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- ramped-up difficulty - there may/may not be a hub area. Some screenshots have indicated hub-like area. - Hammer Bros. return - Yoshi can eat/spit back Hammer Bros. hammers - Yoshi can grab the Hammer Bros. feet to trip them up - Yoshi is only in certain levels - expect more Yoshi involvement in SMG2 than NSMBW - no shooting starbits [...]

We were all speculating that the official piece of art Nintendo released would end up being the boxart. If this retailer listing is correct, it appears that we were all right on the money!

This week's Nintendo Channel update features a lot of trailers for all of the big news items out of Nintendo Media Summit last week. If you haven't had a chance to check out the new trailers and our hands-on impressions, hit up this post here. Otherwise, boot up your Wii and enjoy all of the new videos for Super Mario Galaxy 2, Sin and Punishment: Star Successor and Disney Guilty Party!

#wii Remember when someone stared at the Super Mario Galaxy a little too long, deciphering the hidden message "U R MR GAY" cleverly encoded by Nintendo's cheeky box art designers? Well, Nintendo has nipped that in the bud for the sequel. More »

An explosion of creativity hits the Mario galaxy, and we get the details from Senior Product Specialist Nate Williams from Nintendo of America.

We’ve seen an official trailer and a b-roll trailer, and now you can check out some comparison shots that show things in a different light. Thanks to Azulblur for the heads up!

Could this incredible new piece of poster-worthy art also be what we'll see on store shelves?

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Super Mario Galaxy 2 returns Mario to a the Wii-defining universe of Super Mario Galaxy now armed with new power-up, new friends and... a drill? Just as Super Mario 64 redefined the classic...

Here's some great news for those of you in Europe interested in playing Super Mario Galaxy 2 and Sin and Punishment: Star Successor. Nintendo announced that Galaxy will be available in Europe on June 11, not long after America's May 23 date. And Sin and Punishment will be out in Europe (under the slightly altered title Sin and Punishment: Successor of the Skies) on May 7, exactly one month before North America gets its hands on that Treasure.

The bad news is that Metroid: Other M is dated simply "Q3." It's due June 27 in North America. We've collected all the European release dates for Wii and DS (including a "summer" date for Dragon Quest IX!) after the break.

[Via Eurogamer]

Super Mario Galaxy 2 hits North America on May 23, Nintendo of America's Cammie Dunaway told a group of writers gathered in San Francisco for the Nintendo Summit this morning. Super Mario Galaxy 2...

Metroid: Other M also dated. Sort of.

Here’s what I learned from my multiple hands-on sessions with Super Mario Galaxy 2… 1. I think this game may actually look better than the original Galaxy (visuals) 2. Having Yoshi in a Galaxy setting is so much fun that it seems criminal 3. The level designs for Galaxy 2 are way more outlandish than the original. [...]

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It's been a little more than three years now since we picked the original Super Mario Galaxy as one of our top 10 games of 2007. Which, of course, meant we liked it. A lot, in fact. So a sequel to the game was welcome news, even if it didn't really look all that different. Truth be told, after playing Super Mario Galaxy 2 today at Nintendo's Q1 Media Summit, I can say it isn't that different. But sometimes that's a good thing -- especially when you're talking about the video game equivalent of comfort food.

I specifically played two worlds during my demo today with the intent of focusing on two of the new game mechanics in SMG2. The first being the drill bit power-up, which quickly wowed me with the nifty new level designs it has inspired. The other, Mario's lizard pal Yoshi, really is a space-faring plumber's best friend.

It's here in San Francisco and fully playable. And play we did at Nintendo's Media Summit.

More details from Mario's next conquest of the galaxy in still images from Nintendo's Media Summit!

Mario plunders the Galaxy of coins once again with his faithful companion Yoshi.

May 23rd's Wii exclusive Super Mario Galaxy 2 has not just a release date and a trailer, but Planet Mario, some screenshots and some bullet points worth sharing. Or is that Planet Luigi? Hard to...

Nintendo has released a brand new trailer for Super Mario Galaxy 2, showing the exploits of the portly plumber and ... okay, look. We can't do this anymore. The dude's obviously not just a plumber these days. Try astronaut. Try dinosaur wrangler. Try planetoid driller. And just try not to get excited for the game's launch on May 23rd.

Mario is back for a May release, jumping around the galaxy looking for stars, Yoshi, and maybe a space dragon or two!

Mario is back and he's ready to save the galaxy.

We'll be soaring through the stars again soon. Check out these new shots from Nintendo's Media Summit.