

+Less handholding tutorials, unless you want to +Better Hub World/Less restrictive Unlocking requirements +Novelty factor due to not being a direct sequel Well breaking down common reviews and views on the game: SMG: It provides for me the slightly better experience of the two, but I'd happily play either of them anytime, any place. SMG perhaps gets more distinction for building the incredible engine that makes these games so great, but SMG2 in my opinion successfully refines the formula creating a game that is simply unbelievable fun to play through from beginning to end, thanks to its telling variety. That being said, I'm calling it for SMG2. They're not just the best 3D platformers I've played (and I've played all the major ones), they're the best by a mile. If I wanted to show people what a high quality 3D platformer looks like, these are the games I would go to. It should be noted that their similarities are much larger, and both have phenomenal gameplay, best-on-Wii graphics, and great soundtracks (leading to fantastic atmosphere). There are a number of other small differences, but these are the ones that stick out to me the most. Green star quest - could've been executed better but still superior to just playing the game through again as Luigi. Less bogged down in story (Some people have a different view on this, but this is how I see it) Yoshi, more power-ups, more galaxies, leading to greater variety in gameplay No rehashed levels like Gold Leaf Galaxy in SMG Ice Mario and Flying Mario, why were these bad boys not back in SMG2!? It was the first, it laid the groundwork (but I won't be considering this in my final comparison as that has nothing to do with the quality of the two games, it's just worth mentioining)īetter hub world, though still to be honest not a great hub world in my opinion Now, going into my comparison I should note that I literally consider these two games the best two games I've ever played in my life. Ok, firstly I think to call either "by far superior" is pretty much objectively wrong - these are very similar games and therefore the difference in quality is going to be small to middling at best.
