Super Mario Galaxy recycles many sound effects from other Mario games. However, Nintendo added new chimes like hearing a star piece fall to the ground. New sounds means new sound drops! In May, Japan gets a series of eight keychain…

  If you're looking to play through complex stories, you probably stopped playing Mario games a long time ago.  Mario RPGs notwithstanding, platformer Mario games tend to stick very closely to the tried-and-true "save the princess" formula, which probably turns…

If you put 400 Club Nintendo points in your account between October 1, 2006 and September 30, 2007 you’re part of the Platinum member club and entitled to a special gift. This year you can choose to receive a Wii…

If you’re around New York City you might want to swing by Rockefeller Plaza this Sunday (Nov. 11). Nintendo is throwing a party to celebrate the release of Super Mario Galaxy! The game will be sold at midnight and just…

In a cruel twist of fate Mario’s ghostbusting brother, Luigi, is stuck in a haunted house in Super Mario Galaxy. I guess Luigi must have left his Poltergust 3000 at home. You can spot Luigi outside the Boo filled mansion,…

5-something-AM while riding the Yamanote line home (the main train line that circles Tokyo) I spotted the left screen switch into a Super Mario Galaxy commercial. I fumbled to grab my phone and snapped a horrible picture since it was…

The co-op mode might have been a last minute addition in Super Mario Galaxy, but it’s a good one. Your buddy doesn’t get to control Mario or even another character on the screen. In Super Mario Galaxy the second player…

Super Mario Galaxy begins with Mario casually hanging out at a comet celebration. All of the mushrooms are out for the centennial event and Princess Peach is looking on the balcony of her castle. Things are peaceful until Bowser appears…

Strange, but true fact. For Super Mario Galaxy Nintendo updated the safety first start up screen. The remote drawing has been changed to a Wii remote placed snugly in one of the silicone jackets! Like the reminder to wear the…

It’s easy to hop into a local haunt to grab Super Mario Galaxy, but this is no ordinary game. Super Mario Galaxy is the biggest Wii release this year. I wanted to see just how excited gamers were about it…