242 Stars

By Lies August 12, 2009 8 Comments

After seeing fellow Bomber JJOR64 claim victory over all the stars in Super Mario Galaxy, I decided I wanted to go back through and 100% it too. I had already gotten all 120 with Mario and about 30 with Luigi, but I went back, wanting to get them all. Today, I have succeeded in that goal. I have gotten all 242 stars in Super Mario Galaxy. Not that it's particularly hard, but I always get a great sense of satisfaction from seeing something through all the way to the end, 100%. I know in this day and age people play for reasons other than just wanting to play- achievements and trophies incentivize players to play all the way to the end, if only for the reward of some points. Mario Galaxy doesn't give you much of a reward, just a message from the developers and some pictures. That doesn't really bother me though, because Galaxy is such an amazing game, just getting to play it is really reward enough. Super Mario Galaxy is one of the best games I've played in the last decade, no contest, and every time I play it is a joy. It's the type of game that's becoming dangerously rare in this age and it's great to see that they still do exist. I don't need any motivation to play Galaxy- the game itself is motivation enough. There's no competitive multiplayer, no epic story, no bonus features, no unlockables- the game is all there is. And that's enough. There's a refreshing frankness to that, and it's delightful when the game is actually good enough for that to be all you need.

Hopefully Galaxy 2 delivers in the same way. If not, well, I got the play of two Mario games out of Galaxy.

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