These are two of the best video games ever made

Super Mario Galaxy and Super Mario Galaxy 2 are 2 of nan top games ever made. 

It's taken 15 years but Nintendo is yet offering them arsenic portion of a bundle.

Yes, it's $89.95 connected nan Australian eShop. Outrageously, they're disposable separately for $59.95! That's a batch of money for immoderate 15-year-old game, moreover ones arsenic bully arsenic Super Mario Galaxy. 

But pinch a 4K touch-up, caller storybook pages and a Super Mario Galaxy movie connected nan way, it's a value that I - and galore different Nintendo fans - will happily pay. 

If you've ne'er touched either of these games before, you won't beryllium disappointed. 

And if you've bought them before, this is nan definitive measurement to replay them. 

I don't request to "review" nan value of these games. They're some sitting astatine a 97 connected Metacritic. They are arsenic adjacent to cleanable arsenic 2 video games tin be. 

"Mario successful space" is trading these games short.

The measurement Nintendo plays pinch gravity crossed a seemingly endless proviso of imaginative worlds, backed up by nan company's first - and arguably champion - orchestral score, is an acquisition each gamer should have.

So what's caller successful this bundle?

Having conscionable played Super Mario Galaxy successful Nintendo's 35th day bundle, I jumped consecutive into Super Mario Galaxy 2. 

After 50+ hours successful Hollow Knight SIlksong, Mario felt for illustration a motortruck astatine first blush. 

His moveset is jarringly constricted compared to Super Mario Odyssey and Nintendo's caller deed Donkey Kong Bananza, and it will return a fewer levels to get utilized to. 

Initially, I picked up my Pro Controller to play but moving some hands astir to cod prima bits felt unnatural and I quickly swapped to nan Joy Cons to much intimately mimic nan Wii. 

Pointer controls are a monolithic portion of Galaxy 2. Eating enemies and shooting them backmost retired arsenic Yoshi relies connected it. More demanding platforming sections besides request a level of velocity and accuracy arsenic you fling Mario into nan aerial pinch floating flowers. 

The Switch 2 gyro controls clasp up beautiful good but your pointer will drift occasionally. It's difficult to opportunity why because astatine times it useful flawlessly and astatine others my cursor would beryllium floating disconnected toward nan correct of nan screen. 

Thankfully, it's very easy to reset it backmost to nan mediate of nan surface pinch a pat of nan correct enarthrosis button. I've gotten into nan wont of hitting it each clip I want to usage nan cursor now. I don't find it excessively annoying, but I'm judge others whitethorn consciousness differently. 

If you're playing handheld, nan touch surface useful arsenic your pointer. It's ace meticulous but you'll person to region your manus from nan controller to do so. 

As for nan graphics, it's a mixed bag. 

Super Mario Galaxy 2 has ne'er looked sharper. A fewer textures person changed to meet a 4K modular but you won't announcement unless you're doing a side-by-side comparison pinch nan original Wii game.

Overall, it's an fantabulous upgrade and nan truth that levels and characteristic models clasp up connected surface 15 years later is testament to fantabulous creation design. However, portion of maine wishes Nintendo invested a small more. 

Some characteristic models (Toad especially) look very jagged successful 4K. 

The fur effects which were perfectly blurred astatine 480p connected nan Wii are a small excessively crisp successful 4K. 

Lighting effects connected immoderate objects could besides usage a Metroid Prime: Remastered-level overhaul. Instead of being "lit", immoderate 3D elements are noticeably shaded successful different colour gradients but - astatine 4K - there's a noticeable statement that separates nan levels for illustration rings connected an elevation map. 

None of these will impact nan nosy you person playing this game. Far from it. This is still nan prettiest Super Mario Galaxy 2 has ever looked.

I've been waiting for an excuse to replay Super Mario Galaxy 2 and connected Nintendo Switch 2 it is amended than ever. 

These 15-year-old masterpieces clasp up remarkably successful 2025 and it's crazy really good they comparison against titles for illustration Astro Bot which, successful my review, I fundamentally called it Super Mario Galaxy 3.

With The Super Mario Galaxy Movie connected nan way, here's hoping Nintendo rips disconnected that band-aid and gives america a existent sequel earlier excessively long.

Nintendo provided 9news.com.au pinch an early transcript of Super Mario Galaxy and Super Mario Galaxy 2 for Nintendo Switch 2 for nan intent of this review.