few games linger in your brain cells for decades and decades to come and super mario galaxy wouldnt be able to leave my mind even if i wanted to

this is a game that monumentally changed the course of my life into the deranged all nighter videogame addicted junkie depressed mess of a person i am today and it is all thanks to this masterpiece

i used to play this game when i was little A LOT and somehow it didnt end up being only romanticised in my head by the nostalgia but even playing it after so many years it still shimmers of a beauty of its own that i cant even understand fully to this day

it looks beautiful as fuck the atmosphere is unmatched the graphics still hold up the gameplay is simple yet addicting and the story is probably the best in the 3D collectathon mario games and caused me a 20 year old adult to bawl my eyes out not only during the finale but also during the entirety of rosalinas storybook which many years ago left me with a lasting ptsd that still echoes to this day

in the end i kinda believe that if everyone in the world played this game maybe more people would know what kindness and empathy and tenderness mean . but thats just me