Review Information
Game Reviewed Super Mario Fan Galaxy *Updated*, by kjellm87
Review Author Arkatox
Created Aug 8 2009, 5:12 PM

General Commentary and Game Overview
Wow, I just got online one day and went to my personal messenger to see what the next part of my conversation with Kjellm87 was about, and "BAM!" I saw that he came out with another game! Another SUPER MARIO GALAXY game, at that! My jaw dropped so low that I wouldn't have been able to eat if I tried. The game was still queued at the time, so I got to be one of the first to play. I'm still amazed at that fact that Kjellm87 is not a lot more popular than he is. I mean, this guy is like a natural at creating games!

SMFG Story:
Bowser is up to no good again! He has found a Ztar, or a black star, and it gives him enough power to take over the universe, and nobody can stop him! Rosalina already tried, but got kidnapped. Now it's all up to Mario, and nobody, NOBODY is going to stop him from saving the universe!

Island in the Sky:
The area that you're in while you're not in a level is sort of like an island in space. Princess Peach is always there, along with several Luma. There is also a secret galaxy somewhere on this "island".

Commets:
The commets in this game give you challenges like "beat this level without killing any enemies" or "beat this level without getting any coins". If you kill an enemy or collect a coin in a level with either of those commets in orbit, then you will imediately have to restart the level. If you beat the level, while successfully completing the challenge, then you will get a new star (unless you've done the challenge before). Please note that commets won't appear around galaxies that you haven't beat yet.

Bosses:
Some of the bosses are annoying and not much fun. In Super Mario Fangame and Yoshi's Adventure the bosses were fun, but not as much in this game. I wonder why.

AI:
Bosses don't have very good AIs, though the enemies have okay AIs. Once again I go on complaining about the bosses. I don't like the fact that main enemies can't move unless you can see them.

Super Mario Galaxy Fangame:
Yes, Kjellm87 once made another SMG Fangame, and it happened to be called Super Mario Galaxy Fangame. What a creative name. Super Mario Fan Galaxy is better than it's counterpart in so many ways:

-The gravity engine is a lot better
-The levels are a lot better and aren't near as extremely annoying
-The sprites are far better
-Better physics and special moves
-Better AI

And that's just to name a few.
 
Pros Good gravity engine, great physics and such. Fun (but lots of the time annoying) boss battles, and overall a really great game. Also, really great sprites.
 
Cons You walk slower than I think you should, and it's sometimes annoying to perform a skid-jump. The game isn't as good as it COULD be (but it's still great).
 
Impressions
Gameplay
8 / 10
The wall-jumping and ground-pounding are great, but it's sometimes hard to do a skid-jump. Just moving around lets you know that Kjellm87 really likes to make his games the best. And they are!
 
Graphics
9 / 10
Kjellm87 keeps on improving his graohics! If you see his old games, then see one of his newer games, like Super Mario Fangame, then you see he's really improved. Then, after that, when you see this game, you know he's really, REALLY improved.
 
Sound
7 / 10
The sound and music were pretty good: just more cool Nintendo music, but what did you expect?
 
Replay
8 / 10
Everyone knows that if you play a game through a second time, it's not as fun as when you play it the first time.(unless it has a twist, like you decide to beat it again without beating any enemies, or something) Well, in SMFG there are lots of places where you have to replay levels with twists: the commets! If it weren't for the commets, there wouldn't be as much replay value.
 
Final Words
8 / 10
Another great game by one of my favorite developers. Congrats!

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kjellm87
Aug 13 2009, 9:19 AM
Thanks for the review. :)
 
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