The above clip is the official Japanese Super Mario Galaxy trailer, and it's easily the best footage of the game we've seen so far. Sure, some of us have played it, but none of them were inundated with the pixie language of the Nipponese during gameplay, and honestly that adds a certain whimsical feel to the proceedings. In fact, in David's experience, the game was probably covered in the staccato Teutonic language of the Leipzig Games Conference, and I have to imagine that would be the gaming equivalent of eating a Popsicle covered in ants. Ants who just happen to be wearing World War 1 era German infantry helmets and using the crown-mounted spikes to jab at your tonsils, gums and that weird hangy-down thing at the back of your throat.
While the above clip looks amazing and fills me with all the childish glee of a gleeful child, I'm not about to proclaim Galaxy as the game of the year. The moment Mario rescues a little girl from horrible genetic experimentation or falls in love with an inanimate cube however, he's got this sh*t locked down.
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how come i can never get game traliers's videos to work? because i'm running safari? becaue i'm a college graduate and too old to be downloading video game trailers? because jack daniels says it's too complicated?
seriously...the embedded video won't play, and on the site it's simply an uneventful black box. anyone else?
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3:26 AM on 10.19.2007
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It's so creative and beautiful and looks like so much fun to play.
Just how long have they been working on this? The variety of the gameplay and environments is just mind boggling.
Also Mike the TV rules.
And also, oh boy I can't wait for Mario Galaxy!
If I dont own this game I will have failed as a person.
seriously...the embedded video won't play, and on the site it's simply an uneventful black box. anyone else?
If Christmas morning and all my birthdays combined had a baby, this is what it'd look like.
Also, feel free to send that girl from the first player demo to:
My House
Fucking Arkansas, USA
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also, great fucking videos
November will kick ass...SMG, Assassin's Creed, MoH:H2, and more shit i love (see mah blog for awesome details)