It seems the plumber's latest adventure can do no wrong, scoring top marks at many well-respected publications around the world. In fact, it's got so many high scores that reviews aggregator Metacritic places it at second spot in the list of the highest-rated games of all time with a score if 98, level with Grand Theft Auto IV, Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2 and Soul Calibur II, which starred Link in its GameCube edition.
N64 masterpiece Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time still leads the table with a staggering Metascore of 99, but with more Super Mario Galaxy 2 reviews due in before the game's launch in Europe on June 11th there's a possibility it might sneak up to stand shoulder-to-shoulder with Miyamoto's time-travelling epic.
[source apps.metacritic.com]
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EH YEA! EAT THAT IGN FANBOYS!
You don't own it
@Roopa132 We'll see how Metroid: Other M does in comparison soon enough
@turtlelink: Agreed. IGN can eat it. And I wholeheartedly agree with this rating. I was on the cusp of calling Super Mario Galaxy the greatest Mario game of all time... and Super Mario Galaxy 2 may just reach that. I'll have my feelings on it when I've completed it all.
Thats Nintendo for you.
And Now your playing with Power
Heck yeah
@Roopa132
Have you even played the game?
Shouldn't that be the first Soul Calibur which have 98 on metacritic?
Ocarina of Time and Super Mario Galaxy 2.
Super Mario Galaxy 2 is awesome! Got it on release date, love every minute of it!
Now if only Sega can do this with Sonic! (highly doubt it)
wow. and i won't be able to play this until august. dang. still, that's exciting news. what happened to the Wii not being a hardcore console?
I think it beats OOT I hated it
Soul Calibar 1 has the 98 score.
Also, I use gamerankings instead. It's more accurate for my tastes.
But it's not HD! It doesn't play DVDs! It's not online! Etc, etc.
What a surprise, none of that matters when the game is good enough. Nicely done, Nintendo.
Nice job Soul Calibur!
I wonder how much more substance this has in comparison to the first, I'm guessing not enough.
@Kelvin: why would a game be able to play DVDs?
I actually didn't get into Ocarina of Time at all. But hey, I think I have already decided, even on my Video Game Bucket List, that I will beat Ocarina of Time someday. But still, I'm glad Super Mario Galaxy beat Grand Theft Auto IV, one of my wishes has come true!
Go Nintendo!
-BF98
I'm glad it beat the likes of GTA IV and ocarina of time is really overrated.
It's a great game but I'd give it about 9/10 personally.
lz2010, I was merely spoofing the usual complaints of the Wii-bashers. No matter how good the game, we usually see the same complaints about the machine's technical weakness. I expect we'll see a similar backlash as more scores for SMG2 come in. It was a joke.
@BobberyFan and mariofanatic: it didn't beat GTA IV, it's tied with it.
@Faron: The original didn't have Link, Spawn and Heihachi.
...AAAAAAAAGH I NEED THIS GAME! DX
Gonna be quite hard to beat oot in my opinion....
C'mon, get to 99!
Mario perpetually lacks the coinage for a 1up.
This article is misleading.. it shares a 98 average with 4 other games.. this doesn't make it the second highest rated game though... here's how it really goes:
1. Nintendo 64: Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (1998) 99
Nintendo
2. Playstation: Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2 (2000) 98
Activision
3. Dreamcast: Soul Calibur (1999) 98
Namco
4. Xbox 360: Grand Theft Auto IV (2008) 98
Rockstar Games
5. Playstation 3: Grand Theft Auto IV (2008) 98
Rockstar Games
6. Wii: Super Mario Galaxy 2 (2010) 98
Nintendo
7. Nintendo 64: Perfect Dark (2000) 97
You know what I mean, I'm just glad that it is atleast tied with it. I just hate the GTA games 3 through 4 and Rockstar Games period.
-BF98
It looks like a great game but I don't see myself getting it yet. I want to play SM64 and SMG first because I have next to no experience with 3D platformers other then playing Super Mario Sunshine at a friend house.
@TLOZfreak How do you know that that's the exact order? I've always looked for a thing on Metacritic that lists the OVERALL top games but I've never found it.
@SuperMario Fan96: right underneath every NL article is a link to their source, if it's not NL exclusive news. click thaat and it will take you to the page.
Screw IGNorant fanboys. They keep saying "its not that great". Yet they havent played it.
Yeah, I noticed this the other day. 'Course, it's tied with, like, 5 other games, albeit deserving ones. Good to see it managed to at least out-do its predecessor.
For everyone hating on IGN, let it be noted that they gave Galaxy 2 one of its many 10/10 scores, helping it along in its path to number two.
