Mario Forever Galaxy

In this game, the famous plumber embarks on an interstellar voyage in his fancy starship to defeat Bowser and his space minions. Apart from the digital superstar, you will also be able to play with other well known game characters which bring a certain degree of diversity.

Pick your character, get on your ship and go

Mario Forever Galaxy allows you to pick a hero, get in a spacecraft and head on into the unknown, lasers fully charged and all that. Apart from the well known mustache man, you will also have the possibility to play as Luigi, Kinopio and Samus Aran, each having their unique ship with advantages and disadvantages.
The game starts off with a simple tutorial in which you are given pointers on how things work, how you shoot, what you should be shooting at and what you need to collect. To make your way through the Universe, you can use the given map which contains several nodes, each one with a mission ahead.

Good graphics and gameplay

Story-wise, the original one sticks. Bowser and his minions have kidnapped the princess and it’s up to Mario or one of his buddies to rescue her. Surprisingly, the 2D Mario world has been successfully recreated in this arcade style shooter but you’ll be noticing that when you reach Bowser’s castle.
Mario Forever Galaxy looks good, the sound effects are great and the game even offers an upgrade system for your ship. Apart from the numerous power-ups that you pick up, you can equip your craft with more powerful weapons, improve its maneuverability and so on. The only downside being that you have to collect a heck of a lot of coins to be able to purchase the upgrades from the shop.

Mario like never before

To wrap things up, there are a lot of twists to the classic Mario that have been created and released to the public and most of them don’t really come close to something enjoyable. Mario Forever Galaxy however has a lot of potential.