![]() ![]() It's full of brightly coloured wooden blocks, ground-poundable pegs and swishing buzzsaws - these chop away sections of the platforms, dropping you into the void. Puzzle Plank is what would happen if you crashed an Early Learning Centre into a B&Q in space. Then I'm whisked off to one of SMG 2's early levels, a gentle learning curve galaxy known as Puzzle Plank. This gives me a chance to reacquaint myself with the basic spin and ground pound attacks as I terrorise the glutinously chipper Toads dotted around the surface. The level map is presented in classic Mario style, with branches and secret levels aplenty.īumbling around on this most egocentric of spaceships serves as a quick reminder of Galaxy's system of gravity and perspective. Nevertheless it makes for a snazzy place to rest up between excursions into the cosmos, gradually becoming populated with various members of the extended Mario roster as you explore the universe and meet them. Which, because it's a little planetoid complete with atmosphere and foliage, looks more like Luigi. This time, instead of leeching a ride from Princess Rosalina, Mario has his very own galactic craft, ingeniously codenamed Starship Mario. These are not what you could ever call leftovers in any ordinary sense here are ideas which would keep other series running into double figures, casually tossed into the digital ether like bright confetti. Pretty soon, I'm immersed in a chunky, primary coloured-world which delights and surprises at almost every turn. But when it comes to Nintendo's flagship character it's a cause for celebration - a chance to take another peek inside the ideas factory which produced the wonderful charm and variety of Super Mario Galaxy 1. Concepts and quirks which just couldn't be squeezed into the original Galaxy's cavalcade of moons and planetoids.įor nearly any other series it would be a resignation, an admittal that this is a B-side, destined to dwell in the shadow of its elder sibling. Straight off the bat, soon as I'm seated in Nintendo's cosy demo room, I'm told that Mario Galaxy 2 is largely comprised of ideas 'left over' from the first game. ![]()
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