Super Mario Galaxy 2: Ultimate

"Get Ready for the Ultimate 3D Mario Adventure!"
-Tagline
Super Mario Galaxy 2: Ultimate is an enhanced remaster of Super Mario Galaxy 2. It released on the 7th of May 2022 both physically and digitally exclusively for the Nintendo Switch.
==Development==
After Super Mario 3D All-stars negative reception, Nintendo cited it & wanted to redeem themselves in the fans eyes and decided to remaster 2 games, a remaster of Super Mario Galaxy 2 on it's own called Super Mario Galaxy 2: Ultimate and a full remastered collection of 2D Mario games called Super Mario Origins. Being the biggest criticisms of the collection being the lack of Super Mario Galaxy 2, the reason why Galaxy 2 was emmitted from the collection was for 2 main reasons, They didn't have enough time to port Galaxy 2 and that if it was ported, the collection would have been way too big. Along with Super Mario Origins. Super Mario Galaxy 2 Ultimate was announced on the 6th of December & would release on the 7th of May. Nintendo decided to get Blue Falcon Games East to port the game along with Super Mario Origins.
==Plot==
Main Article: 
https://www.mariowiki.com/Super_Mario_Galaxy_2#Story
The Plot is nearly identical to the Original Game, however there are some new additions
*The Biggest one is that there’s a completely new yet optional Story with Lubba once you complete a World, how he met Rosalina, his crew and how he lost his wife and kids, you can access this new backstory in the engine room
*There’s also new cutscenes everytime you beat a world, showing Bowser in his Castle, building his galaxy and reacting too how Mario is stopping his Plans.
==Gameplay==
Main Article: https://www.mariowiki.com/Super_Mario_Galaxy_2#Gameplay_elements
===Changes===
There have been various changes to the Super Mario Galaxy 2 game
===Gameplay Features===
*The Super Bell, Ice Flower and the Red star have been added to the game, including 20 extra missions for them including the Green Stars
**The Ice Flower also can throw Ice like New Super Mario Bros
*The life system is removed. Upon death, half your starbits are removed instead.
*Once per level, when you collect 100 Starbits, you have the option to have the Rainbow Star
*Lives, Coin Counts and Starbits are not reset when you exit out of the game
**You can have the original option of reseting these counts
*The pause menu now has the option to restarting the current mission
*When Collecting a Normal Star, you either have the option to leave to Starship Mario or go back to the Mission select
**When Collecting a Green Star, there’s a extra option to stay in the level
*There’s a Hard Mode called Daredevil Mode, you have 10 set lives which cannot be increased but gained back before a permanent game over, some missions have been altered, being noticeable harder and you only have 1 piece of health until you get a starshroom, which will give you 3 health points until you get hit or complete the stage
*When you finish World 1, Toadette joins the Faceship, when you talk to her, you can give her coins for new custom Clothing these include
**Gloves
**Hats
**Shoes
**Overalls
**Undershirt
**Special Options
*Toadette will also give you presets of outfits from Super Mario Odyssey, The Recent Sports games, some canned outfits from Super Mario Odyssey and some completely new outfits, some of which are based on bosses once you beat them, you cannot edit these however the options for them can be selected
*The Dive, Groundpund jump and a few more flips have been added
*Fire and Ice Flower don’t run out anymore
*Motion Controls are now optional
*The Fluzzard sections are now controlled by stick
*The Games physics have been retooled a bit, being noticeable faster
*When you beat the game, you have the option to play the game again with Luigi on any file as a new game plus of sorts
*The Files have been increased to 6 instead of 3
*Unlike 3D Allstars, you can use Right stick as a pointer
*You can access extras when completing a Missions, getting a comet medal or completing a world these include
**Music Player
**Concept Art
**Character models and Bios
**Bestiary
***Allows you to view different enemies in the game that you have beaten
**Star List
**Outfit list
===Aesthetic===
*The Game has been upscaled to 1080p Docked and 720p Handheld
**However in the New Multiplayer mode, the game will run at 30fps as opposed to 60 like the original of more than 2 players are on screen
*The Odyssey style of Dialogue box can be selected 
*Some Textures have been upressed or even completely changed
*The Title screen has been changed, it still shows the opening animation but when pressing the start button you’ll be prompted to a menu where you can select Galaxy Mode (The Story Mode) with all the save files, the new Multiplayer mode, Chimp Challenges, the options menu, extras menu or to exit back to title screen
*Some Sound effects have been changed or altered
==Promotion==
When the game was announced on the 6th of December, if you pre-ordered before the game launched, you’d get a few exclusives customisation options, including a Cosmic Mario Skin and Gold Mario skin.
