Super Mario Galaxy

[hypernova]

I'm going to ask one of my infinitely famous stupid questions here.  Let's say you collect enough stars to complete the game, but not all of them....can you go back and finish getting stars after the finale?  I'm almost halfway through the game (got the final lower observatory open but not complete)...just kind of curious.

For example, let's say I find 80 stars and finally say ok, I want to take on Bowser in the final fight.  Once I beat him, can I still go back and try for the other 40 stars? or will credits roll and that will be it?

I think I know the answer, but please enlighten....

Yes you can.  I beat the final bowser at around 70 stars and am now at 115 stars.  I agree with pbj that the final bowser level wasn't great (it wasn't bad, it just wasn't great), but then from the beginning I was treating the game like it wasn't over until I got all the stars, so it was just another level to me.  Some levels are great, others are only good.

Also seems to be the only way to unlock the purple comets.

Plus, some stages have 7 stars.  Three regs, two comets, and two hidden.  There's only a couple of these, however.

I've got 105 right now.  All purples left.

I also agree on the final level...it was a bit disappointingly easy.  I only had slight trouble on his first form because my trial and error hits on him apparently weren't hitting (I won't go into detail, so as to not give it away.)  What makes it hilarious is there's a 1-up in plain view every trip up the stairs before the fight, essentially making it impossible to ever lose all your lives on him.

[AtomSmasher]

Zero Punctuation just put up his review of Mario Galaxy.  For those who don't know, ZP gives highly entertaining reviews while finding faults in every game.

*warning-foul language in the review*
http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/editorials/zeropunctuation/2768-Zero-Punctuation-Super-Mario-Galaxy

[skim36]

I'm watching my son play it....great game....and at almost 7 he's really good at it!  I think I'm picking one up for myself.  I was holding off buying a wii....but now I think I'll make the jump.

[skim36]

Today, while my boy was playing...he took a bathroom break and I actually picked it up and started playing.  After never holding the controllers in my hand, I was surprised by how intuitive it was.  I was playing, running around, trying to catch this invisible plant thing, I think....upside down and backwards and never looked at the controllers.  That's the sign of a great game.