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As you can probably tell from the number of Galaxy 2-related news and features on our site at the moment, Team ONM's obsession with all things Mario means that we leap upon every little snippet of new Mario Galaxy 2 info and milk it for all its worth.
When Chris and I went to Nintendo HQ last week to play around with Starship Mario, a couple of newly-revealed galaxies and some new power-ups, we left thinking that'd be it in terms of new stuff until our review - but today has proved us wrong.
Some new game artwork and a couple of videos on the Nintendo Japan website have told us a few brand new things about the latest intergalactic adventure.
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Cloud Mario's an interesting one. All we've seen thus far is the artwork, so we've no idea how it'll actually work in the game. Could it be a new ability to make cloud-style platforms appear underneath Mario with a quick waggle of the Remote? Or maybe even draw them into the scenery with the Remote? The mind boggles.
And the new spin on the first game's two player mode is an interesting one. From the screens we've seen, it looks like the second player is now able to get much more involved than just collecting and shooting star bits, as they did in the first one. It would appear that the second player controls a Luma which is able to properly attack enemies, rather than just stun them.
So the nuggets of info keep on coming, and most excitingly of all, Team ONM is off to play the final version of the game next week, ahead of the review issue out next month. Finally, we'll see for sure what these new aspects of the game are like, alongside anything else that Nintendo has managed to keep hidden thus far.
Until then, this weekend's question is a simple one - which new Galaxy 2 features are you looking forward to the most?
ONM Blog: Mario Galaxy 2: The plot thickens - Official Nintendo Magazine
the cat is reminded of this
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That was a good Mario game but a decent rpg