Super Mario Galaxy 2 Updated To Version 1.4.0, Here Are The Full Patch Notes

I beat SMG2 on my Steam Deck right before the port was announced so I'm not too far in yet, but apparently it doesn't have anything to do with the movie. Adds a song though!

_{Oh dear God it is actually happening, isn't it?}

Never mind, false alarm, crisis averted. The new chapter is just someone at Nintendo reminding us "hey, we actually know what the core and appeal of Mario Galaxy are a lot better than Matt Fogel does."

Brace yourself for bullshot retcons....

The new story is Rosalina being Peach's older sister, I'm sure.

So pretty much they will ruin the pretty sad story of Rosalina from the first game, aren't they?

I bet the sky bloom hasn't been fixed lol

Any Tall Trunk Galaxy effect fix?

@Yoshi3 @abbyhitter Surprisingly, nope.

@N00BiSH it's so strange, because this absolutely would've been a great time to retroactively add that, but... nope, it's just a really sweet extra chapter.

but like.. is that young rosa and her mom? or her older self? excuse me for being dumb but i just don't fully know if this implies anything or if they just felt like being cute

I praise the Lord up above that they are not changing the older games by adding in the new canon.

I don't hate the movie canon but I do hate it when older media is randomly changed for no reason, so praise the Lord.

@squiddu-real It's Rosalina, past and present.

@squiddu-real Seems like it's just Rosie observing Mari and Lubba reuniting while reflecting on her own journey so far. At least that's my interpretation. Whatever the case, one thing is clear: this new chapter(thankfully) has absolutely nothing to do with the movie's take.

@N00BiSH had to look mari up and that's when i realized i never bothered to read the new chapters. whoops. that makes sense.

also, the new song is just a simple remix but i do kinda love it? they didn't really need to do that, especially not for something they just threw on us outta nowhere..

They're definitely indicating that there's movie Rosalina and video game Rosalina with this. Different origin stories, totally different personalities. I'm cool with that. Movies aren't games, games aren't movies. The Mario Galaxy Movie is good if shallow movie. The Mario Galaxy games are awesome in ways a movie could never properly adapt.

Absolutely insane! Really have to go through it now. Loved the reveal to be honest last Sunday in the cinema, really didn’t see it coming and after 40 years there’s finally some sort of story arc to the Mario universe.

And also not a disturbing one. Miyamoto can still invent whatever he wants in future games. Not restrictive at all.

@Friendly don't get too excited, they're totally different.

Also, Mario doesn't need a story arc for the games to be interesting or compelling.

@N00BiSH gameplay trumps anything else, i agree. But a story does add to the experience in my opinion.

@Friendly I don't disagree but I also don't think that means the games need to take notes from how the movies are written to achieve that. The storytelling methods used in Odyssey and Bananza are the way to go(imo anyway).

@N00BiSH doesn’t have to. But I’d like it.

Very curious too to the story implications of Zelda next year. I wouldn’t mind if that mess got cleaned up a little and that the story can move forward a bit instead of being retold this often with new gameplay.