Which Nintendo game did you like more?

Haven't played Zelda yet, but Galaxy 2 definitely holds up! Played it pretty recently and while I still like the first Galaxy better, 2 is still an awesome game!

I've put about 100 hours into Zelda so far. And I love it.

But both Galaxy games are in my top ten list of greatest games ever made.

I just bought Galaxy 2. Finally! I'm also glad it downloads fast. Unfortunately, I have to use batteries for the controller, and I don't know how long that'll last. The Wiimote Nyko charger stopped working a long time ago.

I never liked the galaxy games so I'm pretty biased in this regard (thought they were too easy) but the new Zelda is pretty amazing. Honestly if you really liked Galaxy 1 it might do you better to buy 2 and wait for when the dlc for Zelda comes out to buy it.

Galaxy 2 is a really good game, but if you've played Galaxy 1, it's not like a whole new ballgame or anything. You'll have an idea of what to expect in Galaxy 2, plus they add a few new powerups, Yoshi, etc. It's a good game, you'll enjoy your time with it.

Breath of the Wild is just such a whole new thing relative to any prior Zelda games, while also being a pretty original open world game in its own right that would be getting attention even if it somehow didn't have the Zelda name on it. It's really good, and I continue to enjoy my time with it.

So when you ask me which one I like more, it's like asking if I like Portal 2 more than Rock Band. It's just not a comparison I can say much about because they're such different games.

I liked BotW a few notches more, but I do wish the Galaxy games could get proper ports to the Switch. They wouldn't have to do much to put a Galaxy 1+2 HD out, besides redesigning the "monkey ball" levels (which there are like 3 of maybe) somewhat. I'm sure they would sell like hot cakes.

I like breath of the wild a lot more, but Zelda resonates with me more than Mario does in general. Galaxy 2 is still an amazing game. If I could only pick one it'd be Breath of the Wild for sure. It's amazing.

Galaxy 2 is probably my favorite 3D Nintendo game. Zelda's great, but we'll see how I feel about it in a couple years.

Zelda, no contest. I don't like the Galaxy games that much.

Galaxy 2 (and 1) is one of the greatest platformers of all time.

BoTW is also probably one of the best games of its kind (haven't played it yet)

@dan_citi: Yeah, I felt they could have done that with the Wii U. I wouldn't mind playing both of them without the nunchuck too, but with normal gamepad controls. Maybe not after I play Breath of the Wild, but I felt the same way about Skyward Sword.

I own Galaxy 2 but haven't got around to playing it since I haven't finished the first one. BotW does more for me than the first Galaxy though.

I'm liking Super Mario Galaxy 2, but it is very much like the first one, just with additions here and there like Yoshi. While I don't necessarily dislike it, I liked the way you went from stage to stage in the first one more than how they reverted back to an older Mario style in this. Galaxy was actually more akin to Mario 64, while Galaxy 2's approach is like the side-scrolling Mario games in that way, where it's a grid. That's my memory of it anyways. Maybe it's because I haven't played the first Galaxy in a long time, but the feeling I'm getting with two is almost as if they made Galaxy 2 really quickly. Taking aspects from the first, throwing new little things in here and there and then boom, the game is complete, and because of how good the first one was, it made it hard for the second to fail. Just my take on it. I don't think it's better than the first so far, but I am still enjoying it a lot, enough to see it as one of the best games of 2010 for sure.

I am surprised that the scores for the game went up, rather than very, very slightly down compared to the first though. Something I am realizing as I play this is that 2010 was almost another 2007 (another amazing year for games to me), where it was filled with many amazing games. I'm not that far into Super Mario Galaxy 2; have about 26 stars. Impressions are so far that I like the first slightly more, but that isn't saying much just because of how good the first one was to me. I am not the biggest fan of Super Mario; they're well-made games and I'd like to experience them when they come, but my enthusiasm for them are not the highest they can be compared to other games I love. Super Mario Galaxy, on the other hand, I just find to be fantastic and my favorite Mario game without a doubt. I'm interested to see what Odyssey brings.

@ntm said:

For a time, Galaxy 2 was actually going to be like Ocarina of Time: Master Quest, where it was going to be the same levels, but "remixed" so that stuff was in different places, and you start in different parts of the map and work backwards, and that kind of stuff. They eventually just made it a full-on sequel, but that's probably why you're noticing that it feels like it was made quickly. I think the most noticeable thing is that Galaxy 2 reuses like the entirety of the Honey Bee Galaxy, except it's autumn instead of spring, right? Thankfully, that's one of the only repeats and most of the game is new stages.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Mario_Galaxy_2#Development

But yeah, like I said earlier, Galaxy 2 is a very robust expansion pack-esque sequel to Galaxy. Still a very well made game that is enjoyable, but nothing in it is knock-your-socks-off original and amazing compared to Galaxy 1. It's like, as good as Galaxy 1, which is still pretty dang good, but rarely did it ever surprise me.

@bisonhero: Hey, I didn't get your reply. It didn't show, unfortunately. I am just coming on since I finished Mario Galaxy 2 yesterday and wanted to briefly say what I felt. I thought the game was really well made, but not as good as the first. Like I said before, I am really surprised the game scored better than the first and as well as it did. Just as an example, If the first was a 9.5, the second should have been a 9.0. I'm just saying. It wasn't a game in my opinion that did things better than the first in any way, in fact, it took some things out that I appreciated, but put a few things in, like Yoshi. I liked whatever story they had in Galaxy more, and it didn't feel as throwaway, basic as Galaxy 2's. The music in two is really good, but there's a lot more of the old tracks just reorchestrated if my memory serves me right, while the first had a lot of good original songs, and I appreciated the map selection more than the basic grid design.

While I'm glad I played it, honestly my very first impression was correct, more correct than I wanted. I don't feel I needed to really play it because I could have just stuck with the first Mario Galaxy and been just as happy. Galaxy 2 is a really well-made game; the stage design is well crafted and the things they give you to get around those maps are good, I just think some aspects felt as if they were quickly put in, to piece it all together, and it comes off as slightly worse than the first to me. Again, glad I played it, but in the end, I don't feel like I needed to really since it doesn't really do anything new and interesting that hasn't been seen in the first. That all said, the last time I really played the first Mario Galaxy was ten years ago, but the game was good enough I believe I remember how it went.

Super Metroid, don't like kiddie games.

Breath of the Wild is very good. Very very good even. I'll need some time to look back on it and decide where it stands in the pantheon though.

Galaxy 2 is an absolute masterpiece. Just a beautiful game top to bottom. I did prefer the level progression from the first game, but I feel, and the sentiment was at the time (hence the higher scores) that the actual stages themselves were more interesting and better designed. It felt to me like they were given more freedom to try new things and get more weird with it.

Nintendo isn't always firing on all cylinders. But when they are the games they produce are in a class of their own.

Haven't played Zelda yet, but both of the Galaxy games are brilliant.

Where is the "I don't enjoy any Nintendo games" option? I know, I know, don't do unto others and all that.. but I couldn't help myself. Galaxy is a heck of a platformer though.

I liked BotW quite a bit, but Galaxy 2 is the best 3D platformer ever made.

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I'm the rare Mario fan who liked 3D Mario World more than the Galaxy games. Something about using the wiimote made the first game a challenge to get into. I've dropped off and returned to Galaxy 1 several times over the years and it's prevented me from playing much of Galaxy 2.

Play Breath of the Wild.

Haven't played BOTW (looking forward to though). The Galaxy games are in a class of their own.