November 2, 2007 - Excellent - In short, Galaxy is one of the most impressive, engrossing games in recent memory -- and quite the contrast to the rest of this year's triple-A gaming crop, which tends toward the dark, the M-rated, and the first-person perspective.

November 5, 2007 - Excellent - Another decade needs to go by before we'll know whether [Super Mario Galaxy] will come to be as revered as [Mario] 64 did. For now, all that matters is that the waiting is finally over.

November 13, 2007 - Excellent - Mario Galaxy is one of those charming, perfect achievements that remind you why Nintendo saved our pastime in 1985 and has reinvigorated it in 2007 with the Wii and the best game made yet for the system.

November 19, 2007 - Excellent - In a holiday season that is witnessing a flood of excellent titles, Super Mario Galaxy rises above most to prove that the Italian plumber is still a king in the video game jungle.

November 10, 2007 - Excellent - Super Mario Galaxy succeeds in tweaking the classic formula while keeping the game experience that keeps people coming back for more Mario, time and time again.

November 7, 2007 - Excellent - When all is said and done, the thing that really makes Super Mario Galaxy such a standout game isn't the fact that it's another Mario game, but the fact that it doesn't even need to be a Mario game to be successful.

November 8, 2007 - Excellent - Super Mario Galaxy cannot be recommended enough to every kind of gamer. If you enjoy playing the best, then you absolutely need to play Super Mario Galaxy. It's our favorite Wii game this year, and a strong contender for the best game of the year.

November 8, 2007 - Excellent - You can rest assured that nothing on Wii... no, nothing since that original 3D Mario encounter on N64, has the imagination, playfulness or technical know-how to match [Super Mario Galaxy].

November 7, 2007 - Excellent - Just when you think a genre is dead along comes a game that pushes perceptions to the fringe. Super Mario Galaxy is one of them. It's a perfect blend of the established and unexpected, and a finely crafted piece of software that will infect your subconscious and make you dread dropping the controller.

November 7, 2007 - Excellent - Nintendo's Tokyo studio has created a platformer that deserves its place among the very best and will surely be remembered in another decade as a classic.

November 21, 2007 - Excellent - While Mario 64 did things no gamer has seen before, Galaxy simply builds on this template. It's certainly a better than game Mario 64, but nowhere near as revolutionary.