"You could play on Wii or Wii U, but otherwise the only way to play Galaxy on modern hardware was with the Super Mario 3D All-Stars collection, a bizarrely time-limited collection that was still missing Galaxy 2. So the remastered Galaxy and Galaxy 2 on Switch and Switch 2 is a treat simply for making these great games available and easy to access--but a handful of improvements make them better than ever."
"A new Assist Mode makes the game a bit easier, with more generous lives and the ability to bounce back onto terra firma if you fall off an edge--which is not uncommon in the Galaxy games, since they're centered around small planetoids. Menus have also mostly been revised to allow button-based selection, so you don't need to point the cursor at the screen to proceed to a stage or respond to a dialogue prompt."
"The cursor functionality is still present, however, for picking up star bits, the little confection-colored pieces that pop up in Galaxy games and largely substitute for coins, which are made more rare than usual. You'll still need to wave the cursor over the screen to grab star bits, or have a second player do it for you, and that element of the Galaxy games has maybe aged the most poorly. I wished there were some way to turn on auto-gathering, maybe at a trade-off of"
Super Mario Galaxy and Galaxy 2 are regarded as pinnacle 3D Mario platformers. The remasters on Switch and Switch 2 restore accessibility by making the games available on modern hardware. Visual fidelity has been sharpened and UI elements have been shifted toward screen edges to increase playable space. An Assist Mode adds generous lives and prevents permanent falls by bouncing players back to terra firma. Menus now support button-based selection rather than relying on pointer input. The pointer still functions for gathering star bits, which remain rarer than coins. The star-bit gathering mechanic feels dated, prompting desire for an auto-gather option.
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