I guess the fanboy knife cuts both ways.
I don't see how this could be that good if the first was not very good at all? It doesn't make much sense seeing hardly anything has changed, i'm not saying there hasn't been big changes but still. I guess if you didn't enjoy the First you won't enjoy this one.
@bro2dragons Oh thanks. I actually found it shortly after I posted my comment. Just do a Metacritic search without typing anything in and organize it by metascore from highest to lowest.
I can't wait for [SOMETIME DURING JULY] to pick this up! But why did NintAust have to screw us over again? Doesn't NOE love us anymore?
@TLOZ: No, it's still number two even if there's a tie
Also, it's renowned in all regions and/or has more high ratings than the others
@NassaDane
"I don't see how this could be that good if the first was not very good at all?"
Sound logic, false premise.
OoT was blimmin great but SMG2 was JUST better. I think people over-reacted at OoT, it had bad graphics (for the time it was great, but compare to SMG2 it was crap) and the Water temple and other elements were frustrating, not because it was hard.
@mattex: Well you can't really change the ratings for OoT just because it would have been bad nowadays. At the time it was a masterpiece and that is what matters
@Purist import it. I am, Chibi is.
@warioswoods: Haha, good one!
@Iz2010: Even by today's standards, it'd still rank OoT as number 1 for me. Moreover, on the Metacritic list, many of those games are pre-2006. It just shows the decline in videogaming standards over the past few years. Developers rush to get their game out as soon as they can in order to capitalise on the sudden uptake of videogaming (granted, the Wii has somewhat caused this uptake).
There's still time for that percentage to drop, yes? Seeing as Uncharted 2 got at least 25 perfect review scores and is apparently not at least 98% on Metacritic, I'd say early success is no automatic indicator of long-term chart topping. Cool if it does, sure, but I just think it's a bit early to brag about it.
Me thinks this one will get way more publicity now that many more people have Wiis and it's not going head to head with Halo 3.
Definately deserves it. The game is amazing.
It shares a ROUNDED OFF score with a bunch of other games. The actual aggregate score is 97.8 or something. It's not the second highest rated game of all time. It is literally 6th.
@ warioswoods (45):
"Sound logic, false premise."
Faulty logic, false premise.
@ShaneGill:
I'm not sure if you know of how Metacritic calculates their scores, but they provide a weighted average. For example, if Nintendolife gave a game 9/10 and IGN gave it 10/10, then its "Metascore" would be 97 or so. Metacritic assigns more established publications with a better weighted average, and I believe IGN currently has the largest weighting. Seen as how IGN (UK, US and AUS) gave Super Mario Galaxy 2 10/10, the weighting of the Metascore will be significantly higher.
Pertaining to your saying that "It is literally 6th": Metacritic ranks games higher if they have more reviews (providing the games in question have the same Metascore). By the time the Australian launch comes, there will be about 80-90 reviews of the game on Metacritic, meaning that it will actually be second on the list (providing it still has the same Metascore of 98).
I hope this provides a clearer view on Metacritic.
In Game Rankings it has the second spot anyway, at least for now
what's all these 'screw ign' comments the showered it with praise and gave it a 10
What did Nintendo Power magazine rate the game? I'm looking forward to it coming to the UK soon...
The two best games ever made, and you can play them both on Wii.
What I find funny is the people saying its not fun or sucks, really should just be saying it not there style of game. I genrally hate FPS', doesnt mean I cant still appreciate the game for what it is.
The screw ign is probably about the commenters of IGN, not nessicarly the website.
I'm gonna be back posting on the review of SMG2 until June 11th. So goodbye for now and take care.
-Nintendogames1000
@Machu...currently, we on this side of the pond can play them both on the Wii...on your side of the pond you still have a little wait before you can play them both on the Wii. : ))
I am waiting for my wife to buy it...grrrrr.... She plays SMG1 and enjoy her reaction...PRICELESS!
I rented the game and its epic!
Based on GameRankings, SMG2 is currently the greatest game of all time, with a score of 97.67% (which is still missing two scores out there, a 98% and a 10/10) to Zelda's 97.57%.
I might get this after all, i'm not into platformers all that much, but i dont exactly hate them
THIS IS FULL OF WIN
And I still don't understand why people are/were so in love with Ocarina.
Butttttt maybe Zelda games just aren't my style.
@Machu and @Cipher.. and the best thing on Gamerankings too is that 4 of the 5 best games ever are playable on the Wii: SMG2, Ocarina of Time, SMG and Metroid Prime. 4 of 5. Unbelievable.
not really suprising, in the top 2 greatest games are made by Nintendo
need for speed NITRO is underrated.
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