Zero Punctuation: Super Mario Galaxy 2

[Fuhjem]

I think Yahtzee just pulled a Durden at the end.

 

[Towowo2]

That was amusing, but it bugs me that everyone here seems to comment on how much they hate Mario just because he does.

I just assumed people did it because it was the cool thing to do nowadays.
Nintendo is good at two things, Making oodles of money and making games that are fun to play. Mario is timeless.

 

[MasterChief892039]

This is why I like Wednesdays.

Although I agree Mario Galaxy 2 wasn't particularly innovative, it was nice and polished and a good play (like all Mario games). Besides, my boyfriend bought it for me, so no money out of my pocket.

Must....resist...portal joke....

Spoiler

Gotcha covered.

 

[SolidCobra117]

haha! I'm going on a date thursday! Maybe I'll get some....Cake.

 

[Snarky Username]

Judging from the last three messages, I'll take it that Yahtzee is a David Bowie fan.

 

[AdamRBi]

I would love to see a Mario Platformer written by "Intelligent Systems," the company behind Paper Mario.

What about Super Paper Mario? IS wrote that one, and the gameplay is mainly platformer, with a few RPG elements.

Decent Point, though I was talking about the 3D Platformers as I'm sure you're aware. While I didn't like it as much as the first two, Super Paper Mario was a great game. It's more of a RPPGRole Playing Platform Game, it had more to the RPG element to it then standard Mario Platformers.

 

[sky14kemea]

I did laugh a lot. xD I hope you got some ice after slapping yourself so much.

 

[NolaSoundman]

Same fucking game we've played since 1986 but now with 2 more shades of GREEN!!! JEEZUS! I've been waiting for Yahtzee to rip this game a new one.

 

[J-Alfred]

Time for awkward Portal jokes!

"...but there's no sense crying over every mistake:
you just keep on trying 'till you run out of... cake."

and

"...anyway, this... cake... is great,
it's so... delicious... and... moist?"

erm... forget that.

Nice video, very funny, but I'd be lying if I didn't stroke my own ego by saying I called this video. And it's not even because I'm clever like Yahtzee; I played Mario Galaxy, I played Mario Galaxy 2, and the first thing I noticed was "haven't I done this all before?".

Congratulations, Nintendo. Between the WiiBlank games, the New Super Mario Bros., and Mario Galaxy 2, you have found a way to make money from selling blatant copies that require less time to make then the original Super Mario Bros.

I used to admire you.

 

[DarkhoIlow]

Liked the "cake" joke and the slap scene,freaking hilarious.

Good review.

 

[J-Alfred]

Wait, so if variety is the spice of [games], and repetition is the starch, then that means, as per a previous metaphor, it's not good to have an excessive amount of variety, as that's like eating spoonfuls of the spice straight from the jar.

Didn't Yahtzee use this line (or a variation of it) in his Far Cry 2 review?

 

[coldhardtroubadour]

The text-adventure joke is brilliant, especially the description of Mario's jumping sound.

 

[Scrubbed account]

That was amusing, but it bugs me that everyone here seems to comment on how much they hate Mario just because he does.

I just assumed people did it because it was the cool thing to do nowadays.
Nintendo is good at two things, Making oodles of money and making games that are fun to play. Mario is timeless.

It seems like the cool thing to do to hate whatever Yahtzee hates around the Escapist. That really bugs me, especially against things like Mario.

 

[Jared]

lmao, epic. I loved the lil chocobo reference...and "cake" heh

 

[Ryank1908]

Very true. Liked this a lot more than recent Yahtzee videos.

... but WHY, Yahtzee! Why did you have to get a David Bowie lyric wrong =[

 

[Relaver]

I hope the "cake" falls into that portal "thing".

 

[JasonFVM]

"Starship Narcissus". Nice observation. Must admit that I never took Mario to be an ego-maniac.

 

[Ossian]

He sounded genuinely angry this time and he had every right to be, I played this game and found myself seriously getting upset with the retard friendly game play, I mean people tell me I shouldn't complain because even kids need to play games but COME ON PEOPLE!

I played Mario for the NES and Super Nintendo for hours on end as a child and I go back to them today and I can still say, they were challenging, well paced, and FUN.

I'm not lying when I say that at one point I got the cloud power up and laughed at the screen at how I didn't even need it, I proceeded to cartwheel jump and wall kick than spin move past chunks of the levels. This isn't skill, IT IS POOR LEVEL DESIGN. Dear lord I might have an stroke just thinking about it; at least than the game would be more along my skill level.

/end Yahtzee like rant.

 

[Relaver]

Monicle smile!

 

[Enlong]

Wait, so if variety is the spice of [games], and repetition is the starch, then that means, as per a previous metaphor, it's not good to have an excessive amount of variety, as that's like eating spoonfuls of the spice straight from the jar.

Didn't Yahtzee use this line (or a variation of it) in his Far Cry 2 review?

Actually it was the Little Big Planet review. He referred to usermade content as cinnamon; a light dusting of the stuff can make an already great game even better, but relying on it is like eating the stuff straight from the jar.

So when did the spice/starch thing, I decided to see what would happen when I mixed the metaphors.