Super Mario Galaxy 2

[fredr123]

Originally Posted by Berger_4_

Can you have the second player like in the first one where the second player could collect star bits as the first player rolled through the levels?

Yes, plus the second player can take an even more active roll. You basically control a little star dude that follows Mario around. You can collect star bits by dragging the cursor over them. You can also collect other items like coins and 1 ups by putting your cursor over them and pressing A. Your little star dude runs out, grabs the item and hauls it back for Mario. Using the same technique, you can freeze enemies in their tracks and even defeat a few of them by shaking the controller while the bad guy is frozen.

[Flash Walken]

Originally Posted by fredr123

We play it in the evening after putting our son to bed. The wife and I do most of the playing but our daughter (3 years old) insists on having a turn. Kind of hard to deny her that while we try to teach her how to share and take turns with other kids.

She mostly just runs around on Starship Mario. It's gotten to the point where, with a little assistance, she can get Yoshi and then go around eating things. She's particularly fond of talking to all the little stars.

adorable.

[Pastiche]

Originally Posted by fredr123

Yes, plus the second player can take an even more active roll. You basically control a little star dude that follows Mario around. You can collect star bits by dragging the cursor over them. You can also collect other items like coins and 1 ups by putting your cursor over them and pressing A. Your little star dude runs out, grabs the item and hauls it back for Mario. Using the same technique, you can freeze enemies in their tracks and even defeat a few of them by shaking the controller while the bad guy is frozen.

Nintendo has found the perfect wedge for girlfriends/wives with the second player. My wife is normally pretty averse to playing video games but she was drawn into the colourful graphics, great music and of course, all of the creativity.

I offered that she take up the second controller and fool around knowing it was "two-player." What Nintendo did was make the second player much more influential in the game while providing literally no ways for them to make the game worse for the primary player. She grabs me 1-Ups, coins, kills enemies for me. She loves it. I have never seen her this into a video game. You know when that's the case Nintendo has made a winner.

[fredr123]

Originally Posted by Pastiche

Nintendo has found the perfect wedge for girlfriends/wives with the second player. My wife is normally pretty averse to playing video games but she was drawn into the colourful graphics, great music and of course, all of the creativity.

I offered that she take up the second controller and fool around knowing it was "two-player." What Nintendo did was make the second player much more influential in the game while providing literally no ways for them to make the game worse for the primary player. She grabs me 1-Ups, coins, kills enemies for me. She loves it. I have never seen her this into a video game. You know when that's the case Nintendo has made a winner.

Contrast that with New Super Mario Bros. on the Wii. That game is more likely to lead to more relationship problems than the worst WoW addiction.

[Pastiche]

Oh god, my wife and I played SMB Wii once, and only once.

[Berger_4_]

Originally Posted by fredr123

Yes, plus the second player can take an even more active roll. You basically control a little star dude that follows Mario around. You can collect star bits by dragging the cursor over them. You can also collect other items like coins and 1 ups by putting your cursor over them and pressing A. Your little star dude runs out, grabs the item and hauls it back for Mario. Using the same technique, you can freeze enemies in their tracks and even defeat a few of them by shaking the controller while the bad guy is frozen.

I've run out of thanks, so...thanks haha.