Super Mario Galaxy(Wii; $49.99; Rated E; nintendo.com)
Just when a title like "Rachet and Clank Future" for the PS3 seems to take the top spot for adventurous and fun platforming, "Mario Galaxy" comes along and turns the entire genre on its side, then top, and then bottom. See, "Mario Galaxy" shoots our hero into space to explore a number of different galaxies in all sorts of gravitational environments. Players will land on small "planetoids" that can be circumvented in any direction- though when Mario runs to the underside of the planet, the camera doesn't necessarily change to keep him right-side up.
Exploring all of the planets will bend your mind in all sorts of directions, while giving players such a variety of things to do and environments to explore that you'll never end up doing the same thing twice- or feel bored. And yet the controls are so intuitive that even in environments where Mario shifts gravity from floor to ceiling and back to floor, moving our little Italian friend never gets confusing. A game that makes you want to not put the controller down is sometimes hard to come by, and it's even harder to come by one on the Wii.
With basic cooperative gameplay that allows a second player to help Mario through the levels by collecting stars and fending off enemies, this is the perfect game for my wife to play alongside of me while we both have a great time doing it.
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