To Promote the game, Nintendo announced that a new animated CGI series based on the Game’s best levels called Super Mario Galaxy 2:The Animated Series, featuring 10 full episodes releasing weekly on their YouTube Channel till the release of the Game.
==Multiplayer==
One of the New Modes of the Game, 30 of the 49 Galaxies from the Game can be chosen with most of their missions selectable. The Multiplayer mode revolves around you collecting a Star before the other player, collecting a certain amount of Starbits/Coins before the time-limit runs out or beating a certain amount of enemies.
The Galaxies Chosen are
*Sky Station Galaxy
*Yoshi Egg Galaxy
*Spin Dig Galaxy
*Fluff Bluff Galaxy
*Flip-Swap Galaxy
*Puzzle Plank Galaxy
*Hightail Falls Galaxy
*Boulder Bowl Galaxy
*Cosmic Cove Galaxy
*Wild Glide Galaxy 
*Honeybloom Galaxy 
*Tall Trunk Galaxy
*Cloudy Court Galaxy
*Haunted Halls Galaxy
*Freezy Flake Galaxy
*Beat Block Galaxy
*Super Massive Galaxy
*Flipsvile Galaxy
*Starshine Galaxy
*Chompworks Galaxy
*Sweet Mystery Galaxy
*Honey Hop Galaxy
*Space Storm Galaxy
*Slipsand Galaxy
*Shiverburn Galaxy
*Boo Moon Galaxy
*Melty Monster Galaxy
*Clockwork Ruins Galaxy
*Battle Belt Galaxy
Fans cited the lack of no Bowser or Bowser Jr levels, to combat this Nintendo included them for DLC.
*Bowser’s Bout Features all of Bowser’s Levels in the Game
*Bowser Jr’s Chaos Pack Features all of the Bowser Jr Levels in the Game
There are also comet Power ups, which hinder the other player these include
*Daredevil Comet:Will Make the other player have one hit before being killed, which will freeze them for 10 seconds
*Purple Star Comet: Will Make the other Player have to get a certain amount of Purple coins to advance
*Romp Comet: Will Make the other player have to beat a certain amount of enemies to advance
*Speedy Comet: Will Make the other player have faster enemies and environment, but the player will be slower
*Clone Comet: Will make the other player have 1-5 Cosmic Clones depending on how far or close they are to the star
*Swap Comet: This will Swap the player current place
*Random Comet: This will have a Random effect on the other player not from the other comets 
The Characters that can be chosen are
*Mario
*Luigi
*Toad
*Toadette
*Peach
*Daisy
*Rosalina
They have different ups and downs, adding a sense of strategy to the game. The Multiplayer mode can be played up to 4 players, Online of Offline with friends or Matchmaking
==Chimp Challenges==
A New Game Mode following Mario doing tasks for the Chimp. Every Month, Nintendo will add new Challenges to the game. Either being Levels from the Base Game with altered mission conditions, or completely new Levels, based on a gimmick or a Power-up. When you complete a Chimp Challenge, you’ll get a Chimp Stamp, allowing you unlock more Chimp Challenges, Skins, Art and Music depending on the stamp count. When the game launched there was 20 Chimp Challenges, 10 Of them based on Base Game Levels, 10 of them New Challenges.
==Reception==
Super Mario Galaxy 2:Ultimate got generally favourable reviews by critic and fans alike, a lot of critics cited the faithfulness to the original game and the new features but was criticised for some framedrops in the Game, some textures looking off and the price.
==Rerelease==
For the Nintendo Switch Pro Launch, Nintendo rereleased Super Mario 64, Super Mario Sunshine, Super Galaxy and this game in a New package exclusive to the Switch pro
==Trivia==
*Originally, The Game was going to be called Super Mario Galaxy 2+ or Super Mario Galaxy 2: Deluxe
*This Game released on a Saturday, which is unusual for a Nintendo Release
*When the Game was announced the Trailer Music was “What a Wonderful World” cover from the Ramones 
*The Extras take place in the Book Place of Rosalina’s Comet Observatory
*Originally Robo Mario would have been a new comet with the Robo Mania, where you would race him the the Galaxies that didn’t have a Comet, but it was cut due to time constraints 
**However, Robo Mario made a cameo appearance with a Skin Unlocked by getting to stage 10 in Super Mario Forces or 100% this game
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