Confession time: I’m a relative newcomer to the Super Mario Galaxy duology. My memories of playing a bit of the first game with a friend literally 15 years ago as someone who didn’t own a Wii are faint, and I never even touched the sequel. As such, I’m the perfect audience for the new Super Mario Galaxy and Super Mario Galaxy 2 remasters for Nintendo Switch (with a free Switch 2 update), and I jumped into them with much interest. Unfortunately, the way they’ve been repackaged and sold leaves a bit to be desired, to say the least.

But of course, let’s get one thing — the most important thing — out of the way. The games themselves are incredible. Really, do you even need me to tell you that? They’re tied for the fourth-highest-rated game of all time on Metacritic for a reason. In particular

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