Super Mario Galaxy (2007)
Super Mario Galaxy is a 2007 platform video game made by Nintendo Entertainment Analysis & Development and Nintendo.
Mario runs off the edge of a tiny planet and keeps running, upside down, around the other side. Bowser has torn Princess Peach's castle out of the ground and hauled it into space, so Mario chases across a sky full of little worlds. This first Wii Mario turns each level into its own planet with its own gravity, so you sprint around spheres, fall up, and launch between galaxies with a spin and a star. New power-ups let you roll, float and buzz past hazards. Nintendo builds it around one giddy pleasure, the joy of the jump, remade in three dimensions and orbit.
Quick answers
What is Super Mario Galaxy about?
Mario runs off the edge of a tiny planet and keeps running, upside down, around the other side. Bowser has torn Princess Peach's castle out of the ground and hauled it into space, so Mario chases across a sky full of little worlds. This first Wii Mario turns each level into its own planet with its own gravity, so you sprint around spheres, fall up, and launch between galaxies with a spin and a star. New power-ups let you roll, float and buzz past hazards. Nintendo builds it around one giddy pleasure, the joy of the jump, remade in three dimensions and orbit.
When was Super Mario Galaxy released?
Super Mario Galaxy was released on 1 November 2007.
Who made Super Mario Galaxy?
Super Mario Galaxy was made by Nintendo Entertainment Analysis & Development and Nintendo.
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A few thoughts on Super Mario Galaxy
If you want Mario away from the controller, The Super Mario Galaxy Movie carries this cosmic chapter to the big screen. For a sillier, comic-strip Mushroom Kingdom, Super Mario Adventures collects the old Nintendo Power comic and its goofy takes on Mario, Peach and Bowser with the same warm, playful spirit.
More Mario platformers to play next
Super Mario Galaxy sends Mario spinning across tiny planets. These other Mario platformers share its precise jumps and playful level design, from the first leap into 3D on the N64 to the sandbox worlds of Odyssey and the tight 2D classics that set the template. Same plumber, same joy of movement.
Mario on TV and film
Galaxy's cosmic chase eventually gave Mario a movie of his own. These older Mario cartoons and films put the same Mushroom Kingdom rescue on screen, from a 1986 anime to the Saturday-morning shows and the new galaxy feature, if you want the plumber's world without a controller.
Handcrafted platformers with pinpoint jumps
Galaxy builds whole levels around one gravity trick. These platformers share that craft, asking for precise jumps and rewarding you with hand-made worlds. Whether it's a climb up a haunting mountain, a painterly forest or a lonely alien ruin, each runs on tight controls and levels that keep inventing.
Games built on one wondrous idea
Super Mario Galaxy takes a single wild idea, walking around whole planets, and wrings pure wonder from it. These games do the same, each built on one striking mechanic or mood: portals that bend space, a wordless pilgrimage, a giant to climb. Play them for that same sense of awe.