The game also told Rosalinas story in the library which was a great little bonus. The music was calm where i would sometimes just run / fly around the whole area. Like others are saying i liked the hub even more. perhaps it is me being nostalgic and since it was the first of its kind it blew me away more but it also happens to be that Galaxy 1 was the only one of them i completed. I'd say 2 is better, but still really like one, since while it has annoying stuff like the Green Stars, the hub world, and the lack of story, it does have more content, an improved comet system, Yoshi, and better powerups. SMG 2 is preferred by people who care only or mostly for the game play. So SMG tends to be preferred by people who like more experimentation with the Mario formula and for the story aspects. Reused content from other Mario games/the first game Not enough improvements for a full-priced sequel Worse level select system due to it being more restricted +Better comet objectives (Speed run is not a flat time limit and the cosmic mario challenge is better than a race which is a reskinned speed run) +Better comet system (get the medal and you can select the comet) +More Platform oriented challenges than the original +Less handholding tutorials, unless you want to +Better Hub World/Less restrictive Unlocking requirements +Novelty factor due to not being a direct sequel Well breaking down common reviews and views on the game: SMG: It provides for me the slightly better experience of the two, but I'd happily play either of them anytime, any place. SMG perhaps gets more distinction for building the incredible engine that makes these games so great, but SMG2 in my opinion successfully refines the formula creating a game that is simply unbelievable fun to play through from beginning to end, thanks to its telling variety. That being said, I'm calling it for SMG2. They're not just the best 3D platformers I've played (and I've played all the major ones), they're the best by a mile. If I wanted to show people what a high quality 3D platformer looks like, these are the games I would go to. It should be noted that their similarities are much larger, and both have phenomenal gameplay, best-on-Wii graphics, and great soundtracks (leading to fantastic atmosphere). There are a number of other small differences, but these are the ones that stick out to me the most. Green star quest - could've been executed better but still superior to just playing the game through again as Luigi. Less bogged down in story (Some people have a different view on this, but this is how I see it) Yoshi, more power-ups, more galaxies, leading to greater variety in gameplay No rehashed levels like Gold Leaf Galaxy in SMG

Ice Mario and Flying Mario, why were these bad boys not back in SMG2!? It was the first, it laid the groundwork (but I won't be considering this in my final comparison as that has nothing to do with the quality of the two games, it's just worth mentioining)īetter hub world, though still to be honest not a great hub world in my opinion Now, going into my comparison I should note that I literally consider these two games the best two games I've ever played in my life. Ok, firstly I think to call either 'by far superior' is pretty much objectively wrong - these are very similar games and therefore the difference in quality is going to be small to middling at best.

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