Review - Super Mario Galaxy (Wii)

Developer/publisher: Nintendo
Year: 2007
Fun fact: Mario’s 3rd 3D platformer
It’s hard for me to hide my admiration of the Super Mario series.  It seems to be the standard to which I hold all other platformers.  When a new installment occasionally makes it onto the shelves, I usually experience strokes, heart attacks, fainting spells, etc.  Unfortunately, when Galaxy [...]

Get Super Paper Mario for $39.99 at Amazon

Sure you can get this for almost the same priced used at a Gamestop, but when you factor in that Amazon sells it brand new (with an option for free shipping) for $39.99 it’s hard to pass up for you bargain hunters out there.
Super Paper Mario is much more Platformer than any of the others [...]

Everything you ever wanted to know about Mario Galaxy’s physics

Gamasutra has a great article based around everything you ever wanted to know about Mario Galaxy’s physics engine. Here’s a preview:
“Function updatePhysics()
player.playerClass = Object.playerClass( localPlayer ) planetoid.planetoidClass = Object.planetoidClass( player\planetoid ) “
Confused? well luckily they explain it all in their article, and in the end you might just look at the game a different way [...]