Super Mario Galaxy 2 Released Today

The long awaited and long overdue Super Mario Galaxy 2 (SMG2) for the Nintendo Wii will be released this Sunday in North America, followed by Japan on May 27th and Europe on June 11th :(

Gameplay is similar to that of the first Super Mario Galaxy and game reviews released today have been extremely positive. Edge Magazine and IGN awarded the game a score of 10 out of 10 while the Official Nintendo Magazine gave SMG2 a score of 97%.

I will have to wait till June 11th but if you have the game what do you think of it?

Super Mario Galaxy 2 Trailer Has All The Right Moves

How will Mario defeat Bowser’s minions in the upcoming “Super Mario Galaxy 2″? Nintendo introduced the Rock Mario powerup today, turning the lovable Italian plumber into something completely and destructively different; a rock.

In the game’s newest trailer (embedded below) we get a look into the colorful yet perilous world of Galaxy 2, its new hub world system and navigation mechanic, a few of the game’s new enemies and dynamic and creative environments, and of course, YOSHI!

Super Mario Galaxy 2 comes exclusively to Wii May 23.

Mario Galaxy 2 Gets European Release Date

The European release dates for several of Nintendo's big upcoming titles were announced in London today.

The most exciting of these is surely Super Mario Galaxy 2, which is slated for June 11 release in Europe. We heard yesterday that it will hit stores in May 23 in the US.

At the same US event Metroid: Other M was handed a 27 June release date, however the game has only been given a Q3 date in Europe for now.

Other release dates announced were April 23 for Monster Hunter Tri for and May 7 for Sin and Punishment: Star Successor.