Traveling Thoughts

On Monday, I was at Best Buy and for the first time ever there wasn’t a line of people at the Wii station awaiting their turn. I was excited, I walked up to it, grabbed the controllers I had never even been able to touch before. The game in the console was Super Mario Galaxy. I played through one level (a bit awkwardly) and was hooked. I decided that I needed a Wii and that I needed Super Mario Galaxy. It wasn’t to happen. As I turned around and marched myself backs to the Wii section, some woman was putting the last Wii in her cart. I was a bit bummed.

On Friday, I had “I don’t feel like working syndrome” and took a few minutes in the afternoon to call my favorite GameStop store and see if they had a used one (I asked about the used ones because I thought for sure there’d be no way there was a new one in stock). Stephen, who has been selling me video games for years answered the phone (and if he hadn’t I would’ve asked for him anyways). He told me that there were no used units in stock and said “not new?” Of course I was like (in my head) “NEW!!! I CAN GET A NEW ONE” to him: “Do you have a new one in stock?” Him: “Let me check…we do” Me: “Will you hold it for me?” Him: “Come see me Courtney”

I was so excited after work to go to the store and be able to get a Wii and get Super Mario Galaxy. As of right now there’s not any other game I’d rather be playing more (which is good because I only bought the one game).

I played it a bit last night and a lot to day, I’ve beat some 3 legged robot monster and had to put it down so that I could do some other things. Needless to say, I’m itching to get back to it.

Super Mario Galaxy is a wonderful game in the Mario series that has an excellent sound track (on the main star place it somewhat reminds me of a score that was heard in the movie “The Holiday”). The story line follows the famed Mario story line, The Princess has been capture by Bowser and needs rescuing and Mario goes off to save her. Even playing the same story line over and over again, I never tire of Mario.

The only thing I’m having problems with during gameplay is that Mario has to abide by the laws of gravity and so sometimes you’re running upside down, diagonally, etc…directions I’m not used to…so it’s gonna take some getting used to, but really that’s not a complaint, it’s just a learning curve.

If you haven’t played Super Mario Galaxy yet, and you’re a Mario fan, get out there and get it, you’ll enjoy it.