Mario Might Save Christmas? 127
Last week there was a Nintendo media event giving the gaming press preview experiences for the Christmas season's games. 1up has a look at all the titles on offer, but the one that (understandably) got the most attention was Mario Galaxy for the Wii. Wired's Chris Kohler thinks Mario's bee suit might save Christmas, while MTV's Stephen Totilo has comments from an hour hands-on with the game ala Games For Lunch. From Totilo's comments: "Each planetoid presents a challenge -- squash things, collect things -- that rewards players with the creation of a new launch star. I've launched Mario to a sphere that looks like it's made of wood. A star guy of some sort is in a glass jar. I need to kill all the Goombas to free it. I can jump on their heads, but I can also do the spin move, which knocks them dizzy and sends them spinning themselves. If Mario runs into them while they spin, they die."
Awesome. (Score:5, Funny)
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Thank you Mario, but the Christmas is in another castle)
sorry.... (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Not to troll... (Score:2, Funny)
Quick comparison (Score:5, Funny)
[Overweight] Mario: YES; Santa: YES
[Dressed in red] Mario: YES; Santa: YES
[Facial hair] Mario: Moustache; Santa: Beard
[Hair color] Mario: Brown; Santa: White
[Headgear] Mario: Cap with 'M'; Santa: Floppy conical hat
[Frequency] Mario: Annual/Bi-Annual*; Santa: Annual
[Lineage] Mario: Unknown**; Santa: Elf (Jolly)
*: Rough estimate of release frequency of new Mario games
**: Is he human? A mushroom person? What is he, anyway?
Tough call, but I'm still gonna give this one to Santa Claus. Mario might be able to save Peach, but he's got a bit to go to save Christmas.
Re:Awesome. (Score:4, Funny)
Peach has been holding out on Mario for a couple of decades now.
Re:$5 Says... (Score:2, Funny)
None of the Halo games are even in the top twenty all time best sellers. This latest Halo isn't going to outsell the last Halo which had about twice the installed base - the 360 is selling at a slower rate than the last Xbox.
There is some bizarre idea amongst Xbots that somehow all of them going out at once and buying the latest Halo game is something anyone cares about.
Xbots of the World: "We all bought Halo at the same time! Take that gaming world!"
Gaming World: "Uh, ok..."
Re:Quick comparison (Score:3, Funny)
I'm sorry, Santa, but your cookies are in another castle.