Zero Punctuation: Super Mario Galaxy 2

[LordVyreth]

Great, I predict some Simpsons flaming anytime now.


Also, welcome back "cake". We didn't missed you.

Well, Yahtzee's comment was ridiculous. Everyone knows the Seasons stopped being good midway through season 8. Possibly longer if you're one of those types who liked Homer's Enemy.

 

[SAMAS]

Right because everybody plays video games for the story.

To quote Yahtzee himself:

"You want a story? Here's your story ? 'Demons over there, KILL THEY ASS.'" -- Ninja Gaiden 2 review.

In the Super Mario series, Plot is just an excuse for Miyamoto and his design crew to come up with new, challenging, and occasionally sadistic obstacle courses and races in strange-looking worlds. Galaxy 2 is probably the clearest example of that, seeing as they deliberately cut back on the story after Galaxy 1.

 

[Grouchy Imp_v1legacy]

The review was funny as hell, but the 'cake' references have made me think about the W.I in new and utterly disturbing ways. Perhaps the W.I was started as more of a first world war era swingers club or something....

I should explain to non-Brits, the W.I is a British organisation that's been around for donkey's years. W.I stands for Women's Institute, a group of elderly middle class women who spend their time baking 'cakes', holding 'cake' fairs, swapping 'cake' recipes, and other things that all involve 'cake'.

 

[Queen Michael]

Nice Starman reference in the end. But to be honest, complaints about the plot? Really? Okay, if a game has a plot I guess said plot ought to be good, but still...

 

[Pilkingtube]

You know what? I need to give Mario another chance. All I've played are his old games that people hail as the "best games ever".

Super Mario Bros 3 and Super Mario 64...Both of which have aged VERY poorly.

Guess I'll start with this. Or Sunshine. Or Galaxy 1.

Wish it was actually a bacon review though, that would have been good

 

[Athinira]

Sadly we all know THE CAKE IS A LIE!

Yahtzee is going to kill me now for killing Portal

 

[Dapper Ninja]

Two David Bowie references in one end credits sequence, eh? Nice one, Yahtzee.

 

[philly1000]

Princess Peach kidnapped again that's it i mot bothering any more jack bower can sort it out

 

[Calibanbutcher]

I actually stood up to get a glass of fine red whine and a bar of dark Lindt chocolate while he was slapping himself.

Then I rewinded to enjoy my whine over the sound of yathzee slapping himself. And yes, this sound made it all the more enjoyable.

 

[Loonerinoes]

Superb! The slapping...text-based adventure games (GOD that takes me back!) and meeting a member of the opposite sex for some...cake...

 

[BBMv12]

Great vid, although Mario is one of those games I don't actually play I still enjoyed the vid. Although, TBH, I was expecting ZP: Split/Second. Ah well... Also, strangely enough Iwas eating cake whilst watching it. Weird.

 

[Swarley]

So the video was about 5 minutes of a rant we've all heard Yahtzee say about Mario, and then he just says the games fun and the music plays.

I'm not sure how people can think this was brilliant.

 

[TheEnglishman]

For some reason, I did actually pause, watch his review of SMG1 cause it's been sometime since I did and couldn't remember it well, than resume with the real review. How about that.

 

[Sylocat]

Okay, I was expecting Yahtzee to spend the entire first half of the review attacking the franchise rather than the actual game, and I was right.

But what I didn't expect was that he would actually acknowledge that he was doing so, which is very refreshing. And I REALLY didn't expect that bit at the end. That was... actually pretty damn good.

 

[Latinidiot]

this was the funniest of the past year. great job!

 

[TimeLord]

I never played Galaxy 1 and thus bought Galaxy 2 on the basis that my friends (and you) said it was "ok".

I enjoyed Galaxy 2.

Still would have been better with a classic controller though

 

[AllLagNoFrag]

OHHHH SO THIS IS WHAT CAKE MEANT!

Anyway, only mario Ive played is the mario karts and the ones on gameboys. Other than that, only game I play with mario in it is SSB

 

[Dana22]

Mario have ended on Giana Sisters.

 

[Amphoteric]

I never got how games like this can get better reviews than games that have a well thought out plot, This game got 97 from metacritic so it beats pretty much EVERY GAME EVER MADE according to them.

 

[Nailz]

I've always thought of Mario as a homunculus.
And as for space... Well...
Space is probably one of the best metaphors for the human psyche.
Mario Galaxy 1 and 2 are just a thought experiment in which the mind does what is quite natural for it, what it has done before.