# Super Mario Galaxy ## Thoughts This is an excellent 3D [[Mario]] platformer! The levels and music are awesome. I think the only thing that I wish was a bit better is the slowness of actually getting in and out of levels. There are so many delays in the UI, loading screens, and cutscene transitions that it feels like it takes a while to get to the gameplay a lot of the time. Besides strongly associating this game with the glory days of the [[Wii]], part of why I remember this being a birthday present for me is if you preordered it from GameStop at the time, you got a commemorative coin with it — I still have it on the board game shelf, too. Now that I think about it, maybe I ordered the game myself versus it being a gift. I remember that my dad picked it up for me on his way home from work, and they didn't give him the coin, so I asked him to stop again the next day to get one. Boy, I was spoiled I guess. 😅 ## Progress **Main Story:** Complete [[2026 - April 20 - Monday]]: I originally completed this game on the Wii back in the day, but I'm currently working on the [[Switch]] version of it. I'd like to try and 100% it this time, but we'll see how well my motivation holds out. 😄