Originally Posted by Kotaku

Super Mario Galaxy 2 hits North America on May 23, Nintendo of America's Cammie Dunaway told a group of writers gathered in San Francisco for the Nintendo Summit this morning.

Super Mario Galaxy 2 will also be playable at today's day-long event.

Earlier today, writers at a similar event in Australia learned that both Super Mario Galaxy 2 and Other M would be hitting stores there "mid year".

First revealed at E3, Super Mario Galaxy 2 is said to have 90 percent new levels with the rest being levels from the original Mario Galaxy with different objectives. Shigeru Miyamoto said at the time that the original plan was to "essentially create new variations of the worlds in Super Mario Galaxy." But, over time, the developers have had so many ideas that most of those originals were cut.

Stay tuned for more news coming out of the summit as we continue to report live from San Francisco and of course check back later today for our hands-on impressions.

Originally Posted by Drakul (Post 2927347)

I'm still not totally convinced myself. It would be great to fight Bowser and Dr Robotnik with a Orchestrated remix of their themes.

Originally Posted by Poit (Post 2955678)

As long as they don't call him Dr. Egghead.

Originally Posted by ONM

Nintendo has revealed the UK release date for Super Mario Galaxy 2. It's coming on 11 June!

Mario will be joined in this new adventure by old buddy Yoshi who will use his tongue to grab items and shoot them back at enemies, or to snag attach points and swing across chasms.

When Yoshi eats a Dash Pepper, he gets so hot he can run up steep inclines and vertical walls. When he eats a Blimp Fruit, he inflates like a balloon and floats to new heights.

This drill is a new power up which allows him to tunnel through the planet's surface all the way to the other side.

New Comet Metals will unlock harder levels with even more challenges.

Originally Posted by Fignuts (Post 2956325)

So was the sonic thing bogus?

Originally Posted by MTV

'Super Mario Galaxy 2' Hands-on: You've Got Sonic In My Mario!
Yesterday, February 25, 2010, 6:01:33 AM | Russ Frushtick

Nintendo opened the floodgates of "Super Mario Galaxy 2" at its Q1 Summit in San Francisco. Around eight new levels were playable, each with their own special quirks and gameplay mechanics. Here are some of the more memorable ones:

Hightale Falls Galaxy
The Sonic mention in the headline refers to this level in particular. It prominently features Yoshi (now ride-able in "Galaxy 2") and chili pepper pick-ups. Snacking on a pepper while riding the lovable dinosaur will cause Yoshi to burst forward with great enthusiasm for about 15 seconds, turning his normal, steady trot into a sprint for life itself. The level focused heavily on this mechanic, as you were basically guiding Yoshi across twisty, gravity-defying tracks, picking up peppers along the way to keep your speed up. It definitely had a "Sonic Adventure" vibe going, which is neat as high speed was never really an element in the first "Mario Galaxy."

Super Massive Galaxy
The name of this galaxy may be a little on the nose, but fans of "Super Mario Bros. 3" will definitely appreciate this one, as it features ginormous versions of Mario staples like koopas, pipes and goombas. To give you an idea of the scale, you can actually wall jump off one of the spinning coins in the level, they're that big. Perhaps more amusing, the level starts with a massive star proclaiming to Mario: "We grow 'em big here!" Indeed you do.

Bowser Jr's Fearsome Fleet
Another Yoshi-centric level, this too revolves around his impressive gastro-intestinal system, but in a slightly different way. There are a number of Bullet Bill-firing cannons throughout the level and you basically have to swallow them and spit them back out to blow up objects blocking your path. Add in a moving platform and about a half-dozen rockets all lined up and ready to blow your adorable head off and you have quite a precarious situation on your hands. Bowser Jr. doesn't play around.

Flip-Swap Galaxy
While most of the levels in "Mario Galaxy 2" are pretty kind to the every-day gamer, some are not. Flip-Swap Galaxy is a punishing 4-minute dash where you must collect 100 purple coins and reach the end of the map in once place. The coins are spread across a track made up of panels. About half of the panels are visible at any one time and you have to jump and spin in the air to make the visible and invisible panels swap, allowing you to progress further. It's a lot more nightmarish than it sounds, and that's before they introduce rolling Chomps and moving electricity barriers. Oh, and no checkpoints. Punishing doesn't quite do it. Thankfully it's not one of the required levels for the main quest and is simply a bonus galaxy rewarded for finding certain coins, but at least the hardcore can rest easy knowing that there's plenty for them to obsess over.


While it may not be as groundbreaking as the first "Galaxy," it's clear the developers at Nintendo aren't close to running out of platforming ideas and will be throwing plenty of curve-balls your way with "Super Mario Galaxy 2." The game launches on May 23rd.

Originally Posted by Destor (Post 2957281)

so whats the us release date? i must of overlooked it...

Originally Posted by G (Post 3079129)

http://www.demonoid.com/files/details/2252102/2328232/

Fucking RDR is gonna keep me from playing this for at least a week. :(

Originally Posted by Savior (Post 3082340)

Why does it have the same file 50 times?

Originally Posted by AssMan (Post 3088875)

What is green stars, the ones where you had to find Luigi. I don't think you have to get those. You get the option to play as Luigi in some levels but all I've noticed is that it just lets you race against your ghost afterwards.