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Mario Galaxy 2 Nintendo Wii

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Nintendo Wii

Genre:
Adventuring

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Our Radio Play where Bob and Fred ponder the wonders of Mario Galaxy 2. A little too much game time has gone to Bob's head.

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Scene: bob and Fred are sat on a sofa with two Wii controllers.

Fred: good evening ladies and gents and welcome to another edition of scripted gamer, today we're looking at one of the most famous videogame characters of all time in his latest outing

Bob: Pac Man!

Fred: no bob not Pac Man

Bob: Kirby?

Fred: no, look just let me introduce and you'll find out....

Bob: Ryu

Fred: no

Bob: sonic

Fred: no

Bob: Pikachu, solid snake, Gordon freeman

Fred: no, nope, and definitely not

Bob: cool spot?

Fred: Mario! Alright, it’s Mario

Bob: oh....pfft alright

Fred: what do you mean pff alright. Mario is one of the video game industries biggest icons and his latest game super Mario galaxy 2 is nothing short of perfection

Bob: sonic is cooler

Fred: what!!!?!?

Bob: and less frustrating

Fred: how is Mario frustrating

Bob: I'll tell you exactly why! So get this yeah I do the whole game all 120 stars, I did it in the first galaxy game as well. I Feel very proud of myself, some of the stars are well hard to get, and what happens. I'm told there are another 120 stars to get!

Fred: and? Surely that’s a good thing? Making the game longer and more enjoyable?

Bob: you'd think so but in the first game it was just playing through the whole game again as Luigi which made me wanna throw something at the screen in anger, I'd already done it once why did I need to do it again!! And in the new one you have to find hidden green stars that are in different places on the levels you've already done

Fred: I'm failing to see why this is a bad thing?

Bob: because, I play games cos I enjoy them, but I'm also a perfectionist so I have to do everything in them

Fred: so?

Bob: so, the first play through is great cos everything is new and exciting, but the second always feels stale, I'm playing it cos I need to not cos I want to

Fred: ok I see your point, and for once it’s well made and eloquently put

Bob: thank you very much

Fred: but let me give a counter argument. I Hate games that don't reward persistence, games that you play at the hardest level and get little in return for your efforts. At least Mario galaxy rewards your persistence with a new galaxy that can only be got to at the end of the game.

Bob: ok, I see your point, it’s kinda like they did on Goldeneye

Fred: exactly, they reward your efforts with new levels

Bob: which is way better than production art of rubbish that a load of games offer

Fred: exactly

Bob: and the game itself is absolutely innovative and pretty much perfect in every way as far as fun and game play go

Fred: so you like it?

Bob: like it, I love it, (in Mario voice) it’s a meeeeeee Marioooo

Fred: uh bob

Bob: (in Mario voice) thank you for playing my game

Fred: umm well we both seem to have agreed on something....which is rare, but it seems to have sent bob over the edge

Bob: woohoooooooo

Fred: so until next time we've been the scripted gamers

Bob: (in Mario voice) see you next time

Written by Adam Moran

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Adam Moran writes the Scripted Gamer column.

"Here, we find out what happens when theatre meets videogames. We will soon be hitting the road and performing our review scripts infront of a real living audience."

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