Review: The Super Mario Galaxy Movie is an assault on the senses, and a colorful buffet of fan service
If there two things that are true about me, it's that I love animated movies and I love Nintendo. So I seem like the ideal customer for The Super Mario Galaxy Movie , or maybe I should say the ideal consumer. Because despite the word "movie" being right there in the title, the latest collaboration from Illumination and Nintendo feels less like a movie and more like a theme park ride, an uber-colorful, high-energy assault on the senses that takes fan service to heights hitherto unknown. It's an exhausting experience, but one that's fun enough to be worth a ride if you're a fan of the franchise. For the uninitiated, I imagine this would be a deeply unpleasant watch. I don't remember a time in my life when I wasn't playing Mario games. Super Mario Bros. 3 was one of my first great video game loves, and one that lingers to this day. I've been with the franchise through every iteration, and the Galaxy games on Wii stand as some of my all-time favorites ...
