Progress is good

I am still playing Super Mario Galaxy, one of the only two games that I have (besides Wii Sport), and couldn't be more happy about it. One thing I love about Nintendo product is that somehow they managed to design level difficult just enough to get you hooked but not impossible to complete if you are willing to throw in half an hour to practice.

I usually don't have much time to play video game, and at the same time I am such an accomplishment freak. The feeling of accomplishing something is very critical to my entertainment experience. I can feel very bad if I found out that I wasted my precious time on some crappy low quality entertainment product, be it a bad movie, a bad song or a bad TV show. As for video game, if I cannot find fun within the first 1 hour of playing it (including the learning curve), the game is dead to me.

That's why Super Mario Galaxy, to me, is such a gem. The designer put in just enough new stuff in each level so that I find new stuff and yet not overwhelmed by learning new technique, and the multiple path approach allows me to explore alternative route in case I stuck at certain level on certain day. In fact, I found out that there are times when I am suck at jumping and spinning (platform action) in one day, but find that easy to another day.

Usually every time I turn off my Wii, I will have at least 1 world finished. Based on the fact that I only have time to play like 1 to 2 hours each week, I can see that the game will continue entertaining me for the coming whole year. Don't worry, after that year, I still have Zelda for Wii to finish. Guess I can grab the game for US$29.99 by then. Sweet deal.