There haven’t been a lot of direct sequels to Super Mario games since the late eighties, so Mario’s latest outing is something of an oddity. However, Mario hasn’t lost that sequel magic and comes through with a game that feels comfortable and novel at the same time.

It looks like Super Mario Galaxy 2 will be taking a page from the Chronotron handbook. According to the MTV Multiplayer blog, the game will occasionally feature dopplegangers that follow your inputs after a brief delay. Now, these are the evil kind of twins, so you’ll have to calibrate your plans on the fly to [...]

Dust off your Wii, because 2010 is the year that Nintendo remembers that they’re a development house. The Nintendo Summit took place today (via 1up), and the developer/publisher/console manufacturer announced a whole slew of release dates. The biggest by far is Super Mario Galaxy 2, which will arrive on May 23. Nintendo released a new [...]