitsu's latest issue has a bit more on that. There's a couple of screenshots of Mario moving in a 2D space in the Mushroom Kingdom. It looks great from the scan. In his 2D travels Mario encounters two Toad (or is it "Toads" plural?). It's yellow Toad and blue Toad.
Wait, why call Toads by their generic names? We actually know their names, thanks to some investigative reporting by Jonathan Holmes. Last year, in our coverage of New Super Mario Bros Wii, Holmes was passed a serious off-camera secret: their names are Bucken-Berry and Ala-Gold. There you go. Destructoid Exclusive.
Super Mario Galaxy 2 features New 2D action [The Tanooki]
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2:40 PM on 04.14.2010 | 
*runs to his Wii*
Glad to see that SMG 2 will offer some more 2D platforming sections.
Buckenberry is the shit.
Just GTFO.
IMPOSSIBLE! That's my rap name. COPYRIGHT LAWSUIT POWERS, ACTIVATE.
*Super Mario Bros. 6 please!
im suing you. reading the last part of your comment made me choke on a popcorn thing that got stuck in my throat.
Seriously, I laughed. hard.
Anyway, NSMB Wii outsold Galaxy by more than 3:1 in Japan. I think that every Mario from here on out will have 2D and multi-player elements, if you like it or not.
Sunshine had a 2D part? Man, I need to pull that game out again...
Dude, I can't wait for this game! Hurry!
I have to agree. It has almost the exact same art style as the still scenes where Rosalyn narrates her story in Super Mario World 1.
As I recall, the SMB1 World 1-1 music plays, but acapella. The only stage that really sticks out in my mind is like a giant pinball machine, but I know there were a few others.
You should check it out!
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