I know we all have different opinions about things obviously but i have to disagree (strongly)
Mario Galaxy is one of the best games out, yes made for kids but i d be bored if all i played were shooting etc games for an older audience.
The stories not bad and they put more effort into it than in past Mario games, its got great replay value as the game's story is completed half way through your star collecting, even when you have all 120 stars you can replay as Luigi.
The graphics are some of the best we have seen yet on the Wii, and is probably one of the reasons the Wii was hugely out of stock this xmas.
And a Mario game without Peach being kidnapped would be like a James Bond film without BOND or girls or cars or the theme tine.
A Mario game (except spin-offs) is only a Mario game when Peach is kidnapped. People take the piss out of her character as shes always kidnapped but it doesn't in anyway flaw the story.
SMG is actually one of the best games i have ever played, possibly even [B]the[ /B]best. Nintendo can make crap games but when they make good ones they make them
GOOOOOOOOD!
SMG, Zelda: Twilight Princess, Metroid Prime 3, Mario Kart and Super Smash Bros Brawl to name the ones on Wii.
(gasps for air)
rant over!
EDIT: more ranting to follow:
And who cares if its samey. If they changed it too much then it would suck (Sunshine with FLUDD). Its been tried with Mario in Sunshine, In the Pokemon Games for GC and im sure other popular series. Some games need the samey storey as thats one of their best features. The only games i can think of that have had pretty big changes to their story and have been good are COD and Advance Wars with the spin-off Battalion Wars. But im sure they're are others!
Rant finally over
by the way Chris this isn't a dig at you in anyway, just a sort of response in the debate
Another edit:
Some of that as Ronnie said is offensive and just unnecessary. Mario's love life is his business!