Iwata Explains Mario Galaxy

The British Gaming Blog has links to articles on the official UK Wii site exploring the title Mario Galaxy . The first explores the game's origins and gives us a peek behind the scenes of the game's voice acting. The second looks at Mario's essence, and the benefits of the 'planetary gameplay'. The last is all about the sound of Mario: "This time, we recorded with an orchestra of about 50 or so members. Of course, they were not very good at first because they were playing music they'd never heard before, and they are also seeing the score for the first time. But as the day went on, their performance improved dramatically, and the process of recording each track in its final form was actually a very fast one. This surprised Miyamoto-san, who was glued to the glass wall looking at them from the other side. He was saying 'So, sound is something that really changes too!'"

Re:I am so glad

[semifamous]

I read on the Intarweb that when you beat the game, you get to replay it, except it's Super Luigi Galaxy [google.com]!

w00h0O!!

Re:Does it bother anyone...

[Anonymous Coward]

Nope.

My son and I played this at EB games on Sat

[ACK!!]

I thought using the two controllers would throw him off and such made me personally think twice about the wii for Christmas we planned on.

Then he got ahold of it and just ripped into the game.

This thing if it has legs to keep the game interesting in the long term is on face value and after a few minutes of playing really fun and engrossing - it really sucks you in. I had to basically drag him off so other kids could get their turn and to get him a milk shake.

Considering how much he loves ice cream and such that is a pretty big endorsement.

He wanted to keep going.

Re:Does it bother anyone...

[the dark hero]

im mario 64 when you leave the plumber idle he begins to snore and talk in his sleep. among the things mentioned are "spaghetti" and "mama mia". no joke

Re:What did I just say about racial slurs?

[Walpurgiss]

He didn't even really have anything to do with Plumbing at first. He was supposed to be a carpenter I think in donkey kong, and was called Jumpman.
They named him Mario after the landlord of their New York Nintendo of America office building because he looked similar.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mario#Conception_and_creation [wikipedia.org]