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Super Mario Galaxy

A port of Super Mario Galaxy included in Super Mario 3D All-Stars, featuring Joy-Con and touch controls, updated textures and a higher output resolution. Mario blasts off on an intergalactic quest to help…

18 September 2020

Super Mario Galaxy is an adventure developed by Nintendo Entertainment Analysis & Development, released 18 September 2020 on Nintendo Switch.

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What Super Mario Galaxy is

Super Mario Galaxy is an adventure game developed by Nintendo Entertainment Analysis & Development and released in 2020. It was published by Nintendo. It is available on Nintendo Switch only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Every hundred years, a huge comet flies by in the skies above the Mushroom Kingdom. One year, that comet filled the entire sky, and from it fell a stream of shooting stars. The Toads scooped up the Star Bits and brought them to the castle, where they were reborn as a great Power Star. It was a happy time in the Mushroom Kingdom. Then one night Mario received a letter... “Dear Mario, I’ll be waiting for you at the castle on the night of the Star Festival. There’s something I’d like to give you. from Peach” With invitation in hand, Mario headed off to the castle just as the Star Festival was getting into full swing. Surrounded by Toads gleefully trying to catch falling Star Bits, Mario was…
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How it plays

It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action, kids and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Co-operative and Single player.

Where it sits in the Mario series

Super Mario Galaxy is the 619th of 668 entries we hold in the Mario series. The next entry was Super Mario Bros. 35 in 2020.

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What it launched against

Super Mario Galaxy launched on 18 September 2020, within three weeks of Marvel's Avengers, Hades, Hades and Genshin Impact. It arrived 3 years into the Nintendo Switch's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.

Released around the same time: Marvel's Avengers, Hades, Hades, Genshin Impact.

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When did Super Mario Galaxy come out?
Super Mario Galaxy was released on 18 September 2020 for Nintendo Switch.

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