Like LittleBigPlanet, minus the pre-set 3 layers. The first part of the level is 2D, and it stays like that for about half of it. When you reach town, and head down the road to the castle, you can still hold right and move like it is 2D, but you can then move in and out of the background. The opening level seems to act as a 'bridge' to get people who play 2D Mario into the 3D games. 3D Mario though, not as much, but still quite a bit. Are you surprised? Starts off like this.Anyway, the opening level does something that I think is genius. Oh, and Peach has baked a Cake for Mario. I found it humorous hearing a more stripped down version of Galaxy 1's opening, especially when the first bit of text has a hint of self awareness to it. In fact, the way they presented it was almost like they did it just as a joke or something.

Wahoo!!!!! Bridging The Gap Between 2D And 3D First thing I wanna mention is the opening level. Because of the ending from the first game, Galaxy 2 repeats that plot, only cutting down on more story than there was before. It's got a greater challenge, level design is just as nuts and a whole bunch of other factors that make this game AMAZING. I loved the first Galaxy a whole lot, and this is just so superior in everything. I’ve played it every chance I had, while still taking a break in between, but they only lasted a few minutes at times, because I was so excited to go back and play more.

Anyway, I've had the game for a little more than a week from Gamefly (since Tuesday last week). And the latter half of it covers spoilers, so, just a fair warning. This will be split up into multiple entries, as it’s overall lengthy.

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